JAL recruitment

ok i haven't given up my hope of becoming a flight attendant i gotta admit... though that failure to make it through the bloody first round of the SIA interviews last october has dealt such a great bruise to my ego. and i thought never again would i waste my time to try out for air stewardess-ing again. sob.

but i dunno wat came over me when i saw that JAL was recruiting recently. i tot to myself, 'hey hey, if sq didn't want me, then perhaps jal would be smarter than that'. thus, i found myself eagerly filling up the application form and sending it off some time last week. and what do you know? another crushing blow to my ego! this time round it's even more humiliating - i didn't even make it to the list of shortlisted candidates for the first round of interviews!!!! see la chrissy, other airlines also don't want me. wtf. at first i tot tt perhaps the mail didn't reach me or smthg and so i called them up today (cos they were sayin tt we would know by e 20th if we nd to go down for the interviews). alas, my name was not on the list. so yeah, can't bluff myself by saying tt perhaps there was a mail problem and i didn't get the letter. fact is i did not make it.

sigh. it feels even worse this time. guess i'm not fated to ever be one.

jus leave me be to go pick up the pieces of my broken ego. *sad.

back... with movie reviews

missed me? shame on you if u didn't. just goes to show tt u're not my loyal supporter. anyways, reason for my disappearance boils down to these 3 things: 1) too bz (wat's new right?), 2) went for a short holiday to TH recently and 3) too lazy - hard to get the momentum going again to blog, especially since it seems like i'm only talking to myself. ah well, so be it. i'm not expecting a grand audience when i started this blog. just wanted a place to rave n rant. so watever.

managed to catch 3 new movies the past few days. wat a rarity indeed. all 3 shows - shrek 3, ocean's thirteen and fantastic four: the rise of the silver surfer - were pretty good i must say, walked out feeling tt e moolas were well spent. trust me, i've seen so many crap shows where i walked out wishing tt i wasn't so easily conned into watching them in e first place.

bravo for shrek 3! with eddie murphy as the voiceover for donkey, tt's all u need to make good entertainment. oooh, i loved e ever so cool puss in boots voiced by antonio bandares too. simply so in character with the suaveness of zoro. storyline was so-so - villians trying to make a claim on all tt they've lost out to e goody2shoes. typical 'happily ever after' ending again but hey what do u expect? it's a kids show lah. still it's no easy feat making yet another successful continuation from the first shrek hit. i wonder wat's next? villans attacking the kids n taking them hostage? hmm anything's possible in fairy land far far away. on e whole, 3.5 out of 5 stars.

ocean's thirteen. much better than twelve which i don't have the slightest recollection of. uh hur, i tot it was tt bad. i guessed it was bcos i had pretty high expectations considering the fact tt i was kept at e edge of my seat for eleven. bloody cool hiest. coolest i've ever seen/read/imagined. whoever came up with tt idea should have tried n tested it out for himself instead. hehe, then we will see the liner 'based on a true story' in the film. how cool is tt? ok, so thirteen was about revenge n again it involved casinos and high stakes. kinda different this time round though. it was more to crush someone than just a robbery hiest per se. only stealing bit were for e diamonds. ok shan't give anything away. go watch it. not bad. i give it 4 out of 5 stars.

lastly, fantastic 4: rise of the silver surfer which i just caught lk 2 hrs ago. hmm movie was kinda short. ending was slightly undramatic and duh. guess it couldn't be helped as you're talking about a damn incredible super-duper villian here where there was nothing really that could be done. the visual effects made up for the lack of the 'zing' i guess. if u're not much of an effects and action fan, then keep away, could be kinda blah and lame for you. i like my marvel comic movies though so i simply had to watch it. but i'm giving it only 3 out of 5 stars. abit generous lah but hey, i like jessica alba too. nice hot babe. don't get much of a chance to see her va-va-voomness in this installment though. a pity for the boys.

k think it'll b awhile b4 i catch another movie. hopefully not though as there r many good ones tt are coming up like transformers(!), disney's ratatouille (nvr tot i wld say this after my 1 ghastly encounter w a rat tt ran over my foot - wat a darn cute rat!), harry potter and the order of the phoenix, etc etc. keep it rolling man!

