Friday, December 28, 2007

My First Car-Honda Jazz

http://www.honda.com.sg/jazz.htm

Finally bought my first car!!! Honda Jazz... :) so excited but we can only collect it in March/April 08... such a long wait... coz the workshop is full due to CNY. Sigh...

Anywayz, compared 2 other cars before we decided on this. Went to take a look at Mitsubishi Lancer and Toyota Vios. Like Jazz the best coz of its fuel efficiency and not so "Ah Pek" looking-:P. Actually before I went to the showroom, I was quite against hatch-backs coz of the small boot space but the Jazz boot space is huge (compared to Picanto-ha) so well, and of coz the interest rate is the lowest among the 3 dealers.

Hope this is a right choice. Excited!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Inefficiency

"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?"

Finally, we are going to apply for CA 1st module... MAA.. part of the entry requirements is to submit our academic qualifications, (wait a minute..din we submit them during the qualifications assessment???)- called the local CA contact person in Singapore and she said that coz different department so must re-submit again!! how inefficient and waste of resources... we got to re-zap everything again and make our way down to FKT to get it certified as a true copy and mail the whole set to them again!! how silly...

That is why we have no more energy to attempt anything... coz we got to re-do everything!! How encouraging ... Ha...

Gym Madness

Been a reallie long time.. but I finally signed up for Gym!-Fitness First .. coz I dun like to squeeze with smelly sweaty boys.. :)

Going with JanBB tmr for yoga again during lunch... was there together last week, the instructor is reallie funny.. makes me laugh alot.. esp when he tries to make me stretch further..:P pain! n very hard to master them.. but we shall persevere... I hope...

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Friday, November 09, 2007

Inspirational Tots ...

Don't let what you can't do interfere with what you can....

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Happiness

Know that you have to be happy with yourself before you can ever be happy with someone else. And that your value doesn't come through anyone or anything. Your value is because of who you are.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

New Phone

Bought my new phone! Nokia 6500c-sleek black phone!! but spoilt on the 2nd day!! went to repair and they change the LCD screen.. apparently it has been spoilt during shipment or is it becoz Pui boy sat on it? hmmm.. haha.. watever... glad tt it is fine now... not very used to the buttons but overall I like it.. ha...

San Francisco

I am at work at 730am!!! why? Coz have to fit into babes' schedule-have to be at work at 8am!! and shuttle bus from jurong east is at either 710 or 725!!! damn early... used to wake up at 8am!! now I wake up at 630... no one in office so can have my breakfast and update blog...


Am back from SF-this is the 3rd week at work. Love SF to bits... bought the 3 day Muni Pass so I can take the cable cars and buses to tour around SF.. Fun... been to lotsa places beside SF.

First it is to Yosemite (Super winding road up the mountains and all we get is---- a little tiny waterfall called the bridal veil or sth like tt- of coz not as spectacular as Niagara waterfall but hey it is one of the most visited nature park in US!!)

Day two is up to Las Vegas!! Stayed at this hotel off The Strip right next to the Fremont Experience Street-never been to this part of LV coz the other time, we stayed on The Strip. Only dared to play slots and won $2!! haha... got ourselves lotsa free bead necklaces!! haha...

Day three is to Grand Canyon- the view is so much nicer than Yosemite- it is really amazing what nature can do! Love the view - reallie nice and you need to experience it yourself to know how it feels. Din know tt I will enjoy nature parks tt much coz at first I was really skeptical about going to nature parks. Ha... on the way back, we dropped by Hoover Dam- I rem the night view was much nicer...

Day 4 is to Los Angeles, where we have like 45 mins to visit the usual Chinese Theater etc-been here before with TY so it was rather boring coz there is nothing new...

Day 5 and 6 is to Mexico-Tijuana. Tijuana is more like run down Bangkok and we went to a place where there is a little spring tt sprouts water... boring!!! Nonetheless, we had our own Mojito at a local pub. Like the beer too-Sol-nice!!


Day 7 is on way back to SF - and we visited this Danish town -Solvang.

Overall-Love the place!! Good Trip!!

Monday, September 10, 2007

August Babies Part 2

Jen and Lonz's Bdae!! - we have 4 August babies in office! :)

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Bro's Bdae @ Botak Jones




Celebrated my Bro's Bdae at Botak Jones-AMK ave 5 today during lunch. We had a late lunch at about 2 plus coz dun wanna wait for a long time for the food.

Dad ordered 4 main courses and a salad. Ceasar Salad w chicken, Cajun Chicken, Fish n Chips (large portion), Lamp Chop and Steak (300grams).

