But I still catch my breath when someone mentions you.
We move on, put those dreams away
Hoping that we'll find them come some rainy day.
How could I know that everything would change?
Except the way I miss you.
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I sit & laugh with friends at what we've all been through
But I still catch my breath when someone mentions you. We move on, put those dreams away Hoping that we'll find them come some rainy day. How could I know that everything would change? Except the way I miss you. Wednesday, August 22, 2007
tuesday, 14th august 2007
met up with mandy after work. rushed home to get the car so that i can bad idea. heh. mandy got trigger happy in the car. everytime a flash go off, i immediately look into the rear view to check which bastard was flashing his headlights. but alas, it was mandyy, snapping away on her little camera, blinding me with her camera flash.  before our lil meet up, she suggested that it'd be fun to exchange baby photos to laugh at during dinner. yet another bad idea. heh. i took out my cutest albeit embarassing photos to share.  while she brought her nude baby and crib photos. of course i cant possibly upload the nude photos. partly coz it's indecent exposure and i may get in trouble with some blog authorities. but mostly coz i dont have it. *shrugs*so we had our laughs, although at my expense, through dinner at pasta mania.  how much have we changed??  we had a great heart to heart chat after everything. it was so easy chatting about stuff that i've kept bottled up. i didnt feel like i needed to protect myself or cover-up details. a special friend indeed.  thursday, 16th august 2007 i love grocery shopping! but the bf knows my impulsive buying habit, so he'd always feed me first then bring me grocery shopping. that way, i won't feel like throwing anything and everything i like into the trolley. darn. so although i had beef pepper rice from pepper lunch in my tummy.. we still raked up a whooping 100 bucks in groceries from giant at imm. heh  wah lau.. it's the first time i collected such a long receipt la. 31 items. it felt so much like i was living on my own. getting stuff like soap, shower foam, tea, snacks, chocolates, fruits, canned fruits, pet food..etc. heh, grocery shopping therapy.P.S. not all the items are mine la.. half are his. really. friday, 17th august 2007 read about the deliciously juicy and tender black pig tonkatsu from Central Tom Ton on ieatishootipost's blog. i thought it'd be worth a try. i was famished by the time we got our table. this is what we ordered.
 the black pig tonkatsu was juicy and had alot of bite. the rice was fragrant and just the right amount of stickiness. not too wet, not too dry, not too sticky and messy. just nice and very chewy. and the miso was wow. not the usual ready mix with tiny cubes of tofu and seaweed. this miso was packed with shredded chicken, onions & carrots. full body flavour that was very appetizing. the sukiyaki wasnt bad. the soup base was overly sweet tho. overall, i dont think it was good enough to make me go back again.caught sight of fireworks. found out it was for some fireworks celebration at marina bay on the 17th and 18th august. decided to catch the full view of it on 18th. saturday, 18th august 2007
+046.jpg) +039.jpg) +025.jpg) not that spectacular afterall. all the displays were like the previous. same type of fireworks but dancing to a different tune..like duhh. there should be breakthrough in the pyrotechnics man. it's getting more boring each time. but..i had a good dinner after the fireworks tho! we stayed at bibik@padang in src coz we didnt really want to get stuck in the human and traffic jam trying to get to another place for dinner. +077.jpg) +075.jpg) monday, 20th august 2007 havent had a good nights' sleep since saturday. maybe i did or said something wrong during the company's 5th day of the 7th month prayer/offerings which was during work on friday.i dont usually sleep so lightly and wake up so often in the night. i was drifting in and out of sleep the whole of friday night/saturday morning. woke up first at 4.30am then every subsequent hour or 2 after that. it was the same thing on sunday morning and monday morning just not at the same specific time. i would have been freaked out if it was at the exact same time. having rather creepy dreams as well...not of the paranormal but more of a sinister nature.one that i remember more vividly is as follows: i happened to be in an apartment with a woman and 2 kids. i dont know how i was related to her, but she was ushering her kids to sleep in a secure room. the place, which i assume was hers, was in a huge mess. the windows were smashed and the floor was covered with trash and strewn clothes. i guess i wasnt supposed to be there, coz i went to hide behind a door when a person came barging through the front door. the man began to abuse and violate the woman. although i was hiding behind a door, it was more like a screen that i could see through. the most curious thing was that the man seem to know i was there. here comes the complicated part. i knew i was dreaming. i knew i wasn't actually at the scene. but i felt that man's stare through the door. it was as if our eyes were locked on each other. i felt the words he spat at me even though i didnt understand them. i just remained crouched behind the door and stared back in fear. my mum reckons it is because it is the 7th month, thus such occurances. she advises that i should be more careful while i'm out and not to stay out late. a friend i told the story to said that i probably have an issue that is bothering me subconsciously. although i don't feel particularly tired or lethargic due to the lack of sleep, the waking up at night and light sleep kinda creeps me out. faded into oblivion @ 10:41 PM Monday, August 20, 2007
for the longest time, the first thing i say when i wake up on weekday mornings is "damn, i hate work." or "dammit, work sucks."
