No fanciful dinner dates, no extravagant celebrations, just a simple birthday celebration. It was quite comical when mei was home with the cake and I was trying to divert mom's attention. Chasing her out of her kitchen, asking her to shower so that we can hide cake in the freezer - my mom loves ice cream cake. And first time ever I offered to look after the fire, to ensure our soup is not overcook.
And when mom was out from the shower, I was practically sticking close to her AND the fridge. Haha. Whatever she wants or need, I'll retrieve it from the fridge for her. Offered to look after her soup as well. My mom is a vegetarian, so sometimes she'll cook her food separately - if the soup contains meat.
Also it was a day where dajie and mei were home together, just for mom's bday. :)
We prepared the cake and sang a song for her. She was surprised and although she didn't show it, I knew that she was happy. Heh.
The winds had been very strong lately.. And it reminded me of the times spent in Japan. Every night when I was walking back to my hotel, I could feel the chilling air blowing against my face. I'd just lean outside my windows and let the cool air blow against my face while I thought of Japan. It's slightly different as the air there are colder and dry whereas here is cool. Still, who am I to complain when the wind here let me think of Japan..
I realised that we have many Korean channels here in Singapore but just 2 Japanese channels.. I wish there will be more, expecially ones that air the dramas and the variety shows - domouto and kyoudai and the other one.. Which I can't remember at the moment. Those were funny.
Yes!! I had just finished all 20 episodes of Secret Garden. Did not really enjoy the ending though I realised why did they show that part with the kids outside the gate. For the mother had not acknowledge the female lead and disown her son.
And also another character had caught my attention - Sun.
In Secret Garden, he acted a gay and was in love with Oska yet he did not show or tell his true feelings to Oska. He was just keeping it within himself and Oska knew that Sun likes man. I did not start from episode 1 so I'm not sure how they met. Many times when Oska tried to make Sun stay, Sun said something like this - "You do not know how to me stay". And it was funny when he and the other girl were fighting over Oska (who was totally clueless about how Sun felt about him). Another funny scene was when Oska carried Sun over his shoulder. That was hilarious. In the end, Sun stayed and helped Oska. I guess he cherish every moment spent with him and was happy when Oska said he liked Sun even though it was "like" as a friend and not "like" in love. He stayed in the background and support Oska behind and letting go when it was time. He knew that Oska will never return his affection for him anyway.
Found this song which I think suits him more than the main couple. He was scarily fair and to think he was just 22years old! He looked young in the show but still matured. Found a clip of him in youtube and he looked very like his age, so young and so uncool. Hahah. I think he was cooler in Secret Garden against the 36years old man.
Here's the clip for him, "That Man" sung by a male.
Think he played the role well, gay but not sissy gay, a very cool and composed gay.
I'm not one who will watch a Korean drama unless it is really good because of the dragging, the many love triangles - 3~4 or even 5? So from a really short drama can stretch to 30+ episodes. Another thing is.. a lot of crying, a lot of shouting (especially with the girl being really fierce, the rich with the poor and the parent - always the mom will try to break the pair apart). So far, one of the Korean dramas that I like "All About Eve" - really old drama and very straight to the point.
Recently, I'm watching "Secret Garden" after hearing my sister telling me about the show. No 3~4 love triangles but it is still draggy in some parts and the OST makes up for it.
The main male lead acted in "Jia You Jin Soon" - for those who watched this drama before. I did not, and heard from dajie that he had slim down a lot in this "Secret Garden". Still.. a lot of crying, especially from episode 13 onwards? After the girl realised that she likes the guy. Yes.. that's where the evil rich mother starts scheming.
I found out that there are two OST - one for The Woman and another for The Man.
That Woman
That Man
And another song that I liked. :)
Here I Am
Lastly, wishing all my friends and those who reads my blog a Merry Christmas!
I'd finally completed all three kingdoms on Dynasty Warriors 7 - Wei, Shu and Wu. I have long being a fan of this game, mainly because of the hack and slash portion. Also because it involves the 3 kingdoms with characters who I am familar with. On top of that, I am also drawn to the story behind the 3 kingdoms, reading it up on wiki but it was too dry so I gave up not long after.
Although I'd played most of the DW series, I didn't know the story in-depth for the game do not requires one to follow the storyline completely. It's mainly create a new character or use one of the characters available, get a new kingdom and start conquering it. It was different this time in DW 7. One need to complete the 3 kingdoms followed by Jin and you can start your own conquest - is not as extensive as the previous series. By completing all 4 stories allows you to fully unlock the characters so to do their personal achievement in the conquest stage.
