Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I neglected this for awhile. But noone reads this anyway.
Have been bz bz bz bz!
Friday, October 26, 2007
Check out the website. Instead of ebay, where the highest bidder wins, under this unique bidding system, the unique lowest bidder wins.
Imagine paying $1.99 for a Gucci handbag.
Sounds delicious? Too good to be true? Go and check the website out. Bidding starts today, 3pm.
I've registered on the website. To those who registered before 2.30pm yesterday (which is me!) gets a chance to be one of the 15 lucky pple selected for lucky draws, with a grand prize of a car. I'm dont want a car, I'm just wishing to be called. 15 people who are called get to win SOMETHING. Be it Ipod, Mac, etc.
Mr Bee hopes for a car.
Yea yea yea.. you wish.
I'm not really lucky in all these kind of events. Especially lucky draws. I've never won a lucky draw in my life (really). I'm not hoping, just wishing. heh.
Ooh. I went for their roadshow near my office, and I won a $30 spa gift certificate to
Amara spa. Not much actually if you compare an eye treatment there cost $60. AND its limited to Mondays - Thursdays, Not inclusive of public holidays and eve of public holidays. =.= What the hell... is that promotion supposed to be given to a tai tai or something?
I prolly wont use it. I'm not a fan of spas anyway.
I just wanna be called for the lucky draw!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
They offer free knitting classes in my firm!
Downside: I have to skip lunch for it, and the timing is mostly for admin staff (12 - 2pm? hello?)
Mr Bee forbade me to go because I will be skipping lunch, then my gastric problems will come up again and he will have problems taking care of me and you know lah, huh, I suffer he suffers too.
So I cant go.
So Mr Bee, pay for my knitting classes in Chinatown ok?
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
I had an unfortunate incident with a Malaysian office counterpart today.
To sum it up, the guy at the Malaysian office was rude, and racist to all things Singaporean.
And then Mr Bee told me. Dont tell any Singaporeans about this, later we "step on ourselves only"
You see, I dont believe in that. What do you mean "Malaysians" and "Singaporeans"?
God forbid the guy was damn rude and he was from a Malaysian office. But bad behaviour doesnt stem from which country you are from. It stems from how you were brought up. Your nationality does not give you the right to be rude.
Meh.. I dont care I complained to other Singaporeans about his behaviour. Let him be known that he was damn rude and stupid. Never in my life ever I have been spoken to that way.
RUDE!
Why am I so tired always? I recently analysed and this is how my day works on weekdays:
6.45 am: Wake up. Switch on the heater for bath. Go back for a quickie sleep while heater warms
7.00 am: Wake up. Switch on the kettle to make coffee later, prepare breakfast**. Bathe
7.15 am: Out of the shower. Proceed to kick Mr Bee to wake. Make up.
7.30 am: Make coffee pot. Set the table. Take breakfast out to dining table. Mr Bee should be out of the shower by this time. Have breakfast together.
8.00 am: Out of the house. Take the train to work. Depending on human traffic and luck, we board on the less sardine packed train (can be after a few trains pass by).
8.30 am: Reached destination. Proceed to walk to office.
8.45 am: Reach office.
9.00 am: Start work - see previous post on top. (officially, work starts at 8.30am. But do I look like I care?)
8.00 pm: Hopefully log off work. Proceed to the train station
8.45 pm: Eat dinner (I dont bother lining up for food, so I go where there isnt any bloody human queue)
9.30 pm: HOME!***
Wash rinse repeat.
** Preparing for breakfast: Quickie breakfast can be creals, taking out paus (steam buns) from the freezer to steam, putting eggs to boil, boiling wanton, etc. Any more ideas (no maggie mee please)? I do not have an oven or microwave and do not intend to invest in one.
*** This depends on my work. On rare occassions, I go home, I still see daylight. Otherwise, darkness shall greet me when I log off work.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Sorreh. I is very busy. Been on projects after projects. Meanwhile, I'll entertain you with my bad camera taking photos and bad photshop. Enjoy!
~ oh please grant me some miracle
Labels: Hectic week
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Usually I would take a break from my crochet by surfing the net for some future inspiration. I recently bought a basic sewing machine to start my self off the sewing bandwagon. Thanks to
Ellen, I got some ideas. Time to hit the fabric market!