the only redeeming factor at work are these guys..    the brown kitten is extremely affectionate. he's extremely vocal about getting attention too. mews non-stop until someone comes over to scratch his head, pick him up or feed him. they never fail to brighten up my day. they are strays, so they come and go as they like. the brown kitten stays around most of the time, while the more docile black cat has not been seen for a couple of weeks. probably made a home at another factory/warehouse in the area. faded into oblivion @ 3:55 PM oh!
i read a funny joke while walking along clark quay on friday.. why men can't trust women? ans: coz women can bleed for 5 days and survive. ok. irrelevant. somehow i couldnt stop laughing abt it. maybe i was high on black pig. more on the black pig in the next post :) check out more jokes at some restaurant/pub along the stretch where hot stones and hooters are. this led display of jokes above a window or door. faded into oblivion @ 1:13 PM Thursday, August 16, 2007
i read a post by finicky feline a week ago. somehow it made me think a lil. it felt like i was in the same predicament.
"It’s funny how I know I care for you a lot and I’m aware of the extent of which I’ve grown attached to you, but I know I don’t love you." but she was referring to her search for Mr Right. maybe i don't know what love is. maybe i've been over-demanding while you had no demands of me. maybe i've got these insecurity issues which you've neglected from time to time with your endless search. or maybe i'm just Ms Right Now.. and not Ms Right. when will i taste pure happiness? happiness that's not tainted with pretense. faded into oblivion @ 3:23 PM Tuesday, August 7, 2007
met up with a babe on wednesday, 1 august 2007. but i've procrastinated til today to finally post it up.
actually i spent the time digging thru photo albums. heh. a babe i havent seen nor contacted in the longest time. at least 4years i presume. haha.. the last time i saw her was at my 17th birthday party. it was held at the swimming pool area of the condo i stay at. she came fashionably late, clutching a delicate yellow rose which was NOT for me. who is this babe, you ask?  and she has morphed into this babe!  we had dinner at orange lantern. her recommendation. vietnamese cuisine, a change from the norm. :)  the food was average but the company was great! she's everything i remember her to be. chatty, hilarious, huge appetite yet still skinny. *envies* oh and shopaholic!   it was truly wonderful meeting up with her. her boy is in army, so more opportunity to meet up with this babe! so mandyy...we shall have to meet up again soon...i'm craving for my zinger burger ^.^ faded into oblivion @ 1:39 AM Saturday, August 4, 2007
 woke up at 3.30am coz i was having a disturbing ok.. grossed out. i hate spiders. why do i have such weird dreams recently?? faded into oblivion @ 11:51 AM Friday, August 3, 2007
(i'm gonna sound like a huge swaku.. but...)
EUREKA!! i've just discovered microsoft image composer! it can be used to edit photos! omg. and all this time it's been in my laptop. *slaps forehead* i suppose photoshop would have better effects and a more userfriendly interface though i've not used it before. but this works fine for simple minor edits. ;p whoopee! -back to editing~ faded into oblivion @ 2:14 PM Thursday, August 2, 2007
bangkok trip photos!!!
i didnt feel excited that i was going bangkok. but the few nights before leaving, i wasnt able to sleep well. maybe i was subconsciously excited...i dont know. ha. initially, the plan was that nigel, his sis-in-law sylvia and me were to go to bangkok on thursday 26th july, then have nigel's bro and bro's friend join us on friday. BUT, sylvia pulled a stunt on us. she called 20hours before the flight to add her friend, kitty, to the group. frantic arrangements were made to include her on the flight and hotel accomodation. lucky for her the flight wasnt full yet, or the hotel overbooked. not so lucky for the rest of us who had to endure her bimbotic-ness. so anyway... thursday, 26th july 2007 arrival in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand, at 10.30am(bangkok time).   kitty is a chinese national with singapore pr. apparently, she requires a visa, but the queue was super long. we had to wait 1hr for her to clear immigration. coz of that, the airport transfer to the hotel left to pick up another group to bring to the airport. so we had to wait another hour for the transfer to return. wasted 2hrs just like that. dammit. while waiting for the airport transfer..   at long last, we reached the hotel around 1pm. after checking in, we went up to our respective rooms. i was super awe struck at the bigass room. omg.  it would have been a bigass suite if it was singapore, with the large and separate living, sleeping, and bathroom areas. loved it man. view from the 35 floor   after a hurried buffet lunch at the hotel, we went to siam square to get our hair and nails done. nigel was the unfortunate victim coz he practically wasted 1day waiting and not doing any shopping. i got hair extensions finally! for only 1200baht. wahaha. didnt expect to pay so much, but for the sake of having long hair for the first time in my life. it was worth it. getting our hair done~    from behind  then it was on to our nails!! getting our nails done;P   after the manicurist was done with my hands, she disappeared under the table.  she went to blow her nose and i thought maybe get ready to do my toes. but..she never did come up again. this is why...  she just sat on the floor while doing my pedicure. omg. it was hilarious. sylvia had a 3D nail design on her nails. it took a whooping 1.5hrs. all hand drawn.   