Business Times - 29 May 2008

My colleagues were in the papers today.


if u have ever heard me mentioning my boss to you before, u wud spot him easily. :)

and i'm very proud.. not because my company is in the papers for all the right reasons.. but because I took the potraits of everyone in the article.

who wud have guessed that i wud get an opportunity to showcase my photography work in the papers, eh? :p

Sex and The City

http://www.sexandthecitymovie.com/

I had the privilege of attending its premiere yday.. (courtesy of Mel - thank you!) and i was so so so glad that the movie did not disappoint!

i am going to try very hard not to spoil the movie for anyone, especially for those ardent fans of the HBO series.

but well, if u have been a fan long enough, you won't be a stranger to how the film turned out. it is like an extended version of its 15 minute episodes. AND IT'S DAMN GOOD!


i alwaes remember watching the series and lamenting everytime the episode ended.. it is waaaay too short and definitely leaves me wanting more. and the movie.. is simply the queen of the series.. and a nice finale too.


as usual, it was a fashion show throughout the movie BUT the styling were not so impressive if u ask me. it was basically riding on one theme - LOUD. and to me, if not styled properly, will end up looking tacky. and in some of the scenes i did think the dresses/ensembles were a lil tad tacky. but attention, yes, it grabbed everyone's attention.


and i cannot believe how charming BIG looks in the movie! i mean, i dun ever remember looking at him and thinking he was dreamy when i was watching the series.. but i did find myself falling in love with the character since his 1st screen appearance in the movie! well, i am certain they glammed him up for the movie, but it cud also be due to the hype built up ard the movie and hence, affecting my ability to judge (with my otherwise accurate hot-men radar). :p


well, i have nothing bad to say abt the movie except i think i am going to have to watch it again with my girlfriends. :P i cud not stop thinking abt them throughout the movie!! and coincidentally.. the storyline is closely entwined with marriage and weddings.. and so fits the phase i am in right now!!

so girls, wat do u say, movie date soon? :D

**and oh, i finally understood why Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar. She is, indeed, a competent actress. And an endearing one too. She had a small but significant role in this movie and IMO, she played it well.

i found my dress!

u kno, being the impatient person i am.. i have been going shopping at every opportunity i get, in the hope of finding THE dress.

to be honest, i dun realli have a dream dress in mind. i only kno i want it to be white (actually not totally white, i am hoping it is white with a tinge of design somewhere on the dress), flowy (but not so flowy that i look pregnant) and long (at least below my knees). most imptly, it has to look casual (since i have decided on the "resort* theme), yet pretty.

so i went for a little shopping last friday with my sis and found nothing.. well we did find something at zara but there was too much red than white and also too much details. and it was too long, so long that i looked like i was swimming in it. but the style was realli close to wat i wanted.

so today, i attempted to go shopping for my dress again, hoping to find some stuff. i walked into topshop (for the upteenth time), river island, dorothy perkins and warehouse. NOTHING. i think it cud also be due to the fact that that GSS is going on, hence, the sale stuff were only so-so.

however i was quite happy when i walked into Island Shop. i kno they alwaes have nice dresses and very resort-y too but i jus didn't find one that i fell head over heels in love with. i did see a lot of suitbale stuff for *him* tho. :)

so i was all ready to go back to office (yes, i went during lunch.. imagine how rushed for time i was!), but i decided to go check out Robinson's. i felt i was being pretty desperate. haha. and so, i found myself pleasantly surprised when i saw not one, but two very pretty white dresses.

the 1st one i saw was very much a cocktail dress. it has assymetrical skirting and had many layerings at the bottom. but it was one of those dresses that jus hung on you, without giving u any shape. and no doubt i will need to have it slightly altered for it to flatter my non-curvacious body. and it didn't look very resort-y either. if i were going for an atas affair, it wud be perfect. i did like it very much tho, so i reserved it and went on with my hunt for my dress.