Each of the main course came with loads of fries and coleslaw. The Chicken was topped w loads of cheese and I love the cajun seasoning... The steak was medium well done, so looks rather bloody but it was rather juicy and tender-n it was more than 1 inch thick!! The lamb chop taste like lamb, dun like it but dad likes it a lot. Fish n chips was rather disappointing coz the batter was a bit thick, though the fish is not smelly. The salad was normal but I like the chicken pieces...

It cost us $59 and we could not finish the fries coz the portion was huge! We waited for about 20 minutes and my dad said their service is excellent! :)

Bro bought a new LG prada Phone and his fren gave him a prada wallet for his birthday! Hope the phone last... haha.. :) Happy Birthday!!

Zhen's Wedding

Philadelphia, Niagara Falls & NYC

Ktv Pictures - My First Slideshow

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Jumbo @ 07 Sept 07




Met up with the gals last nite-we went to Jumbo at Riverside Point...it was reallie packed...

We had 2 chilli crabs, cereal prawns, venison w ginger n garlic and kang kong w sambal chilli... n we had 2 fried buns each! We were damn full after dinner... so we decided to go for Ice Cream!! haha ... so weird rite?

When auntie took our order, she asked if we wanted to have the shell peeled? n Yunni asked whether the shells are peeled after or before the frying? ... such an odd question... but it is so Yunni to ask.. ha...

Anywayz, we took a walk around clarke quay n wanna to go to TCC but saw the queue and decided against it. Walked on and found a little italian place which serves ice-cream..

Yunni n JT ordered chocolate ice-cream, Zhen order Rum n Raisin and I ordered Lost in the Woods (mainly my fav strawberry ice cream and yogurt!) .. we stayed till about midnight.. n just talked n talked.. Yunni as usual laughed and talked till she teared... n of coz, always abt Brian...

We are going to celebrate our 10-yr friendship on New Yr's Eve this year... going to find a hotel room (yunni's responsibility) and don our VJ uniform!! damn... i dun think i can fit into it lor.. n dunno where it is alreadi... haha.. :P Hope it will be fun!!!!

Facebook

Yesterday my colleague from Hong Kong asked me if "facebook" is popular in Singapore?

Google about it... n found tt it is similar to Friendster but got more functions, rather fun.... but a bit confusing at times... :) realised Kev has recently sent me a link to join Facebook too.. ha...

Seems like there are a few pple alreadi on Facebook... n found my Primary Sch fren on it too... n everyone is in so many different parts of the world now... got their recent updates from their profile ... everyone seems to be doing so well.. Happy for everyone! :)

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Poem-Proposal

What I want to ask of you is this,
If I can find the nerve to make the leap:
Life scatters dreams across the hills of sleep,

Lest we be too easy in our bliss.


Yet I am aware what I might miss.
Only what we treasure can we keep,
Ultimately sowing what we reap,


Modeling a world upon a kiss.
And so I must reveal to you my heart,
Recalling all my courage from its rest,
Ready for whatever word might be.
You are all the object of my quest,


My cynosure, my life, my other part.
Each line of this begins my urgent plea.

Poem tt Mr Soh used for his romantic proposal-so sweet... the clue is in the last line as well as the "ready for whatever word might be"...

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Singapore Flyer

At 165 metres (545 feet), or 42 storeys high, the Singapore Flyer will be the largest observation wheel in the world..

The Singapore Flyer's capsules -- about the size of a city bus -- are air conditioned and can carry up to 28 people. Passengers are free to walk around and will not feel movement or vibration.

The Singapore Flyer will be located on the Singapore waterfront across from the Marina Bay Sands casino complex set to open in 2009, and near the pit area of a Formula One Grand Prix street race to be held for the first time in 2008.

For $29.50, passengers on the Singapore Flyer will get a 360-degree view of up to 45 kilometres across the island republic and into neighbouring Malaysia and Indonesia.

You can hold ur birthday parties and wedding solemnisation in the capsules...:) cool!

Friday, August 31, 2007

Billard Room Pictures - 31 Aug 07

http://www.flickr.com/gp/70968637@N00/31Pv63

The Bar & Billard Room-Mama's Farewell

Held Mama's farewell today and Ah Li Wee came! after not seeing her about 1 whole month-she has slim down! so my conclusion is that we eat too much at work! hahaha... she is still in pain... so poor thing...

We bought Mama's a Celine scarf that is silk on one side and cashmere on the other!! It costs us $430 ... haha.. which Boss had to pay the majority share of it! :P $80 only..not too much for boss lor.. haha... :P I love the scarf and it reallie suits Mama... totally her style! We love the leather gloves too but it is $550. Mindy bought a set of cook books for mama- reallie good coz it is foolproof (mama cannot cook).. haha...

