..that I was in a meeting the other day, and I couldn't help counting the number of times the presenter said "basically".. Double-digit count within a couple of sentences!
Some other words commonly used are "actually" and "really". And I'm not absolutely sure that the usage is correct all the time..
Honestly, before I started work, I've never heard or - yes, I'm guilty at times too - used these words so much.. I must be more aware of my language.. Surely we can be more creative than that?
But how some people use the word "ever" is hardly creativity; it is just wrong - yup, I harped on that before..
Of course there are the usual jargons like one of Sito's "favourites": incentivise :p I forgive this since it is jargon...
Now, go to bed, sleepy mf with ulcer on tongue...
1 Jun 2009
This came to me in the middle of this afternoon - after the release of "O" levels results one year, possibly when I was in Sec 3 or 4, our principal got in a couple of top students to share their success factors with the assembly and to somehow inspire us. I remember thinking, even back then, that all their sentences were punctuated with "basically" and I didn't want to be like them.. Some inspiration..
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Rice and music are good for body and soul
For about three hours and a half, I was repeating: 肉.. 米.. 叶.. 绳子
And randomly: 肉掉了！
It's bah zang time again! :)
Didn't talk much otherwise. Mostly, Mother was updating me on various gossips about my neighbours.. My strategy? Just keep quiet *_*
But at one point I had to answer - I think Grams somehow let slip that I went to visit my other grandmother in the home before. So Mother asked me if that was true, without telling me who told her but she mentioned Grams in the next sentence so... She asked why I didn't tell her - was it because I was afraid she might scold me for visiting her? Um, I used time as my excuse - forgot when, forgot why, forgot everything! :p
Not quite happy with this year's work. The leaves were lousy! They kept breaking up! And the arrangement was crap - the fat leaves were all together and the thin ones were all together, making it difficult to dig for complementing leaves. Then Mother kept nagging me to use less meat cos bah zang could turn out too dry since she didn't use much oil for the meat. And in the same breath, she would complain that there would be too much left over meat...!
Mother counted 121 bah zangs - a square number, I like :p Will be distributing about half of them. They're all of different sizes :p and with different proportions of rice and meat :p but hope they're all sufficiently yummy - I'll try later for dinner :)
My ulcers seem to be finally healing. I still had milk for breakfast before making the bah zangs but I was so hungry by 11am that I had to chew on some bread - overdue since yesterday but it looked fine! My tongue was a bit raw but felt better after some water.
I decided I must have rice for lunch - so got Yan out for lunch. I had sushi! It was soooo good I went orgasmic at the conveyor belt counter table!
Some people stay away from rice but I realise I cannot. How to when rice is super good - on its own, with vinegar, with togarashi, stirred or baked with cheese, in onigiri, under raw fish, drenched in chilli con carne or curry sauce etc... But I scrapped past the ulcers while having rice so I bought some liang teh - less sugar, no doubt - to keep the ulcers in check.
And tonight, I shall finally put on my retainers - haven't used them for some three weeks in case they hurt my gum infection and subsequent ulcers. I hope my teeth are not too out of shape yet =(
Wanted to blog this last night but it was 3am - yesterday, I discovered a whole new world of music - music from games!
Sito got tickets for the Asian premiere of "Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy". It was a huge gathering of otakus! I was in the company of three of them, Mr Sito included! But I'm a geek in a skirt so we're quits :p Nobuo Uematsu was at the show too and he was so cute! Like Super Mario :)
I'm not one for orchestra and chorus but this was nice with scenes from the games that matched the pieces. And I was surprised a couple of tunes and some scenes and even names of the characters were familiar to me! But Melodies of Life was not in the repertoire - I really like that song.
Went to Robinsons after dinner. Chanced upon a sale - WMF pots and pans! We like this brand cos it's made up of our initials, heh! So we took a look - quite a lot of discounts! Being an auntie, I was rather tempted but decided I would go read up on it first. And today Yan told me it was good stuff. The auntie inside me 在蠢蠢欲动...
