idiocyncracy

wed- 23rd

i finally got to treat esther recently for a favour.... its a good talk good food good company..its a nice place.. BUT lousy service.. but i dun care.. im gg back there again for the food is really good..
its New York New York.. at city link.. you guys must try it.. it has good american fare.. with the same price range as nydc, cafe cartel, billy bombers, kenny rogers and the like.. and 10 times tastier in my opinion..
esther had bratwurst sausages wrapped with cheese and bacon and chips.. and i had penne in lovely creamy mushhroom sauce and roast chicken.. its sounds ordinary in description but it was sumptious... we also had fried mars bar.. have you all heard of the fried mars bar at chippys in far east? it pales in comparison to this..
everything was done so well in big servings .. the chicken wasnt too dry, the mars bar was well melted and juicy in the middle..

amidst all the catching up and laughter.. i cudn help noticing the gay couple beside us.. i dun wanna be prejudiced but its hard not to notice them.. they shared food... they looked at each other intimately it gave me the creeps.. its almost like if there weren't anyone ard..they wud have grabbed each other 's hands... their eys speak the language of love.. and they leaned close to each other thruout the meal.. *shudder* the funny thing is ... they dun look like the typical gays.. neither do they behave like one( the way they walk etc.)... closet gays..


thurs-24th..

had work.. lunch with colleague at food muesuem in raffles place.. famous beef hor fun.. very heavily doused in beef sause but very good.. later on.. before i left work.. i felt kinda guilty..even tho i dunno why beacause i wasnt at fault.. he was working the same shift with me but i left on time while he left later cuz he haven't finish his work.. yet he was so good natured about it.. i mean he din feel pissed or anything.. gotta learn to be more like him... more giving more generous..

then i met up with a very important fruit! MANGO!
okok.. not fruit ... a good fren of mine who was a gf of a guy who is a close fren of my ex..
great company and good food.. spaggedies! yum...
i had chicken penne pasta.. and the chicken was well-seasoned..
she had black pepper soft shell crab arrabiata... heavenly!
and i decorated her birthday book b4 we left the place..
she had this birthday book to let all her frens decorate... which she is not gonna open and only do so on her birthday.. how charming..
and she's leavig for australia in a weeks time for a whole long month to celebrate her birthday with her bf and catch a THIRTY minute fireworks! imagine! 30 minutes fireworks!!!!! we singaporeans had 10 minutes fireworks and we already feel blessed.. i love the way fireworks make me feell.. for that 10 minutes its like im transported to fairyland and my worries and troubles vanished ...
and we toked about how we wanna travel ard the world..
and catch more foreign films...


friday-25th..

got to meet up darling pei!!!! wooo...
went to New York New York again! haha
now i had those sausages... and delicious waffles with ice cream and chocolate...the waffles are SO CRISPY..yummy... and the sausages are fat and juicy.. and pei had lovely mudpie as well.. it was warm and not too sweet... heavenly.. suppose to meet up with simon to meet supplier.. but too bad cant.. so i head off to NAFA with pei...she went to continue her proj.. while i pop in there for fun.. saw the ever energised Bianca! pluck off wisdom tooth and the same night she still and go out! pei fu pei fu..

went off to icon ..has a shop with gorgeous bags!! the guy there actually graduated from ntu with accounting.. yet another graduate doing veering towards another career path totally not what he intended n the first place.. makes me wonder what goes on in the minds of these ppl...

then we walked around to bugis village.. quite a lot of crapp there too..
then walked ard towards arab street... funny place..with all kinds of funny shops..
i feel like trying the egyptian restaurant there...


hm...


contented...

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work is getting more hectic nowadays.. but im blessed with supportive and caring colleagues so in no way did i feel stressed

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just a random thought...

mango asked me a question that stuck in my mind for a time....

'' are you happy with your life?''


and i replied..

''very happy''

without hesitation..
im surprised myself by saying that..also very surprised at the quickness i replied..

with all that i have been thru for the past few years.. im glad i faced it and deal with it..
and God has been good to me..

and im grateful..



:)

last saturday.. watched those fireworks.. mu angie and i..

it was breath-taking and awesomely beautiful..
and too short!

lol...

like life isn't it? the best moments of life are like fireworks..heartbreakingly beautiful, too rare, too short, too fast over...

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5 of my colleagues left the workplace.. i miss them terribly..

for i have grown attached to them over time..