Labels: Crochet
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Close enough? Aaah.. I know its not as fat as it's supposed to be (picture above), but its cute enough. I'll start on another one (the first one is always the trial version, practise makes perfect!). Meanwhile, I'm gonna source for a cheap pin or just make one to embelish the bag.
I'm happy with my efforts. Are you?
Labels: Crochet, Fat bottom bag
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Everytime I type out a blog post (believe me, I've typed out numerous of them, but saved and stored in some dusty corner of cyberspace), I get ----------------- spaced out moments.. kinda like.. hmm what is that word that is supposed to be used.... then I abandoned the whole thing.
Words used to flow.
I blame my nature of job where creative thinking is limited to how do I word this to confuse the Revenue Authority to accept my basis for tax deduction.
Sentences are very restrictive and formal.
Kinda like "Further to our ....... " or "In this regard,...."
Whenever I introduce something different like "Coming from the fact above...."
It will be scratched out then replaced with "In this regard..."
BORING.
I used to draw. I used to paint. I used to make stuff. I used to imagine. I missed that part of me.
8 years of Accounting and Tax. They are draining my soul.
I need to save myself.
Monday, October 15, 2007
I need your help.
Give me ideas on what to make. Anything realistically achievable by an amatuer me.
Shoot me with ideas at my tagboard.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Mr Bee is taking me somewhere for the weekend (still in Singapore lah.... no marnee) so no updates for the weekend (unless he decided to bail out... *stares daggers at Mr Bee*)
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Grabbed from
Today Online:
""If they would just educate the Chinese and Indians, use them and treat them as their citizens, they can equal us and even do better than us and we would be happy to rejoin them."Interesting. MM Lee does not spare his words one bit.Ok. For those who wants information, MM is "Mentor Minister". Something like Dr M, already retired from his PM-ship but still oversees and gives advises now and then.Anyway, you can read all about it
here!
Sad how people have become isnt it?
Just to share another incident here in Singapore (albeit less disturbing.. but nevertheless harsh)
Just yesterday while alighting from the MRT station at around 9-ish - 10ish? Someone accidentally pushed a baby stroller, with a baby in it, against some guy's legs. I'm assuming that must have hurt, because I've gotten that alot while walking around crowded shopping malls.
While most of us will just tsked away while the mother/dad of the baby says sorry, you get irritated for awhile, then forget about the whole incident.
Nooo
The guy who got his legs smacked by the baby stroller started shouting abuse for about a few mins to the poor baby's father who was pushing the stroller (baby now crying).
Gawd. Have some pity man. Baby in front hello?
The father said sorry and dare not do anything. After all he dared to shout abuse to the father in front of everyone and showed that he is an ass by saying "I dont care if you have a baby with you dont you have manners?" you wouldnt know what he would do next (Run amok?)
=.=
I guess he himself do not practise manners.
Some people nowadays just have no sense of mind.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
SGD 9.90. Cute. Its a coin box to make me save money (ironic I know shadup)
Labels: My Melody
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
I was supposed to put up pictures over the weekend.
But I had to make an emergency trip down to Malacca. So wait for this weekend!
Provided I'm free to sort them out.
^_^
It sounds interesting. Wonder why I have not heard of it before (maybe its because they are located somewhere secluded in Raffles Place.
Since they are having promotions, I'm going during lunch to go to see what they are offering.
^_^
Monday, October 08, 2007
She is very cute.
She amazes me for a 1 year plus year old
She sings for me
"Twinkle twinkle little star how I wonder how you are .... *looks confused abit* A B C DEFGHI...."
She can speak in whole sentences
Me: Do you want water?
Her: No I dont want
Me: Peanut?
Her: Yes. I want.
How many 1 year old you know can answer you clearly without bawling and crying to let u know what they want?
Then when I gave her peanuts, she proceeded to, like all 1 year old do, grab the peanuts off my hands. When I reprimanded her
Me: No. must eat one by one
Her: *Nods head and takes one*
When I offered her more, she can reply to me:
Her: Must finish first *points to her mouth*
Whoah. I was blown away. Most kids her age wont do that. Normally, they will just take without thinking.
Her intellect is equivalent to a 4 yr old, or even better. She can count in Bahasa Malaysia. I count "satu, dua.. *pause* (my malay is bad sorry)" She will continue "TIGA!"