spiderman 3

just came back from the movies. yup, i caught spiderman 3 today. thought it was freaking good! at least i loved it. non stop action from the getgo. well worth the moolas. gimme the kick ass symbian spideyman over the goodie goodie one anytime man. (yes yes, deep down we gals simply can't resist the charm of bad boys) wonder if we'll be seeing him again in the sequels to come?

time for me to indulge in some fantasies. ahhh...

damn ulcer

i broke a record of my own today. bit a particular spot on my lips 8 times in a span of less than 5 mins over lunch! no kidding. nearly cried out big time at e excrutiating pain but i bravely held it all in. thought of taking a pic of the swollen and bloody ulcer for posting here. reckon it's too gross though. so just use yr imagino n sympathise my miserable plight k?

zodiac compatibility

for the record, i'm not a superstitious person. but i see no harm if pple believe in whatever they wanna believe - so long as they don't impose their views or values on me, i'm cool. reason i'm saying this is bcos i'm about to cough up some uh... chinese zodiac compatibility crap. i've got a colleague at work who's really into such stuff. naturally i was 1 of those he victimised with his zodiac mambo jumbo. it's quite interesting though so yeah, decided that it was worth a mention and some airtime.

firstly, there are 12 signs in the chinese zodiac. they are, in their sequence of order: 子rat, 丑cow, 寅tiger, 卯rabbit, 辰dragon, 巳snake, 午horse, 未goat, 申monkey, 酉rooster, 戌dog, 亥pig. don't ask me why it's 亥 instead of 猪 and so on, i wasn't paying attention to the chinese characters. using the cheena lunar calender as the reference point, one's sign is determined by the year one is born in. so for me, i'm a fiery dragon. see me spout flames. :D next, comes the calculations. i shall not even try to understand how to compute this. let's just pretend that i do ok? *pretends to be in deep concentration and doing the finger count thing. abracadabra! this is what the compatibility chart looks like:

good compatibility
子丑合化土 | rat-cow
寅亥合化木 | tiger-pig
卯戌合化火 | rabbit-dog
辰酉合化金 | dragon-rooster
巳申合化水 | snake-monkey
午未為陰陽中正合化土 | horse-goat

in conflict
子午相沖 | rat-horse
丑未相沖 | cow-goat
寅申相沖 | tiger-monkey
卯酉相沖 | rabbit-rooster
辰戌相沖 | dragon-dog
巳亥相沖 | snake-pig

based on this, it means that i'm highly compatible with someone of the rooster sign while at odds with a dog. hmm, now that i'm thinking of it, it's pretty accurate leh. i get on really well with my dad (who is a rooster) and there's this particular cousin whom i really can't stand the sight of. no prizes for guessing what sign she is of. on further reflection, it's not just my cuz man, i had this bitchy ex-colleague whom my fren n me totally destested (we're both dragons btw) and hey hey, she's a bitch! (in the literal sense too) it's really too much of a coincidence. which got me thinking hard. this would mean that i should be on the prowl for a rooster! as we would be the most compatible and he would most likely be an ideal partner!

hear ye hear ye. roosters, pls send in your applications forms. you will be placed in the highest priority. lol.

hey do share if this compatibility thingy kinda holds true for you too.

pa-sar and accessories

i'm up early this morning. not because i wanted to. i crashed big time on the couch last night when i got back and eh to my horror of horrors, i slept all the way till this morning without bathing and brushing my teeth. yeah so terrible dirty. yucky yucks. but well yeah, that just goes to show how freaking exhausted i am from this hectic week (mentioned in previous post). sigh. let's not go there.

so anyway, since i was already up and my mum's a perpetual early bird, she dragged my lazy ass off to the market for an early breakfast at 7. ok so 7's not really that early since i'm normally up by then to doll up for work. but then again, we're talking about a weekend here! weekends are meant for lazing in bed, well according to carren. so yah, i've digressed. was supposed to yak about these interesting cool buys i got from the pa-sar. check them out:

1. slap on brown watch, damage: 5 bucks
yes, like the names suggests, all you've gotta do is to slap it onto your hand and wahla, it'll automatically curl up and cling on. good for casual day wear or when i hit the gym.