Another good thing in the game is there's a encyclopedia where you can read up on the individual characters (very brief) as well as the timeline of what had happened. I went to do my own read up in wiki and wondered to myself - how the hell did they get all these information? It happened so many years back that most information, books are destroyed no? How did they know what was the tactics used then?
Anyway, upon completing Wei, I had a profound respect for Cao Cao. He was not only a fighter, a poet and a strategist. Can he be said to be on par with Zhuge Liang? He was portray was someone cold hearted, is he really?
All three men - Liu Bei, Cao Cao and Sun Jian/Sun Ce/Sun Quan (I put all three together because the first two had very short lives) had their own strength and weakness.
For Liu Bei, he had his five tiger generals (Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong) who are fiercely loyal to him. They are his strength. For strategy, he had Zhuge Liang. What does Liu Bei has? He has his benvolence, being kind yet that could be his weakness.
Sun Quan, unfortunately for him, his father and brother were both assassinated by the enemies on two separate events leaving Sun Quan to take over the role of a ruler so fast before he could grasp what had happened. I didn't pay much attention to him because he just do not interest me. He was lucky to have Zhou Yu to help him.
Cao Cao may be cunning, cold hearted but I felt that he had a side of him that no one knows. Many said Cao Cao took in Emporer Xian and used him as a puppet however I felt that he was sticking to his own principle. If he wants to be an emporer, he would have instead of just asking to be the King of Wei. It's hard to understand what was on his mind.
I could just go on and on about Cao Cao however it's time for me to sleep. Tomorrow is another long day, and it just reminds me of the same question again "Why am I still here?" and again, I'm just procrastinating.
Yea!!! I'd just made payments for my modules! Be taking on 2 modules - Statistics (Term 1) and Quantitative Methods (Term 2) and a Ucore - Critical Writing/Thinking (can't remember it'll be on which term). Try these combination and see how well it goes. If I can manage, I may take on 1 more for my 2nd sem. Don't want to waste time.. And if I do well enough, I may consider going 4yrs for the honours. :) Got to play by ear. Excited? YES! Nervous? Definitely!
So long never hit the books but I'm glad I have friends who are willing to lend me a hand. I'm so blessed! Wonder if I will bump onto my girls in school....
Yessssss!! I'd finally - FINALLY completed Dragon Age 2! Took me long enough and when the credits came rolling, I was entranced by the ending song.
DA 1 is about the blight, DA2 is about the ongoing issue between mages and templars.
Things I wish happened in DA2 was to have my hero continuing her journey but she was too busy living her life with the King of Ferelden, Alistair and rebuilding the grey wardens community.
Initially I thought my new character in DA2 was a grey warden, but she was just an ordinary girl seeking to escape from the blight with her family. Quite a twist and there's no point in continuing with a grey warden in DA2 since DA1 is focusing on them.
Some characters from DA1 appeared in some of the side quests such as Zevran (wonder whether will he still appear if he'd romance with my hero and my hero did not end up being Alistair's queen), Alistair or King of Ferelden appeared, Nathaniel Howe and Leliana (super small role, just seeking out my champion).
There were also references to events happening in DA1 - Vigil's keep, the architect, etc. Brings back memories and made me feel like replaying DA1 but I don't think I have the stamina to go through the whole game.
Oh, I'd noticed that this time the potions are much harder to get. Stores will sell them once or twice and it's always in very limited quantity. You do not have to worry about your companions' armors because they have 3 levels of upgrade.
To compare DA1 and DA2, I liked both. DA1 is more of killing darkspawns and DA2 is more of human issues.
Saw a trailer for DA3 and can't wait to see how the gameplay is like. It seemed to take on a darker role this time. Will the blight really be over? The architect still seemed to be a mystery. Is he building an army? How about Morrigan's child? What happened to the child? And my champion, people are still seeking her.
I think the timeline for DA2 should happen after these incidents. Like years later and not months later.
Here's DA3 (official or not?)
Oh, and my favourite ending theme for DA2
I'm Not Calling You A Liar (If it wasnt for Dragon Age 2 I would have never started listening to Florence + the Machine)
Found another great track! PLUS is it's from my favourite gloomy character. And yes... I romanced my champion with him because he's so gloomy. Lol.
Oh oh! I happened to find this webpage for Fenris fans! Nicely done up and I'm too lazy to put the image here. Check it out here! Or just see it from the video.
Anyway I was watching BBC with mom earlier in the day and they were talking about Greenland and the melting ice. That reminded me of this:
A remake in HD format, FF7 was launched in 1997 HD quality released in 2009 after Advent Children (2005).