How? I'm hardly hungry but I'm dreaming of the bah zangs hanging on a bamboo pole in the kitchen, separated from my devilish arms by a wall and barely 20 steps.. Oooh I'm such a glutton! But I have been deprived of rice for a while! I give myself another 20min :)
And randomly: 肉掉了！
It's bah zang time again! :)
Didn't talk much otherwise. Mostly, Mother was updating me on various gossips about my neighbours.. My strategy? Just keep quiet *_*
But at one point I had to answer - I think Grams somehow let slip that I went to visit my other grandmother in the home before. So Mother asked me if that was true, without telling me who told her but she mentioned Grams in the next sentence so... She asked why I didn't tell her - was it because I was afraid she might scold me for visiting her? Um, I used time as my excuse - forgot when, forgot why, forgot everything! :p
Not quite happy with this year's work. The leaves were lousy! They kept breaking up! And the arrangement was crap - the fat leaves were all together and the thin ones were all together, making it difficult to dig for complementing leaves. Then Mother kept nagging me to use less meat cos bah zang could turn out too dry since she didn't use much oil for the meat. And in the same breath, she would complain that there would be too much left over meat...!
Mother counted 121 bah zangs - a square number, I like :p Will be distributing about half of them. They're all of different sizes :p and with different proportions of rice and meat :p but hope they're all sufficiently yummy - I'll try later for dinner :)
My ulcers seem to be finally healing. I still had milk for breakfast before making the bah zangs but I was so hungry by 11am that I had to chew on some bread - overdue since yesterday but it looked fine! My tongue was a bit raw but felt better after some water.
I decided I must have rice for lunch - so got Yan out for lunch. I had sushi! It was soooo good I went orgasmic at the conveyor belt counter table!
Some people stay away from rice but I realise I cannot. How to when rice is super good - on its own, with vinegar, with togarashi, stirred or baked with cheese, in onigiri, under raw fish, drenched in chilli con carne or curry sauce etc... But I scrapped past the ulcers while having rice so I bought some liang teh - less sugar, no doubt - to keep the ulcers in check.
And tonight, I shall finally put on my retainers - haven't used them for some three weeks in case they hurt my gum infection and subsequent ulcers. I hope my teeth are not too out of shape yet =(
Wanted to blog this last night but it was 3am - yesterday, I discovered a whole new world of music - music from games!
Sito got tickets for the Asian premiere of "Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy". It was a huge gathering of otakus! I was in the company of three of them, Mr Sito included! But I'm a geek in a skirt so we're quits :p Nobuo Uematsu was at the show too and he was so cute! Like Super Mario :)
I'm not one for orchestra and chorus but this was nice with scenes from the games that matched the pieces. And I was surprised a couple of tunes and some scenes and even names of the characters were familiar to me! But Melodies of Life was not in the repertoire - I really like that song.
Went to Robinsons after dinner. Chanced upon a sale - WMF pots and pans! We like this brand cos it's made up of our initials, heh! So we took a look - quite a lot of discounts! Being an auntie, I was rather tempted but decided I would go read up on it first. And today Yan told me it was good stuff. The auntie inside me 在蠢蠢欲动...
How? I'm hardly hungry but I'm dreaming of the bah zangs hanging on a bamboo pole in the kitchen, separated from my devilish arms by a wall and barely 20 steps.. Oooh I'm such a glutton! But I have been deprived of rice for a while! I give myself another 20min :)
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Lazy Sunday, lovely Sunday
Yesterday we went to NJ's 40th anniversary dinner, held in no other place but the school hall...
They were taking photos of each batch until the 1990s, when batches from the decade went up for a combined picture. Will post if I get it!
Oh, I wore a red dress and Sito wore a (blue) striped shirt. Does the combi remind you - if you're a good old NJCian - of anything? Answer is at the end of an old post.
Anyway, it's Sunday!
Dear Yan just came back from the UK so we met for breakfast this morning - at Macs :) She has put on some weight! Well, as did I during my studies - so much so that Sito (yes!) looked at me and said, "Food in Oxford must be very cheap!" But the weight will be gone in a bit..
We talked so much! And suddenly, six hours had passed! So we had lunch :p
I'm going to laze the rest of the afternoon away, rest my feet, rest my mind, rest my ulcer so that I can get through another work week... I'm looking forward to the next weekend already! :)
They were taking photos of each batch until the 1990s, when batches from the decade went up for a combined picture. Will post if I get it!
