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Sunday, May 24, 2009
2 Days
This weekend has been really cool. Went out looking for my LV bag on Fri but it's out of stock in Singapore! Have to wait for my order to arrive. Went to Timbre at night to drink and chill and had the Roast Duck pizza. Got a free ride home from XX's dad.
Yesterday, I met up with the IT guys for some dinner at the wonderful Ship Restaurant. I love it there! The food's good and ambience fantastic. Great place for catching up and just plain relaxation. We cut a cake, sang a song and the most adorable kids came over looking all excited about "WHO'S BIRTHDAY ISSIT???" I was like "none of your business". But they won me over with their overzealousness and ambiguous racial skin tone. I was like "are you Malay or Chinese?" Then the little girl was like "CHINESE!!" I fed the little guy a small piece of cake. But at first I was actually quite surprised that the parents did not immediately rush over to drag their kids' asses back to their table and reprimand them with the judgmental finger-pointing. It took them a series of running over to our table, asking who's cake issit, trying to squeeze into our photo-taking, being fed cakes, more picture taking, more asking "issit your birthday?" did their parents realise "damn it's time to get them, we're going off".
Then, I went Dbl O to meet AA ppl. It was fun! The drinks were awesome (and by awesome I mean cheap). Drank 7 tequila shots. Wonder how I made it home sober. HA. I think it's all the dancing that burnt the alcohol faster. We stayed till the club closed. And I reached home at about 5+ am. My head was so giddy I wanted to sleep but I knew I had to bath first. In mere moments, I was completely knocked out.
Right now, I'm still suffering from a lil of light-headedness but I can still type a post here ha. But I can fully understand why alcoholics pick up this drinking problem - it feels fantastic! The idea of being free of responsibilities and complete burden-free; it's uplifting!!!
Yesterday, I met up with the IT guys for some dinner at the wonderful Ship Restaurant. I love it there! The food's good and ambience fantastic. Great place for catching up and just plain relaxation. We cut a cake, sang a song and the most adorable kids came over looking all excited about "WHO'S BIRTHDAY ISSIT???" I was like "none of your business". But they won me over with their overzealousness and ambiguous racial skin tone. I was like "are you Malay or Chinese?" Then the little girl was like "CHINESE!!" I fed the little guy a small piece of cake. But at first I was actually quite surprised that the parents did not immediately rush over to drag their kids' asses back to their table and reprimand them with the judgmental finger-pointing. It took them a series of running over to our table, asking who's cake issit, trying to squeeze into our photo-taking, being fed cakes, more picture taking, more asking "issit your birthday?" did their parents realise "damn it's time to get them, we're going off".
Then, I went Dbl O to meet AA ppl. It was fun! The drinks were awesome (and by awesome I mean cheap). Drank 7 tequila shots. Wonder how I made it home sober. HA. I think it's all the dancing that burnt the alcohol faster. We stayed till the club closed. And I reached home at about 5+ am. My head was so giddy I wanted to sleep but I knew I had to bath first. In mere moments, I was completely knocked out.
Right now, I'm still suffering from a lil of light-headedness but I can still type a post here ha. But I can fully understand why alcoholics pick up this drinking problem - it feels fantastic! The idea of being free of responsibilities and complete burden-free; it's uplifting!!!
WE LOVE BOOZE!
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
American Idol
Just watched American Idol on Starworld. Seriously, I don't know why Danny Gokey is so unlikeable? As a completely objective person who just tuned in for two episodes, I'd have to say his voice is really soulful and infectious. It grows on you. But I think American Idol already has produced too many of such singers (Chris D., Taylor H., Ruben S.). It's no longer fresh and eventually, his stardom will be shortlived. So might as well boot him out now and save the reputation of another fallen idol. Right now, I can only recall CLARKSON and Underwood who have garnered Grammys for their solo career. Jordin Sparks is a new star to look out for! Battlefield, her new single, turns out to be amazingly refreshing. And she looked pretty on AI too.
All I can say is Ryan Tedder is a GENIUS. Apologize, Already Gone and now Battlefield?! WTH HE'S SUPER TALENTED! Hits after hits, damn he's good.
All I can say is Ryan Tedder is a GENIUS. Apologize, Already Gone and now Battlefield?! WTH HE'S SUPER TALENTED! Hits after hits, damn he's good.