One more cutest thing she did. Remember the hokey pokey song? We (me and my aunt) sang
"If you are happy and you know.. clap your hand"
She claps
"If you are happy and you know.. point to your nose"
She pauses for awhile.... thinks...*processes* then points to her nose and laugh
WAHHHHHHHHHHHHH at this point I want to kidnap her away and claim her as mine liao
Extreme cuteness!
When your Singaporean friend (SF) says "come I take you xxxx"
And then.. you go (M).. great lets go.
SF: We walk.
M: WALK? Far or not?
SF: Nolah.. not far one.. very near.
Holy ****************
I tell you .. I never learn my lesson (Remember? "Come I take you somewhere nice to eat. VERY nice one the food" *pth*) that you should never believe them. Especially when its a freaking hot day and the sun is being a monster.
I was fried to death (even though there was shade along some places) one day when someone took me somewhere (I got my bearings lost) for lunch. We kept passing by so many food stalls but never settled down there. I was tempted to whine "are we there yettttttt?" But you know.. the person taking me was a staff.. and.. you know.. I dont want to sound like a whiny baby (yes I know I am. shadap)
Their perception of near is 15 mins walk (which can very well be 1 km depending how fast you walk).
Okay. My tolerance for walking has increased compared to when I was in KL (driven everywhere mah.. even 500m distance also must be driven.. otherwise .. father say will I kena kidnap). But 15 mins under the monster sun... no thanks. There is a maximum level of my tolerance okay.
Migrane. I. need. ice. on. my. head.
Friday, October 05, 2007
I'm a regular follower of this
girls blog. Interesting and admire her courage to post up so many photos in her blog. Besides that, she also writes really interesting stuff.
(Actually I didnt know Apple launched this new Ipod nano till I saw her blog. SIAN. I must be old.)
Makes me want my own too.
At this point, I mentioned it to Mr Bee and he said:
"Eh money grow on treees ah? No need to work meh? After buy no need to eat dy for few months issit?" While making references to how bankrupt I am currently (I just paid 1/3 of my brother's university's fees here.. another 1/3 going out soon enough ....). *sulk*
Then I remembered a friend in the US who is coming back soon. They sell it very cheaply in the US (something like less than USD200?) and I mentioned this to Mr Bee and then kena (in Singapore, they spell it KANNA.. what the hell?) scolding again.
Poor me. I actually fantasised abit for awhile that I owned that Ipod nano (red color to be exact). Then I remembered.. I had this mp3 player (Creative Zen Stone Plus - in black cos all the other colors sucked in reality) that Mr Bee bought for me recently ( now I know why he mengamuk-ed earlier) which, by the way, is currently plugged into my ear. Funny how my current state of delirious-ness over a super cute product (did you click the link and see how super cute the IPOD nano is?) deviates me from reality.
Ugh. If not controlled, I will be a super shopaholic.
Then again, if given that ipod, I will be facsinated for ... oh I dont know... 4 months (max) then i'll get bored of it *chuck one side* then start to get interested in the next super cute thing that comes out..
OMG
I just realised people do actually make money out of pple like me.
Must control!!!
Thursday, October 04, 2007
I will post up links.
Here is one such entry written by a fellow ex-colleague. Which category are you?
He just took the words out of my mouth
"We are constantly in a predicament of wanting to leave our job because we are so fed up and angry at the bosses and/or company but never truly get around doing it. We suffer severely from the I-have-no-choice syndrome. Some of our friends did make it big doing their own things, but we just can't bring ourselves to follow their footstep because we are too afraid to venture out of our comfort zone. Also, some decide to be modern slave in the name of 'glamour' due to a certain type of slavery"
Interesting no?
Now I may be the only one here grousing (or most fellow accounting graduates... I realised are like this), but hands up hands up who feels this way?
I just knew about it. Sorry for being out of the loop..
Nevertheless
CONGRAAATTSS!
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Please la entertain my tagboard abit. I so susah put it up u know.. so just it fits the layout... (sad right) Its so lonely you know.. so gogogogo click on the tag tab above and spam it.
dankyewberrymuch
I've got loads of pictures to upload, but dont have the time.
Stay tuned to the weekend.... where I will take the time to edit the pictures (I just got photoshop mah.... I love photoshopping..)
Mr Bee mentioned this the other day:
"You know, you are in the wrong line/industry if each and everyday, you wake up feeling dreadful going to work"
AHBUTDUH?! Its about time you realise innit?
Now support me you corporate slave, while I stay home and come up with ideas to support my dream!
Nah.. I'm not that bad. Right? I shall just continue to be a corporate slave till I die.
Time to pick my other side of the brain:
Yesterday I came home around 11.30pm. I meant to leave office around 10.30pm to go for dinner.. but I had a warning email from the partners secretary to submit my time<s>shit</s>sheet. See we corporate slaves have to charge our time to the client when we do work. Sometimes I do stuff, I dont realise it cos I'm not so diligent in documenting my time spent. So hence the half hour scrambling to finish my timesheet.
Man.. you hear how pple nowadays die so young (I just heard an excolleague passed on and left 2 young kids due to lukemia...ugh) you just think.. is this how I should live my life? Everyday waking up feeling dread because its a different day, same shit rolling through.
Damn. I need a new jobscope. I keep complaining about the job like a broken record.
Butthenritesumpplethikinothappyheresoaskmetokambag.
But if go back also do the same job with less pay. Less satisfying right? At least I do my job here, earn more, save more, then got more reason to live towards my dream of bumming around right? Kidding. Dont want to bum. Just want to save money so that I would have more options (options like studying a new course also need money one mah.. you dont know meh?)
Argh!
Oh.. I recomend those Korean drama series cynics to see Spring Waltz. If you dont like Korean dramas because they are slow and every scene either the girl or guy cry, nemind. Fast forward. Just see the guy. Korean mix with .... some ang moh. Very very very *drooooooolzfaint* I dont understand the story.. I just see it for the sake of him. Dont know what is his name. But dont care (eye candy!)
Gogogowatchit!
Monday, October 01, 2007
[Warning: Emotional roller coaster ride ahead]
I've read somewhere before, or attended a motivational seminar (read: corporate brainwashing sessions) that when people ask you
"What do you do for a living?"
Prolly 90% people would answer their job scope. Not once they would analyse that question... into "What do you do that prevents you from killing yourself everyday?"
What is worth living for every single day in your life? In many Asian countries, their job (Hi, my name is xxxx and I am a tax advisor.. boring) is their life. Most of them do not do what they love to do. Rather, they are forced to, so that they bring in a decent pay to support their life. I do not think a job is worth living for each day... at least nor for me.
I applaud those who can answer "I watch my children grow" or "I do volunteer work" or "I travel"
Based on my previous posts, I bitch about work and talk passionately about my hobbies and past times. Now why cant I make my hobbies and past times my work?
As being brought up in the Asian society, money comes first. Then pleasure. Want to get married? Money. Want to have family? Must see whether can afford first. Education? Please take the courses that will benefit you in terms of money. When you have money, you can do everything. Everything?
Then once you graduate, you either, can be a bum or a corporate slave like me.
Boo Hoo
Granted, many people like their jobs on a daily life basis. They thrive on stress and pressure and when they get through it, they view it as an acomplishment.
Me. Ugh. I dread waking up everyday. I dread facing my managers who I anticipate will bite my head off each time I make a mistake.
Granted, people here are more direct. But I find that these people, when they are direct, they are inclined more to a forgiving nature. Thus, they dont pretend that everything is alright infront of you then stab you at the back with a butcher knife when it comes to your performance evaluation. If they dont like it they say it. If it is wrong they will bite your head off make you feel guilty that you are the only one entirely wrong in the team its your fault for not guiding the staff and not spotting the issues earlier on, when it should be a team effort. Sometimes, in this position that I am in, I'm running a one woman show in each engagement.
If you see my job description in my facebook (for those of you who have it) I basically have to do everything on the job. My manager only deflects the wrath of the partners, which I assume, it is hard too. At times, I also have to go into the partners room when the managers are away, to face a partner whose head is sometimes in his hands (when that happens, you know you are in deep shit when the manager finally comes back to face the partners' wrath, cos partners wont lay it hard on little peanut like me). You will be in deeper shit when you accidentally reavealed something to the partner that the manager is trying to cover up for you.
So either way, I am swimming in deep shit everysingleday.
So why do I do this?
Its the only thing I know how to do and it pays the bills (and occassional splurges which provides occassional therapy.. but after that its gone). I dont have a choice.
Many people are stuck in situations that they do not favour because they do not know better. And it is not true. I do have a choice to do what I want. I do know how to do something else. It is whether I am brave enough to sacrifice it and do something I like better (but with less pay).
Let me hope I could be brave and do something that it is really worth doing with my life.