2. flower-loop-pin (left), damage: 5 bucks

it seems like forever that i've been lamenting that i'm utterly bored with my hairstyle. i either leave it as it is, tie it into a ponytail, do a half-tie half let-down with a clip or try in vain to bun it all together. so sian right. ya but now at least i can jazz things up with this nifty little loop pin. all you've got to do is to poke it into a bunched clump of hair, twist it up then twirl it down. and you'll have a cute little flower in your hair. hah.

3. double teeth comb flower pin (right), damage: 8 bucks

eh, i've gotta admit that this looks kinda 'aunty' but hey i think i can pull it off without looking the least bit aunty-ish. this is a little trickier to use but it can also be used for a variety of styles --- over bunned up hair (easiest to do) and for both full or half ponytails.

kinda interesting for pa-sar stuff yah? damage wasn't too bad too. i'm gonna be spotting a couple of new hairlooks for the coming week liao. yippie yay.

work woes

it's been a terribly busy week at work, thereby explaining the lack of posts. it's really, really bad. have been bringing home stuff to clear as the backlog is beginning to pile up at a totally ridiculous rate. i'm beyond drowning. i have definitely drowned so now it's more like sinking to the rock bottom of the seabed instead. gonna hit it hard anytime soon man at this rate i'm going. blah. why so bad i hear you ask. it's the nature of being in the events line i reckon. and it really doesn't help when everybody wants a part of you, or rather everybody simply and conveniently flicks things over to you. and being at the lowest runks of the corporate food chain, that means you get piled with all the tedious shit to do and follow-up on. it seems like there are too many balls in the air to juggle at one go. sometimes, i don't even know where to begin! and yeah, i'm so bloody afraid that i might just drop some balls soon simply because it's too overhelming!

oh, did i mention that i'm just about 3 months plus into this job? seems like everybody has also conveninently forgotten about that too. madness. sheer madness. last time when things were relatively easier going (note, the keyword here is 'relatively' - it takes a robot to be immune to hearing customers' endless complaints), i was complaining that there wasn't much of a challenge. and now when there's really a challenge, i'm again complaining that there's way too much work to do. shit. i seriously sound like i don't know what i want. and it scares me that that's a pretty apt description.

the phantom of the opera

i wanna go watch the phantom of the opera. heard so much about it. thanks to my stupid gf who kept on bragging about how stupendously awesome it was. and how great her darling was to surprise her with tickets to the musical. shit. in cases like this, i freaking wish i had a bf to leech on too. blah. let's not go there k. it'll just unleash the floodgate of carren's 'bf-less' rants.

so anyway, i really really love the song 'all i ask of you' from the phantom. everytime i hear it, it'll just give me the chills. i reckon that if any guy were to seranade me with that song, i'll turn putty in his hands anytime. opps. too much disclosure again :x sigh, what a sucker i am for such things.

since nice things ought to be shared, i've decided to post the lyrics and song on my blog then. enjoy la!

all i ask of you

Raoul:
No more talk of darkness,
forget these wide-eyed fears;
I'm here, nothing can harm you,
my words will warm and calm you.

Let me be your freedom,
let daylight dry your tears;
I'm here, with you, beside you,
to guard you and to guide you.

Christine:
Say you'll love me ev'ry waking moment;
turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always;
promise me that all you say is true,
that's all I ask of you.

Raoul:
Let me be your shelter, let me be your light;
you're safe, no one will find you,
your fears are far behind you.

Christine:
All I want is freedom,
a world with no more night;
and you, always beside me,
to hold me and to hide me.

Raoul:
Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;
let me lead you from your solitude.
Say you need me with you, here beside you,
anywhere you go, let me go too,
christine, that's all I ask of you.

Christine:
Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime.
Say the word and I will follow you.
Share each day with me, each night, each morning.
Say you love me...

Raoul:
You know I do.

Together:
Love me, that's all I ask of you.

Anywhere you go let me go too

Love me... that's all I ask of you.



hmm, i hope i'll not get caught for a copyright violation man. after all, i'm doing a free advertisement for them right? so folks, go watch the show k while it's still running. god knows when it'll be back again.

