Chill out Friday!

Met up with Lee Woon & ShiYun in City Hall earlier on because I had to meet a buyer in City Hall to sell my 24-70mm lens and the deal went through. *feel like inserting a happy emotion but then, happy? no, I'm pretty sad*

I like 24-70mm very very much, but I don't like it's age, the price I got it for and how it is going to depreciate like my Canon 450D because of it's code. So I've decided to sell it so that I can move on to get another copy of 24-70mm, with a newer code and at a lower price. I know this wait is going to be long, but I can wait, after all, the my usage on this lens has been greatly reduced since I've returned from Taiwan..

After the deal, went for dinner at Aston with Lee Woon and Shi Yun. the place was so packed but we got to sit in a corner, so it wasn't as noisy as I thought it would be!

we had our late dinner and then we went off to New Look to take a look. brought oxford shoes from there as I really need a pair. :) while lee woon got a top there!


the pair of shoes i had to replace the previous pair which I left at Taiwan. :) i love new look shoes, they really can last!

oh oh oh, the funniest joke I laughed so loud at:

Shi Yun: haiz, I want to go Timbre leh!

Me and Lee Woon: ...

Shi Yun: haiz, sunday don't know want go where with my daddy.

Lee Woon: go timbre with your daddy la.

I immediately laughed out loud, the reply was so damn awesome! hahaha. super funny. LOL LOL LOL.

Bugis for food!

Met up with Ah Net and Chai Li after work! it's beeeeen so long since I last seen Ah Net! It's already 2 months, damn, interacting with her makes me miss the days in Motorola when we will always talk about cameras! Like keep talking about the good deals in Clubsnap, but oh well, talk only! HA HA! :p We met after I finished my work at 6:15pm! And omgggg, the rain was freaky heavy I had difficulty going to JE station, which, luckily, I didn't because a young couple drove me there when they saw me walking in the rain!  And I thought we would be going to shop in Bugis, which we didn't. heh! We went to JiDeChi (ha ha! I know, again?!) at Liang Seah road! hmmm, I took too long taking photos (and they weren't nice to start with... ><) so my lovely MMB (hehehe, mian mian bing!) kind of like melt already!  We ordered quite a number of deserts leh, LOL, we had grass jelly, durian MMB, mango MMB, glutinous rice coated with peanut and there's this dish full of mango. and the mango was awesome. but I just can't stop eating the MMB! :p
Like I keep eating and eating until i was going to finish the MMB THEN i realised oops, Ah Net and Chai Li didn't really eat hor.. xD
And when I was talking, I kept eating, LOLLL, really is cannot stop eating! xD 
We talked about serious stuffs, like yeap, serious stuff like my future studies, and her wedding! Can't wait for her wedding, especially when she told me she might be planning to conduct her wedding in Thailand! I thought that's awesome! and she said that's because those who are not close to her wouldn't spend the money to buy tickets to Thailand for her wedding, so the wedding would really be just with the close ones! When she said that, both Chai Li and I said Okay without much thoughts! :p okay la, we were concerned about the staying budget only lor. ^^ but don't know when her wedding is... ): she's looking at next year.
then we talked about my studies and she knock some sense into me. I might as well take private in SIM because all I need is the degree certificate, and that it's not worth it if I were to go overseas just to widen my social circle, like it's the self that makes the difference, not like I go overseas then boom suddenly wow, I'm famous! LOL. And if I were to train my independence, that's redundant because I'm already very independent already (but really?). And as I age, my brain will function slower, so it's not a good choice. Not to mention, for this 5 years, my pay will be of diploma standard, and will only be raise when I hit 30 (Since I will be graduating only by then)  while my friends will be enjoying a higher pay when they are like 24 years old? Furthermore, it doesn't matter whether it's a private degree or local degree unless I'm planning to work in the government sector.  And lastly, the money and time I saved, 3 years for 30k in SIM and 9 years (5 years of working + 4 years of studies) for 200k (tuition fee and cost of living) in Australia. oh well. SHIT, now I'm really tempted to study in SIM liao LOL. 


 
my love <3 MANGO MMB~~~~~


the glutinous rice, I used to hate this a lot because it's seems so weird, but recently (perhaps last year?) I tried it and omggg, love it! after desert, we went to Laselle 15 minutes restaurant for dinner! heeee, talked about cameras with Ah Net during the walking and almost got lost! :p

 
 ChaiLi commented that she always twist and has no new poses, so I suggest her to enhance her twist at her mouth because everything she smile her mouth will become crooked one LOL.