I remembered wanting to replay this game when my ps1 was still working since I'd stopped the game halfway (after Aerith died, I lost my reason to continue. Ok.. because I'd spent so much effort in getting Cloud's affection for the girl!). I'd played FF8-10 and graphics had changed so much. Being used to the box-less characters and seeing a box-like Cloud.. My eyes just couldn't get used to it. So I switched it off and stopped.
Wow... I didn't know that BioWare was one of the developers for my favourite PC game - Baldur's Gate. I do remembered the Black Isle's logo although I did not know that's the publisher! O.O!!
Yes! I looked forward to today because it's my day off and I get to spend some time with my mei. We slept together in the living room on our sofa (it was very windy and cold!), we get to have lunch and dinner together, play games together, talk and watch tv together. Always when she was here over the weekends, she'll be asleep on Sat night by the time I'm home and I'll be heading out to work on a Sunday morning. So even if I try, I may miss her by the time I'm home or she'll be preparing to leave - means we interact for an hour or less.
We spent the whole day at home today and I get to play some games with her. From strumming the guitars to singing songs fromo Guitar Hero. We played Gears of Wars 3 on easy mode. Only game we didn't play as plan is Dance Central 2. Hope to play that when I have my weekend off.
Today was the day I'm dreading.. I had always want to drag it, put it to another day so that I'll never face it.. at least not so soon. However it was inevitable and it'll happen sooner or later, why not now?
I had thought that it will not hurt and that I'll let go of it easily. I was wrong. I was struggling not to shed a tear while I was on the way to the destination.
My heart was battling whether should I hold on to the piece of string or was it time to let go. In the end, I chose to let it go.
I'd decided not to waste his time, that he deserve someone better than me. One who'll love him equally or maybe more. One who will set a huge chunk of her pie chart for him. One who will at least put him on the top 2 billboard list. One who will think of him all the time, who will try to make him happy, who will listen to him pain, who will be there for him.
He is still in my heart but I guess time will heal all wound. Trying to hold back my tears for the whole day, it's finally time to let it all go.
Will we still stay as friends? Will he still give me advice? Will we still keep in contact? I'm not sure.
We'd set I'll get a free brunch that should a guy date me out or a friend try to set me up on a date in 3 months' time.
Love hurts.
I'd never thought that I'll feel the pain. The sadness. I'll never want to fall in love again. Regret yes. Never expect it to be that painful. But it is for the better. Must one lose something to learn? Can't help wondering what is he doing, how is he feeling and how is he doing. Why must it happen just to feel all these? Why must one take another for granted?
And I know that I'll never find a guy like him. I'd just let a rare gem go and I hope the gem will shine better with another owner.
Okay, I have been going on and on about "time to search for a new job", "quit" and all yet I'm still here. I guess the main reason why I'm still staying is because I happened to be working with a good boss. He's the main reason and it's not easy to find one whom I can really work well with, who's patient enough to teach me (even to the extend of almost spoon feeding), who can be fun and serious at the same time. So to leave now makes me feel very guilty. I want to support him as much as he is supporting me now. I learnt a lot from him and who doesn't wish to have a boss who is straightforward? Of the many bosses I'd worked with, this is the best of the bestest boss ever!! No matter how the day is, he can just make you happy. :)
Yes... I'm trying to post the next 2010 wedding photos (like I'd remarry so many times. haha) since I managed to get home before 12am. Hoping to upload and post everything so that I can sleep before the clock strikes 12.
It was held at Holiday Inn Atrium. It was my first time there and food turn out to be ok. :) Get to see some of my old secondary school friends whom I am familiar with but will not continue to keep in contact with them. I'm happy with my current group of friends.
Handmade photo plant, practical, cheap and you get to keep it after your wedding.
I was trying to do an artistic shot
Ring of lifetime commitment, one that binds you for life and a reminder of your love towards each other.
With the groom
And the bride
Did I mention that we are his appointed reception?
Someone asked me to take a photo to make sure everyone drops an ang bao in
And also to write a note of blessing in his handmade book
Taking photos before the dinner starts
At the dinner
It's kinda clear to see that our table is split into two..
We went up to his room after the dinner, admiring it and surprising the couple
After the dinner, we moved on to the nearest pub to chit chat.
Ah! 4mins to midnight, time to go sleep and get ready for tomorrow. Cooling night to sleep in and did a quick check on Tokyo's weather, it's nearing Winter and temperature is going down....... OOOoooooooo!!
Met up with Jw, Xiaobai and Bel at Jw's place today for a mini potluck session. Made sushi the whole day - for dajie to bring to work, for me to bring to the potluck and for tomorrow's lunch/mei & dajie's lunch.