by the time we were done, it was getting late, so we crossed over to mbk to walk around abit. we had the steamboat at MK restaurant, which was affordable yet not too bad. kitty started complaining about being tired, so we headed back to the hotel. since it was still rather early, around 10ish, we left kitty in the hotel while the rest of us walked at the pratunam market just outside the hotel. washing my hair that night was pure torture to my scalp and my patience. pain like hell. spent half an hour blowdrying my hair. so troublesome. friday, 27th july 2007 we began our day quite late. around 11ish. sigh having to constantly wait for some people..  while waiting, nigel and i went to explore the hotel. Baiyoke Sky being the Tallest building in Bangkok. my office needs this..  practising our tuk tuk bargaining skill. "..eh, to baiyoke sky, how much. 50baht? no?? how much, how much??"   "..so heavvyyyy.."  looking at the view  the view from the 77th floor(where buffet meals are served)  in the special glass elevator from 1st floor straight to the 77th floor  nigel thinking he can fly thru.  we climbed up to the ulu revolving roof deck. apparently there's an entry fee during the night. since it was in the morning, the roof was revolving and there wasnt anybody around, we took a walk around! the view from the non-revolving roof deck.it kinda looks like we are caged.. but waddaheck.  we visited the four faced buddha temple to get some blessing. from my last visit in a tour group, i vaguely remember the tour guide saying that you were supposed to walk in one direction and place 3 joss stick and a flower offering at each face. also, each face has a certain significance. like one is for you to pray for wealth, health,etc. but i couldnt remember which face is for what. so blind follow blind. i just prayed for health and happiness at each face. just to be safe. either one should be correct right?! at the four-faced buddha temple   then it was off to shopping at siam square. we walked the entire way to siam square from the four faced buddha. havent even start shopping and my legs were aching. no photos to show for the time spent shopping. rather uneventful shopping at siam central, til we arrived in mbk. coz the group split into 2. sylvia and kitty went off, and nigel and i went to the third floor area of mbk to look for his soccer jerseys that my bro raved about. close to 3hours later, he got his grade A fake barcelona and 07/08 man u jerseys and 3 dvds, while i got 2 pairs of jeans, 1 denim pedal pusher and one dress. wahaha. his bro and friend arrived, so we met up with them in mbk. got quite lost navigating the techie level. every other shop looks like the one we just walked past. a few expensive phone calls later, we found them in a small corner of a tiny shop. we had dinner at sukishi charcoal grill in mbk then walked over to this massage parlour beside novotel hotel. the traditional thai massage i received wasnt what i had expected. i expected it to be more painful and uncomfortable. but it was so relaxing and ticklish. weird. now that the group has increased to 6, we squashed into ONE cab to go to patpong night market. the infamous agogo strip bars and the brazen soliciting within. in the cab  nigel and i headed back to the hotel shortly after, while the other 4 explored the night life at rca. saturday, 28th july 2007 the day was spent at chatuchak weekend market. it was super hot and humid when we arrived, then it rained damn heavily. but there wasnt much to shop. didnt see anything nice. another day without photos. hahaha.. lazy. after chatuchak, we went to pratunam and platinum malls to have a look-see. nothing much there either. super run down. walked back to the strip of massage parlours beside novotel hotel, and checked in for a foot massage+head&shoulder massage for 1.5hr for only 400baht. dinner at coca suki restaurant was super expensive in bangkok terms. omg. 4000+ baht for 6 of us. visited suan lum night market next. so many queer yet interesting stuff on sale there. mostly furniture or decorative items. saw a really funky wall clock that you can scribble and adjust multiple timezones on just one clock. not so funky at 3500baht. but i didnt want to spend. dunno why. no mood. but seeing all the pet puppies of at different shops did put a faint smile on my face. the puppies all so guai, they won't run out of the shop, and mind you, some of the shops are open concept. without a frontal glass or barricades to keep the dogs in. i wanted to bring them home lahh. sunday, 29th july 2007 checked out of the hotel before doing last minute shopping at mbk yet again. this time, nigel and i explored the whole shopping mall from one end to the other, from bottom to top. haha. managed to get some sale items, foodstuffs and dunkin' donuts! brought a huge box of donuts home. haha then it was time to leave bangkok. happy to go home  minor hiccup at the airport tho, and an advice to all. if you are buying durian kueh(the long tube of sticky durian kueh), DON'T HAND CARRY IT. dump it in your luggage and check it in. COZZZZ, we handcarried all the foodstuff and the durian kueh got taken out and thrown away. dammit. abt 300baht into the trash. apparently the durian kueh is classified as a 'GEL', thus exceeds the 100ml restrictions. so either eat now or throw away. i bet those *beep* thai officers would have picked the durian kueh out of the trash when we walked off, coz the durian kueh was in a pack of 4 tubes. easily retrievable. dammit. we should have opened the packaging and squeezed out the contents into the bin. *mumblegrumble* ~~~~~~ so that sums up the bangkok trip. nothing fantastic. it could've been better. oh well. itching for the next trip. truly been bitten by the travel bug. ouch. faded into oblivion @ 12:10 PM blogger the person behind the computer.
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