jus as i was abt to give up for the day and head back to office, i saw a dress with very nice embroidery work hanging on one of the racks near the exit. i walked over to pick it up.. and there it was. THE dress! i fell in love with it immediately and walked w/o any hesitants to the fitting room.. praying for it to look good on me.

not only did i look good in it, it fit me perfectly! i did not need to make any alterations and it was everything i wanted! it was long (jus nice and flowing ard my ankles), off-white colour with the embroidery detail ard the bust area and it's resort-y! now all i have to do is to find the right pair of shoes and accessories to match!

and i am done!

oh not realli, i still have to shop for *his* get-up. haha.. aiya, but u kno, guys stuff much easier to get one ma. :p

so ya, i am a happy girl now! but sorry to my girls cuz u wun be seeing any pictures of my dress up here.. u're not supposed to see it until the day itself! :p

but no matter wat u think of the dress, u better tell me it's nice when u finally see it!! :p

it's going to be another crazy week ahead..

Monday having dinner with my aunt
Tuesday going for Sex and The City Movie Premiere with Mel
Wednesday meeting Jasper and gang for dinner
Thursday meeting Jocelyn and gang for dinner
Friday is the BF day

Honestly I am pretty tired of going out. But i just can't refuse cuz I have been putting off these "friend duties" for way too long. so it's kinda like my heart wants to go but my body is just not cooperating. and i realli gotta stop giving in to the temptations of my cozy bed.. but it just keeps calling me!

And I still have some duties unfulfilled.. Shanling and gang, I have not met up with in months (sorry babes, i am trying my bestest to fit in dinner somewhere.. will arrange for one soon!!), and ex-colleagues from Banyan Tree.. i think i have not met them for more than a year..!

and with my driving lessons coming up, 3 times a week.. i think it's going to be realli hard to make it for these appointments.. considering weekends are a no-go for them.

and then wat abt shopping for my dress? that is going to take a while too.. i'm actually gonna have to put time aside for dress-shopping!

so yesterday i went to my aunt's place for dinner and also stopped by to snap some pictures of the function room for the event organisers to visualize the place they will be setting up.



i am infatuated with the double storey function room and ecstatic abt holding the solemnisation ceremony upstairs. i kno some ppl are probably gonna find it hot but it's only going to be for abt 10 minutes or so.. surely anyone can bear the heat for THAT long. and after that, we can all go downstairs into the aircon room for the buffet reception.

also thinking of booking the pavillion beside the function room as well, for those smokers la.



and also in case i can't get the function room, i'll probably get 2 of these pavillions.

it's weird but it turns out the place is perfect for our reception. it's pretty and clean, and have a feel of serenity abt it.. kinda goes with my "resort" theme. :)

most of the planning is going good so far.. let's hope this is the beginning of something good..!

Happy Birthday, Cheryl!

During the Vesak Day holiday, I made a date with my bestest bestest girlfriends in the whole wide world, for our now-traditional bdae celebrations.

this time, it was for our one and only May baby, Cheryl's bdae!

We planned to go for dinner at Greenwood Ave's Peperoni's Pizzaria.. nothing much to talk abt.. pictures will speak for themselves.. :)

The 5 of us, before Fiona turned up..


Cat & Yvon


The bdae girl and her gigantic pizza!


Cheryl & 3sa


Checking out the menu..


Cheryl and I drawing FURBALLS on the table's drawing sheets!




The Girlfriends




Had an awesome time! Love you, girlfriends! :)

宥嘉发片了!!!!!

神秘嘉宾


有没有人觉得宥嘉一直在压抑他嘟嘴的习惯？还是纯粹是我的幻觉啊？不可爱了啦！
然后hor， 为什么他在他的MV里面，都一定要有躺着的镜头？ 宥嘉躺着有比较帅吗？
可是啊。。 这首“神秘嘉宾”真的很迷幻嘞！好听得不得了！
我已经打电话去唱片行问了。。 新加坡还没收到宥嘉专辑的消息。。 不知道几时才能买得到。。

太开心了啦！终于等到了！:))))