Oh, I wore a red dress and Sito wore a (blue) striped shirt. Does the combi remind you - if you're a good old NJCian - of anything? Answer is at the end of an old post.
Anyway, it's Sunday!
Dear Yan just came back from the UK so we met for breakfast this morning - at Macs :) She has put on some weight! Well, as did I during my studies - so much so that Sito (yes!) looked at me and said, "Food in Oxford must be very cheap!" But the weight will be gone in a bit..
We talked so much! And suddenly, six hours had passed! So we had lunch :p
I'm going to laze the rest of the afternoon away, rest my feet, rest my mind, rest my ulcer so that I can get through another work week... I'm looking forward to the next weekend already! :)
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Who's "auntie"?
After gym today, I headed straight for the fish soup stall. I was going to say "Auntie, 米粉汤!" when I caught myself and said "老板，米粉汤!" instead.
The "auntie" was maybe in her 30s. I'm only a few years away, not young enough to call her "auntie" already! Same thing for Alice at the juice stall. I just call her by name cos she looks so young despite being in her 40s.
So I was there slurping my fish soup (random: I lost a piece of fish cos I dropped it!) and thinking about how so many people were "aunties" and "uncles" to me just not that long ago. And I was the little girl around.
Now, I'm 29, and at the median age in office. And friends' kids are starting to address me as "auntie" already.
Guess I don't mind but it is just odd to realise that I seem to have moved into another generation... And I don't feel it!
I also realise that this is the nth time I'm talking about age here this year. A manifestation of my subconscious as I advance towards to the big THREE? *.*
The "auntie" was maybe in her 30s. I'm only a few years away, not young enough to call her "auntie" already! Same thing for Alice at the juice stall. I just call her by name cos she looks so young despite being in her 40s.
So I was there slurping my fish soup (random: I lost a piece of fish cos I dropped it!) and thinking about how so many people were "aunties" and "uncles" to me just not that long ago. And I was the little girl around.
Now, I'm 29, and at the median age in office. And friends' kids are starting to address me as "auntie" already.
Guess I don't mind but it is just odd to realise that I seem to have moved into another generation... And I don't feel it!
I also realise that this is the nth time I'm talking about age here this year. A manifestation of my subconscious as I advance towards to the big THREE? *.*
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Orchard Road
Apparently it was thus named for the fruit orchards in that area many many years ago. And many would have seen this on the walkways:
They were almost gone from the Wisma side when I took this picture. Some were still around at the Centrepoint area as of last weekend. But for how long more, mf wonders...
They were almost gone from the Wisma side when I took this picture. Some were still around at the Centrepoint area as of last weekend. But for how long more, mf wonders...
Thursday, 16 April 2009
ドラマが大好き!
Watched a few Jap dramas lately..
Remember 101st Marriage Proposal? I know, it's damn old! I remember watching bits of it on TV when I was a kid but I remember the song more than the story..
It was such a fairy tale - for the guy cos it was sort of a beauty and the beast story. The "sort of" was because the beast did not turn into a prince :p
But you know, I tend to notice peripheral stuff... So I may forget the story and always remember the o-biang outfits the girls wore.. Or their big hair, which made me appreciate rebonding technique very much!
The lead actress has straight hair though. But it was messy - now I realise how ugly I look with hair falling over my face =( And what's with her odd postures?? I don't like her although she looks like Nanako, for whom I have a soft spot - cos some people used to say I looked like her!! I guess it was just my hair :p
And more recently, I watched Proposal Daisakusen. It was so funny and touching at the same time!
The fairy (yes..) quoted Oscar Wilde: Men want to be a woman's first love; women want to be a man's last romance. Then he told the chap: but you as a guy, wants to be her last lover. And so he helped him..!
When I watched the episode on their graduation, I suddenly felt that I missed my teenage years. It seemed that I didn't do a lot. I was mostly studying. I don't even remember the last day I wore my uniform cos it was the last exam. I didn't have any school romance :p
That day, I thought I learnt a few things at work and I was happy. But when I tuned in to the drama at night, I realised I learnt more and all the more useful cos it's about life!