We played Monopoly Deal and I sucked at it. I really sucked at strategic games.. seriously. That's why I do not play games that required building of buildings/turn based/ etc.
Xiaobai arranging the food for phototaking while I munch on his new cookie. Yums!!!
Posing with the food.....
Clockwise from top left: Mini burger with cheese by Jiawei, cookies by xiaobai, sushi by me and curry by Ruhui. It was all delicious and filling! As Bel was busy finishing her report, so we asked her not to buy her portobello and come straight over to eat.
Lastly we had chocolate fondue with strawberries and biscuits. It was all nice but I skipped the chocolate and biscuits, sticking to the strawberries only due to my sore throat and cough. How I wish it'll go away for it always disturbs me when I sleep.
Anyway I'd been lagging on posting photos taken in 2010. Partly is I'm still finding cheap Photoshop software so now I'm using temporarily means to upload my photos without editing it.
It was one of the numerous weddings I'd attended in 2010. Friends suddenly decided to get married one after another on a monthly basis so it was also my poorest period of the year. Father's wedding was held at Novotel last year, October. I, posting photos after they had celebrated their one year anniversary. Weddings held by ex-colleagues always felt like a big gathering with everyone. :)
With the two Erics
A proud mom :) And I the evil god mother from the east!
The very adventurous guy
Pretty ladies not for sale!
The two sisters
Me, alone. Still can't get used to taking photo solo. Just awkward...
A group photo with the other table
My fave girl.. who's always very pretty
The first ex-colleague
If you notice.. I like to take photos with pretty girls. Hehe.
Peps at my table with some visitors.
Jeremy, who is really a S.N.A.G
With yet another table
Yeah!!!! Finally managed to upload photos, post it and now I can sleep! Not that it's a burden or a must but I just feel that I shouldn't be too lazy.
3 more weddings to post and I'm done with 2010! Sheesh! And 2011 is going to be over in 1 month's time!
Ever since the launch of a new product in Oct, I have been working till late since then. Working hours can stretch from 0930hr till 2230 for the first 2 days, then 0930 till midnight on other days. I treat this as an endurance test, a challenge to see how far my mind and body can take it. It was working well until last night. Not sure whether was it because everyone around me are starting to fall sick one by one and a particular someone who did not bother covering her mouth when she coughs (you can nearly feel the germs in the room). I'm starting to feel sick last night. Sore throat and cough creeping up on me and today was the limit. I felt extremely tired and feverish. Was it because I didn't sleep early for the past nights and woke up at 0700 yesterday and end work at 0100hr? Chatted over the phone with a friend till 2am+, woke up at 0700hr today and just reached home. Ah.. Thought I get to leave work early and end up.. I just couldn't leave my colleagues to die. Thought of waiting up for da jie to return home but I think I better go get some sleep.
ANYWAY, I attended a girlfriend's hen's night at this ladies club. Yes.. Ladies Club! It was my first time to such a place and it was an eye-opener! It was located at Lavender and I'd say all the 男公關 are from China, maybe just one of the female manager is a local - she's extremely friendly. There are at least 10 guys and they would "parade" themselves every 30 mins or so. First was catwalk then belting out songs from a Karaoke system. I'd say 99% of their singing sucks... It just spoil their "good looking" image. All the guys were suit up so they look really smart. Of the many guys there, only 2 are good looking.
I was turned off from the start because the host was announcing that a lady was celebrating her hen's night and invited her on stage. We did not request to do that and neither did we ask to send her on stage. Host tasked her to dance. He got a guy to do a mini pole dance and asked her to finish that mission and considered a pass! While they were still trying to get my gf to do that, someone working in that club approached us and said "the host are at work to celebrate for your friend on stage, maybe you'd like to support them by giving flowers?". Note: Their flowers cost at least $100. Frikking expensive ok?!?!?!?! So.. we were obliged to do that.. $100 per person.. $200 gone. Wth.... Really spoil our night. I did not dare to talk to any of the guys because I was afraid that they'll ask me for 小费. I'm a stingy and soon to be poor student.
Drinks was considered ok since it cost like $500++ for 3 bottles of hennessy to be shared among 10 of us, of which 1 has already quitted drinking and the other is not a drinker. I drank a little too much and was feeling very sleepy by the end of the party. We wished that the night would last longer for spending just 4hours together wasn't fun enough. Games for my gf was cool though and we found a very steady patron for one of our game, for her. Haha. After that, he kept coming over to our table and we could tell that he was drunk for he was very tipsy and falling over his words. There we learnt that he was a mix - SG and Taiwanese, just returned to SG from god-knows-where, he's holding a pink ic so he's a proud Singapore citizen. Photos are waiting to be vet through by the bride-to-be, which can be publish, which are for our own eyes only. I can't wait to see the photos!!
