My Hong Kong Trip (28 Aug to 1 Sep 2008)

Finally I have finished uploading my Hong Kong picture to make it into a slideshow!! Hehee... I know it's kinda outdated coz they were taken like more than 1 month ago... But better than nothing right?... It's the effort that counts! =P

Anyway, it took me so long to upload these pictures due to the shortage of memory space on my lappy... I think I have stored too many photos and mp3 in it, causing them to take up too much memory, so it often takes a long time for my lappy to run and also causing it to hang suddenly.

Have not been blogging for so sooo long coz I thought no ones read my blog anyway... except for passer-bys. However I was wrong! Met Charmaine at Heeren few weeks back and she told me that she read my last entry!! Hahaa... I was so glad to know that at least one of my friends reads my blog! Then the other one who reads my blog is Fang... coz she told me that she visited my blog whenever she is free only to find out that nothing was updated recently. Heee... Sorry to keep you waiting!

Regarding our trip... We had a walking good time in Hong Kong! Hahaa... We walked and walked... walked and walked... shopped and ate... walked and walked... shopped and ate... shopped and ate, walked and walked... walked and walked... and this repeats everyday... Basically, this is what we did for the whole 4 days!!

That was the first time my legs suffered from muscle-ache due to walking too much lor! But it was totally worth it lah! Nothing beats shopping in Hong Kong, especially for a shopaholic like me! Haa! Oh yah, I finished spenting all my money there on the 2nd day of our trip! Felt so broke after that... coz I had to think twice for whatever I wanna buy... but still I continued spenting even more using my credit cards! Sigh... I simply cannot control myself. Just by stepping into H&M, I feel like buying every single piece of the apparel that my hand touches!!! Oh my god... I wanna go there again!!!

Feels So 特务J!

*Ta-dah!!*...

I am now 特务P!! Ahahaa... No more long hair! I have finally told my hairstylist to snip off my long hair that was kept for the last 10 years! Hehee...

Actually, I have considered about cutting my hair short for quite awhile... Always thinking of cutting short but did not have the courage to... Yesterday, I finally made up my mind to do so coz I was so bored with my long hairstyle. The most I can make changes to was to the colour, not much of a change in the style... Thus, decided to cut it short for a change!

Now I am back to black hair again... no more blondie... I love drastic colour changes to my hairstyle!! Hahaa!! But it's not fully black this time... coz there are streaks of purple on my fringe! This concave hairstyle was meant to shorter at the back but coz my hairstylist is afraid that I might regret cutting my hair short so he insisted that I take this length first... so in the end the concave does not look like a concave bcoz it isn't steep at all... in fact it looks more like a one length cut. I want the concave to be more steep next time! Anyway... I still like my current hairstlyle though and I did not regret cutting my hair short. But I am a little not used to the colour yet coz it has suddenly become so black!

I think this hairstyle looks abit similar to 特务J! =P

By2 - Talented Singaporeans

Seen these 2 twins on a music video called PP別黏在椅上 on the chinese MTV channel last week and the one with the straight fringe immediately reminds me of Jolin in her younger days!

Anyway, I did a music video search on Youtube and realized that they are actually Singaporeans!! That's not all... they are 16 years old, sings well, one of them plays the keyboard, the other plays the violin... and both are freaking good at hip hop dancing!! I think they are COOOOOOOL!!!!!!!! Really admire their talent and youth!!

Seeing them made me realized that I have aged so much... Sadz, I am so damn old now... but they also reminds me of my younger days when I took up singing classes hoping to become a star one day... Yeah, the only difference is that By2's effort has paid off in fulfilling their dream but for me, I gave up halfway on my singing lessons coz the fees were too expensive and I lack the x-factor, confidence and morale support! I guess it is now different from the past... Last time, if you tell others that you want to become a star, they might tell you to dream on or even laugh at you for being so unrealistic... unlike now there are so many singing competitions to take part on TV - Campus Superstar, Project Superstar, Superband, etc... By2 can even quit school to fulfil their singing dream!

