photo-whoring!

Allow me to indulge.. in my self-professed vanity & fake professionalism in photography -

1. Piggy piggy on the keyboard

For those in the know, this is the piggy soft toy featured in Korean comedy "我爱金三顺". My account director got it for me during her recent trip to Seoul. SOOOO cute! & how sweet of her!

2. KTV with sec sch gang

Had to do B/W for some pics cos my hp's pics turned out too grainy for the colored version.

(Top) Nomy trying to stop the evil-nix from taking her pic (cos she knows evil-nix will post it on her blog! =P)

(Top) Zhiwei, GC's gf, GC, Kian.

(Top) Sigh. Grainy again.

(Top) The only nice pic with Zai. Our nerdy revelation.

3. Cousins Vanity Affair

4. Lulu's farewell drink at Alleybar (20th May)

I have no idea why the pics came out so tiny after i collaged them using Photoshop. hmmm...

5. ME ME ME ME ME

No-Teeth.

No-Teeth.

Teeth.

No-Teeth.

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Verdict: No-Teeth wins. I need braces. BADLY!

Boredom at work. =P

Big (2km) Walk

I'm gonna start being bimboic (like what they say of xiaxue's) and place mainly photos in this post.

BIG WALK - 21st May 2006

For a moment I thought it was Chingay can -

Look who was there as well - When i saw this, i was like "WTH?!"
What an excellent way to spread propaganda. For the uninitiated, Fa Lun Gong promotes a certain type of meditation similar to qiqong, but was banned in the Communist China as it was accused of creating a cult following.
All smiles for the camera, zhu & zai (pardon the shaky hands) -

"Ahem, you're taking a pic with Ms Singapore Manhunt" With Kian at the background. (They were saying my towel looks like a pageant title scarf. HAHAHA.)

The 3 girls! Shopping in suntec at 10am, or rather, it ended up being a search for my new specs! We ended up in Suntec's Mac for breakfast after only walking 2km (from 2km point to Suntec). :P

And after 3 hrs in YES! Eyewear Specialist, i finally found IT-

after zai left, here's me (with my new specs!) & zhu on the bus to Raffles Place -

(see how different our skin colors look. My sis said i look like a maid becos of my tan. bloody hell.)

Clifford Pier. WOAW, i never knew we had a pier. Reminds me of Hong Kong's Queen's Pier when I went there last May.

Change Alley (? TBC) - How ancient! All the shops are enclosed in these small cubicles. Each shop resembles a display unit within another big shop, very interesting! There's also a restaurant spanning over 3 of these units.

The Winnie The Pooh Shop:

Fashion shops:

After a round of shopping in the ghost town of Raffles Place, we sat down for tea at the only open bistro - the glass house concept Coffee Club.

Here's zhu attempting the xin look. (hur hur hur..:P)

My finished cappuccino. Served with a cinnamon stick & choc chip biscuit.

Not very fantastic actually. I prefer TCC's version. But their teatime special (top up $2.90 for a yummy & generous warm chicken pie), is very worth it. I din try it that day, but had a go for it few weeks back at the harbourfront outlet. Did i mention also that the harbourfront outlet has excellent ambience and has excellent service? :)

Pepper & Salt

*Yawn* Time for bed.

Edit: 28 May, 5.10pm

Company Lunch

Every last thursday of the month, all of us gets a treat from the company - free lunch!

The remains... oily fork&spoon, fish bones...

and what better accompaniment than our dear Mr Insect-who-fell-from-the-tree!

Diahorrea Outlook

My outlook at work just experienced diahorrea. Each email repeats itself a zillion times over each time i clicked "Send/Receive".

Imagine the shock my MIS guy will experience later when he sees my recreation club president sending me "THANK YOU SWEETIE" for so many times. What a way to get a scandal.

expectations falling short

one should really learn to have zero expectations from others. if not, the higher you expect from people, the more disappointed you'll be.

not everyone has the same amount of enthusiasm as you have. even at the brink of death.

not everyone is as committed as you yourself are. even at the brink of death.

not everyone believes in the same passions as you do. even at the brink of death.

it's important to not expect everyone to behave the same way or think the same way as you do. only then, would you not drown in frustration,

sometimes, it's really a fine line. how much you want to push someone else to do things according to what you think is the best. or whether you let them just do it according to how comfortable they are. it's really a grey area.

hmm. understanding humans are so difficult. it's so complex.

i was flipping through this book - The Tipping Point, from Times that day. It described how the very reaction between people, from subconscious movements like moving ur hands after someone reached out for something, is really a cause-and-effect chain reaction. every minute move that you make, is really due to what someone else is doing. it may be subconscious or consciously you're doing it.

that's where the question is. in the event of consciously asking someone to do things according to your beliefs and passion, how much should one push others to follow? who are you to tell others to do something?

it's really up to the individual to decide for him/herself what is more important in their lives, at each point.

the fetish continues

I'm gonna buy you, you, you, you and you in 10 years' time!!!! *burp!*

"Kay Lee" or "Ray Anne"?

Kayleigh or Rayanne?

Either one shall enter into my I.C. the next time i change it.

It was a night of......

Met Lemon yesterday night.

It was "The Book Cafe-Cheddar Baby Potatoes-Nacho Cheese-Starbucks Green Tea Frapp" night. I love The Book Cafe. Dun be fooled by the Florist disguise of a webpage they have; the atmosphere was excellent. I would ask my future dates to bring me there next time! ;P

We roamed from The Book Cafe near Robertson Quay after finishing our baby potato snack and drinks, to PS which was nearby. Wanted to pop in to the cinema to watch ANY movies available at that time (since we had the intention of buying nachos cheese), but unfortunately, the only one with the best timing - MI:III - only had the 1st 2 rows of seats left. NAH, neither of us wanted to go in. Zillions of years back when i sat at the 2nd row and watched Jurassic Park 2, i had a neckache and headache after - just imagine the towering dinosaurs and screaming shrieks and i had to shift my head UP UP UP in the midst of all the action. Boy, was i tortured! Same for Lemon, the not-too-bad show of "Take The Lead" was unfortunately pronounced "BAD MOVIE" cos she'd sat in one of the 1st 2 rows when she watched it. hahaha...it's really quite a nice show la, dear.