*Post note: I watched and rewatched the MV and realised the fire in his eyes are no longer there.. not like when he was in the competition.. why? :( it's like as if he is trying to control his facial expressions, emotions etc.. even the slight slur in his words when he sings is gone.. acting all prim and proper.. looking and feeling a lil un-natural to me.. :(((( i miss the good ol'宥嘉!

but i think the girl in the MV is quite pretty.. reminds me of vivian chou 周慧敏, the 玉女 type. :)

OH!

how could i ever forget to write abt this?!?!!?

i was having dinner with my girls at greenwood ave on the vesak day holiday.. so i got out of 3sa's car.. and as we were strolling towards the restarant to meet the rest.. a silver SLK stopped dead in its track and the guy in its passenger seat stuck his head out and stared at me from across the street. i stared at him and narrowed my eyes to squint at him. it was my ex-boss from MRM!

so if that was him in the SLK, then the driver must be... ZZ!!! i ran to the car and said hi to them.. and my ex-boss congratulated me on my engagement (which he heard from ZZ, who saw on my facebook profile a few days ago and sent me a msg to congratulate me!) *hyperventilating!*

ZZ leaned her body against my ex-boss's side and smiled a wide one at me.

I NV STOP BEING STAR-STRUCK WHEN I SEE HER. i just hope it wasn't obvious. :p

Write, brain, write! Type, hands, type!

i need to blog desperately, because you kno, the writing bug in me is biting at me INCESSANTLY!

but wat is the problem? the problem is I HAVE NOTHING TO WRITE ABT!

ok actually i do have things to write abt:

1. abt the last quarrel i had with *him* - but u kno, i've long stopped ranting abt my unhappiness on my blog cuz i am striving to be a happy person!

2. abt my Singapore Flyer experience - but i have been so forgetful, i keep forgetting to bring my USB cord to upload the gorgeous pictures! i CANNOT blog abt the Singapore Flyer without any pictures now, can i?

3. abt my latest gathering with my girlfriends, which we had SUCH A BLAST! - but cat has all the pictures and i DO NOT WANT to blog abt it without them! So, when's am i gonna get those pix, huh, cat???? (choo, not ang - in case ang is reading. :p)

4. abt my hairstyle hunt, dress hunt, caterer hunt, in short, my ROM preparations! - but it's in such a mess, i dunno where the blogging should start!

5. abt how everyone in the office is being a bitch to me - but then again, it cud be tt time of the month.. the PMS is pretty severe lately. and also, refer to reason no. 1.

So u see, even tho i have NOTHING to blog abt, i still managed to blog abt me not having anything to blog abt.

YES i am shit bored at work AND the writing bug is still bugging me!!!!

I LIKE!

去你孖的！

最近工作常常不顺利。。 要不就是无缘无故被人骂， 不然就是平白无故被人冤枉。 心情真的不是很好。

我发现很多被公司派到外国公干的新加坡人都很zhuai3。怎样，你在外国公干就比较厉害吗？可以乱发标，像疯狗似的乱吼吗？

你忙的话，就把自己的时间处理好，不要把错都赖到别人头上。我可不是你的出气筒！你要出气的话，回家找你老妈去吧！

你拿一份薪水，我也拿一份薪水，我可没欠你的！不要以为你的职位比我高就可以对我呼呼赫赫！

你要敢再惹我，看我怎么教训你！！！！

I am a Stepford Wife.

been feeling the negative vibes in the ofc lately.. and it is the kind that makes me not want to go to work in the morning. but u kno, i am highly sensitive so i might be making up the stories in my head..

JT, my lunch kaki, has lately been very taken with her new frens. it is like she has alwaes wanted to be a part of their clique.. and now that they've accepted her in the gang, she's conveniently forgotten all abt me. well, nvm that i gave up the company of very fun girlfriends in the ofc to ALWAES have lunch with her. nvm that i alwaes shared the latest news with her, so that she wun be like a sotong when ppl asked her abt it. nvm that i helped her test the waters of her new subordinate to find out what she thot of her. yea, just forget all about it. i dun need someone who treats me like a spare tire or perhaps only when she feels lonely.

