Saturday, 29 July 2006

A simple day

CY is playing with my Dopod while I'm on her comp. We just cooked some spaghetti for lunch. Um, to be more accurate, it was a lot of spaghetti, with crab sticks, hotdog and tomatoes :p We took some photos but no time to upload yet; we're just slacking now!

I've decided, I'm not going out tonight anymore, no party, no dressing up, just enjoying some peace and generally relaxing, ahhh... And I should iron my clothes too :p

简单生活! :)

PS: 谢谢你毛毛兔,这个下午真好玩 | Thank you, Furry Bunny, for a wonderful afternoon.

Typing with weak arms

My Friday plans never seem to go as planned. Yesterday, things picked up just before I walked out for lunch outside. Fyi, it's a feat to get me out for lunch cos I'm lazy :p So, I packed lunch.

Barely finished when I got another call to rush something else - let's call it Item A. And at the same time, a couple of other urgent things cropped up.

Now, this bit isn't going to sound too sane: I actually felt this adrenaline rush as the work came in via sms and phone!! So exciting and exhilarating and fun and yet at the same time I was screaming like a mad woman and tearing out my hair as sms and phone call repeatedly disrupted my concentration on Item A! Gee, I actually like being busy *.*

So it wasn't until 545pm that I managed to get down to Item A.. TO and I were suddenly robbed of our 525pm dismissal hour even though Da Boss was away on retreat! :p

Turned up very late for dinner with YX. But JD was later albeit by a bit :p The new Market Place at Raffles City was very nice. Checked it out last week after dancing, when Sito bought some British junk food. This time, we had proper food, not at one of the new restaurants where queues were too long but the good old Out of the Pan.

No luck with TCC for kopi as we reached the Funan branch 15min before closing time. TCC at Clarke Quay was the next choice but we were talking about
racing and guess what? We went to Marina South to play Daytona!! I got 2nd a few times - happy cos it meant I could beat either of them at some point - and I didn't even use brake! :p

Then we found this tag rally game where you had to bump other cars to transfer a time bomb to them. It was fun and I was screaming all the way! But my left arm was so useless I gave up after a while. But that was only me.. They didn't give up, and they refused to let me give up!

Next was Bishi Bashi! I could never win the rounds where you had to really whack the buttons fast and furious (btw I want to watch Tokyo Drift!) so they helped :p

Dead arms + empty stomachs = supper! Headed for the prata place near Amara for chow and chat. Some sound bites to share:

1) Was telling YX and JD I transferred 200+ names one by one from my Samsung to my SIM card.. I was quite sure I could transfer all my SIM card contacts to my Dopod at one go but I couldn't find the function - and I left my manual in the office. So I manually transferred some 200 names before I got really frustrated and complained to Sito. Didn't ask him earlier cos I thought he was in Jap class. Turned out he didn't go that day and turned out that there was this thing called Sim Manager =(

JD: Your wrist should be very strong now?? :p
YX: We call this "user fault"!

Later, we were heading for the carpark and I pushed the door. Not budging.

YX: Handle! Tsk tsk, USER FAULT! :p

2) When my arms were both gone from the arcade games..

mf: If boss asks me to work tomorrow, I'm going to say I can't even type *.*

3) Some may know how I like my ice tea - no sugar, no milk.

mf: I want tea, no sugar - um, kosong.. No milk too.. Ice!
Uncle: Ok, teh-o kosong beng! Next?

*.*

Well, at least he understood..

4) Do you know what a tulang is? We were roaring last night when JD said his friend took over his tulang and went "I'm sucking JD's tulang"!

5) A scary thing happened too..

mf: Once, I almost pushed myself out of my office window cos I didn't realised the window hinge was in the middle..
JD: If I were Kel, I would say, "I'll be afraid, not for you but the people below!"

mf: Oh no! One Kel is enough!! Why are my friends all like that?!
YX: I think it's you.. When you're not around, they're quite normal!

Friday, 28 July 2006

Mr Right for everyone!

Well, almost.. Cos I think Mr Right is about baby size at full size *.*

But hey, check out his good points!



Hmmm, seems that Mr Right shrinks back to finger size when dry :p



Choking hazard? It's more than a choking hazard! Can you imagine if Mr Right grows in your stomach?! o_O

Thanks to ZF for sharing! :)

Forgetful or blur?

Reached office at about 810am today, opened my drawer and found..NO LAPTOP! Took me a second to realise I left it on the sofa =(

My Dopod has, well, taught me to save. So I took the bus back to get my dear computer.. Wasted an hour just like that =( Luckily my bosses away on retreat so less emails :p

All that travel.. It already seems like half a day has passed!

..

Cheer up! Cheer up! It's Friday! Share something nice later..

Tuesday, 25 July 2006

Pink rules!

Ok, I've said that pink isn't my fave colour. No, really, it isn't - I prefer cheery yellow :) Still, I just spent $899 on a pink Dopod!!!!!

That's $351 more expensive than the alternative - black Palm TX. Black. So not me.. At least pink is cheerful =D

I know, I know.. I don't need another phone, much less a pink phone, but I do need an organiser! In the past two weeks, I found myself juggling three overlapping appointments one day, two appointments another. I've had enough! You have permission to laugh if I clash appointments again :p

Pink Dopod :)

Monday, 24 July 2006

Rushing blog through lunch :p

Films
Combien left me totally blur; I didn't know which parts were real and which imagined! I had thought, from the synopsis, that it was a simple love story involving a lot of money, a beauty and a mafia boss but no, it was more complicated than that. The doc was particularly memorable; he was a sad-looking fellow who loved this dying woman but later they realised she had died five years ago. Grossed out by braless boobs (dropping to the waist!) although Monica Belluci kept really well for her age!

Talking about boobs, there was a measuring tape at the costume rack yesterday - maybe it's always been there but anyway.. I realise I had been wrong all this while: Sito is not quadruple A; his cup size is A! :p

Back to films, Pirates flew by in 2.5hours. I was waiting for an ending that never came - when will the third one be out?? Next to watch is Lake House, a Hollywood remake of Siworae.

351 grains of rice
Went on to meet the Oxonians. Ordered the tonkatsu wazen set at Waraku ie pork cutlet with rice AND udon..

mf: Oh no, for the first time in many years, I'm not finishing my rice.. =(
Friends: *no big deal*

*mf stares into rice*

SW: ... Think of the hungry kids! You're killing one if you don't finish!
mf: o_O

And mf looked even more pathetically into her unfinished bowl of rice and contemplated finishing the thing.. Until waitress came by to clear..

mf officially wasted rice!!! =(

Jon: Even if you finish the rice, no dead kid will come alive la!

Keeping it up
SW was telling us about her triathlete boss who looked damn good even in her forties and with two kids. We agreed it was a case of both genes and proper maintenance, with the former more powerful. We agreed that the current "state" of our mothers and aunts would give a good indication of how we would look like in twenty years.

Mother, the village flower, exploded sideways, front and back after giving birth. I have two aunts - one has three kids and looks worse than Mother; the other is unmarried without kids, slightly plump now cos she lost some weight lately. So for me, married or single, I'm doomed to be bah bah *.*

"mf, you can start now.. You have twenty years to make sure you still look good in your forties!"

Livelihood
When a bunch of civil servants get together, career progression seems to be an inevitable topic. At least for this group. I'll brush up on my culinary skills to prepare for my retreat from civil service. Can do a joint venture with SW and Yen Bookshop! Then we'll set our own CEP and decide our PB!

"We'll give mf a higher PB since her egg tarts are selling so well!"

Sounds good :p

Keeping it alive
And when this group of people come together, it's also inevitable to go back to the good old days..

We remembered the first time all of us met one another - in NACLI when a senior came by with a colourful map of Oxford. And LS, SW and Yen suddenly realised they were in the same OBS watch..

We remembered us crowding my tiny bedroom floor around pasta, baked honey chicken, salad etc.

We remembered the time I was bunking in with LS, and how little I drank and how much she drank - she kept refilling her water filter!

But I'm forgetting things like the location of Turl St.. I need to go back and have a look!

Grams, oh lovely Grams!
I stood in the doorway of the utility room watching Grams prepare dinner. I could see concentration across her face as she cut the seabass. Her cheek muscles tightened and her cheeks rounded up into little balls of flesh just next to her mouth - so cute! And her earlobes were also shaking with the weight of the jade earrings as she moved a little when she washed the fish.

"Come, eat more rice! A lot of rice!"

And she came to the table with a spatula of rice. Mother and 2nd Uncle covered their rice bowl stubbornly. I had washed my bowl by then and thus was spared but..

"Finish the fried scallops! Eat, eat!"

