Sunday, January 30, 2005

Pole-dancing & Parkway Bubble Tea

Saw an article in today's papers about youngsters learning dancing. This place call CATZ, located at Pagoda Street teaches some MTV dance which collaborates modern dance with a aerobatics workout. Sounds good, and so does the pole-dancing class they will start soon. If only the place is not so inconvenient. Kind of hard for me to get to there on time from office and to get to home from there. Hmm.....

Had my weekly one and half cups of bubble tea at Parkway Parade after my swim. This brand called Each-a-Cup, which to me, is the best in S'pore. Think it is the only one that uses flavoured colour pearls which the owner put some sugar to boil, so it's sweeter. The tea itself is also quite good too. Sometimes, I feel like such a kid to patronise this store every Sunday, until the owner and her daughter kind of recognise me. But cannot resist leh.

Saw in the papers too that we now have a Xu Liu Shan in S'pore. Yes, the same one you would see everywhere in Hong Kong with the nice and refreshing jelly drinks. Great stuff, since I've missed it since the last time I had it last year. Must remember to go International Building next weekend to try.

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Saturday, January 29, 2005

Ex-flamer

Had lunch at Sushi Tei with my insurance agent today, someone whom I like to think sometimes as my ex-flamer/suitor. Hehe! Well, he did go after me once and gave me a yellow rose too. Sometimes, I like to think too that he never got over me cos his current girlfriend is also called Peiqi. Hee! Thinking about this point is so good for my ego. Well, girls can also have ego too.

He has certainly come a long way then. Am very happy for him that he found a job that he really enjoys and do well. In a short 2-3 years, he has grown into this niche and now manages his own team. Great person, and I'm quite secure that he will take good care of my monies and the other girls who also invested with him.

Met Moo in the later afternoon, and sinfully bought another pair of shoes and a nice cheongsam top much like the Vietnamese top that I like so much. Can't say the purchases are deliberate. Metro just happened to have a 20% storewide sale and I just have to happen to drop by. *Grin

Yeah yeah, excuses excuses. Saw the bag I like in Furla, the price made my jaws drop though. *Shudder.. Why so expensive? So goes my dream of owning a designer something.

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Friday, January 28, 2005

The Number 3 & the Simple Life

3 seems to be my number this week, not sure if it's lucky or not though. My annual bonus, new monthly salary and even the number of projects I'm now responsible is linked to this number.

Talking about projects, sigh.. As if messing up one is not enough, now I have 2 more. Jeez.. It's not like I'm indispensable, but rather, there is just no one else available in my team to take it up. There's only 4 of us. Going to use all the help that I can get.

Well, colleagues tell me projects are the way to rise up the ranks. But I'm just not interested in that. Just want a simple life, and not let work be such a major part of my life. We all already have a life of our own outside of work. No that my TL cares though. He's ambitious, so it's probably looks good for him when we all work late everyday by taking up more tasks, even those not within our scope and are surely out of our expertise.

Watch us kill ourselves...

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Thursday, January 27, 2005

B Day

B-day today and yesterday. Baby Bonus! Actually, these 2 are not related, only Baby and Bonus.

Bonus: Most of us are not very happy with rewards which are less than spectacular considering the hours and hard work we have put in.
Ah well, too bad we are not a profit centre. At least, now my pay is higher than the new grads. Meak still draws lower pay than Moo.

Baby: Moo's sister just gave birth yesterday. Pretty princess baby. Very cute! Only seen the photos so far, but heard the real deal is even cuter. This kid will be spoilt rotten by her adoring grandparents.

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Saturday, January 22, 2005

I hope I dance

Watched 'Shall We Dance' earlier this evening. Really like Richard Gere, so divine looking and Ch5 was also showing 'Pretty Woman' last night. Favourite movie of all time, other than 'Dirty Dancing' and maybe 'If the Shoe Fits'. All Cinderella feel-good shows.

Anyway, the movie really made me feel like taking up dancing again. Think it's the most constant activity in my life. Learning Chinese dance in primary school, clubbing and platform dancing during poly and GS days (still miss those days), and learning salsa last year. If I don't learn now, when?

Already mid-20s, now is the best time. Only wish my job is more conducive and where I stay. Most days, I'm already so tired from work and travelling. Maybe I should just sign up and then, make the time. I would like to be so good and be able to perform. What a nice dream to look forward to.

Life is meaningless if you don't do what you like. A job is there to support your lifestyle and all. Too many of us are afraid to do this, to change, for fear of embarrassment and being unable to cope as well. Well, that's how excitment and anticipation comes about, isn't it?

Just don't want to end up years down the road with regrets of what I want but have not done, and no good memories to bring with till old age. How sad it would be to only remember my office cubicle and projects and paperwork.

Perhaps I shall find my way to Millenia next week or do a Net search..

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Friday, January 21, 2005

Big & Delicious Prawns

Had one of our bi-quarterly BBQ at the Monkey's house today. Great stuff though less variety this time cos we had 2 types of prawns for the first time, one of them is the very big Tiger types. Yummy! Disappointment is the chicken wings which were too salty, cos ML was overzealous with some curry salt. Had to leave early though, wished could have stayed later cos the B*^$# was just arriving and it would have been quite oddly entertaining to listen to her irritating talk and dissecting her 'wonderful' personality with Moo later.