"When all you care about is timing and chances, when you care about little things like that, you can't grasp real happiness!"
Two more things from the final and special episodes respectively, roughly translated and interpreted as follows:
"Even if you can change the past, you can't change yourself. Why not change the present for a better future?"
"Because we have a past, we are who we are today."
"We must trust the people we love, no point guessing and scare ourselves - when in doubt, ask."
Oops, got three learning points instead :p
But I should really stop watching these dramas. I get so obsessed trying to finish them that I hardly have time to sort out my wardrobe and tidy my books etc. The only thing I could do while watching dramas is ironing clothes - now I want to iron clothes every day! :p
Remember 101st Marriage Proposal? I know, it's damn old! I remember watching bits of it on TV when I was a kid but I remember the song more than the story..
It was such a fairy tale - for the guy cos it was sort of a beauty and the beast story. The "sort of" was because the beast did not turn into a prince :p
But you know, I tend to notice peripheral stuff... So I may forget the story and always remember the o-biang outfits the girls wore.. Or their big hair, which made me appreciate rebonding technique very much!
The lead actress has straight hair though. But it was messy - now I realise how ugly I look with hair falling over my face =( And what's with her odd postures?? I don't like her although she looks like Nanako, for whom I have a soft spot - cos some people used to say I looked like her!! I guess it was just my hair :p
And more recently, I watched Proposal Daisakusen. It was so funny and touching at the same time!
The fairy (yes..) quoted Oscar Wilde: Men want to be a woman's first love; women want to be a man's last romance. Then he told the chap: but you as a guy, wants to be her last lover. And so he helped him..!
When I watched the episode on their graduation, I suddenly felt that I missed my teenage years. It seemed that I didn't do a lot. I was mostly studying. I don't even remember the last day I wore my uniform cos it was the last exam. I didn't have any school romance :p
That day, I thought I learnt a few things at work and I was happy. But when I tuned in to the drama at night, I realised I learnt more and all the more useful cos it's about life!
"When all you care about is timing and chances, when you care about little things like that, you can't grasp real happiness!"
Two more things from the final and special episodes respectively, roughly translated and interpreted as follows:
"Even if you can change the past, you can't change yourself. Why not change the present for a better future?"
"Because we have a past, we are who we are today."
"We must trust the people we love, no point guessing and scare ourselves - when in doubt, ask."
Oops, got three learning points instead :p
But I should really stop watching these dramas. I get so obsessed trying to finish them that I hardly have time to sort out my wardrobe and tidy my books etc. The only thing I could do while watching dramas is ironing clothes - now I want to iron clothes every day! :p
Sunday, 12 April 2009
Toa Payoh
After foot reflexology at TPY with CY today, I took the chance to walk the stretch of shops parallel to HDB Hub.
Many of the shops were tiny, being half the usual shop size. But big or small, they were all packed with goods, in the shop and outside just beyond the walkway. And the whole place was so crowded!
I was rather happy just roaming about. It reminded me of my childhood and teenage years - having KFC with my uncle's family when KFC still provided utensils, ML bringing us shopping one afternoon - and she got me my first lipstick! - and me bringing my little cousins out to get a school bag for them.
Later I would go there often because I worked nearby in Thomson. As there was no food in the evening at the canteen, I would head to TPY Macs for a meal + snack while using their wifi to work. And Yan and I used to enjoy snacks at the Macs in Braddell.
Just about a month ago, Sito and I were there. As we passed by TPY Town Park, I had a glimpse of the bridge made up of hexagonal stoney material. As a kid, I loved going there on Sunday mornings before we went to find Grams. I remember how I would want to sit on the hexagon but was scared about falling through the hole into the pond - perhaps cos I was warned that I could fall in? I cannot remember clearly - I was maybe five or younger.
But I know there is this photo taken of Mother carrying baby MZ in the park. In the background of that photo, I can be spotted rummaging through Mother's bag for snacks :p I will go look for that photo one day and scan it!