I never meant to start a war
You know I never wanna hurt you
Don't even know what we're fighting for
Why does love always feel like a battlefield
I guess you better go and get your armor
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You know I never wanna hurt you
Don't even know what we're fighting for
Why does love always feel like a battlefield
I guess you better go and get your armor
Monday, May 11, 2009
I was just watching Grey's Anatomy and it was a fantastic episode! It's drama and comedy rolled into one fabulous show that sends you on an emotional rollercoaster every single moment. With Izzie now down with brain cancer that's persistent and malicious, she struggles to keep a happy face while planning Mer and McDreamy's wedding. And yet, she became the bride of the hour because her friends knew that's what she'd hoped for her entire life. I thought this episode was brilliant in writing, acting and I thank the casting director for putting together this great bunch of actors.
Katherine Heigl, after garnering her Emmy award last year for her supporting performance in this show, proved how she can now command an eight-figure salary for a film. Her acting and conviction is so subtle yet intense, so much so, you can feel her piercing through you from the camera. The little details of her gestures and tone of voice is wildly appropriate for a semi-optimistic cancer patient. And we musn't forget that half of these comes from the excellent writing; the script determines the acting. Her delivery was flawless and truly remarkable of a young actress and I now have no doubt that she can dutifully become Julia Roberts' successor.
This is a fantastic quote from the show:
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Katherine Heigl, after garnering her Emmy award last year for her supporting performance in this show, proved how she can now command an eight-figure salary for a film. Her acting and conviction is so subtle yet intense, so much so, you can feel her piercing through you from the camera. The little details of her gestures and tone of voice is wildly appropriate for a semi-optimistic cancer patient. And we musn't forget that half of these comes from the excellent writing; the script determines the acting. Her delivery was flawless and truly remarkable of a young actress and I now have no doubt that she can dutifully become Julia Roberts' successor.
This is a fantastic quote from the show:
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Madness
These days have been so freaking easy that it's starting to weird me out. Just played two days of Mahjong. On Fri, Eugene, Salim, Dixon, Daniel, Ding came over to play Wii Guitar Heroes, Super Smash Brawls and Raving Rabbids and later we played some MJ which I obviously won. We played all the way till 7am on Sat morn and we all collapsed on the sofa till I sent them home at 9 plus. Then following on Sat afternoon, Keli, Eric, Jenn, Xinhui came over to play MJ which I obviously won again. I'm so good I can't help it!
A classic photo that I NEED TO SHARE:
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A classic photo that I NEED TO SHARE:
Just look at Keli's expression. OMG. HAHAHA! Hilarious.
Last night, I got to thinking about how short-lived some relationships can be. These are usually with people whom you initially expect some kinda romantic returns and when they don't work out, the relationship (friendship or not) ends completely. It's very practical; when people don't get what they want they automatically flock to another crowd or environment in search for a new interest. And for most lonely hearts, there's always a certain amount of desire, whether we like it or not, that the next person who walks through the door will be the one we want to spend more than just a brief moment with. Expectations. Loneliness. Why are we always upset over the negative things in our lives that we forget all the good things that we have? Like friendships and passion?
At the end of the day, we just want to find someone we can be co-dependent with. Somebody who protects you when you're vulnerable, somebody who gives you warmth and comfort.
Last night, I got to thinking about how short-lived some relationships can be. These are usually with people whom you initially expect some kinda romantic returns and when they don't work out, the relationship (friendship or not) ends completely. It's very practical; when people don't get what they want they automatically flock to another crowd or environment in search for a new interest. And for most lonely hearts, there's always a certain amount of desire, whether we like it or not, that the next person who walks through the door will be the one we want to spend more than just a brief moment with. Expectations. Loneliness. Why are we always upset over the negative things in our lives that we forget all the good things that we have? Like friendships and passion?
At the end of the day, we just want to find someone we can be co-dependent with. Somebody who protects you when you're vulnerable, somebody who gives you warmth and comfort.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
People...........?
I was playing this game on PSP: Resistance Retribution. Quite a tough game I would say. Cos the gameplay is really overly manual. I mean, I've gotta turn the character's head to face in that direction; it doesn't look where it's supposed to. Still, it's rating is one of the highest on gamespot.com.
Spent the entire day home watching season 1 of Samantha Who? Great show I would say. Charming, funny with hilarious characters like bitchy, materialistic and vain Andrea (Sam's best friend), warm, goofy and sweet Dena (also her best friend) and her Mum Regina who's a crazy mum but not the typical overbearing crazy. More like critical crazy.