Fun as it was, the place is quite small, 男公關 and customers alike do not frikking flush the frikking toilet!! It was so disgusting especially after they'd forced themselves to puke and not flush it. 男公關 really can't sing except for the host - said to be a professional singer in his country, place is small - less than 10 tables, small stage, no live band. Nothing like the typical Thai pub. Out of the many guys, I'd only spotted 2 good looking ones so you can imagine how bad it was. Maybe they should work on their facial complexion, their hairstyle and their breath. NOt sure if they have bad breath but they better have mints in their pocket to avoid losing potential female clients.
Friend suggested going to another ladies club at PS and I can't wait for that day!
Ah, I'm still coughing now.. Maybe because of the many late nights that causes my body to go haywire? Cough lasts me for weeks, on and off, mild cough, frequent at times.. Now it seemed to be getting worse.
Need to get back on track, sleep early (almost impossible), drink more water, eat more fruits and EXERCISE!!!
NOT sure whether was it just a passing phase.. when I felt it again. The need to get out and try something new. Everytime when I feel this way, I'll be thinking a lot again. A LOT means I'll be weighing my options, should I do this, or should I do that? Should I try this or shoud I not? Another factor is money. Of course I won't be getting what I'm earning now but still, the experience is going to be different right? Am I brave enough to step out? I'd fallen into the "comfort zone" already. Too lazy to search, too lazy to go for interviews. How am I going to fare in one? Maybe like what Clifton said, going for interviews doesn't necessary means you are going to take up the job but to keep myself in touch and comfortable. To keep improving for every interviews is like gaining experience points to level up. Jobs that required a degree, I should just try out anyway.
Changing to an office job means I have more time to do things I want to. Maybe it's time? Been talking about it too long, the last time I'd made up my mind to change to a job was in September 2010. Yet I'm still here and now with the carrot - promotion dangling in front of me.. Today is a public holiday, how I wish I'm not working and am spending time with my family instead. Especially if my little nephew is going to be born next year, I'd like to spend more time with him. And things I want to do, studies, language classes, etc. Sounds like I'm making up for lost time eh? Things I couldn't do before.. I'm trying to do now. Time to really be firm and make up my mind!
Oh yah, mom, dajie and I were talking about things to buy for baby and mom was talking about our baby stories. Okay, about when I was a baby. That's when I realised that I was really lucky to be born into this family and with a silver spoon! My dad really spare no expenses for us, paying for nanny, fetching and sending the confinement lady, spending money to buy us toys and all. It was really wonderful to know that eventhough things are different now. :) Guess times were good then for business was blooming.
I'm on a drama/film marathon.. watching shows starring Fukada Kyoko. She's very cute and she's one actress who can just act on dramas with her heavy weight or with her new look - she'd slim down quite abit.
She had also changed throughout her film - Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake 1998 to her latest drama - Sengyou Shufu Tantei 2011. I was superly amazed with her latest drama for she looked totally different as compared to her early acting years. Maybe because she was just 16 when she acted in Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake and was still raw then.. Moving on was the collaboration with Korean actor - Won Bin. It's pretty obvious that she was heavier in that show but still cute nontheless. :) And now Sengyou Shufu Tantei - OMG! Especially the part where she had the makeover with the short hair, long black dress and running in those crazy 5" heels! My first impression with that makeover was PRETTY!!!! She looked totally stunning and so different from her housewife look. The housewife look was no different from her early years look, perhaps due to the minimal makeup. I wish she'll have more roles that make her stand out and also another Korean/Japanese collaboration. Kyoko + a cute Korean hunk. hehe.
I was looking at some of the images when I did a google search of Fukada Kyoko and she had changed a alot. Her looks, image and all. Happy! Hopefully she'll maintain this way (by sacrificing her food) and act more more more!!
Found this mv with her. Enjoy. Love the short hair look.
These are the two man whom I respect because of their talent, their unique voice and with their own singing style just made themselves stand out from the rest of the Japanese musicians.
Gackt is a very humorous person - saw some of the variety shows he was in and it was very funny. Having many different reactions to every situations, laughing like a normal person and yet being very serious in his performances.
Some of the songs I like and would like to share with others.
There are more songs which I quite like but you'll just have to find from youtube. How I wish our NHK channel or even Channel U will broadcast episode of domoto kyoudai of course with English/Chinese subbed. Or even some variety shows from Japan, just like how Channel U will bring in Guess x3.