Back to today, on the way to Grams' place, I happened to look up and saw an old man looking out from the wall of his corridor on the eighth or ninth floor. I noticed how these old flats had these metal grills at the corners of the block. I could see some bicycles chained to some of these grills. As I walked past the playground full of screaming kids and saw two little girls playing at the stairs landing, I thought of how we used to play there when we were kids, how we used to play with our cousins when they were kids.
I realised that I really liked this neighbourhood :)
Many of the shops were tiny, being half the usual shop size. But big or small, they were all packed with goods, in the shop and outside just beyond the walkway. And the whole place was so crowded!
I was rather happy just roaming about. It reminded me of my childhood and teenage years - having KFC with my uncle's family when KFC still provided utensils, ML bringing us shopping one afternoon - and she got me my first lipstick! - and me bringing my little cousins out to get a school bag for them.
Later I would go there often because I worked nearby in Thomson. As there was no food in the evening at the canteen, I would head to TPY Macs for a meal + snack while using their wifi to work. And Yan and I used to enjoy snacks at the Macs in Braddell.
Just about a month ago, Sito and I were there. As we passed by TPY Town Park, I had a glimpse of the bridge made up of hexagonal stoney material. As a kid, I loved going there on Sunday mornings before we went to find Grams. I remember how I would want to sit on the hexagon but was scared about falling through the hole into the pond - perhaps cos I was warned that I could fall in? I cannot remember clearly - I was maybe five or younger.
But I know there is this photo taken of Mother carrying baby MZ in the park. In the background of that photo, I can be spotted rummaging through Mother's bag for snacks :p I will go look for that photo one day and scan it!
Back to today, on the way to Grams' place, I happened to look up and saw an old man looking out from the wall of his corridor on the eighth or ninth floor. I noticed how these old flats had these metal grills at the corners of the block. I could see some bicycles chained to some of these grills. As I walked past the playground full of screaming kids and saw two little girls playing at the stairs landing, I thought of how we used to play there when we were kids, how we used to play with our cousins when they were kids.
I realised that I really liked this neighbourhood :)
Saturday, 11 April 2009
From an usually uncharitable mf
There is this tiny old lady selling random stuff such as canned food and knickknacks laid out on a small piece of plastic in the Orchard area, typically near Isetan, Paragon and Heeren junction.
Sito and I were going home from Japanese class when we saw her peddling her goods near Isetan supermarket. She asked us to help her look after her "store" as she needed to go to the loo. We um-ed for a bit and were walking away when Sito decided we should help her. And so we did, and stood there looking silly for a while with this at our feet:
One evening, we saw her again outside Paragon. It was quite a sad picture as people just walked by her. As did we. We said that the next time we saw her, we would buy something from her.
So just now, we saw her again, this time outside Isetan. I asked to buy a sachet of 3-in-1 coffee.
Auntie: $4.. The other one is $5..
How overpriced! But in a moment of compassion, we got it anyway. Hope it helps..
Sito and I were going home from Japanese class when we saw her peddling her goods near Isetan supermarket. She asked us to help her look after her "store" as she needed to go to the loo. We um-ed for a bit and were walking away when Sito decided we should help her. And so we did, and stood there looking silly for a while with this at our feet:
One evening, we saw her again outside Paragon. It was quite a sad picture as people just walked by her. As did we. We said that the next time we saw her, we would buy something from her.
So just now, we saw her again, this time outside Isetan. I asked to buy a sachet of 3-in-1 coffee.
Auntie: $4.. The other one is $5..
How overpriced! But in a moment of compassion, we got it anyway. Hope it helps..
Thursday, 9 April 2009
NY2009
Um, I suddenly remember this new year's eve.
I didn't go for countdown for 2008. In fact, I didn't party - much or at all - for most of 2007 and 2008. So CY, JT and I decided to head out to town, after making an advance cab reservation for 2am :p Didn't want to get stranded like in 2007!