Mama is going to Luxembourg with hubby and little mama in the middle of next month... hee.. he is reallie cute and shy! :) envy Mama-can be full time housewife cum tai tai. When will it be my turn?

Had a long 3 hours lunch at Raffles Hotel, The Bar and Billard Room... we had the choice of either going to The Line or Billard Room and most of us voted for this coz most of us have not been there before.

The selection is not as wide as The Line but I love the starters here... they have Kosh Kosh!! I love Kosh Kosh-had it for the first time at Femi's place and it was yummy.. maybe I was hungry and cold then.. (hmm Jili was still around then..rem keeping her warm n cosy inside my jacket during the ride home) :)

The almond and pumpkin salad, lobster pancake and lobster starter are equally yummy too... and they have the usual cold starters (oysters - which I never dare to try... prawns, sashimi etc). The main course theme is Mediterranean food... have many different kinds of meat hmm but the selection is not too impressive though.. haha... coz I am not reallie a meat person. But they have ratatouille!!

According to http://dictionary.reference.com : Ratatouille is a vegetable stew of Provence, typically consisting of eggplant, zucchini, onions, green peppers, tomatoes, and garlic, served hot or cold. ... hmmm... now I know.

Desserts are nice too.. but I think The Line's presentation of food is better than Billard Room ... but they dun have my fav bread and butter pudding... :( ...so no brownie points for both! Ha..:P

Post pic next time!

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Shopping for Earrings! n Accessories!

http://mariettacloset.blogspot.com/

Bought 3 pairs already! guess wat colours I bought?? haha.. yes.. pink!!

(1) Lean

(2) Felicita

(3) Tullia

Wanted to buy Ossia too but no more stock.. sad.. :(

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Blood Brothers

Went to catch this movie last Friday...hmm reason? coz got ShuQi n Daniel Wu? Eye candies!!

Some lines are rather crappy but she just burst out laughing at the most inappropriate times.. think some of the ah bengs in the cinema must be wanting to silence us ... ha..

Anywayz, overall, this is just a show w ShuQi (skimpily dressed!!) and Daniel Wu.. with lotsa of gun shots and killing pple to get to the top of the gangster world in old Shanghai... same old plot ..... with guys fighting over the girl... brothers turning against each other etc etc ...

Shows that I wanna catch next: Ratatouille, Home Song Stories, No reservations and 1408 :)

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Cars

Went to the showroom with Cleo the last weekend. Cleo bought a Mitsubshi Lancer for 45k... monthly instalment is about $480 and insurance comes up to 1900 odd for her age group and half yr road tax free, upfront booking fee is about $3K.. plus she topped about 1.5k for the leather seats and sports rim. Manual though......This model is a rather old model but one of the cheapest among the ones we saw and like this weekend.

Vios is about 54K and Altis is about 59K. But Altis interior is ugly looking... so uncle.. coz it is brown interior.. yucks!!

Like the Subaru impreza - $54K for auto... but seems like it is high in fuel consumption so not efficient in cost saving esp in Jammy Singapore... and we live so far apart so not worth it to get one which is high in fuel consumption...

Maybe we can save another yr and get Honda Civic 1.6 - think it is about 65K .. hope it is more worth it.. did not go to the Honda showroom though... or Mazda? hmm so many choices-dun reallie know which one to pick. How? When is a good time to buy? hmmm

1 Year with Macquarie

Today marks the one yr I have joined Macquarie... whao.. time flies.. I rem the first day I was wondering how my colleagues will be and feeling rather worried and flustered coz I was a bit late. Den Ah Li Wee came to pick me on the 11th Floor and started introducing me to everyone.

During lunch, they all left me alone to eat by myself coz they had appointment and I rem telling myself "hmm...how nice" "roll eyes". Anyways, had lunch with KP pple and boss asked who I had lunch with... ha...

At about 4pm, I left work to go home to pick up my luggage before I head to the Airport to have my 2 weeks training in Hong Kong... very exciting.. First time to HK and had to figure out my way around... ha... it was rather fun... esp when everyone seems to be speaking in a strange language tt I tried so hard to listen to ... I think I am now better in Cantonese after the HK trip..haha...

HK is fun coz the shopping and food places close reallie late like abt 11 to 12... not like Singapore where places close at 9pm!!! Din reallie try the Tea House coz dun dare to go in.. had a lot of good food coz reimbursable ... :P wish I can charge my shopping to the company too...