"doors closing. place foot here"

i love my rides on the smrt trains. their timings are predictable, you won't get stuck in traffic and best of all, it provides one with a good free dose of 'human behaviour at its uncensored best' entertainment. well, that's if you bother to observe what goes around you instead of shutting your eyes and pretending to be oblivious to those in need of seats around you. ahem. yes, squirm in your seats you guilty ones.

from damn public displays of affection (think guys' roving hands all over their gfs, "spineless" gals who cannot seem to stand upright without the support of their bfs, couples doing the 'let's see how long we can french kiss?' thingy), to damn bratty spoilt kids who think that the standing support bars and hoops are for monkey-bar-ing or for a fireman's practice, to people talking super loudly and airing their dirty laundry in public, to dirty old men (DOMs) who keep starring at gals' cleavages and thighs (to be fair, some gals really ask for it lah, don't even know how to sit properly in skirts. dunno deliberate or wat), the list is non-exhaustive man. as long as there are homo sapiens around, you will definitely discover/see something new in every ride. seriously. maybe smrt ought to make that their unique selling point instead.

so anyway, to cut to e chase, i'm gonna report on 2 recent sightings in the train. the first being: "doors closing. place foot here". the next time you hear this sickening 'dank i'm gonna be late cos i freaking miss the train' alert and know for sure that you can't squeeze your fat sorry ass in, do this instead: stick your foot in between the doors, wait and stare towards the train driver's direction. since they gotta be sure that all doors are properly shut before they can cruise along to the next station, you are almost guaranteed that the train doors would open again and presto, you can worm your way in! i saw a beng doing it the other day and i was like 'wah this beng damn smart lor, why didn't i ever think of that?' however, pls don't quote me on this hor (see disclaimer on my page). i do not want to be held responsible for any fatalities or injuries. i don't think it's exactly failproof though. for one, if you're wearing open-toed shoes, especially ladies in heels, it wouldn't be v advisable to pull of this stunt as the heel might jus get stuck in that platform gap smrt keeps warning us about. also, for the northeast line, i'm not too sure how much trust you would place in sensors instead of drivers' doing the check. so attempt at yr own risk.

moving on to the second sighting. the other day i saw 2 convent gals blatantly ignoring the 'no eating and drinking' rule on board the train and proceeded to have a nice mcdonalds feast of their own in full view of everybody! ok, i've seen pple eat onboard before but they normally try to be kinda discreet so pple will just close one eye. what's really bad was that they were in school uniforms leh. back in my generation, if got pple complain, sure liao one. further more, nowadays with the advent of mobile cameras, very easy to take picture of face leh, very hard to deny that you didn't do it also. hahah, speaking of which, that was exactly what i did. *evil laughter. i've been contemplating for awhile now whether i should post it to stomp, blow it up and get the 2 gals royally screwed. but scared later i'll kena fragged by the blogging community, the 2 gals' frens or smthg so i guess i should just stick to posting and rambling here instead.


and you know what's the best (or rather it should be worse) part of the whole thing? everybody was looking on with looks of disapproval on their faces but hey hey, nobody bothered to do anything about it. how typical.

stupidity.

just came back from a gal's night out dinner gathering with uni school mates. cos one of my gfs is a big fussy pot, we had dinner at boring billy bombers yet again. not that the food is bad, just that it's nothing new. what i wanna rant about though is their total inflexibility to accomodate a customers' request. boo. they deserve a gems service award alright - God, E Management Sucks.

one of my gfs wanted to have something light as she was feeling terribly 'zhang-ed' (bloated / full) from her indigested lunch. poor gal. so the only thing that appealed to her was the fish 'n fries junior meal. but yeah u guessed it, the manager kept on insisting that they are not able to serve her this kid's meal cos she was obviously more than 10 years old. so she tried reasoning with the manager that hey, by offering her what she wanted, both parties would stand to gain. she'll get her small portion of food and they'll get the money from e sale. if not, she'd rather not order anything and they wldn't make a dime either! but the manager didn't wanna hear anything of it, insisted that this is their policy. fullstop. she suggested that what my fren could do was to get a normal-sized order and share it with the rest of us instead. yeah we know that alright. duh! what if an individual came alone instead? she wouldn't be able to share the normal serving with anyone then right? so how? are they gonna turn her away after all that time and effort spent by stationing their staff at the entrance and trying to attract passerbys to 'come dine with us?' can't they just freaking be flexible and accomodate the customer's request? customer is always king leh. simple logic also don't know ah?