As for Hyde, he's also another with a unique voice and way of singing. In the show, Moon Child, I was telling mei that in some ways he looked like a little kid and some parts of him resemblance manga/anime's characters. Being very tightlipped about his personal life - wife and kid, at times I wonder what do they do everyday? Cropped up in the house? The child will be home schooled?
I'm an excited aunt to be ! haha. Followed dajie for her monthly scan and checkup and we found out the gender of her baby - is a BOY! haha. Everyone thought baby is going to be a girl but I guessed baby is a boy~! He's so going to be overly doted on, which I hope he will not turn into a spoilt brat. Time to buy baby clothes - been wanting to let my future niece/nephew wear baby OshKosh B'gosh clothes. I think it's cute. Time flies and dajie is going to be due in 4 months' time. Busy busy busy. I'll be starting school in late January 2012 and then prepare for dajie's delivery in February. Hope to return to Japanese studies too. Time management, maybe change of work. Have to take one thing at a time, plan!
Visited the Botanic Gardens for a short photography session with JW and Annkia. BG had changed a lot! The last time I'd visited BG was when I was still a kid, so the memories I had was during then. Now, BG just felt so foreign to me, like they'd revamp it as a tourist site. No feel of closeness to mother nature. Maybe it is because I still have the nostalgic feeling in me as I prepare to visit BG. Took some photos of the flowers, bees and dragonfly! From there, I'd decided to try upgrade myself to a semi-pro Canon camera. I was considering Nikon initially but since JW is using Canon, I might as well be a Canon user so that I can borrow some of his expensive lenses. hehe. Not getting one now but later.. Have to prioritise one thing at a time. :)
Went to Ikea @ Tampines with Xiaobai today to do some shopping. Boy I need to spend less and save more! Satisfied my cravings of meatballs and chicken wings! I was so hungry that I grabbed a pie, fish nugget, half portion pasta and fries! YUMS!!!!! Ok.. it's not really that filling but still.. XD
Bought 4 boxes to fill my games and packed them on the ground level of my tv console. Moved wii to the top level instead. Have been thinking of re-arranging my furnitures in my room for some time.. to make it more comfortable. Made up a simple floor plan of how to place the furnitures and realised that my only problem is the tv console. Whether to place it beside my bed or opposite my bed. Another problem is the re-wiring of the multi-plugs because of the tv and game consoles. I'd love to display my Halo and Marcus Fenix figurines on my bookshelf.. but I can't bear to remove them from the box. Damnit! I just love them to be in their original form. No space on my bookshelf to show them off anyway. Should I use my Halo edition controllers? The rubber on my black controller's thumbstick is coming off soon and I don't want the same to happen to my Halo controllers.. but if I don't use them, is almost like.. what's the point of having them right? Okay.. I'm just thinking out loud. The decision is still mine eh? Damn!
Anyway since I'd do up the plan, I'll just post them up here.
First:
Second:
I'll need to repack my room one day and dump stuffs I do not need again. =.="
Will be starting school in Jan 2012! Supposed to study together with a friend.. however he couldn't make it in the end.. Can't really expect much right? I'll still go ahead for I shall not let this set me back. I have my big plans and am doing one at a time! Nothing is too late for me to try! One step towards my goal!
Somehow, all my plans to travel this month were thwart one way or another. My plans to travel to:-
- Japan in Sept was cancelled due to leave freeze and my travel partner wasn't able to apply for leave.
- Korea instead in early Sept was dropped because I really don't feel comfortable travelling with my cousin when I still have to face his parents every year plus I'd love to explore Korea with my travel partner instead.
- Japan alone to find a friend was cancelled too because my dear friend wasn't in town during that period.
- Australia with Clifton and celebrate his birthday in Australia (something different for a change) was also not fulfilled because my booking via Qantas wasn't complete. Maybe I didn't click till the end after keying in my credit card information. All attempts to get an air ticket to Australia now was futile because SIA tickets cost $7k (no idea why it was showned as $900+ on the website when I selected my flight schedule), Qantas kept showing "the flight you'd chosen is not available".
So, I'm taking it as a sign that I really ought to stay on land this month. Kind of reminded me of the show "Final Destination" because the main lead just kept 'siaming' his death.
Once or twice if my plans were changed, I can try again but if it just keep happening, like something is preventing me from travelling, I better be a good girl and stay here. Most to most, I will just meet up my friends for dinner, play my games (pity Dance Central 2 will only be released in Oct) and slack at home for almost 2 weeks.
On a side note, I'd went for my interview with the Dean of School of Business and it all went well. I'm looking forward to school next year - Jan 2012. Maybe I could use this time to think of what I want to do - career wise.