At first I thought I would finally have the chance to wear this shiny ah-lian dress I got in Dublin in late 2007. But, it barely covered my big fat arse and the thighs that could 踢死一只马! Pairing with black tights just made me look slutty *.*
We ended up in the central square in Clarke Quay. There were some performances but the crowd was rather pathetic - people hardly moved to the music! It was not until right after countdown that they got a bit more excited. But we decided to leave to quench our thirst.. THE thirst :)
I forgot what happened but CY turned motherly *.*
Going home was exciting. First of all, the cab who took my booking decided to give it up. I missed the cab company's calls so I didn't know the new cab number so I didn't know when the cab stopped in front of us. Some random ang moh at the cab stand tried to bluff the cabbie that he was the one who called but cabbie uncle was good - he verified name and destination and sent ang moh away! :)
Uncle was very funny.. I no longer remember what we talked about but I sure remember what happened!
I was sitting in front and he was telling us how some passengers tried to bluff him etc.. Then suddenly..
Uncle: Aiyah, talk until I go the wrong way!
We ended up on AYE *.*
So we started talking about how to adjust the fare and he knew the fare to be x and y etc.. And suddenly I found myself zooming towards this bike in front of us, almost knocking into it as we stopped at a traffic light!
mf: Uncle, don't want to talk to you already! You just drive! I'm very scared!
(Just as suddenly as I remembered this incident, this post ends!)
Update 24 May 2009
More of us!
Source: http://www.mkop.com.sg/cqnye/page_14.htm
I didn't go for countdown for 2008. In fact, I didn't party - much or at all - for most of 2007 and 2008. So CY, JT and I decided to head out to town, after making an advance cab reservation for 2am :p Didn't want to get stranded like in 2007!
At first I thought I would finally have the chance to wear this shiny ah-lian dress I got in Dublin in late 2007. But, it barely covered my big fat arse and the thighs that could 踢死一只马! Pairing with black tights just made me look slutty *.*
We ended up in the central square in Clarke Quay. There were some performances but the crowd was rather pathetic - people hardly moved to the music! It was not until right after countdown that they got a bit more excited. But we decided to leave to quench our thirst.. THE thirst :)
I forgot what happened but CY turned motherly *.*
Going home was exciting. First of all, the cab who took my booking decided to give it up. I missed the cab company's calls so I didn't know the new cab number so I didn't know when the cab stopped in front of us. Some random ang moh at the cab stand tried to bluff the cabbie that he was the one who called but cabbie uncle was good - he verified name and destination and sent ang moh away! :)
Uncle was very funny.. I no longer remember what we talked about but I sure remember what happened!
I was sitting in front and he was telling us how some passengers tried to bluff him etc.. Then suddenly..
Uncle: Aiyah, talk until I go the wrong way!
We ended up on AYE *.*
So we started talking about how to adjust the fare and he knew the fare to be x and y etc.. And suddenly I found myself zooming towards this bike in front of us, almost knocking into it as we stopped at a traffic light!
mf: Uncle, don't want to talk to you already! You just drive! I'm very scared!
(Just as suddenly as I remembered this incident, this post ends!)
Update 24 May 2009
More of us!
Source: http://www.mkop.com.sg/cqnye/page_14.htm
Saturday, 4 April 2009
I'm not 29..
I was toying with my phone today on the train when this boy about 20 drifted to my side and spoke to me.
mf: Yes? *removed iPod earpiece*
Boy: 你是大学生吗？
mf: 不是.. *bewildered*
Boy: 你像是..
mf: Huh? 我其实蛮老了.. *turned back to Pinky*
Boy: 你有"you xiang"吗？
mf: 油香？*htf would I have that on me?!*
Boy: *buried his face for a second* 电子邮箱..
mf: Oh, 没有.. *back to Pinky*
Then I arrived at my destination. And smiled as I went up the escalator - I looked like an undergrad, i.e. early 20s! That's almost 10 years younger! :p
So I told Sito, and he agreed it was possible! Maybe it was my ostrich-like skirt today?
Anyway, so I went to Jap class, and Geraldine said that undergrads could have gone through eight years of primary school, five years of secondary school, ITE, poly, JC, then university..! *sulk*
And just now, I was taking a Facebook quiz - it said my age was 31-40.. But I'm only 29! =(
These episodes on age today brought to mind two things:
1)
Well, I was just thinking about age and ageing the other day. Since I started work, I was the 妹妹 of the office, being a fresh grad. And I have been working among people older than me. I can't help feeling like 23, which was when I first started work. But I think I only feel 23 when I'm at work, cos there's so much to learn. And of course, I don't grab my sagging butt in the office!