unbelievable man. dunno whether it's a case of people adhering too closely to rules and regulations or the fact that people just have no common sense to see and do what's best for the long-run. sg customer service sure has a long way to go.

just pig out

i'm back. with more food recommendations! there goes my diet... again. but oh well, who cares? life is short, you never know when your last meal would be. thus we ought to eat without an ounce of guilt nor condemnation, right? agreed totally.

anyway, a friend of mine was telling me how great this "kolo mee" is. on and on he's been going. and i decided that we need to put a stop to it. i'll give him no more leeway to brag. i'm gonna try it for myself! so wahla, there i found myself at upper thomson this evening (it's located in one of those shophouse place somewhere near where springleaf road is). the name of the stall is 'jia xiang' (家香) Kuching Sarawak Kolo Mee. i swear i've seen this stall some place else before (i think it might have been vivocity, can't remember liao). another of those food franchise thingy i bet. thank goodness there wasn't much of a crowd then and we promptly plonked ourselves at an available seat while he did the honours of ordering for us: the standard charsiew kolo mee, fried wanton, wanton soup, mushroom veges and cold barley drinks.

well, i wasn't exactly blown away by the kolo mee like he said i would be. it's not too bad either, just a little on the salty end though. i expected it to be much oiler than normal but that wasn't the case. the portion was kinda small though for 3.90 bucks. wasn't very full after that and we even contemplated going for round 2. until he suggested that we should check out the prata at a stall nearby known as 'The Prata Place'.

the egg prata they serve is damn yummy man. so crispy and yet fluffy. the curry was also shiok-a-do-da-dooo! spiciness was just nice. i found myself wishing that we had gone for this in the first place instead. hehee. but then again, eating too much of one thing can make one feel rather 'je-lak'. washed it all down with a cup of warm and aromatic teh-haliah (tea with ginger). never felt this satisfied in a long while.

the verdict: 3/5 for kolo mee (top) and 4/5 for shiokalicious egg prata (bottom).

one thing's for sure. i'm going back for more. i'm eyeing their murtabak next. yes i'm such a glutton :D

cool breathspray marketing

chanced upon this at topshop recently. man how they've diversified... apparently they're into selling breathsprays now too!



pretty ingenuous don't you think? want to learn the art of ass-kissing or telling a white lie without flinching? then you need either the ass-kisser or liar liar breathspray. lol. can't imagine the look on my irritating apple polishing ex-colleague's face if i gave her that for her birthday pressie. idea sia. *evil luff.

what the hell did i do?

2 posts in a day. yippee. ok technically it's the next day, so it doesn't count.

that's beside the point. i'm blogging again bcos i'm soooooo freaking frustrated. i hate myself for upgrading to blogger beta. i hate the fact that they do not show the titles of all your past blog entires under the archives (it's now classifed into a years and months format which i no like!). and when i tried to do a rss javascript thingy, it doesn't work right! don't understand why that stupid 'work sucks' entry keeps appearing right at the top of the list even though i blogged that about more than 3 months ago. and i think i've tried almost every bloody way to put it back to where it belongs but alas no! it continues to plague me by coming up on top again and again. argh.

yes, i'm a perfectionist. ok i'm anal. any wise ideas, anyone? this new post had better do the job of burying it down under.

i feel the earth move under my feet

i'm sure you would have heard about it by now. yeah we experienced 2 major tremors over here in sg around noon time when a quake hit Sumatra and the aftershock slightly under 2 hrs later. was at suntec city meeting up with a client when it happened. i could literally feel the building move together with the items on the table. at first, we just starred at one another wondering if it was just our mind playing tricks on us. but if all of us experienced it then eh, something must be wrong indeed. though it was reported in e news that it didn't last for more than a minute each, it did seem like more than that to me. perhaps it was because after the shake, the brain's still in the midst of trying to figure out whether it's really still-still for good. well well. the reaction of the staff in the company was rather slow though. a couple of people sat rooted to their seats, engaged in their con calls despite pleas from the company's designated safety personnel who came around to inform us to get the hell out of the building. being ever so kia-si (scared to die), i zipped out as soon as i could. it was no joke climbing down the freaking spiral stairs. i think one gets giddier from that rather than from the building shake. thank god i was located on the 10th storey something floor. can imagine the people on the higher storeys cursing and swearing as they made their way down.