Ah Net permed her hair already, and then I commented "not nice, you look like obasa!" I prefer her in long straight hair! looks youngerrr! ^^


love this photo of Ah Net!


the interior of the resturant is gorgeous with good ambience! but the food chui and the price chui chui. ):
the furniture were very unique too! reminds me of another dream I used to have.. not really used to have, more like a dream I had before. :D oh, and the chairs.. were damn heavy! LOL









the skin of the chicken wing is fabulous! but the meat.. hmmm, normal?
 




we trying to act out studious people heeee. we ate till close till 11am and then we head back to the mrt station. Lovely day!

offical graduation date

it's official! I will be graduating on the 25th of May! I don't know what I'm feeling, I'm afraid, I'm excited, I'm sad and I'm remorseful.

I actually felt excited because I get to attend my friends' graduation day instead of getting to attend my own graduation day! there are so many what-ifs that is caught in a while loop in my mind. like:

iCount = 0 


while not graduation_day. EOF
what_if_thoughts = iCount + 1
 
 wend 


I have those really positive what-ifs and those really negative what-ifs and certainly I hope the negative what-ifs doesn't come true but I'm preparing myself for the worst what-ifs. Sigh, I can't believe I'm actually psyching myself the day will be a bad day, and that makes me afraid more than excitement.

I'm remorseful because I'm graduating with JUST a diploma. Arghhh, i don't wanna repeat the reasons why I'm so remorseful blah blah blah. I'm already as negative as I can be towards the graduation day already, I don't want to make the situation a even messier one by thinking about the redundant past.

completion of project!

Completed with this project. spent quite a lot of time getting this idea, hmm, or not really, because it just popped out in my mind when I was thinking of a unique preview page. :)

this was auctally the preview but the girl prefer a preview which shows all the clothes photo, so this was taken away. ): quite like this auctally!

The layout of each outfitis all along this line. just randomly had this idea and tried it. it's a good try! :D

My girlfriend is a gumiho!

am almost completing "My girlfriend is a Gumiho". the reason why I love love love it so much is because it's auctally a production by the Hong sisters! 

I came across the series when it first arrive in Rida, and a lady saw it and immediately asked to rent it, telling me the show is extremely nice blah blah blah, so I read the introduction behind the dvds and it does look nice. and I've been waiting and waiting but eventually I didn't managed to wait for the dvds to be back, and now I'm watching via pps.

Damn, I was wondering why is the plot, the way the movie so alike to Hong Gil Dong & Sassy Girl Chun Hyang. did a little research and it's by the hong sisters! no wonder so familiar and so damn nice. :D

My favorite script writing: the Hong Sisters!

I had follow the Hong Sisters faithfully since their first production (okay, i didn't watch some though). Most of their production have no problem passing the 20% ratings except for "You are beautiful".

1. Their first production (my favourite of all time!) : Sassy Girl Chun Hyang

their first production Sassy Girl Chun Hyang, which my aunt burn it into vcds, got me so mesmerized that I remember when I was secondary 4, the day I was so going to complete the last episode of it, I went to Jurong East Swimming complex with Ellin and See Theng, and all that's in my mind is Chun Hyang Chuan Hyang Chun Hyang. but we stayed in JE swimming complex for a relatively long time because I keep telling myself "i must control control control the urge to watch it, I can watch it during the night, concentrate on playing first!!"

and then when I was secondary 5, I watched again, and then repeat every year until the vcds gave up on me. so, I brought the orginial DVDs during the poh kim sales 2/3 years back, but uhm, I think I didn't watch it last year. tempted to re watch again hehe. 

ever since that show, Jae Hee has been my favorite actor. can't forget him as Myrong Rong and Han Chai Ying as Chun Hyang!

2. My Girl

I didn't watch this but I know this is a awesome art and I should watch it but I just didn't watch it hehe. I didn't know it's a Hong Sisters production until much later, like 3 - 4 years later?


3. Fantasy Couple

didn't watch this either, i thought this was just one of the typical modern love story so yup, gave it a miss. 


4. Hong Gil Dong

also during the poh kim sales in 2008, I brought Hong Gil Dong because I read from the net that it's damn unique and cute and also because it's a production of the Hong Sisters. Brought it home, watched it, fall in love with it! And since then, Kang Ji Hwan has been my second favourite (Close to third la auctally) actor. but the ending of the show, i don't like it. ):

Sung Yuri and Kang Ji Hwan is so damn cute together, a pity the ending is like.. grrrrr. ): i didn't expect such ending, i was expecting endings like Sassy Girl Chun Hyang lehhhh.

5. You are beautiful

didn't watch this too. i don't like the cast. thought the ratings weren't that bad (like always ranked around #9 - #13) but it's so far, the louiest ratings of any Hong sisters production. (didn't make the 20% rating)

6. My girlfriend is a gumiho

I'm still watching it! can't wait to finish the show! but still, nothing will beat Sassy Girl Chun Hyang, my all time favorite. thanks god it's a happy ending.

chicken rice burger

had been drinking gong cha for the past two days, heh, that's enough to remind myself of how I've spent my good Friday and Saturday (today!) the next time I read up this post. :)


saw a girl who look almost like a friend of mine AGAIN, like the hair, the way they use their phones, the eyes, the nose, the face shape. the only difference is actually only.. the mouth. and it's the second time I saw her. the first time I saw her, I thought I saw my friend, and was about to call her until i started to obverse like really keep looking and realizing she's not, plus, heh, my friend isn't interested in the place I'm at.


other than that, tried chicken rice rice burger. man, I took such courage to try that after the last time a few years back with my secondary school friends in MOS burger. it wasn't a pleasant experience anyway. I had no idea what to eat, so I got myself a chicken rice rice burger, cos I'm sick of long john, macdonals, kfc and burger king. ): decided to try something new, so got the chicken rice rice burger from this new store. heee, quite good! $4 with small portion but neverthless good. :D :D 

mourn

My hair is too short for a proper hairdo, but just nice to tie it up currently. :D oh ya! I've got a new colleague at work currently, but haven't had the opportunity to say hi to her yet. ):


speaking of which, I just broke my favorite mug's cover today. ): in the toilet of my office. it's my favorite because it went in and out of Motorola together with me, like it's been with me through the good times. And also, the whole mug and cover is a birthday gift from my secondary school friends when I was in Sec 3

Encourgement!

Used the whole of my time at home editing the photos for the girl because she needs the photo by tomorrow, tiring, been staring at the laptop for the whole day from 9 to 7 in office, and then 9 to 3am in the night. 16 hours of staring at laptop, i fear my eyes degrees are gonna suffer as a consequences sooner or later :|

once I'm done with this assignment, I can probably use more time for the Taiwan Trip, and once the Taiwan Trip is done, I can start going for TFCDs again heh! like it's been close to 2 months since I last went for a TFCD? ): or maybe I should just go for the TFCDs whilst updating the Taiwan Trip whenever I have the time.. hmmmmmm..

oh! heh, lovely! my colleague in Rida Video Shop just called me to work next weekend! :> The last time I worked was last month (the Friday before I flew on Monday), and my colleague told me that would be my last day of work there because I would be starting my interm 2 days after I return to Singapore, and I was so taken aback I just said a "ya" (notice it's ya not yup.) 

I was pretty saddened about it because i don't mind working while juggling with interim (not like I have never done this before) and it feels like oh, I'm not so efficient so this is just an excuse to sack me. (my colleagues always use this on other people) even thought part of me knows this isn't true because before I told my colleague I will be starting interim 2 days after I return to SG, he told me to be prepared for hectic workdays after I return from Taiwan.