Outside of work, I am aware of noticeable physical, mental and emotional changes:
a) Physical - I used to get colds and/or coughs. Now I get the flu, i.e. ache and all. Wrinkles. And sagging bits.
b) Emotional - I feel I'm at a different emotional plane from six years ago. Guess it's after meeting many more people, different people, learning from their actions and reactions. We are a complex being..
c) Mental - Certainly don't feel any smarter. If anything, I have dead brain cells blocking some essential synapses! But there are some developments, mostly at work and on dealing with people.
Sometimes, I would suddenly realise my age and get a shock. Wasn't I just 17 yesterday and singing on stage? Or the like..
Yet at the same time, I don't resist the idea of ageing. There are so many things to look forward to and if I don't age, I won't get there!
2)
I was also thinking about making friends the other day. I think I don't want to make too many new friends from now. Keeping in touch online is one thing but meeting up is another altogether. I hardly have enough time to meet my existing friends who are more important than more (new) friends! And I feel that new friendships can be only skin deep if I cannot make the time to be with them.
Did I just stick a huge ANTI-SOCIAL label on my forehead? 朋友不在多寡，而是实不实在。
So today, I found it very interesting that this boy approached me like that. Perhaps as a foreign student - he sounded like one - he was just trying to make friends. I guess I'm past the age of making friends from random encounters.
And if he was trying to pick me up, thinking I was in his age bracket, well, Boy, Madam is taken! :p Oh, but if more were like him, we could have lower singlehood rates, higher marriage rates and a higher total fertility rate? *excited* Ok, job hazard *.*
=== end of the two things ===
Now I shall focus on my vanity - after all, I look like I'm in my early 20s :)
Update 9 Apr 2009
At dinner with colleagues just now, Mrs PS said I looked younger than 29!
Yes, mf is floating into the clouds now :))
mf: Yes? *removed iPod earpiece*
Boy: 你是大学生吗？
mf: 不是.. *bewildered*
Boy: 你像是..
mf: Huh? 我其实蛮老了.. *turned back to Pinky*
Boy: 你有"you xiang"吗？
mf: 油香？*htf would I have that on me?!*
Boy: *buried his face for a second* 电子邮箱..
mf: Oh, 没有.. *back to Pinky*
Then I arrived at my destination. And smiled as I went up the escalator - I looked like an undergrad, i.e. early 20s! That's almost 10 years younger! :p
So I told Sito, and he agreed it was possible! Maybe it was my ostrich-like skirt today?
Anyway, so I went to Jap class, and Geraldine said that undergrads could have gone through eight years of primary school, five years of secondary school, ITE, poly, JC, then university..! *sulk*
And just now, I was taking a Facebook quiz - it said my age was 31-40.. But I'm only 29! =(
These episodes on age today brought to mind two things:
1)
Well, I was just thinking about age and ageing the other day. Since I started work, I was the 妹妹 of the office, being a fresh grad. And I have been working among people older than me. I can't help feeling like 23, which was when I first started work. But I think I only feel 23 when I'm at work, cos there's so much to learn. And of course, I don't grab my sagging butt in the office!
Outside of work, I am aware of noticeable physical, mental and emotional changes:
a) Physical - I used to get colds and/or coughs. Now I get the flu, i.e. ache and all. Wrinkles. And sagging bits.
b) Emotional - I feel I'm at a different emotional plane from six years ago. Guess it's after meeting many more people, different people, learning from their actions and reactions. We are a complex being..
c) Mental - Certainly don't feel any smarter. If anything, I have dead brain cells blocking some essential synapses! But there are some developments, mostly at work and on dealing with people.
Sometimes, I would suddenly realise my age and get a shock. Wasn't I just 17 yesterday and singing on stage? Or the like..
Yet at the same time, I don't resist the idea of ageing. There are so many things to look forward to and if I don't age, I won't get there!
2)
I was also thinking about making friends the other day. I think I don't want to make too many new friends from now. Keeping in touch online is one thing but meeting up is another altogether. I hardly have enough time to meet my existing friends who are more important than more (new) friends! And I feel that new friendships can be only skin deep if I cannot make the time to be with them.