Although I know it is hard to fulfil my dream, at least I still managed to convince my mother to let me take up singing courses for about 1 year, hoping that some day I can become a star too. I was with Hark Music for 9 month and then I left and change to Lee Wei Song School of Music for 3 months bcoz it was then a more popular singing school than the rest due to the popularity of Stephanie Sun! However, I gave up bcoz the monthly course fee was too expensive and I think my other classmates have got more powerful voices than me... in which made me feel that I do not stand the chance to be talent-scouted. And so I thought I might as well quit so as not to waste my mother's money.

Still not giving up, I secretly sent in my application to take part in the Ocean Butterflies Music Forest singing audition in 2001 and received a call to attend to audition... so I went to the audition alone... I chose to sing Stephanie Sun's 开始懂了 bcoz I sang this same song at the Hark Cafe during my stage exposure session when I was taking my course at Hark Music. Unfortunately, I forgot my lyrics after the 3rd/4th phrase during the audition due to stage fright and nervousness! Heheee... I was utterly disappointed with myself! But few weeks after the audition, I received a letter from Ocean Butterflies to inform that I was shortlisted in the top 20% to sign up in the 非常歌手訓練班. Then again, course fee was too expensive for me at that time so I did not sign up for the course. But was really happy and glad to be in the top 20%!!! Kekeke... =D

Errr... I was supposed to talk about By2 but ended up talking about myself... duhhh... =p Anyway, those were some good old memories of mine!

Oh yes, I was mentioning about their dance... I think they are really good! I like singers who dance well!! Jolin is one example! Hahaaa!!! The songs in By2's album are quite nice too!! I like 好好愛^O^, 不夠成熟, 愛ㄚ愛ㄚ, PP別黏在椅上 and 太難搞.

Here's some video clips on their dance practices and performances.

Happy Birthday To My Special You!!!

Today is Deardear's birthday!! Happy birthday to him!... But I am not feeling happy myself... bcoz he chose to go back to work today... =( Why must he be working even on his birthday?? Although he went back to work on his own will but I just think the actual day should be spent with me loh! Hmmph!! Why take 1 day leave also cannot meh??!!! What's the problem with taking leave on a special occasion?? Why no matter what also must work at least 5 days in a week one meh???.... Arrrrgh!!! So irritating!!!...

Anyway, I know by making so much noise here also no use... coz he is a workaholic!! Ok... so much for my complains...

Actually, I have already celebrated Deardear's birthday with him yesterday instead. Hehee... But I am greedy, I wish I could have somemore time to spend with him today as well! In fact, we went out earlier than usual yesterday... we went to catch the movie - 'The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' at Lido in the afternoon first, then went shopping along Orchard Road and lastly, went to the Seafood Paradise Restaurant at the Singapore Flyer for dinner around 8plus.

It took us some time to reach the restaurant as the NDP Preview was held yesterday, so many of the roads were blocked. In the end we had to park at Millenia Walk then walked over to the Singapore Flyer.


Yesterday was our second visit to the restaurant bcoz we simply missed and had the craving for their butter crab, which is their signature dish! Love the sauce!! It's sooo yummy!!! The last time we went there was also on the day when they held the NDP full-dress rehearsal. On that day, we actually heard and saw the live firing of the canons, the air show and the fireworks right outside the restaurant. Too bad we missed it yesterday bcoz we went there too late. But we saw the fireworks from afar while travelling in the car on CTE.

Anyway, we had a 'feast' yesterday!! We ordered 4 dishes althogether which we cannot finish and had to ta-bao the leftover crab home... But it's ok lah, we are used to it bcoz we always over do it!! Hahaa!! =p


The 4 dishes that we ordered were the butter crab, baked salted egg baby lobster, sambal asparagus and the coffee porkribs. Initially we wanted to order the herbal drunken prawns in claypot but unfortunately they ran out of stock for their live prawns, so we replaced that dish with the baby lobster. The total bill came up to $107, which was considered cheap coz we expected it to be more.