One of the partners asked if we had any plans. Sigh, I really don't like this kind of question. But not to blame them. Just that I don't have the answer. Just told her a bit about the new place, which I'm sometimes not too sure if it's 'our' new place cos I never heard him quite mentioned it that way before. Who know, it could turn out to be other people's place. We are just not doing much about it. Just felt a sense of flippancy sometimes from... Too busy?



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Monday, January 17, 2005

Wah, finally he spoke, and it's so deep

Sigh, last minute of frantic testing today, for the final rollout meeting is tomorrow. Systems are totally sucky here, and I don't blame the IT Team for not being productive sometimes, though they do love to procrastinate. Feeling just dreadful as nothing is going well and we have to hand up tomorrow.Help! Help!

Must touch my pi shu more, to bring luck and smooth sailing... Otherwise, if I can't have divine help, I hope this does not go through. I'm just an innocent bystander caught to captain the huge ship when I only know how to drive a car.

Almost whole day meetings tomorrow. Duh! TL waited until last minute to have a bright idea which I actually thought of long time ago. Had to tell him it's too late, but he cannot compute in his brain. Sigh, will attempt to pull him down the sinking ship with me.

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Sunday, January 16, 2005

Sunflower bursting

Pretty okay weekend I had.. Watched "Meet the Fockers" with Xiao Mei earlier today, watched a "Dance with Me" a minute competition in front of Orchard Cineplex. Looked like anyone from the streets who took part in the competition are all professional dancers. Wow wow, would love to be able to move like that.

There was this cute guy who was taking pictures of the show. Reminds me a bit of the Cleo bachelor last year (NP lecturer and R Lee's ex), and an ex-colleague YKP who is an IB at GS. Yum! Was watching him as well as the show. Hee!


Moo was working this weekend, not all the time, but some.. Poor Moo! Makes me just want to sayang sayang him. Before blogging, was playing a new game he loaded for me, drinking the soursop he bought for me. He's so wonderful, just feel a huge burst of love for him.. Tearing up as I'm typing this.. Getting sappy, must be the hormones... Meeaakk....

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Thursday, January 13, 2005

Ouch!

Another unglam morning.. Broke a new bottle of shampoo, why the company so brainless as to use glass bottles? Don't they know that that bathrooms are wet and slippery places? And they have to use such poor quality glass, it broke from less than a height of 2 inches. Haiz.. Casualty: 4 finger cuts, 3 on the same finger. Gege may be hurt too, cos I heard him yelp.

Feeling more poopy than yesterday. Bought a thick sweater to give me more warmth while working.

Nice to hear ST got a job at GS, envious too. Would like to work there again, cos of the fun I had there. Plus, it is a very prestigious name. Too bad, they mostly hire only well-off people.

Lemon Tree song is spinning in my head all day today. Something about....

"Sitting here in a boring room,
feel so tired, waiting for you,
tried to change my point of view
dah dah dah.. (forgot the lyrics here)
but nothing ever happens,
and I wonder.. "

I hate to wonder..

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Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Seah Street Deli & TL TH

Had lunch with Moo, ST and ET today at Seah Street Deli today, and Moo got to use his food card for the 1st time. Standard there has really dropped. Nothing tasted good, except for those not made by their kitchen. Eg. Ketchup sauce, ice water etc etc. You get my meaning.
Felt poopy all the way back to office after that...

ET wanted to get an LV wallet., $450++ and she can't even put all her cards in. Luckily, she is sensible enough. Hehe! ET also gave Moo a belated birthday pressy, engraved Waterman leh. Hmm, I'm just a bit green about their wonderful friendship.

Not a very good day, cos TL gave me another project to do, and he didn't even tell me about it.
Well, he did inform my S, but I do appreciate direct communication. Hope I don't screw this up. Like the earlier one, it impacts the whole place. Sigh...

I feel a neckache coming on, getting more painful, cos of the impending AXE.. MEAK CHOP!
If things go well, they'll say thanks and forget you soon. If things go wrong, they will never forgive and forget plus my head will roll. My brand will sweep the floor and my name will blacklisted the longest time.

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Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Morning Unglory

What a morning I had today..

First, woke up with my right eye swollen and there was no ice in the fridge to bring it down. Thinking of using the mochi which I kept in the ice box, but they melt down very fast. Hee!
Then while climbing up on the MRT escalators, a woman (ahneinei again!) tailgated me and knocked my right shoe off my foot. Duh! To retrieve my shoe, I had to hold up the other people on the escalator. Want to guess who they blame when they missed the train?
Symphony in the office today, symphony of coughs that is. Heard at least 5 different notes in baritone, bass and soprano. My sup is also coughing, poor thing. And she cannot take MC cos there is no one else who can really cover her duties..

Office was freezing today, my fur was all standing up in protest. BBRRrrr...

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Monday, January 10, 2005

1st day blogging for this meak

1st time blogging.. What fun!

Someone fell down in the train today. 2nd time to happen in the past 3 days for me. Heard a big bag, then another loud "WOO!" from the commuters around. Can't see well, cos my view was blocked. But this working-class ahneinei (or at least meak think was him) could get up and walk out without much assistance. Could only speculated that he was sleeping and just fell out of his seat? Then was malu and just had to get out...

On Sat, Meak and Moo was walking in the linkway from Taka to Wisma. Heard a loud bang behind, turned around and saw a gal on the floor. Moo tried to help her up, but didn't dare to pull her too hard cos didn't want to yank her arm off. I worried that the floor was very dirty, she must shampoo her hair well later..

Poor ahneinei and gal... Must be a sign from some local space deity that S'pore is too crowded. Could be his way of taking pity on some of us.

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