Having too much time alone kinda suck because it makes people feel the need to do something. And yet, it always seem difficult to get out of the house to do absolutely nothing again. I'll probably drop by a bookstore tomorrow to get some magazines and people-watch, sip a coffee. I love people watching. Like see what they buy, what they wear, how they behave and make conjectures about their life. It's fun but it's a craft that must be mastered before executed lest you want to be slapped in the face for staring.
And you'll then understand that some stereotypes are inherently true. You can only find certain people at certain places. Like geeks will never dress too nicely, some races will always be the rowdiest no matter where. I mean it's evident in their aura. It's intriguing to notice such social patterns. Yet, in general, people resent the notion of stereotyping and being judgmental based on outlooks. It is what it is! They just reject the idea because it makes them seem narrow-minded but the truth is out there - we all belong in different categories according to pop culture and it's not an abomination to admit it. There's no ONE people, there's no ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL kinda theory. Difference is what makes us who we are, asserting our individualities. Why then, would we want to erase these unique features (unless it's less than desirable)?
This is not being racist or sexist or even marginalising any social group. I just want to make the point that it's okie to acknowledge that we're different but we co-exist in this planet; I'll try to make do with your shortcomings if you do mine. I don't have to like you because we're the same species. I don't need to understand you. I don't need to smile at you because it's a nice thing to do. I don't need to live a facade. I accept the terms that you have your agendas and I'll not do anything to sabotage them unless it affects me negatively in any way. That's all I'm asking for in life, from people. No pretenses, no hypocrisy, no getting-chummy unnecessarily. Just respected individuals living our lives with no crossing of paths.
I think I'm getting a lil too cynical here but damn, sometimes a person just needs to see the dark side of life. It ain't always a pretty picture. ¶ 10:01 PM 0 Comments
Spent the entire day home watching season 1 of Samantha Who? Great show I would say. Charming, funny with hilarious characters like bitchy, materialistic and vain Andrea (Sam's best friend), warm, goofy and sweet Dena (also her best friend) and her Mum Regina who's a crazy mum but not the typical overbearing crazy. More like critical crazy.
Having too much time alone kinda suck because it makes people feel the need to do something. And yet, it always seem difficult to get out of the house to do absolutely nothing again. I'll probably drop by a bookstore tomorrow to get some magazines and people-watch, sip a coffee. I love people watching. Like see what they buy, what they wear, how they behave and make conjectures about their life. It's fun but it's a craft that must be mastered before executed lest you want to be slapped in the face for staring.
And you'll then understand that some stereotypes are inherently true. You can only find certain people at certain places. Like geeks will never dress too nicely, some races will always be the rowdiest no matter where. I mean it's evident in their aura. It's intriguing to notice such social patterns. Yet, in general, people resent the notion of stereotyping and being judgmental based on outlooks. It is what it is! They just reject the idea because it makes them seem narrow-minded but the truth is out there - we all belong in different categories according to pop culture and it's not an abomination to admit it. There's no ONE people, there's no ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL kinda theory. Difference is what makes us who we are, asserting our individualities. Why then, would we want to erase these unique features (unless it's less than desirable)?
This is not being racist or sexist or even marginalising any social group. I just want to make the point that it's okie to acknowledge that we're different but we co-exist in this planet; I'll try to make do with your shortcomings if you do mine. I don't have to like you because we're the same species. I don't need to understand you. I don't need to smile at you because it's a nice thing to do. I don't need to live a facade. I accept the terms that you have your agendas and I'll not do anything to sabotage them unless it affects me negatively in any way. That's all I'm asking for in life, from people. No pretenses, no hypocrisy, no getting-chummy unnecessarily. Just respected individuals living our lives with no crossing of paths.
I think I'm getting a lil too cynical here but damn, sometimes a person just needs to see the dark side of life. It ain't always a pretty picture. ¶ 10:01 PM 0 Comments
Past choices
I'm awake at 2.30am and have completely nothing to do. That got me to read some messages I've received over the past two years and I realise I've been missing out so many opportunities to do something different. I really had known quite a number of contacts who can probably change my life but why didn't I do anything about them? Was I too young and/or afraid?