After dinner, we went to the eco-garden for a walk where we had some fun time feeding the fishes and taking photos... I enjoyed making the fishes go mass-orgy at the spot where I threw the food, seeing them snatching to eat the food and making the water splashing sound, as if they will jump out of the water!


In fact I actually wanted to go to T3 after dinner... coz I thought of giving Deardear his birthday present there. But he said to come back to my house instead... so sianz... If I knew this earlier, I wouldn't have brought his birthday card and present out with me for the whole day. Anyway, I had no choice but to give him the present after we reached home...

Despite me trying to give him a surprise, he has already expected what I bought for him. Chey... No surprise one... *Bleh!*

My Inner Thoughts That Contradict...

Haven't been blogging for quite awhile again... I don't know why but I am no longer as enthusiastic and bold as before to blog about anything or everything that happens in my life. One reason for sure is that I do not have the freetime like before... and now I am more lazy to blog after I returned home from work. Furthermore, I am not able to use the Internet freely at work. There are simply too many restrictions when working in a bank! This is so damn irritating I find!

At times when I am unhappy about certain events or people, I will feel like blogging about them. In the past, I will just go ahead to blog without second thoughts or thinking of what/how others would think of me. But now I am afraid of the consequences of blogging about such things. Maybe bcoz I am getting older, so I have become more hesitant and wary...

Knowing that the society is becoming more tech-savvy, I read from somewhere that even Facebook can be used as a method for employers to understand job candidates better. So... can you imagine what will happen if I complain about my current employers or colleagues here when I applied for a job and the employer happens to visit my blog?? Anybody who visits my blog might coincidently be one of my current colleagues or potential employers... So immediately, the job opportunity might have simply gone down the drain. Or say if I complained about my colleague here, and he/she happens to read about the entry, guess what would he/she think?? I think I will either create a misunderstanding or lost a friend.

Yes, u may say that I am thinking too much but I guessed I better not blog so much about these things now because I learnt my lesson. Talking about this, I can still remember the last time I blogged about how unhappy I felt about my ex-colleague and we almost fell out with each other after that... A good thing is that she was understanding enough and we became better friends. Even until now, I still think she is still the best buddy whom I have worked with. This person is none other than Charmaine KC Tan from the 'shitty' bank. Hahaa!! (Hey gal, if you happen to read this, just wanna tell u that I miss working with you and the rest! I still think you gals are the best and most fun people I have worked with, although at that time I did not realise that but I guess it is always like that! =P)

In fact, I am currently undergoing alot of unhappy events in my workplace (which is why I am currently looking for another job). On one hand, I really feel like blogging about my situation, but on the other, I am afraid of the people reading about my entries, especially if they are people from my company or potential companies. But if I cannot blog about my unhappiness here, it means that I have one less way to vent my anger. Oh yes, thanks to friends and dear for lending me their listening ears. Knowing that my dear has become so numb of listening to all my 'story-telling' everyday, yet I have no other methods to release my anger... will I become so stress till I eventually go crazy one day after accumulating all these unhappiness inside me??

Actually I was about to type the word 'maybe'... but on second thought, I think that will be quite silly though... bcoz I think there's always the choice of quitting the job. Hahaa!! But of coz, it is easier said than done due to external factors like what will happen after quitting without a job and things like that... Then again, sometimes I wonder if I am abit psycho, coz I tend to contradict myself... It seems like there's always an angel and a devil talking to me all the time. Is this one of the symptoms of becoming crazy?? Or maybe I am already crazy! Hahahahaha... (Of coz not! Crazy people do not say that they are crazy!! -- Ooops!! Here I go again... contradicting myself!)

Oh nooo!!! I just cannot stop contradicting myself... how ah??? I think I may need to see a psychiatrist soon... =P

Tokidoki for Hello Kitty & Onitsuka Tiger

Both Tokidoki and Hello Kitty are my favourites! And recently they have collaborated with each other! Last week, Deardear told me that he has bought me something... never did I expect that he actually went online to purchase 3 Tokodoki for Hello Kitty tops for me from Tokidoki's website! Love them!!! Thanks Deardear!!