since it was close to lunch time, we took the opportunity of having a long lunch. ironically, we had to go back into the building (just another part of it though) before the all clear announcement was made. but everything seemed ok so we took the risk. and then it struck again when we made our way back to resume the meeting. i didn't feel anything this time round. could be because i was on the ground level. i can imagine more cursing and swearing for those in their offices man. who needs the gym when you have to make your way down a zillion flight of stairs twice a day? this time round, the company didn't take any chances and decided to send their staff packing for home. lucky pigs. i wasn't so fortunate though. had to head back to office with my boss to continue with work. sigh. i wonder what i need to do to get employment at that place instead. :|

anywayz, thinking back on it, it was kinda scary. at first we suspected that since the building is located near the circle line works-in-progress station, it could be caused by the construction's digging and piling. hey, who's to tell? if nicoll highway could cave in, this could very well be a possibility too. uhrm, it's kinda evil to say this, but the whole escapade was kinda exciting. it's not everyday that you get to feel a building shake leh. but yeah, my heart goes out to the casualities in indonesia. may they find peace and be comforted in this event of tragedy.

p.s. gorilla, hope you are reading this safe and sound.

the verdict - red hot chilli peppers

just remembered that i owe u guys a verdict on the red hot chilli peppers!

here goes:

1) do not attempt to do the gargle if u have any ulcerations in yr mouth. you've been warned.

2) do not mix the pepper in warm water to gargle. it'll open up the pores on yr tongue and u can imagine the sting from the hotness of the chilli pepper amplified like a zillion times!

3) if one avoids the 2 fatal mistakes mentioned above, this gargle is actually pretty effective! the first time i tried it, my throat felt much better, so much so that i was able to chomp down my dinner without the discomfort that a sore throat brings when one attempts to swallow. i believe that the hotness of the peppers actually gives an anasthatic effect numbing the whole throat area. i didn't like the taste of the concoction though. often times i only managed about 2 mouthfuls of it before pouring the rest of it away. it definitely tastes better as a seasoning. one thing's for sure though: this ain't a miracle cure - gargle once and your sore throat is gone forever! it helps soothe but it does not heal. having enough rest is still the way to go.

final verdict: this is not a remedy i would recommend for the faint-hearted. attempt at yr own risk. ahahahahahaah.

pepper lunch express rice

was at food junction in raffles city shopping center for dinner just now. last time i went there, i had my usual favourite of sticky gooey beef noodles (i am such a big time sucker for that starchy stuff). so anywayz, at that time, the stall next to it was bloody crowded; the queue stretching all the way to the next 2 stalls behind. being a typical singaporean, yeah u guessed it, i also had to check out what that particular stall was selling. lo-and-behold, it's the express outlet of pepper lunch! ok it ain't exactly that famous (that's why i'm doing a free promo for it now) but i came across an outlet when i was at imm some time back and found it kinda interesting - yet another one of those wacky jap inspired or rather brought over concept thingy. wanted to try it out then but decided that it was kinda ex for a simple fried rice on a hotplate fanfare. but guess wat? being an express outlet, the prices here are cheaper. the cheapest starting at 4.90, still kinda ex for me but well reasonable for foodcourt prices i guess. (it's quite sad that if you want a decent meal for 2 bucks, the hawker center is the only place left these days. higher cost of living indeed man. won't be surprised that it won't last for long either).

thus, without thinking i found myself at the queue and placed an order for the cheapest 4.90 beef fried rice. thank goodness there were only like 5 of us (myself included) in the queue. not too sure if it's because it wasn't the peak hour or that the novelty has died down. at the same time, i was craning my neck to see how the other folks were stirring up the contents on the hotplate when they got theirs. that's because on the pipping hot hotplate, we are served with raw beef, a scoop of rice with corn and butter + sauce in the middle. so we have to do the stirring and mixing it up on our own. of course, therein lies the fun! it could be that it gives you a sense of accomplishment, macham like you have just cooked for yourself a good meal or the fact that it is cooked in butter (think of those teppanyaki steamboat meals where you shabu- shabu your marinated beef with butter. yeah yummy indeed) that makes it rather delicious on the whole.