Probably what makes me sad is I tried my best in work but there's nothing good in me which cannot be substitute with. heh, so it means really a lot when my colleague asked me if i can work again. :> so what even if it's because there's really no one who can work that's why they need me? wouldn't that means I'm much more *insert good work attitude* (LOL) than the other colleagues?

it's not easy to work for 9 months in Rida, uhm, it's not hard auctally la, crap, what am I saying LOL. When I see so many part timers who came and part (some unhappily) during this 9 months, I kinda felt scared but yet pleased too knowing i did a good job and hence I manage to keep the job.

So far, the only long term part-timers who were still working would be Chang Hong and me. LOL, technically speaking, I worked longer, because he sprained his leg last year and rested for a good 4 months haha.

worked OT again. ): just went to this bookshop in Jurong East during breaktime and all the books were like 3 for $10. I should have gotten 1 set for Chai Li as birthday gift because she would love all those self-improvement books! I still remembered the last time we went into PageOne, we had difficulties going out from PageOne because we kept looking and browsing books. wait, practically I always have difficulties coming out from bookshops because there are so many types of books to look at.

boring? nooooooooooo. wait, i think a lot of people are like me lor, especially people around me. damn, I'm starting to miss those secondary school days when I get to go home at 3pm (and that's like really late already!) but instead of going home, we (heh, depends on who I'm with) will spend time in the bookstore at Jurong East reading and discussing astrology most of the time lol. then going "aiya ya lor, really really, true true." but heh, I will forget almost everything after I close the book. like to read but i don't really believe. :>

oh! speaking of which, i have been lunching alone recently. i actually can lunched alone. omg, it's been years since I last lunched alone outdoors. no matter what I need to have someone to lunch with me :p I'm impressed by myself I actually enjoyed lunching alone, well, compared to having lunch with my supervisor. oops, not very good attitude I know, but it's damn good to lunch alone, I can shop after I finish my lunch and slowly drag myself back to work. if it's my supervisor, after lunch we will go back to work directly (since we have nothing in common to talk about also)

it's only monday! ): ): when is friday ever coming?

Entangled with Ben & Jerry!

I have a reason to watch this show okay! :p cos there's Ben & Jerry in the fridge and I have to eat it like, grrr, it's in my mind every minute and every second but I don't want to waste it by eating for the sake of eating. 

so I picked Sunday night because I have free time on my hand (lazy to photoshop he he) and tune in to PPS (it really is cool! the quality of the movie is superb!), select this show (I've been waiting for this like forever and initally wanted to wait until next month when I will be returning for a day work in Rida Video Shtore, but i just can't wait!.. hmm.. i mean my ben & jerry can't wait la. :P) and yeap, finished the whole show.

the movie is worth my time and Ben & Jerry. super shiokness enjoying both movie and ice cream together, thought it will be even better if it's on the TV because the bigger the image the better ma! but then, i'm good with watching it on my laptop. ^^

pascal is damn cute. :D :D

I still have another 1.5tub of Ben&Jerry left.. going to watch Black Swam with the ice cream, since I couldn't find some other nice cartoons yet. :p 

working is already so stress, i need to make myself happy by doing some little joyful thing, that's what I'm good at, lol!

damn it, it's only Monday tomorrow. no no no no, have to be positive. "Friday is a holiday!!!!!"

Cycling trip with Chai Li!