I understand that life is going to be tough ahead especially when I'm doing part time studies and full time work but I just need to bear with it and get my degree. Hopefully my plan this time will go the way I want it to be.
Do you think I can or even will remember all the things you've been doing everyday?
I'm still learning and am trying my best to learn and remember, how can I improve if you're not giving me a chance? At least act that you're patient with me and answer my questions then. I don't care if you want to say anything behind my back after.
Do you think I know where did you keep all the things when I don't use them everyday?
Do you think I know what was done earlier when you're the one doing it?
If you feel or think that you're too busy, having too many things to do, ASK. I'd offered my help but you're the one who pushes me away. And you still can tell everyone that you're doing everything.
Maybe now, you're adding that I'm not helping, I'm not doing anything, I'm useless and you feeling like slapping me for asking stupid or obvious questions. For repeating my questions, for not checking my emails before asking, for forgetting.
Sometimes the reasons why I want to give up is because of you! Ganging up with another when I'd just started on my role.
Maybe what you're best at is complaining how busy you're, how no one is helping and you're doing everything yourself.
Times when I called you, I know for sure that you WILL NOT pick it up. When I message you, you WILL NOT reply. So when I'm doing one of the above, I knew that there's going to be 100% ZERO response from you.
Instead of feeling dread when I'm with someone whom most people dislike, I'm feeling that when I'm with you! I'd rather be with that someone for no matter what, that person will still act nice and help me. Or even fought back for me.
Yesterday, I'd left my poor blackberry 9700 behind in the toilet.. It was my first time losing my phone and I was quite sad initially for all of my datas were in it..
My instinct from the start nagged at me to keep my phone in my bag and not to bring it along for the activities I was to take part in.. I ignore it and brought it along anyway. When the whole game was over and I wanted to visit the toilet to wash the sand off my feet, again my instinct asked me to leave it with someone else.. I brushed it off... Went into the toilet and placed my phone on the slit behind while I do my business.. Left the cubicle and forgot about the phone totally until we were walking 1/3 to our bbq pit and James' phone began to ring.. I knew that my chance of finding the phone is very slim as I was running back to the toilet.. True enough. it wasn't there anymore. James tried calling my line and it rang for a few times - that gave me some hope. Afterwards, the calls dropped - the phone was switched off. Oh well.. Who will be that kind to return a lost phone eh? The person either can't wait to sell it off or to use it.
So... I need a new phone and bought one which I'd intended to get it next month.
New bold is FANTASTIC! However it's too slim and light for my taste.. I can't feel it in my pocket and have to check constantly to make sure it's still there. And now I'm having difficulty figuring out how to use the new desktop suite to get my Japanese language pack work in my new bold.
Attended Jacky Cheung's concert at the Indoor Stadium with my sisters today. :)
If my memory did not fail me, the last concert we'd attended was in 2007.
I'll keep returning to his concert until the day he cannot perform. What I like about his concert is that unlike others, he do not do fanciful stage acts such as weird clothes, plenty of dancers and all. What he offered was his voice, some dance moves, story theme, he interacts with the audience - chatting, making jokes, being very humble, nice and friendly. Not guest stars, just him. That's what I'd always enjoyed at his concerts.
Tonight was no different.
It started off with a movie-like clip - with help from a director and Shu Qi as his main lead. The purpose of doing that, as explained by him after the whole story was to tell people a story about love. How fragile it can be and all. Nicely done up with a lot of dance moves from Jacky and his dancers while he belt out songs relating to the different stages of love - from a free man to courting, marriage, the down period and getting back together. How I wish it was a movie then.
Next, he began to interact with his fans and concert goers. What I'd noticed about him was he'd always, without fail say "Thank you" after every songs / theme. He began to sing one or two new singles while introducing his new direction - bossa nova followed by some older goldies with the bossa nova feel to it.
Also, introducing his backup singers and his band which reminded me of Michael Jackson's last show where he let his performers shine - the female guitarist. Singing his new and old songs in Mandarin and Cantonese. An animated clip about his childhood - how he got that scar on his left cheek.
Improvements for this round was the addition of lyrics on the screen and that allowed us to singalong with him! I really love attending his concert for the personal touch which made my money all the worth. He sang almost twenty songs? 5 nights of show, it's understandable that he's tired too but he made it looked easy. He danced a lot. There I was wondering how did he manage to maintain that level of energy for 5 nights of an estimated 3.5hrs of performance. His encore wasn't just one or two songs, not just sitting down and sing but with some dance moves and more songs. One can't tell he's 50 unless you check out his age!
