taking a breath to keep breathing...

friday, 1 june 2007

pirates of the caribbean: at world's end
@ eng wah suntec with chris

it was a last minute decision to catch this and it seemed like we weren't meant to watch it..all the cinemas we checked were mostly fully booked (and i refused to sit anywhere nearer than 6 rows to the screen!)..our last resort was the cinema at suntec city and we had almost the whole cinema to choose our seats from! crazy..

for all its hype, the show was a big letdown..too long, too complicated and too boring..sure it had its lighter moments but those few seconds cannot save this two and half hours of blockbuster from being a blocked-busted..i still want to take johnny depp home though! :P

sorry elise, i pang seh-ed you..but i saved you money hor! :D

saturday, 2 june 2007

shrek 3
@ gv marina with karen

after a bad night with pirates, it was lucky that shrek 3 was much much better..given that it has not much of a storyline (it is a cartoon afterall!) and lots of funny moments were recycled (from previous shrek movies), its cute factor alone was enough to make this a really enjoyable show! nice! :)

sunday-tuesday, 3-5 june 2007
..two day conference in kuala lumpur

..wanted to do so much more
..too little time
..at least it was fun and..

..i finally satisfied my urge for dunkin' donuts! damn shuang..
even brought some back for elise and su! :)

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"not like me"

who is that in the mirror i see?
it feels like i am not like me
a reflection i refuse to acknowledge
a smile that locks me up, like a cage
my tears, they just will not flow
my heart, it just will not glow
a fire, that has been long smothered
my laughter, it is a cold blooded traitor
happy, worriless and carefree
innocent and content, seemingly
cracks deepen beneath the surface
faith that cannot be easily replaced
time will heal, all in good time
how long more before i run out of time?
how long more before i lose sight?
how long more can i sustain this fight?
it feels so right to feel so wronged
in the meantime, the clock ticks on...

addy (07 june 2007)

malacca part 2

saturday, 19 may 2007
...one-day malacca road trip
...with elise, kenneth and susu

we found the "original" malacca chicken riceballs this time! nicer, but personally, i still prefer the non-ball version! after lunch, we headed down to try the famous chendol along jonker street..it was so nice and colourful! but then, it was also way tooooo sweet! only kenneth managed to finish his, the rest of us barely made it halfway through ours...

next, we headed for our shopping (with a pit stop at starbucks for kenneth to "recharge")..susu went shoe crazy at not one, but two vinci outlets! i managed to get some nice presents for cheryl as well! :)

dinner was at the portuguese village..supposedly renown for its seafood..and true enough, there were hardly any chicken or even vegetable dishes on the menus! when we finally settled down and ordered, the food was only so so and we nearly got ripped off! not a very good experience...

despite going up in a smaller group this time round, the trip was still fun..lots of crapping, eating, shopping and even more crapping! haha..kudos to kenneth for being our nice driver and for bearing with elise and susu's nonsense! :P so when are we going to conquer kl ar?

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we miss you too jinxyyyyyyyy!
i promise we will keep the pratas and curries and teh pengs well-preserved for you k? :P

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if i put one foot on the mat now..
will you step on it with me..
or will you take it out from under me?

catch up

two weeks have passed and too many things have happened for me to fully put down into words..so here's two weeks in a few words and a few more pictures! :)

friday, 27 april 2007
...company team-building session

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saturday, 28 april 2007
...one-day malacca road trip
...with chris, elise, jingxian, keith and kenneth

lunch was the famous malacca chicken rice balls..
famous, nice to look at but not so nice to eat...

jonker walk is malacca's night market..
we basically ooo-ed and aah-ed from stall to stall..
oh and jinx got herself a new "friend"!

dinner was at this ulu zhi char place which chris, kenneth and jingxian stumbled into on their previous trip..
the highlight was the salted egg chicken..which keith got so addicted to he was scrapping the leaf at the bottom for the crumbs! overall, dinner was pretty good and at just 6 sing bucks per person!

we finally made our way out of malacca and onto the highway around 11.30pm..throughout the journey, chris, elise and i self-entertained and self-amused ourselves with lots of crazy talk and lousy jokes (mainly from chris)..rainy weather meant we only arrived back in singapore close to 4am...

kind of wish we had one more day though..but at least it was fun while it lasted! :) a big thank you to our two drivers, chris and kenneth without whom the trip would not be possible!

all pictures courtesy of jinxy...
for "full-er" account of malacca trip, click here...

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sunday, 29 april 2007
...blithe spirit
this is kind of a play of firsts..

my first play of 2007..
my first at the drama centre theatre at nlb..
and my first with marie..

well, ok the last point is rather irrelevent but three makes it sound more impressive mah! while it was mostly enjoyable and i quite liked the plot twist, it didn't really connect with me fully (probably due in part to my hangover from the malacca trip!)..all said, it is always intriguing to watch pam oei and selena tan in action..they are just so good la!

for "full-er" review of play, click here...

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tuesday, 01 may 2007
...new levi's shoes

this pair of sneakers just shouted out at me the first time i saw them at the levi's boutique in parkway parade the previous day..as luck would have it, my size was out of stock..i was so determined to own them that i made a reservation on the spot (still "the previous day")..and made my way down to the marina square levi's boutique specially just to collect them the very next morning! note: don't expect to see me in them too soon though..i am traumatised..i saw this ah beng dude wear the very same pair of sneakers on the mrt! yucks!

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- caught up -
(more or less)

hongkong

jan 7 - near midnight
touch down singapore..back from a 5 day holiday in hongkong..

jan 3
our first day in hongkong was spent wandering around the vacinity of the hotel we were in - harbour plaza, resort city..but as the hotel is located in the new territories, there was nowhere much for us to wander to except for the sole shopping centre..


jan 4
second day was the guided tour of the city..repulse bay (where most of hongkong's wealthy lived)..aberdeen (where the jumbo floating restaurant and the fishing village were) and then the ngong ping skyrail up to the giant buddha on lantau island..we ended the day with dinner at hang heung's kitchen at the new world centre and walking along the avenue of stars..sadly, we missed out on the symphony of lights (supposedly the world's largest permanent light and sound show)..





jan 5
moved to the metropark hotel in kowloon in the morning..after checking in, we took a tram down to causeway bay to one of the biggest shopping centres in hongkong, times square..but as most of the shops were designer labels, we did not spend too much time in there..thereafter we took the peak tram up to the peak..the rest of the day was spent roaming the streets of the soho region..and we also took a ride on the world's longest covered escalator (which is basically just as the name suggests - a very long escalator!)..


jan 6 and 7
we spent our last two days in hongkong free and easy..walking down the various streets (famous and not-so-famous)..entering shopping centres and shops (famous and not-so-famous) and basically just doing the things that tourists do! on the second last day, we had dimsum lunch at chao's inn (as per jingxian's recommendation) and it was really really good (cheap as well)!

the past 5 days were really nice..taking a holiday with the family after such a long time (though they can be terribly annoying at times!)..and the weather was really really lovely as well - bright sunshine and cool air..what a wonderful combination! :) while i was initially sceptical about the trip..in the end, i was kind of sad to leave..back to life..back to the humidity..back to reality..