Went out with Chai Li today for a cycling trip! Mannnn, I missed her so much, it feel like ages since I last really talked to her, like really talked, like each talk could last for at least an 1/2 hour and could be longer if we werent working at that moment! Anyway, we delayed the cycling trip for so many times already! like we intended to go before I went Taiwan, but she can't make it, so had to change to initially last week but she couldn't again, then to this week, which was again, almost canceled because of the rain!  We planned to meet at 3pm but it rained at 12pm, but heng-fully, the rain stopped at 2pm, and so we went ahead with our plan, though i was pretty lazy by then. :p I was still in bed at 1pm plus reluctant to get out of my bed LOL. so we met at 4pm (I didn't expect the rain to stop auctally..) and took bus 401 from Bedok Interchange and reached East Coast Park. We talked and talked and talked during the bus ride, like nothing else matter. :D missed talking to her so badly! like we talked about every single topic under the sun, and blah blah blah blah LOL, talked so much until I have difficulty talking because of the phlegm in my throat. :| The bikes were $6 for 2 hours, I had no idea how they reach that (but I suspect it has something to do with a promotion which I didn't look at it carefully because I was so engrossed in talking with Chaili). From my understanding, its actually $8 for 3 hours, because their promotion has always been buy one hour get 2 hours free (the last time I checked in 2008, this was the promotion). but $6, maybe it's a new promotion.:| treated Chai Li to cycling because I owed her a birthday gift! Had no idea what to get for her so I thought this gift will be a practical one, better! :D The cycling part was awesome, we cycle next to each other, so during the cycling, we didn't break our conversations at all, like keep bladder-ing on and on and on, about how we missed those days we were in Motorola, the changes Motorola is undergoing (doesn't sound good from Chai Li) and even about dogs, and the mrt incident in Ang Mo Kio. Then we went on and on, to discussing about overseas experience blah blah blah, damn awesome cycling! :) 

us at Bedok Jetty! 

let's try!

lol, that was auctally.. moon. just saw this in my album and i was like "let's try photoshopping it!"

Little thing that cheer me up

 

he he. :D :D 

little thing that cheer me up. :P

First try at different food photography skill!

Met up with Lee Woon & Shi Yun for dinner today, had Aijisen Ramen (heh, totally addicted to ramen still!) at $6.80 because they are having their X year anniversay

note: X is an numerical number.

after the dinner, we went off to walk around basement level before heading to JiDeChi for 绵绵冰！sigh

tell me why~~
you are so hard to forget~~
don't remind me~
i'm not over it~

can't forget ShihLin's 绵绵冰 at all.
though, i like the bubble pearl of JiDeChi, 一咬即破. XD
but but but it's not as soft as ShihLin's one... ):

anyway, this time round, we had mango and strawberry flavour. both is good! :D
and I tried applying PeiYu & Ah Net's photography skill but well... doesn't seems to work! not as good as Ah Net's photo leh, maybe it's the lens (since we are both using 450D).. he he. excuses excuses, but it might be a reason lor. :D

even heroes are helpless at times

this is probably the first time I successfully (more or less heeee hee) put the scene in my dreams into real picture. :p

Dreamt about how even heroes are helpless at times. heh, the chinese words (auctally it's a song lyrics which has been constantly in my mind since I last watch the drama) were acutally played together with this scene, like the monkey's thoughts at that moment of time. 

the thunders were there for a reason, the sky were dark for a reason. Anyway, I dreamt all the way to the end. The whole town perished, heeee, good ending LOL. 

had a brief lunch with PeiYu in Jurong East Central while I'm on break. Heh, I like matching her up! heee. :p this this that that, that that this this.

After lunch with her, the walking back to office under the hot sun and then suddenly going into my cold office is probably the main reason for my flu currently. -.- like since afternoon, my nose has been feeling blocked, and right now, my throat is aching. CHUI MAX! ):

It's only Monday arghhh!

Random meet up and paid assignment! :D

just met up with Paul from UK, who contacted me through MM about collaborating together. was extremely late oops, like 30 minutes late, and I rush all the way from the mrt station to Suntec City Starbucks. We didn't discuss much about shoots, weirdly, it's more like exchanging pointers, of which he exchanged more because he had more experience in this field than me! I have to get ready model release form for the models in the future when I work with them to protect both myself and the model herself too.