I don't blame him for leaving just after his last song for the heavenly king needs his rest. Just felt pity that the concert has to end so soon. Like da jie said, time flies when we were enjoying ourselves. This time, we get to see more up close shots of him, knowing that he do not lip sync because there were some notes that he did not manage to hit while singing the last few songs.
Tonight, I get to sleep with the sweetest dreams, with memories of the humble and humorous still fresh in my mind. ;)
I'm not sticking to my resolution of posting regularly to keep it thick. Looks pretty dry now... Guess maybe life is still a routine, nothing fantastic nor interesting.. except for........ ok. Not posting it now till I get the pictures. Been really excited for Feb 2012. ;)
In fact, I'm very excited that I'm even planning what to buy and all however I know I need to control myself.
I was just checking around my pc and saw a "Misc" file parked in my photos folder. Opened it out of curiousity and saw photos taken way back in 2001! One can't imagine how ecstatic I was when I saw it! Okay, it goes like this. One of my pioneer external HDD was crashed and my photos were stored inside. Little did I know that I'd photos stored in my old pc, which I'd gave my cousin. I just asked him to help me to retrieve my photos if there's any in my hdd in the old pc. I only saw the more recent ones and did not go any further. Yes, I was left with little hope, that any of my old photos will be found. Yet.. I found it! Photos taken during my younger days. Haha. How much we had changed over the years. Got to keep a backup in my external hdd, for kiasu-sm sake.
I'm back to playing Halo Reach, hoping to complete the story while at the same time feeling a tingle of sadness as the story progress further. Having witness the first death of my spartan, Jorge, I know that there's more to come.
From knowing nothing about Halo to having at least the needed knowledge of the story, why do they have to kill off all the spartans? Why is John the only lucky fella? Why are the covenants so powerful in terms of technology and brute? I must admit that their Elite carries a very cool energy sword that looks like the Halo logo but how can they be more powerful than my spartans?
Even with Spartans III, it seems like they are of no match to the covenants too.
Now that Halo 4 is to be released next year December, will there be any Spartans III?
And I'm so proud of the fact that Master Chief is back! I knew that he'll be back, I knew it in my blood! Eventhough they showed him as gone, but he was just sleeping somewhere unknown. Spartans do not KIA, just MIA. He should not fight alone this time, Spartans III should be there! To help him, to form a new team, to fight the covenants and defend Earth! Reclaim Reach!! Have new allies! Learn and develop technologies from the Forerunners, the covenant. Outwit them, fight them!
Halo 4 will be develop by another team, no more Bungie.. How will they fare? Will they be better?
Off to sourcing more of Halo products!
Enjoy this! :D
Decided to remove the tagboard as it serves no purpose. If need to, there's always a comment page!
Replacing it Games I'm playing now! Heh
Finally, got the trial for photoshop and back to editing my photos before 2011 ends and I'm still trying to load my 2010 photos before 2012.
I was looking at the photos while editing them, remembering all the fun I had with them, seeing them leaving one at a time, some still staying with the company, some getting married, some pregnant, time flies.
Here goes.. :)
Dajie and I preparing to leave. It was a coincidence that Dajie and CW are working in the same company, only different department. And today, I'd learnt that Mel mel and Ver are working in the same company, same department! Gosh!!
Shiling - not pregnant then with Ah Li - who was our admin girl. Graduated I think and working.
Chris and BCM. Chris chopped off her locks and now go with a new hair style. Short and sweet.
Gotta see her sometime as she's giving birth in 9 weeks' time! Soon, soon.
Ahahah, Final Fantasy!
Looking like sisters
The groom! Managed to catch him to take a picture
Girl who can't drink anymore. Heh
Ah Long and I.
My huggable friend!
Hot mama, before preggie and after.
My grandma and Mummy!!
With da jie again. haha. I was like going around the tables, misses them so much. It seems like it was only during weddings that we, old friends will meet up and gather.
Jooooosie! Getting prettier every day.
Mr and Mrs Chew. Went to their house warming, house was nicely done up. Poor tang ge only has the toilet to go with his design.
Lien Ho and I.
One of the pretty girls in my department. She was a very interesting girl. I remembered that she once got a friend to help her buy some products back to SG and brought it to work, tried all her new products on everyone.
Next couple to give the red bomb. Heh
Never mess with the girls.. They can outdrink you!
See!
Girl who drinks everything on the drinks' menu
My table.. with many different poses and expression
Jenn and I. We worked together for a short while. Respect her!
Dajie and I preparing to leave. It was a coincidence that Dajie and CW are working in the same company, only different department. And today, I'd learnt that Mel mel and Ver are working in the same company, same department! Gosh!!
