| :: The Princess Turns the Page :: |
[06 Jan 2010|10:42pm] |
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:: The Princess Turns the Page ::
Pages are flipped very quickly at the
Turn of the year; before and after.
The Royal Highness plans to spend it at a tower.
Pan Pac it'll be, she proclaimed as she
Made a few calls to the concierge.
And so she will, blow the customary candles
On her cumin seed punjabi cheesecake
And flip her page, like all of us do.
Princess, I see the pages of your book
Are nicely divided - into two halves.
May you enjoy a good read of the
Next few chapters - with lovely illustrations
And brilliant word plays, and a
Never-ending twist.
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| Bags |
[06 Jan 2010|05:20pm] |
Heart this collaboration bag!! I hope they have it in Hong Kong!
 
I think this is the perfect casual work bag, a trip to Japan this year may be a must afterall~
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| Oh Golly |
[05 Jan 2010|04:07pm] |
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In the past, I have always thought that my Chinese name was unique, and that there was probably no one else in this world that shared the same Chinese name as I. I am not revealing it here, but all that I want to say about it is that I have always been embarrassed about it as I think it sounds quite funny.
Just now, I was a bit bored staring at stupid drawings, and decided to google my Chinese name to see if anything shows up. Turns out that there is someone on FaceBook who shares the same surname and Chinese name as I!
I wonder if he hates his name like I do.
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| 2010 resolution |
[05 Jan 2010|04:05pm] |
It has been a while since I have blogged.I know I am 5 days late for new year's resolutions but i think writing down my resolutions for the year really helps me to be focused with what I want to achieve end of the year.
I am really glad that the resolution of finding a girlfriend is not really necessary this year. The one resolution which I have been writing for many years but had not achieved till recently. I like my kaka.
anyway here goes.
1) to write and publish at least 5 papers this year based on whatever information I can find, with at least two journals of high impact factor.
2) not to get irritated so easily with people i dont like and gossip less about other's bad points.
3) TO MASTER MY JAPANESE TO MASTER MY JAPANESE so I can communicate better at work and in my relationship.
4)to love and care for everybody in my family, i.e. uncle, aunties, niece and granny and restrain from getting involved with bickers between extended families. STAY NEUTRAL !
5) learn how to save my money instead of squandering the yens like nobody's business.
to be early for work and stay focus during office hours. No UTUBING from 10 to 5 !!!!
6) to stay in contact with friends even with most time spent with girlfriend. EVERYBODY SEND ME A CARD OR CALL ME WHEN YOU ARE FREE !
7) learn to behave appropriately like a "salaryman" at work. No more kidding around, kenties.
8) never think task are impossible or too troublesome. To constantly upgrade myself and improve.
9) to be patient to my junior students, develop their research and thinking capabilities.
10) Learn to be understanding and less "direct" to kaka. hmm. maybe I should train kaka to accept my directness. Oh whatever.
I should start to keep a lookout for job opptunities and chances to make more money in the middle of the year. PRINT BUSINESS CARD, PRINT BUSINESS CARD.
These YENs I am earning isnt enough for me to buy a SUV in 6 years. I WANT MY SUV SUV SUV. Dons already bought his dream car, I want to buy my dream car too.
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I recall being all excited last year when it was Aidan's first day in Primary One! And now he's in Primary Two already and being the ever-so-loving mom *coff*, I took leave yesterday so that I could be with him on his first day of P2! (Okay lah, I knew I would be grumpy going back to work after the nice long NY weekend so I took one more day off!) Met several pals whose kids were in ACSJ P1 this year and seeing their anxious faces reminded me of how gancheong I was last year too :)
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| New Year, New Developments, New Plans |
[05 Jan 2010|10:08am] |
Happy New Year All, even though I'm rather late. No resolutions, and no regrets for no resolutions either. 2009 didn't started out great for me, but I think it ended on a rather nice note.
The only thing uncertain for me in 2010 is my job, but otherwise I have my work cut out, unless there are unexpected developments, which I really hope that is none. I have new hopes and wishes for friends, be it relationship or work wise, because I know for some of you, 2009 have been nothing short of sucky, but like me, 2010 seems to promise better things ahead.