How could I refuse? I popped two more of those into my mouth just before we left.

Now you see, every two Sundays, I get fed and fat :p

My LV

Mother brought a few sets of VCD back yesterday. Korean dramas. I don't like them much:
1) Too heavy for my liking, too much crying..
2) In fact, the leads tend to be unbelievably suay in love and in health; I don't want to see people die of leukemia AGAIN..
3) What's this thing with wealthy families?!
4) Can't stand the cu1 lu3 girls whose "friendly" punches don't look too friendly..
5) Or the big glaring (surgeoned) eyes of the evil sister!

I prefer the similarly fairy tale-like but brighter and happier Jap dramas involving ordinary people - no rich dad, no evil sister -, especially those older ones like Long Vacation. If anyone remembers, I was asking around for LV some two years ago. Then I finally found the VCD set when I went to Malacca half a year later.

LV is my all-time favourite! I first watched it in 2000 in my little room, laughing and crying by myself. I also got my hands on many of the very very nice soundtrack songs, which I listened to over and over again.

Recently, I was watching the 3rd episode on my own again, laughing again, the crying part was still far. Then I heard this tune. I don't have that tune, I'm sure. I've decided that I now want the whole soundtrack. Checked with the music stores - they don't hold it anymore; one even told me they tried ordering but couldn't get any..

Then my luck star shone on me - KKP found the complete box set in Malacca!! Thank you so much!! :) The CDs are with me now. There are lyrics, and even piano scores for the instrumental pieces and Sena's winning competition piece! Very happy :) I'm going to listen to them tonight! :)

Saturday, 22 July 2006

Hey you look like..

Some years back, was in Berlin or Munich with WX and her friends. One of them showed me a photo taken at a house party. I was smiling at the camera but hey, wait a minute, I didn't know any of the other people in the photo! It was a bit freakish to see such striking resemblance..

When ZF first came in, she said I looked like her senior. Then the new chap in office said I looked and sounded like his schoolmate.

Is this a DA ZHONG LIAN??



Sighs..

Thought the two new guys in office looked and sounded very much like a long lost friend whom I mugged for "A" levels with, and Ultimo.

Maybe, despite the long DNA chain, there are only that many combinations and people inevitably look alike? That's why siblings, who naturally share many same genes, look alike, somewhat.. Tian, for example, looks like Ling very very much, some 11 years apart. But of course there are exceptions: MZ and me!

Anyway.. Nice hairstyle right? :) Took it a while ago in my office. And earlier this morning after a nice jog - clocked a good one! -, I found myself starring into a very red mf in the mirror..



No, I don't have high blood pressure. In fact, I'm slightly anaemic..
(For the sceptic, that's also proof that I DO jog! :p)

And since we're at pictures...



The concrete slab turned out to be for the ground floor! The next should reach my floor, very happy :)

Friday, 21 July 2006

Lunch broadcast

Heard from the news last night that there had been an increased number of younger females among new HIV cases so they had some campaign and distributed condoms to young ladies.

Agree that condoms are not the responsibility of the men only. And no matter how small the typical lady's purse is, surely there's space for that little packet!

So, I should get one for myself, one with the furthest expiry date *.*

Gee, I'm so bored I'm "reporting news".. I shall watch Combien Tu M'Aimes tonight, and Pirates tomorrow.

Thursday, 20 July 2006

*meow*

Yesterday, took a cab to test some functions of a new website we're coming up with. The cabbie had this really spicy scent pouch, like ginger or something - couldn't take it! But after struggling to breathe for the first two minutes, I found that I could no longer smell it.. Does it mean that I'll feel pretty normal two minutes (maybe more but eventually) after you dump me in a shit hole?? *.*

Used a webcam for the first time during the test session. The image was a bit small and everything was a bit dark, so it made me look prettier! :p And there was this cute function that could trace my image onto that of a kitten. Entertained myself (and others) winking, shaking my head and seeing the animated meow do the same!

I like my current hairstyle, really quite nice. Pictures when I have the time.

Wednesday, 19 July 2006

Boobie tales

All in a day..

1) We were talking about staff welfare and how we could have our retreat at Andana Spa if there weren't many of us.

TO: Only thing is we'll all be in robes!
mf: So Japanese! :)
LY: Separate men and women..
mf: And use audio conferencing!
LY: Then LH can *pumping (breast milk) action* at the same time!!

2) We were warming up before class..

Sito: I think my chest bigger than yours..
mf: Go away! =/
Sito: Does your sister have big boobs? .. How about your mum?

Omg, that's so disturbing!

3) Tru's loose camisole was showing off a bit of her bra..

mf: Take it off!
Tru: Huh? I've only got this top..
mf: The bra la..

My theory: Unless you're jogging or unless you're cup C and above, don't have to wear bra all the time!

Tuesday, 18 July 2006

Was lying in the dark and totally engrossed in this sad song by Karen Mok when it stopped suddenly. Mother had come into the room and turned off the main switch without checking!

I could never enjoy my music in peace! The incident was a catalyst, the song another; bottled up emotions unlocked themselves and I started tearing as I put the track on repeat. I need breathing space. I don't want to snap.

作曲:蔡健雅|作詞:李焯雄|編曲:吳慶隆|監製:李偲菘

那是你的手 曾經輕輕安撫我眉頭
但也是它甩開了我的手
洩了氣的汽球 兩顆心在萎縮的溫柔
你始終只低著頭 緊握你拳頭

透過這窗口 有人會猜我們是朋友
最普通的朋友 甚至不點頭
在記憶的上游 那是什麼揪著我心頭
是不是你那雙我熟悉的手

抱過你的手 還能放在誰背後
你想過沒有 我們為何會牽手
是什麼理由 然後沒有然後
甚至不再揮揮手

那是你的手 曾經把我捧在你胸口
但今天以後它不會在敲我門口
有一股腥紅的哀愁 緩緩地流出卡著我喉頭
你遠遠的抱著手肘 只站在外頭

抱過你的手 還能放在誰背後
你想過沒有 我們上一次牽手
是什麼時候 然後沒有然後
甚至不再揮揮手

抱過你的手 還能放在誰背後
是什麼時候 我們上一次牽手
但抱過你以後 有什麼已被沒收
你想過沒有 我們第一次牽手
是什麼藉口 然後沒有然後
甚至不再揮揮手 分手也不須理由

Monday, 17 July 2006

Food food food

Last night, Kel and Moh bought some snacks while I grabbed some apples and a sparkling new fruit knife from NTUC. Checking out my new knife later at MOS..

Kel: You don't like to sit on the bench, right? So we move in and let you sit on the chair.. ... Wouldn't you be so kind as to help me get one more pot of milk? *doe-eyed*
mf: *omg* ok, ok..

Then I stood up with the knife in my hands..

Kel: *gasp* It's ok if they refuse!!

I tasted the milk; it was actually half cream, which reminded me of this guy in my MSc class who drank single/double cream NEAT! Yeeks...

The upgrading works should reach the interior very soon, which means I'll be moving in with Grams very soon too. But pls don't forget me when I leave Tomato Town! We can still hang out eg at the nice cozy Macs near my Grams. Or the MOS in the town centre too - with milkshake! Ah, nice to have good friends staying nearby :)

Rewinding a bit to Sat.. Checked out this Sun with Moon Japanese restaurant with Sito and Hup. We were there at 6pm.. It was only the tea menu cos dinner was only served from 630pm.

mf: I'll like the mini tori kamameshi *from tea menu*
Waitress: No more; kitchen is preparing the dinner menu now..
Us: Let's order proper dinner then..
Waitress: You can't; we only start at 630pm.

Which begged the question: what do you serve during 6-630pm?!

Left the boys and headed for SF's house party, which was great fun despite me taking some time (and some red) to warm up to her bunch of some really funny friends and get used to their hilarious (bi-syllabic - only) language. Quite different from my usual, perhaps cos this was an, um, a more mature group? :p

Heard about the latest spectacular success of SF's "CCA" - these two got together within a week of knowing each other. Hey, you can spin your matchmaking skills into a lucrative business man! But for one particular client called mf, it's much harder work, heh!

Apparently, I drank a lot - only I had a red and I saw SF pour the last drop of the bottle into my glass.. But I wasn't even tipsy at the end of the night with additional JD at Bar None.. Bad sign - I've got too much fats =(

KLK's house parties had been comparatively sedate, just (a lot a lot of) food and games (including make-up!) and KLK talk and (more) food, no/minimal booze.. Plus, my eyes will surely pop if any one of you asks about my wildest orgasm, not cos of the question but cos it's KLK! Still, I'm keen for a KLK get-together around Xmas - waiting for someone to offer their kitchen now :)