Did I just stick a huge ANTI-SOCIAL label on my forehead? 朋友不在多寡，而是实不实在。
So today, I found it very interesting that this boy approached me like that. Perhaps as a foreign student - he sounded like one - he was just trying to make friends. I guess I'm past the age of making friends from random encounters.
And if he was trying to pick me up, thinking I was in his age bracket, well, Boy, Madam is taken! :p Oh, but if more were like him, we could have lower singlehood rates, higher marriage rates and a higher total fertility rate? *excited* Ok, job hazard *.*
=== end of the two things ===
Now I shall focus on my vanity - after all, I look like I'm in my early 20s :)
Update 9 Apr 2009
At dinner with colleagues just now, Mrs PS said I looked younger than 29!
Yes, mf is floating into the clouds now :))
Thursday, 2 April 2009
Sleepy..
On MC today. Cough syrup is making me sleepy.. Or maybe it's the heat?
In my state of semi-consicousness, I have been trying to do work that activates no more than 1/10 of my brain.
In my state of dreaminess, I tried to take a tablet for my itchy throat after lunch.
Then I woke up..
"Take 0.5 tab two times a day"
That's new! Being a good girl, I tried to cut the tiny tablet - with my fingernail :p
No go after a few tries =(
I figured this mass of mine wouldn't crumble so I gave up and popped the entire thing into mouth..
Sleepy once more..
In my state of semi-consicousness, I have been trying to do work that activates no more than 1/10 of my brain.
In my state of dreaminess, I tried to take a tablet for my itchy throat after lunch.
Then I woke up..
"Take 0.5 tab two times a day"
That's new! Being a good girl, I tried to cut the tiny tablet - with my fingernail :p
No go after a few tries =(
I figured this mass of mine wouldn't crumble so I gave up and popped the entire thing into mouth..
Sleepy once more..
Thursday, 19 March 2009
I squeezed my left butt cheek..
And it felt different from a few years ago...
miso: It's age..
mf: And gravity!
:p
miso: It's age..
mf: And gravity!
:p
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Buzzing bee
I was very efficient today.
Was in SMU for a course on economics - why didn't I do it in school?!
Anyway, during lunch, I:
1) Collected my JLPT certificate - I passed at 316!!! :)
2) Deposited a cheque - some Medisave refund for my ENT treatment
3) Printed a photo for Hayashi Sensei who would be leaving Singapore this month
4) Checked out two tailors
And all these in one hour! I was so proud of myself that I had Macs for lunch :p
After the course, I checked out a few more studios and finally found one that had some idea of the dance dress I wanted! Not cheap though... Found some online but I'm not confident of buying things I can't try..
Anyway, my efficiency didn't stop there. I went back to Tomato Town and grabbed some quick dinner, bought movie tickets, checked out accessories and dashed home. Comfortably showered and seated by 9 pm :)
Just started this post when I got a call on work - spent an hour of my precious evening on work when I had wanted to organise a lot of things and ideas! But even within that hour, I finished quite a bit of work! Quite proud of myself again :) But no more Macs! For the month!
Was in SMU for a course on economics - why didn't I do it in school?!
Anyway, during lunch, I:
1) Collected my JLPT certificate - I passed at 316!!! :)
2) Deposited a cheque - some Medisave refund for my ENT treatment
3) Printed a photo for Hayashi Sensei who would be leaving Singapore this month
4) Checked out two tailors
And all these in one hour! I was so proud of myself that I had Macs for lunch :p
After the course, I checked out a few more studios and finally found one that had some idea of the dance dress I wanted! Not cheap though... Found some online but I'm not confident of buying things I can't try..
Anyway, my efficiency didn't stop there. I went back to Tomato Town and grabbed some quick dinner, bought movie tickets, checked out accessories and dashed home. Comfortably showered and seated by 9 pm :)
Just started this post when I got a call on work - spent an hour of my precious evening on work when I had wanted to organise a lot of things and ideas! But even within that hour, I finished quite a bit of work! Quite proud of myself again :) But no more Macs! For the month!
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