I should be having less public entries, and more private and friend only ones, hmmm at this rate I'm going, I may as well lock up my blog : /.
Anyway, may the new year hold better things for all of us!
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| Fringe |
[05 Jan 2010|08:39am] |
I wanted to chop my fringe off for the new year, have a new look but my hairstylist just gave it a trim and convinced me to change my side parting instead. So I started the year by being a pushover.
Well, at least I don't have to spend 2010 trying to grow out my fringe again. :p
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| Tadaima~ I'm back! |
[05 Jan 2010|04:50am] |
And this is almost all the stuff we brought back to Singapore from Japan.
That is a queen sized bed btw. /faints
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| Suntory Applause |
[05 Jan 2010|03:46am] |
I think i remember saying something like i'll probably end up marrying the guy who is willing to get me the real blue rose.
And i just got it yesterday. In Tokyo. After someone woke up very early, walked quite a bit and searched everywhere for it.
Me, kindda sick + pale and all, couldn't react properly when it was presented to me, but i was (still am!) really touched. *melts*
Suntory Applause~ The first real blue rose.
http://www.suntory.com/news/2009/10592.html
http://www.suntorybluerose.com/
(YES YES I KNOW IT LOOKS PURPLE!)
Thank you YANG YANG TAN! <3
I love you. So so god-damned much!!!!
(I'm quite upset that it went through a rough plane ride and it looks rather half dead with some brown parts on its petals, but hopefully it'll look prettier tmr after absorbing the magic water (they gave us a satchet of something to mix with the water) and uh... getting some sun?)
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| Random Thought to Start the Year |
[04 Jan 2010|04:04pm] |
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My father went through a fish-tank-craze-phase while I was away in Australia. No, I am not talking about some games on FaceBook - the real fish. With the louhan fish craze in the air during that time, my father naturally gravitated towards the trend, and by the time he was done being a fish-tank enthusiast, we had two gigantic glass tanks sitting in the corner of the dining room. Imagine sitting down for a dinner with a steamed kim mak lor on the table, right in front of the fishies....that is just wrong.
Apart from rearing three of those ugly fish, he had a tank full of angelfish. When I came back to Singapore, his angelfish were just tiny little creatures swimming about a small plastic tank. As time went on, they got bigger, and my father got a bigger tank, which was still many times smaller than the behemoth glass box that housed his prized luohan fish.
Then something rather scary happened. After swimming about in their new home for less than two weeks, they doubled in size. Every spoonful of fish-food sent them all into a mad frenzy, much like a pack of piranhas attacking a piece of meat. Soon, it was obvious that we had to get an identically-sized tank for the angelfish.
After a month, the angelfish did not look very angelic anymore, as their size got even bigger. My dining room looked like a Chinese seafood restaurant with the fish tanks of giant fish swimming about (sans the prawns and crab/lobster display). We had to get rid of the devilish-looking angelfish, which by then would attack any finger that dared to run itself on the surface of the water. They would eyeball me whenever I passed by the tank to go upstairs.
Don't ask me what my father did to them, because his actions almost seemed criminal.
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That said, I wonder if the theory applies to humans.
If fish grow according to the size of their environment, would living in a bigger house breed bigger-sized children?
And are people who live in big mansions more prone to obesity?
Heh.
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| My new baby |
[04 Jan 2010|08:10am] |
I think one of the best thing I've did was to get a chinchilla. It was not an easy journey as Bernbern fell sick shortly after I got him and he has been sick ever since but I have no regrets getting him. My only regret was not being able to watch him grow from baby to adult. He's already 2+ years old.
I'm not going to live with that regret so I bought another chinchilla. Hopefully one day, when Bernbern recovers, they can play together :)
My new boy, Mosaic aka Momo. 4 month old, white mosaic violet.
For some reason, he likes to bury himself under my Mickey Mouse cushion.
It wasn't love at first sight.