It was also a night of reminiscing the past, gossiping the present and dreaming the future.

Lots of stuff changed after i left, but i still feel like a part of the company. They're hiring, but i'd chosen to leave before, so it wouldnt be nice to apply again. (Like a good horse shouldnt return to eat grass that it'd passed?) Moreover, i'm a wandering grad not knowing what i want yet - am i to stay in advertising? or get back to marketing? or............?

Questions. No answers.

i have a great interest in human management, business flow, profits and just being there to see ALL these in action. That's why i've always wanted to be of managerial post ever since young. Perhaps its the fetish for control, to be in power. Not in the bad satanic way of cos. rather, i wld choose for the close working r/s between the manager & her subordinates. to be someone that ppl can respect. This is one thing i'm trying to build now, yet falling so many times in the process.

I would love to start up my own business one day. or own something note-worthy of praise.

Perhaps in 5 years' time. Time will pass by me in a flash, i know.

(Side-track)
8 years had passed since i first gained weight and i STILL havent lost them all!! in fact, the numbers are climbing the scale! YET, Lemon is shrinkingggggg as time passes~!!!! what the...?!!

Wakeboarding - pictures

Finally! the pictures!

Here i am...soaking in the water, after losing my grip. wat an ugly sight. *blah*

I got into the "Awful People" Boat! Here's the babes ~ Azreena, me, Jackie, Linda

and the only hunk on the boat - Chris

(ignore the weird angle my arm is placed, i have no idea why - it's like dat all along)

Look at how WHITE i look!!! s-e-r-i-o-u-s-l-y. i need a bloody tan can.

Your Excellency

dumb, crazy, incredible.

My bali trip has been postponed. all becos of me.

we went to great lengths - getting frustrated at the other person, nights of bitching & cracking heads trying to find a replacement, finally snapping & getting names changed through the untrusting travel agency, paying extra & solved it - only to find that the trip STILL has to be cancelled. All becos of who? ME.

The biggest laughing stock on earth.

I shant post the "WHY" here for obvious selfish reasons. i'm alr the biggest fool on earth, do let me wallow in self-pity and maintain the minima bit of ego still left in me.

this will stay with me for life. i wonder how mistakes must i make in life before automatically knowing the "right" things to do. Am i that dumb?

Maybe.

this is what people do at their lowest - experiment with totally unnecessary & scientifically-unproven personality profile tests to console oneself -

Your Personality Profile

You are happy, driven, and status conscious.You want everyone to know how successful you are.Very logical, you see life as a game of strategy.A bit of a loner, you prefer to depend on yourself.You always keep your cool and your composure.You are a born leader and business person.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

wala. there you go. *self-esteem goes up one notch* I am REALLY an excellent person.

*rolls eyes*

books books books

i'm a bookworm worm worm

love books to death death death

here's wat i've bought in the last 3 weeks:

1. Memoirs of a Geisha
- By Arthur Golden
(Finished reading. P/S: i've always wanted to read this before the movie was screened. And btw, the movie sucks. Like a bimbo movie - Excellent directorship without content)

2. It's Called a Breakup Because It's Broken : The Smart Girl's Break-Up Buddy
- By Greg Behrendt & Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt
(The perfect excuse for being sad. Just some of the things gals buy during desperate times of needy.)

3. Perfect Phrases for the Perfect Interview
- By Carol Martin
(For that purrrfect interview nx time)

4. One Business 99 Lessons
- By Nanz Chong-Komo
(Cheers to my future business)

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5. The Secret History of Lucifer
- By Lynn Picknett
(An innate need to satisfy my curiousity after reading the Da Vinci Code)

6. Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
- Haruki Murakami

7. Norwegian Wood (currently reading. intriguing writing style)
- Haruki Murakami

8. Tuesdays with Morrie
- Mitch Albom
(Hot from the oven, just bought this today. flipped thru this bk in kino some mths bk, always wanted to get it. Finally that i'm at borders today & it's 3 for 2, grab it i did.)

9. *New release* Spooning: A novel
- Darri Stephens & Megan DeSales
(Also hot from the oven, this is also a new release in Borders. An interesting novel about how a girl learns life lessons & techniques to deal w ppl thru cooking)

Burberry Frenzy

The brand!




This Burberry leather hobo bag (in orangeyred version) just caught my attention while i was window shopping at DFS last week. Love it to bits!! SOO nice!

Here's other really beauteefool Burberry bags -

Duffle Bag - my dream luggage bag!

And presenting the Spring/Summer 06 collection - a selection of my favs!

This particular pair of heels, ain't fantastic just looking at it....

But check it out when the model wears it...

DAMN NICE CAN!!!
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I usually ain't interested in the usual branded stuff like LV, Gucci, Prada, Chanel, etc...cos they're really quite common. But somehow, i've always got a soft spot for Burberry - it represents cosmopolitean style without too flashy and bling-bling. It's a classic brand, nicer than any other. Along with Burberry, i like Tod's too.

Their bags are simple, yet classic & comtemporary. Love' em!

Or this cute leather notebook!

Or killer-stilettos!

p/s: If you havent noticed, i'm a sucker for bags. :D

p/ss: Images courtesy of Burberry & TOD's.