4 came in place of them..
while they are incredibly nice ppl..

and i love meeting new ppl and making new friends.. its never like the former batch.. the pioneer batch of us having fun..


still the new ppl are fun.. and we spent alotta time crapping and luffing ard...


soon im leaving this comfortable workplace.. and the sweet carefree lifestyle that im fond of..

in 2 weeks time..


and its a brave hey there hello to citibank.

been a busy week.. and i have kinda temporily abandoned my blog for a while...



now, what have I been up to the past few days..

friday-4th august.. fell sick.. stomach flu.. so i took all kinds of self prescribed medication... so much so i felt intoxicated.. stuffed with chinese medication and western medication.. and it felt so awful at one point i was so weak i can't even change my position in bed... and i cannot lift myself up..tot i was gonna die.. and i missed out on ktv outing and bianca's bday at shangri-la... miserable manz.. lol

sat-5th augustfelt much better and i even went to work.. lol.. weekends at ocbc centre is great.. cuz we got to relax with less authority around..

mon-7th
went swimming with debi and shuling in the morning at yio chu kang swimming pool.. very empty.. which is great.. otherwise it will feel like an obstacle course.. days when there are kids on swimming courses are the worse... they are noisy and they are oblivious to other beings.. and im afriad of accidentally kicking the kids.. so i cant relax.. managed to swim 20 laps.. damn proud of myself.. lol

then went home for a lunch of fish and chips.. then head out again to watch this thriller movie HARD CANDY with peiling..
Its a thought-provoking show.. if you have the time, do watch it.Its intense, powerful and disturbing. There are various social issues involved and it is rather controversial in a sense. However, not everyone can stomach it as it has strong content, but its a fantastic movie. I wouldn't think twice in catching it again.

after that we shopped ard in topshop and fcuk..
bought a bag in Fcuk.. lately i realised im starting to notice bags.. strange but.. more often than not.. i used to spend all my money on food and clothing.. now im starting to fall in love with bags and shoes.. how peculiar .. cuz most girls like to splurge on bags and shoes.. im a late-developer. lol

then went off to shuling's house to play mahjong..

with shuhui kok chuan and debi.. time sped..thats how it is with mahjong..

played till 10 reach home at 1130..


tues 8 aug-
dragged myself up to play tennis with Jinghui and two other of her friends.. both also from SIM, Adriel and Lionel..

at first tot i wasnt gonna to.. cuz my stomach problem came back..

luckily it behaved..
played 2 hours b4 i went off for work..

9th aug

i worked nite shift and had a prolonged dinner at tcc..lol.. great ambience.. shitty food.. haha
eng huat's pizza baguette had a strong indian flavour. there were chips at the side. we speculated that those were actually bought from little india..lol



11 aug-
went for breakfast buffet at delifrance..
the buffet was so-so..

had a chockful of pastries..
now im guilty and i feel like swimming 50 laps to stave off my guilt..

lol

then i watched Adam's Apples with Dith..

It a black comedy.. but it touches on serious issues..
Loved it..

At one point in the movie i was so overwhelmed i cried..

it was heartwarming and somehow it stirs something inside of you..
incredible movie.. i cant describe it appropriately in words..

its a pity it wasn't marketed as frequently as other commercialised films..

makes all the movies currently screened seem shallow..

after that we went HMV and i bought two vcds.. 2 movies that ive been wanting to watch for the longest time..

City of God and Schindler's list..
damn sooper happy cuz it was on sale.. lol
7.95 each..

very satisfied .. :)

i hate superficiality.The older i grow the more i seem to be stuck to it. and as much as i hate it i need to live with it and even use it simply for survival.

hmm.. sunday 30th

went for another bout of ktv.. very fun.. am inspired to learn chinese songs wahahaha.. english songs are still my kinda thing but the mtvs simply kill my drive to sing..the mtvs of english songs are always so nuttily stewpid cupid and they always portray ugly duckling models and worse still,boring videos of boring places like the bird park or zoo or local shopping malls.. bores me to tears.

so im gonna start checking out fish leong(what kinda english name is that?), stephanie sun and jolin tsai and ah mei and elva siao and s.h.e(act cute)..


so far i only noe.. stephanie's wo bu ai, yan shen..
coco lee's ben nu ren and some jay chou songs..

lol




and again we had to be sent out by the manager..


lol

oh.. and i caught the rock gig..it was a last minute decision... very cute dude.. he asked me to go see/tok to him after the gig... i didn't..

too shy.. heheh