What about now? I certainly am not that young to be considered unable to take up responsibilities for my own actions. So, am I afraid? The unknown is always dark and sometimes terrifying. How do we learn the ability to select our choices and not be afraid of the consequences?
I can't help but wonder the difference it would make to my life if I had chosen the alternatives. I always imagine life like an ongoing recording. From time to time, it would be nice to be able to rewind and view it from outside your body and probably influence yourself back then and see how things can turn out in other ways.
Are our lives scripted? Here comes the age-old question: is this our destiny? Can we choose a different script, something that's out of the ordinary? Are we granted such a powerful tool of choosing all the time?
As an attempt to reconnect with my past and do as much as technology allows, I sent some emails to further certain (experimental) relationships.
Just to remind: taking chances is probably encouraged but one can only be prepared to bear the after-effects if the faith doesn't pay off. ¶ 2:31 AM 0 Comments
What about now? I certainly am not that young to be considered unable to take up responsibilities for my own actions. So, am I afraid? The unknown is always dark and sometimes terrifying. How do we learn the ability to select our choices and not be afraid of the consequences?
I can't help but wonder the difference it would make to my life if I had chosen the alternatives. I always imagine life like an ongoing recording. From time to time, it would be nice to be able to rewind and view it from outside your body and probably influence yourself back then and see how things can turn out in other ways.
Are our lives scripted? Here comes the age-old question: is this our destiny? Can we choose a different script, something that's out of the ordinary? Are we granted such a powerful tool of choosing all the time?
As an attempt to reconnect with my past and do as much as technology allows, I sent some emails to further certain (experimental) relationships.
Just to remind: taking chances is probably encouraged but one can only be prepared to bear the after-effects if the faith doesn't pay off. ¶ 2:31 AM 0 Comments
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Bag craze never dies. I really wanna get my hands on this bag! This is the Louis Vuitton Monogramouflage Treillis Bag. Takashi Murakami has shared his creative expertise with quite a few Louis Vuitton collections including the Multicolore, Panda, Cherry Blossom and many more. Takashi Murakami's latest collection for Louis Vuitton is the Monogramouflage. Monogramouflage was inspired by one of Murakami’s major works “magic ball.” Costs about SGD 2.5k. Very limited, can't find it anywhere. But I did see a photo of Edison Chen carrying this bag.
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Have been looking for this for so long! Costs about SGD 203 after conversion.
Bought the lanyard from Tao Yuan International Airport Gucci. My sis wants it too.
Here, we have my cousins from Jakarta and my favourite Baby Russell (the cute ang-moh-looking orange kid I'm carrying). These are all the male descendants we have.
My Da Jie asked for this photo to be taken. -.-
Finally found an occasion to wear this Ralph Lauren shirt I bought from the Isetan sales.
'Ng' kids without Joan Ng.
At Cousin's wedding on 1 May, Furama Hotel. This is my Mum and yours truly.
Friday, May 01, 2009
Taiwan & Pornography
1 May. 0230h. TPE to SIN. EVA Air. 4h flight. Headache and flu. Unpleasant.
The flight was terrible but the experience was refreshing.
Basically, my task there was simple: to maintain certain stuff and account for the stuff. (it's probably too sensitive to be mentioned)
I probably wanna talk more about the RnR portion of the trip.
First stop was Kao Hsiung City - the city that has nothing to offer except boring nightlife and un-picturesque scenery. It was so lame that I didn't take much photos. The night markets, however, had pretty delicious food like fried chix cutlet, barbequed squid (fantastic), milkshakes (yummy) and mee sua. That was the only reason that made the trip less painful. Oh but there's this shopping mall called the Dream Mall that was pretty exciting. It had like 8-storeys of retail shops ranging from cheaper home brands to international luxury boutiques (Gucci, YSL, Escada, etc.) I basically just rushed to Gucci to take a look la. Just a look. It's so much more pleasant to shop in such places because there's no crowd. Not exactly very cheap because we couldn't claim for tax refund. So, ya, didn't get anything, yet.
Just so you know, TW hotels (just as most hotels in the world) mostly have about 2-3 channels dedicated to horny boys/men with charged-up testosterones and nowhere else to relieve the tension. There's Japanese and European pornographic materials on cable. And you can never believe the imagination of these porn writers/ directors. The storyline is like the cheesiest you can find and I swear it's more amusing than you would think it to be.