Brought back a lot of bird nest mooncake and lao po bing...:) I went to Macau too and went to the casino and was apalled by the behaviour of some pple of some nationality.. :P so rude and yucky... Only dared to play the computerised roulette and jackpot coz I am afraid tt the pple will throw their cards on me.. :P

One year with Macquarie-I have completed my conversion course and delaying the CA Course till next yr coz Babe is coming back so thinking of spending more time together and it will prob be another rush to get the texts and stuff so delay it a bit. Laze around a bit more. :)

Other than tt, I knew a lot of new colleagues and had a lot of fun with all of them..they are a fun bunch to work with. Learnt a lot abt trading ledger and prob thinking what can I learn next?? :) exciting yr ahead... and when is bonus?? haha...

Thursday, August 23, 2007

KTV Photos

Secret-Jay Chou


SHE - 我愛你

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CquvPwhbGw

Can anyone wait for a whole lifetime? First time watching the full version... cried ... touching... :)

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

My Bdae Pics




Love the Monkey n Tulips... hmm but watz up w the balloon? Ha.. Lang went all the way to cityhall to get me the cake during lunch time... ha.. coz no chocolate cake for me so he has to find a strawberry one which turns out to be rather yummy.. ha...

Reason why the pics are onli posted now is tt boss has been hiding them from me!! wonder wat he has to hide about the pics... hmmmmm... :P

Monday, August 20, 2007

張震嶽 & 蔡健雅-思念是一種病

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1oamTtA0rQ

...family? :)

ROM or not

"hey gal, getting registered tmr?" ... "no leh... never even take leave"

Strange but why does it happen to her so often? beats me... at least the boy is here to stay... :)

Sunday, August 19, 2007

五月天-天使

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=698oc--1fAw

卓文萱+曹格 梁山伯與茱麗葉

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=600d6Rcmvj0

徐若瑄 & 曹格 - I Still Believe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj2-aLZvxWE

Saturday, August 18, 2007

KTV @ Partyworld Shenton Way 17 Aug 07

Went for KTV after drinks w uncle simon... ha... he is back for holiday... n he has more hair! It is rumoured that u grow more hair after u leave KPMG ... that is why I need to rebond my hair.. haha!! :P

We had a theme KTV session... onli songs for Pamela's farewell are allowed... though some of them just sang songs they "feel like singing" .. haha... it was fun..with all the oldies... guess it will be a long long while before the group of us have another KTV session.... no one to organise the outings coz organizer is gone ... haha... :)

PG-off to USA....

Went to send pam off today at the airport.. flying off to US liao... will be back onli in 18 months... so long... Good luck Pam.. have lotsa fun n bring lotsa presents for us ... haha! :)

Friday, August 10, 2007

Food Places

http://www.hungrygowhere.com/

Found an interesting website... for places to eat in Singapore.... we can try one new place every other week... interesting. :)

Fireworks





Went to watch the fireworks w mummy today.. actually it was Cleo who wanted to go in the first place w Xin but Xin fell asleep so in the end onli me n mummy went... took the train w mummy n alighted at City Hall... n there are so so so many pple... so crowded... we decided on a good spot n luckily we have our Creative Zen Stone plus to entertain us while waiting for the fireworks to start... it was reallie beautiful.. took a video and some pics for u to see... the pics are terrible.. hard to take a nice photo of the fireworks... too bad u are not here... :)

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Diaper Cake?!?!

Just saw a link on my google ad for this thingy called: Diaper Cake? What the...... is that? It looks like a normal cake at first glance.. but when u enlarge the picture, the whole cake is "made of diapers! ... gosh.. so amazing.. but it is a great gift for mummy and babies..it doesn't come cheap though.. about USD68 for a small size one... rather cute.. I wonder if we have this in Singapore...




Extract from the website:

"All cakes arrive on a silver scalloped cake platter, are decorated with silk flowers of your choice, and topped with a lovely porcelain "abc" baby block before being wrapped in white tulle, tied with a satin bow, and secured with an old-fashioned diaper pin. ........... This is a must-have for any new mom or baby shower. These unique diaper cakes are the ideal way to say “Happy Birth Day!” or “Welcome to the World!” They make a gorgeous baby shower centerpiece, a delightful hospital gift and are a gift that every new parent to be will be thankful for...........Stage 1 diapers up to 14 lbs. ...... These diaper cakes are custom made to your order.... "

The Marmalade Pantry-Peri's Welcome Lunch




Peri's Welcome lunch @ The Marmalade Pantry-Food was superb... Had the Spinach Salad and the Crab Meat Linguini ... Had a bite of the Ribeye Steak Sandwich which is equally Yummy...:) The Braised Lamb and Penne looks good too ya? Love the paper placemats... innovative... Nice place for lunch but atmosphere is onli alrite

Boss is afraid of dirtying his branded top.. haha... N Lang looks reallie happy with his burger..

August Babies Part 1



Po Chua and SAY's Birthday... Part 1...coz they are lotsa August Babies in our office! Mine is in April :) Unique ...