TL, one of the very fun girlfriends that i am closer to, has lately been very sarcastic with me. either that or she says stuff in front of me to alot of ppl to make me sound like a bitch or tell-taler.

"have you seen the ring on her finger? she announced to the whole world last week."

I DID NOT ANNOUNCE! i didn't even tell anyone (other than JT, who, anyway, didn't even bother herself a single bit with the news) and the only reason they kno is becuase they were suggesting ways for me to hint my bf to propose, which i simply replied their suggestions with, "er.. he's oredi proposed.."

IS THAT ANNOUNCING?!?!?!?!? i am infuriated!!! how dare she say that i annouced when she was clearly the one who went announcing after she found out!!!!!

me: "what is your team's password?"
tl: "HR says it is confidential leh.. can anyhow tell u one meh.."

1st of all, i am only asking cuz her newly appointed boss asked me. she didn't even bother asking why I needed it for. made it sound like i was a big KPO. u think i realli dying to kno ur team's password?? and even so, wat's the big deal abt sharing?? so i look like i cannot be trusted with a password?? well, then i guess it's realli jus too bad for me. i felt disappointed to be judged so harshly by merely a sentence.. having known her for almost a year. wat a waste of my time.

i am so sick of human relationships. especially those that u are forced to make. if they weren't my colleagues, i wud nv, not in a million years, make frens with ppl like them.

sometimes i realli feel that the world is sad, sad place.. there are more unhappy then happy ppl ard, there are more impatient than patient ppl ard, and there are more selfish than sharing ppl ard..

it might not be a bad idea to want to become a Stepford Wife. :(

SADNESS!

SingTel got the local rights to distribute the iPhone! I DUN WAN!! Why didn't Starhub get it?? why why? Starhub dun get means I can't buy it at the super cool promotional prices Starhub offers!!

I hate SingTel cuz they are ridiculously overpriced and super unfriendly! They cut your line once you default payment for only ONE month! absolutely merciless! So i dun pay my bills on time, SO WHAT?! wat matters is i do pay them off at the end of the month, right!! ARGH... i also hate SingTel for another reason which i will not disclose here unless I wish to be jailed. :(

there goes my dream of owning an iPhone..

i refuse to switch mobile phone operators cuz i have grown to love starhub over the years.. considering i started out as a Starhub-hater. they gave me a nice telephone number for no extra price, have super friendly helpdesk operators and NEVER chase you for payment. So i normally pay my bills for 3 months all at one time.

now that is flexible.. and user-friendly too!

so no matter how much i love the iPhone, i will not give my business to SingTel. not like they would die w/o my business anyway. I get the impression they don't value their customers very much.. if not driving them away.

well.. looks like i jus gotta do wat everyone else is doing.. get one from the US and hack it so my Starhub line can operate on it.

but u kno, i wudn't mind of someone bought it and gave it to me. HAHA!

it's weird, i wore my ring for 5 days and sent it for alteration and 6 days w/o it is like.. weird. i feel weird w/o it!! another 3 days before i see it again.. i miss my ring!

so saturday i will be picking up my ring and it better fit this time! i can't go another week w/o it!! but before that we will be going to the temple in the morning to consult the nuns for a good date for ROM. after that i will start to plan for it and work out the guest list.

yday i was talking to *him* abt it and was a lil upset that he had intended to invite the WHOLE WORLD to come attend the solemnization. *scratches head* necessary meh?? i thot u only invite the whole world for the wedding banquet and that the solemnization was only for family and close friends. i was not really planning for a big ROM reception leh.. but well.. if he wants to.. then it's up to him, i guess.

so much for letting me decide on the wedding plans.

we're not even close to planning for the wedding and oredi there are disagreements. can't imagine having to actually plan for it when the dates are set.

oh well... stay positive, stay positive!! this is something i have been waiting for and i shud not have too much expectations and just immerse in the process of it and have fun with the flow of things..

but.. I MISS MY RING!!!! :S