Just to enlighten you on some: There's this female worker in the office who got raped by her boss. A fellow colleague came in to console her after she was raped and she started getting fresh with this colleague and leaned in for sex. Then a few other men colleagues came in and caught them in action and everybody thought she was a slut and started raping her one by one. Then the first dude she was having sex with thought she was a whore and raped her all over. I can't really remember how it ended but I was really entertained.
Pornography has been around for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of years. The only problem was that nobody had DVD players back then, so their only options were to enjoy pornography in the form of sculptures, paintings, and cave drawings instead of the more convenient movie format we have come to enjoy so much in modern times. The good thing about the pornographic sculptures, paintings, and cave drawings, however, is that it allowed people to make the penis pretty much as big as they felt like instead of being limited to the just ten or twelve inches at best that we tend to see in most of today's popular adult films. There was even one sculpture where the guy's penis was so big, it looked like some sort of kickstand or something. And just to end off with some visual aids:
The flight was terrible but the experience was refreshing.
Basically, my task there was simple: to maintain certain stuff and account for the stuff. (it's probably too sensitive to be mentioned)
I probably wanna talk more about the RnR portion of the trip.
First stop was Kao Hsiung City - the city that has nothing to offer except boring nightlife and un-picturesque scenery. It was so lame that I didn't take much photos. The night markets, however, had pretty delicious food like fried chix cutlet, barbequed squid (fantastic), milkshakes (yummy) and mee sua. That was the only reason that made the trip less painful. Oh but there's this shopping mall called the Dream Mall that was pretty exciting. It had like 8-storeys of retail shops ranging from cheaper home brands to international luxury boutiques (Gucci, YSL, Escada, etc.) I basically just rushed to Gucci to take a look la. Just a look. It's so much more pleasant to shop in such places because there's no crowd. Not exactly very cheap because we couldn't claim for tax refund. So, ya, didn't get anything, yet.
Just so you know, TW hotels (just as most hotels in the world) mostly have about 2-3 channels dedicated to horny boys/men with charged-up testosterones and nowhere else to relieve the tension. There's Japanese and European pornographic materials on cable. And you can never believe the imagination of these porn writers/ directors. The storyline is like the cheesiest you can find and I swear it's more amusing than you would think it to be.
Just to enlighten you on some: There's this female worker in the office who got raped by her boss. A fellow colleague came in to console her after she was raped and she started getting fresh with this colleague and leaned in for sex. Then a few other men colleagues came in and caught them in action and everybody thought she was a slut and started raping her one by one. Then the first dude she was having sex with thought she was a whore and raped her all over. I can't really remember how it ended but I was really entertained.
Pornography has been around for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of years. The only problem was that nobody had DVD players back then, so their only options were to enjoy pornography in the form of sculptures, paintings, and cave drawings instead of the more convenient movie format we have come to enjoy so much in modern times. The good thing about the pornographic sculptures, paintings, and cave drawings, however, is that it allowed people to make the penis pretty much as big as they felt like instead of being limited to the just ten or twelve inches at best that we tend to see in most of today's popular adult films. There was even one sculpture where the guy's penis was so big, it looked like some sort of kickstand or something. And just to end off with some visual aids:
Most pornography experts were from England and -- based on outward appearances anyway -- really didn't seem like the kind of people who would be into pornography of any era, much less ancient pornography featuring some of the largest penises I have ever seen. Most of these experts sounded like scholars who might be more at home talking about Shakespeare or the finer points of Gothic architecture instead of cave drawings depicting full-on butt sex. One guy even had a full beard. As any reasonable person will tell you, the moustache is pretty much the only way to go when it comes to porn, no matter what the era. And it doesn't matter whether you're actually making porn or if you're just talking about porn -- generally speaking, you should lose the beard; unless of course you're talking about gay porn of the bear variety, in which case not only is the beard encouraged, it is pretty much mandatory.
If you are confused at this point, please do not blame me. The rules of porn were invented long ago. And while I myself am often confused by their many layers and complexities, I'm just telling you the facts as I know them.
Ultimately, however, I have to admit that watching porn is not unlike eating a McDonald's value meal -- it seems like a really good idea at the time, but when it's all over you feel pretty unsatisfied and sometimes even disgusting. Still, there is something about it that keeps you coming back. Especially late at night, when you are really, really drunk and all alone. What the hell is wrong with you anyway?
And just to end off with some visual aids:
