Life of Teddy

Who said the lives of teddy bears are dull and lifeless? Who ever labeled teddy bears as mere bedroom ornaments and sleeping companion? Who denied teddy bears of a colourful life by cooping them at homes 24/7 only to serve as a hugging slave come the wee hours? Who only turn to their teddy bears when the world turn its back on them?

Bears are as fervent as us human beings, if not, more. They also yearn for those episodic dialogues with their owners through telepathy - not a word uttered from their sealed mouths. They also love big hugs too! Let's give our teddies more attention and offer them a chance to lead a dignified life of a human!

like us, they take care not to move a wrong step.. bert has been thinking for 2 hours..


why is bert so retarded?


Teddy grew impatient and threw bert out..he's looking satisfied in his new bed


lights off..


ahh.. Ted can't sleep..still thinking of that unfinished game..hate bert


doo doo doo..


whee..drifting into dreamland..

Longing for a Long Vacation

As the year-end travel fever approaches in such economic good times, I'm beginning to yearn for a long vacation overseas! However, taking into consideration me and beh's joint disposable income, I'm afraid our resourses can't take us too far, probably only enough for a short trip to our friendly neighbour, Malaysia, Truly Asia. An island resort will be an ideal destination but the most beautiful islands of Msia are not accessible at year-end due to the monsoon season. But the cities ain't where I wanna go! I wouldn't wanna settle for less when I have a wishlist of vacation destinations! so here goes, in order of preference:

1) Trip to all Japanese Prefecture, urban and rural
2) Shopping trip to Taiwan
3) Shopping trip to Bangkok
4) Photog trip to Europe!!!
5) Downtown East Chalet (this is really the LAST resort!!!)

beh, are you reading this??? :)

Unhappening Friday Night

Fridays ought to be more happening, shouldn't they? Especially so for those who slog over a 5-day week and their rest days coincides with calendar weekends. And that's me! This week's usual Friday routine is suspended as beh has to cover his hall concert. To make matters worse, my phone batt went flat causing me to miss Shawnie's mj invite! What a tragic! So in the end, dateless me had to head for home sweet home. Not a bad thing afterall as I merely clocked 4 hours of sleep last night after burning the midnight oil for today's presentation. The evening nap was refreshing!

I finally pulled through that nerve wrecking presentation today which marks the end of my 6-day course. It turned out that it wasn't as intimidating as it seems and I'm falling in love with the course topic I chose to "impart" to a group of fake trainees under a simulated setting. Photography! Not that I'm well-versed in it but because beh is an aspiring professional photographer, I've got an advisor to guide me along and it was great fun searching for pretty photos and facilitating the class's analysis of various shots for different photographic genres. Thank you beh for your Photography 101 class!

Overall, I thought this course was really inspiring and fruitful! In comparison to its inferior cousins, this course was more motivating and adds greater value. A pity it is over! No more free tea-breaks and lunch in school.. will definitely miss those cheesy sausages and strawberry milkshakes! No more excuses to miss meetings and deadlines at work.. boo. Attending courses is like a day off for me: it is a relaxed learning experience and there's no need to be guarded or to be on your toes 8 hours (12 hours for an unlucky day) a day lest the tigress pounces on you and rips you apart.

Weekend's here, let's party!

Lost in Translation

I wasted $26.6667 today simply by doing OT. I missed my thai class. I had initially planned to skip it so that I can go home and get some rest to rejuvenate myself for my course assignment. Some last minute hiccups had forgone my resting hours traded with one thai class.

The way home certainly wasn't smooth-sailing as your head, eyelids and the laptop in your hands get heavier and along the way, you constantly get your feet stepped upon by aloof strangers who so dearly guard the diamonds and gold in their mouths --> no words of apology followed. My sorrows were amplified when a lady ah-choooed her repugnant saliva over. argh. disturbed!!

As expected, I failed to complete my course assignment once again. The last minute translation editorial job had taken priority due to its urgency. I was literally lost in translation, and I thought I was up to it. Thank god my parents had since our childhood days been stocking up on English-Chinese & Chinese-English dictionaries which came in so handy today.

Am motivated to go shop for the newest dictionaries which has all the newly invented words like "blogger" a.k.a."博客"!

Muppet Personality Test

You Are Miss Piggy

A total princess and diva, you're totally in charge - even if people don't know it. You want to be loved, adored, and worshiped. And you won't settle for anything less. You're going to be a total star, and you won't let any of the "little people" get in your way. Just remember, piggy, never eat more than you can lift!

The Muppet Personality Test

Selamat Hari Raya!

This public holiday was timely because it gave me time to complete my course assignment due the end of this week but it also means my holiday is burnt! Glad that it started off with a good game of mahjong but I'm also utterly regretful that the game stretched till the cockaroo's herald of daybreak, postponing our beauty sleep which ended only at 1p.m today.. how wasteful! Our initial itinerary of a good breakfast at 9a.m, study and work time till afternoon and a trip downtown in the evening looks set to be made null and void.

Now at 4.30p.m, we have just completed masticating on junk brunch from Mac - the hottest food joint in NUS during public holidays! The queue from the counter till the grand entrance resembles the raging endeavor for those Hello Kitty couples few years back. Quick-eye beh managed to spot his hallmate among the crowd and executed the Ugly Singaporean Act: Jump Queue. Oh, no, his hallmate offered to buy the meals for us, kudos to his kind assistance which allowed us to obtain our rations in the seemingly famine-stricken NUS.

Help.. I'm struggling with my assignment. Instead of braving through it, I choose to sit back and reflect the objectives of this training course my dear employer had put us through. I applaud for the knowledge and experience I gained through the course, but at the end of the day, does it really enhance our career prospects or it is just another testimony to the never-ending paper chase? But heck, I'll get on with it and get the certificate and add these credentials to my resume!

Dinner time soon, we're gonna strut down to Borders and utilise that 30% discount voucher kindly offered by The Straits Time.

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A month of red-bombs - Emilyly's Wedding!

October is the 2nd month which I failed to keep up with my committed savings plan. The first being September when I was plagued by the indomitable shopping flu and vanity was the sole root cause! The case is different, this month. Besides footing a meager library fine of $6.25 and bagging 2 lelong-cheap Isetan tops at $13 each, I can't recall other expenses except for food and transportation. ahhh.. maybe it's the transport fare hike. Now I know where my hard-earned money has been draining to. (shall not dwell further lest I get charged for innocent but justifiable remarks :P)

No la, I'm not saying the garment no good for raising transportation costs on no strong grounds ok? The culprits for my less-than-usual savings this month are really the RED-BOMBS! I've got 3 friends getting hitched this month which resulted in 2 wedding invitations. Heng ah, Jan's wedding dinner is scheduled for December when I can expect my AWS! In any case, really feel happy for these 3 friends who are finally claiming their Mdm status after their courtship and months of preparation. Especially for Ms Emily Lie who has been soliciting for ideas, comments and inputs from her fellow then-colleagues and friends on her wedding gown, march-in music, wedding dinner venue..etc etc since more than a year ago.

I was honoured to be selected as 1 of her 6 jie meis who are privileged to hold the fort for the gate-crash, witness the tea ceremony, holding the bride's skirt as the photog and the couple combed the One Fullerton area for nice backgrounds, feast on the food prepared by the nan fang and nu fang's family and the best thing for me is, I get to wear that blue dress which only emerges from my wardrobe once in a blue moon when the occasion calls for it. Overall, the day was tiring for most of us because it started at the wee hours of 4a.m.! According to Teochew customs, the bride needs to leave the house by 6a.m. plus to avoid meeting "unlucky" events like funerals. I stayed over at Emily's to save the cab fare and was fortunate I do not have to wake up as early as 2.45a.m like other jie meis to dress up and leave the house. The daytime events ended at 2.30pm when me and ah beh rushed back to my home to catch some rest before we turn up at Meritus Mandarin to receive instructions from the bride and man the reception counter.

Miss Emily initially mooted the idea of the jie meis marching in before the couple. man, I was one of the first to object to the idea because.. I've got stage fright! And I do not want to be in any glimpse of the limelight if I was not the main lead for the day. Moreover, our evening gowns are all uncoordinated and can be quite unpleasing to the audience's eye. I was glad I did not form the minority and the idea was eventually called off. Instead, we lined ourselves up and throw up red & pink rose petals as the couple marched through the aisle. This action, coupled with dry-ice effect and the super-touching march-in music (Kelly Chan's Love Paradise, worth checking out, not a popular choice for weddings as yet, but 2 thumbs-up! added points for it being not common..), plus the blissful look on Larry and Emily's faces are enough to drive tears down our faces! A picture paints a thousand words so here goes!


The portrait.

The invincible jiemeis, short of Coco.

The couple extending thanks to guests.


The bride.
The ring-bearer.

The first march-in.. In solemnization

Larry's looking anxious!
Woohoo..

Emily has started to dream about the future..
2nd march-in..

The couple toast with Precious Moments glasses.
yammmmm... sengggggg..
Emily's cake treat to the xiong dees and jie meis.

Fruit cake with compliments from Meritus Mandarin. ok, thou shall not disturb the couple further, time to call it a day for them to.. enjoy the hotel stay.
P/S: Meritus Mandarin food is simply yummy! Worth the ang bao la.. slurp! dreaming of the shark's fin soup now...

Botanical Garden Trip

One of the many flower species found there














Blissful!













Spot me?




















A duckling among the swans













Freddo catching his beauty sleep













Hot pink dragonfly













I always thought the Botanical Garden was nothing more than landscapes and flowers and will shun it for various reasons. A trip there last month changed this presumption and really opened my eyes to the living things within it which are actually amazingly beautiful and adorable! If you are like the old me, please consider visiting it for its serenity and beauty.

My first post on my new blog

To folks who used to read my blog on livejournal, I'm back! To folks who never did.. hello! After months of blog drought I've finally decided to come back into the blogging scene - nope, not in the least hope for fame, but rather, to build a platform for me to pen my thoughts and to practise writing! (civil service can sometimes evaporate one's creative juices...) I have decided to abandon the good old blog which I started since JC days because it hosts too much of my girly secrets which stretch all the way back to my teenage years. And of course, I'm quite in denial for most parts which are only privy to my kakis and some buddies. So, here I am!