A few weeks back, he also bought himself a pair of Tokidoki for Onitsuka Tiger sneakers and bought me a pair of Tokidoki toy figures - Til' Death Do Us Part. According to the Onitsuka Tiger sales assistant, the sneakers are of limited edition in Singapore! For each size that they were selling, there were only 2 pairs available for purchase.


Adios and Ciao Ciao are my favourite Tokidoki characters!! Coz I love pink and my dear loves black... so that makes us kinda similar to Adios and Ciao Ciao! Hehee... =P Anyway, I just find them cute lah.


Besides the Tokidoki for Hello Kitty apparels, I also like the Tokodoki for Hello Kitty bags! They have got gold trimmings on them!! That's another one of my favourite colours! Too bad, I think the bags are not launched on Tokidoki's website yet although I saw it on Sanrio Japan's website... =(

Batam Cable Ski Park

Fang organized a 1-day trip for us (Eileen, Alvin, Deardear and me) together with her cousins and friends to Batam for cable skiing on last Saturday. I was actually quite scared of the idea of going there initially bcoz I have no idea of how cable skiing is like... I can only think of those type of water skiing being pulled by a speed boat and I am scared that I will fall into the sea.

Furthermore, my parents who have been to Batam for a 1-day seafood eating trip previously told me that the water there is very dirty, they said that people threw in all sorts of rubbish into the sea. Fortunately, this is not the case there. The cable ski park where we went to was not using the sea as the skiing area. Instead, they have their own fresh water lagoon and even had motorbikes to pick us up from the nearest shore where we fell into the water back to the starting point.

But we had a hard time queueing to check-in at the Harbourfront ferry terminal and also boarding the ferry. The place was so crowded that passengers had to squeeze and push in order to go pass the gantry area so as to board the ferry. And there are some idiots who stood at the gantry area blocking the way when it was still not their turn to board their ferry!! Damn irritating!

The ferry ride was approximately 45 mins. When we arrived, the place felt so foreign to me as it was my first time at Batam. A coach then fetched us from their Waterfront ferry terminal to the ski park. We then settled down and got ready for our skiing session. As first-timers, we have to learn how to kneeboard before cable skiing. Thus, everyone gathered to watch while the staff demonstrated on the kneeboarding technique.

In fact, for the first few times when I tried kneeboarding, I was so scared that I felt my heart pumping really fast whenever I was waiting at the starting point, being the next one to be pulled by the cable. Luckily, I managed to complete the round on my second and third go. As for cable skiing, initially I was pretty scared but I hope that I can do it whenever I sat at the deck. However, I failed so many times until I started discouraging myself. I told myself that I think I am going to fall again whenever I went back to requeue for my turn. Hahaa... =P

There was 1 thing which I dislike and find it disgusting - that was having to step on slippery hard rocks and slime-y algae grounds at some parts of the shore where we get out of the water. Oh yah, and I also hate my incapability to stand up on the ski board... I was so disappointed and angry with myself that I did not manage to stand up and ski despite so many tries! In the end, I gave up at around 5pm and decided to sit there to rest. By then, my arms were aching slightly. But still I felt buay kum guan (unsatisfied) coz others could do it but I can't. So I decided to go for my last try before we proceed to the shower at 6.15pm.

This time I managed to stand up but fell again within 2 metres from the starting point. Although I did not go far but at least I managed to stand up. That's an achievement to me!! At least that last try gave me back my morale to want to go back there again on another day to try harder!! Hehehee... If not, I guess I would have left that place with disappointment...

Anyway, I suffered from the after-effect of cable skiing coz I am someone who does not exercise regularly. Hehee... The after-effect includes having muscle aches from the upper arms up all the way to the back of the shoulder areas - lasting for about 3 to 4 days and having neck aches and difficulties in raising my arms or stretching my arms to the back... I was sooooo tired at the end of the day that I fell asleep in the cab on our way home and dozed off in like 1 second after I lied on my bed.