When we first went down to Patrick's shop on Xmas eve I told them I'm looking for a baby boy that's obedient. I was introduced to Kermit, a white pink baby boy... Kermit cost $1600. As we are regulars, Patrick told us the best price he can offer is $1200. Bern asked me to go home and consider first and asked them to keep a lookout for others.
I kept thinking about it the entire Xmas and on Boxing day, I dragged Bern down to the shop again. Patrick said he'll bring down another violet baby, Koda for me to take a look.
There's this other baby Heterebony boy that I got my eyes on but his color is too similar to Bernbern. I wanted to get a totally different color chin this time round. I call him Spiderman cos' every time I see him, he's wedged btw the house and cage wall. I dunno how the hell he got up there but that's his favorite position.
After playing with Koda and Kermit for a while, I took Mosaic (they call him Khaki in the shop) out of the cage. He shares the same cage as Kermit.
The more I look at him and the more I play with with, the more I fell in love with him. He has this cheeky look that's simply adorable. He's not as reserved as Kermit and quite a curious baby.
I bought him in the end at $1200 (and Bern surprised me when he offer to sponsor $200. Teehee!)
Its no easy job cleaning 2 cages daily and looking after 1 sick boy and keeping the other baby entertained but its really a joy playing with them. Bern bought me a hand held vacuum cleaner so that its easier for me to clean the cages and Mosaic's having fun chasing the vacuum cleaner every time I clean his cage.
I was trying to feed Bernbern raisin yesterday and that silly boy mistook my finger for raisin and bite so hard on my finger that it bled. My finger still hurts now.
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| its looking sweet! |
[04 Jan 2010|12:12am] |
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scored a classy goal today in the pick up game at st winfrid! woot! plus, played mahjong again with Ivan at his home cum new year gathering?? it was so fun to 'kang' and 'pong' !
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| Faces of Sapa Series: The Blue Girl of Sapa Fields |
[04 Jan 2010|06:15pm] |
this photo is taken on the first day of the trek when it started raining even before we began. it did dampened my spirit a little that i would not see the padi terrace of Sapa mountains on a bright sunny day. our wet weather contingency for photography was ziploc bags but even so, i seldom risked my camera for any shots. when i met this girl & her brother, the rain has slowed to a drizzle momentarily. they seemed to be watching the elder family members working in the fields. i think i took the shot from afar with my kit lens through the ziploc opening. unfortunately, i did not have any interaction with the girl, except the brief moments of eye contact when i took her pictures. to be honest, i did not think i could get close to her without slipping or rolling over, even if she would stay put. at that point of time, i was still getting accustomed to walking in the padi terraces, and feeling so clumsy in the slippery soft mud pond.
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| 红鸾星.佩琦 |
[03 Jan 2010|12:56pm] |
Red Star Rising
Model: Amilie
Lighting: Ivan S
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| Q-pot moblie |
[03 Jan 2010|05:55am] |
Sadly this delicious phone is only available in Japan (as most dreamy stuff are)
Mobile phones are common these days, but the Japanese really go OTT with their Keitai Culture. Recently in Japan, everywhere I went, people of ages had their keitei 'glued' to their hands. Primary school kids to obasans all fixing their eyes on their flipped out phone (another thing I heart about japanese phone - most of them are flip phones!) - making you wonder what they are actually looking at.
Q: Can you live without your mobile phone for a week?
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| :: Less than a Full Moon :: |
[03 Jan 2010|01:01am] |
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:: Less than a Full Moon ::
Three nights past the turn of the decade
We reclined on the sofa - he, and he, and me
And a tub of dark orange chocolate Haagen Dazs
With Permanent Residence screening, and the leaves
Of the pot of Dumbcane flapping to the wind from the fan.
It has been three nights, and too much has passed
Already. The show was mediocre - between enunciations
Of uncomfortable Cantonese accents - my eyes were affixed
To the luster of the balcony floor, under the moonlight.
When the show ended, and it is time for bed
I took a glimpse above - it is less than half a moon
Yet shining, shining ever so bright.
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