Had to leave early for another paid assignment in Yong An Park, River Valley for this lady who wanted to start up her internet business. heh, she's quite friendly! Oh oh oh! I saw not one but two big bulldogs over there! so tempted to just ignore everything and take a photo of the bulldogs! heh. And the people there were so friendly, a lady passed by me, and comment "Nice camera you have!", which I replied with "Nice dog you have!". heh, hers was a toy poodle in black. I think that's rare? Cos I only seen toy poodle in brown! 

and initially I thought the photos would be pretty disappointing, but after editing, hey hey hey, no no no, not bad lor! ha ha ha.but not too good too :|

Photos taken 

was stoning half way at Scape with my sis and my mum in flea market when I saw Shi Yun, Lee Woon and Lee Woon's sister. heh! Lee Woon brought me the A-Gan bubble tea from JE, which I've wanted to drink it since she told me about it because it's from ALISHAN!

shopped the whole flea with them and then returning to my booth while they went for dinner. Then Dad fetch us, and drove us to Singapore Flyer to have dinner at the roadside. heh, interesting concept! I don't mind going there again although the food wasn't really fantastic! ): heee.

tired, I was so tired I slept in my dad's car. heh, I rarely sleep in my dad's car cos I like to look at scenery heee.

Meeting a photographer from UK tomorrow, I hope he doesn't turn out that bad as I expected him to be. It all sounds so suspicious , but whatever la, heh, how bad would it go other than it would look very wrong? I just facebook his name, and well, the only name that appear is this guy who is like other 60 already? i hope he's younger than that heh :p

oh, and finally a paid assignment tomorrow too! the girl delayed from end week of Jan until now, feel like increasing the price from $30 to $40, but then decided not to, heh, a promise is a promise made! But if the layout she wants is going to be very complicated, I'm going to ask for an increase of my service :p

Happy april fool! heh, fool Chai Li by smsing her at last minute telling her "I'm busy right now, so I can't go for the gathering already. )" and then popping up at her place at 8pm for steamboat.

In the end, I realised we all had a misunderstand ha ha. :p long story!

This time round, it's not the usual gang, it's the latest gang with the latest interims (me old liao sad), with Ah Net, Chai Li, Zhang Xuan (from the old gang) and Siew Ping, Chong Wei & Cheng Zhi.

listened to their frustrations in Motorola under my supervisor KT, and saw Siew Ping going stress over KT's message (Can totally feel her!) and then his usual patterns never die down, like the sms he would always send "Lee Kwan, Siew Lan, blah blah blah blah, please meet in the meeting room at X time. thank you." and so many more. Ha ha, I used to think the problem lies in me, but lol, not entirely! ha ha. :p

I miss KT pretty much actually, don't know why though. 4.5 months under him, those pressure he gave which makes me grow and use my brain to think after i let it rest for 3 years, those smses which he sent and make me think think think of how to reply the right way. those words he used on me “天塌下来当棉被盖”. Ha ha, and apparently he miss me too, lol me and my “天塌下来，当棉被盖” character, as according to my colleagues! I don't really believe it initially, but they were all like serious serious, okay la, let me lie to myself lo. :P

I wished I can stay back with Ah Net (who left at 12 after we left) and Chai Li. I missed talking to Chai Li! We used to talk like every hour, we have to talk actually haha, unless I have a pressing presentation or meeting with KT, which means I have no mood to do other things already.

oh, work today, is lucky. Attend a training session at 3pm whereas my supervisor trains the overseas client from Shanghai through Skype and access remote control. heh, very familiar to me because that's what conference call is all about in Motorola. Motorola's connection is better though heh. 

A lot of problems surfaced during the training, and I thought I wouldn't be able to go off by 7pm, yes 7pm. but phew, the client was like "oh, I can train my staffs first and let you know if there's any problem", which means.. end of training, at like 6 plus? heh, better than 7pm la!

so after the training, I went off to meet with my colleagues! will be starting programming next week! excited! I'm also pretty proud of myself for able to finish what I wanted to finish before the due date I gave myself. :)

other than that, there's this photographer from UK who wanted to collaborate with me for a photoshoot session. it sounds too good to be true, but I decided to give it a try anyway! He's in Singapore for two weeks, and I saw his portfolio, his models were mostly based in UK, and I check the model's information and even the photographers those models work with. so yeap, I believe he's not lying about his origin of country. He could lie, but the models lying? heh, tell me the chances.

okay, have to leave home by 1145am tomorrow. gonna pack up and get back to sleep. tired already!