the sad part though is that i didn't manage to snap a shot of my stir-fried masterpiece cos my phone batt only had 1 freaking bar of power left. oh well, it just means that i've got a great reason to have another pepper lunch meal again ;D this time i think i shall try the curry rice instead. lol.

red hot chilli peppers

i'm sick. sick in the throat and sick in the head.

sick in the throat because i woke up with a pretty bad throat this morning, courtesy of all the chinese new year junk goodies. such stuff causes the build up of 'heatiness' in the body, or so they say, according to traditional chinese medicinal diagnosis. blah. it's so freaking sore that it's not funny. anywayz, i decided to do a quick google on the big net to find the fastest way to cure it. you know lah, with the advent of the internet and google to goggle sense out of it, every and anybody can post their grandma's secret concoction for any big or small you-name-it ailments. and i chanced upon this rather crazy alternative cure for sore throats. which is to gargle red pepper powder (they call it canyenne powder, supposedly related to some part of the chilli family?) mixed with water up to 4 times daily. yeah it's crazy indeed. taking any spicy or chilli hot stuff when you're having a bad sore throat is a big no-no, much less talk about gargling with pepper powder. but well, if you think that is crazy, then it's even crazier that i actually decided to try it out. yeah i'm sick in the head too alright. did it take you that long to figure that out? seriously, there's really nothing to lose by giving it a try. (hey, about 100 over folks gave a positive testimony to this as opposed to the 2 detracters). if it works, then wah-la, i wouldn't have to put up with the agony of a bad throat anymore. if it doesn't, then hello 2 days of medical leave, here i come! lol. the worse thing that can happen is that i lose my voice. but then again, that ain't too bad. i would have a sexy and husky voice for the next couple of days while in the meantime, i wouldn't have to talk to people i'd rather not talk to anyhow. all in all, a win-win situation i would say. who knows? if it's that effective, i could one day sell the potion as a quick-n-ez relief for sore-throats. so don't say i didn't tell you. you read it here first.

oh ok, maybe not first. but still you did indeed read it here. hahahaha.

will keep you posted of my lab-rat experience. red hot chilli peppers, here i come!

P.S. btw, it doesn't matter whether or not you're a registered blogger, u can now comment away! cos i finally managed to figure out how to turn on tt option. ya ya, slow indeed. but better late than never! ;P

xin nian kuai le.

happy lunar new year everyone! here's wishing you a prosperous piggy year ahead! oink.

v-day.

it's that time of the year. out come the roses, chocolates, teddy bears, plush toys and everything lovey-dovey that you can possibly think of. the air is sooo thick with romance, you can literally get choked in it. yes you can call me a wet blanket. i hate valentine's day. it's such a big insulting rub in my face that i'm still single and unattached. argh.

which leads me to that ultimate question. why the hell am i still single? trust me, i've heard that umpteen times. sometimes i wished i had recorded all the explanations that i've ever given and simply push the play button when asked. thus, i'm finally going on the record and putting it down in black and white. for the next person who asks, i'll just say, go read my blog entry on 13th feb '07 please.

most people tell me that i'm still unattached today because i've set my sights too high. there's an element of truth in there yet it ain't totally true either. it is true because hey, you are talking about a guy whom you would be spending the next half (and even more) of your life with, i don't suppose any tom, dick and harry would just do right? so yes, in that sense i am picky. i see marriage as something that is more than just a legally binding contract. it ought to be about commitment. till death do we part. definitely not something you wanna mug around with. hence, i view the first step of finding that mate important. i wouldn't settle for anyone just because i wanna be attached. however, i do not think that i'm asking for much. the legendary 5Cs are a good to have but i do not deem them of paramount importance. i think character, values and personality are more essential elements to look into. good looks are a plus lah but as long as he looks pleasant enough to me, it's more than i can ask for. after all, i've always had this impression that better-looking guys (who know that they are good-looking) tend to have an attitude problem that simply sets off the 'u wanna keep away' alarm bells in my head. but most of the time i don't pay that much attention to the warning beeps either. and end up getting burnt. well well. that's abit too much disclosure :X

i had better shuddup. happy val day to all single folks. u are not alone. cheers.

one shithole to the next

i mentioned a new job in the previous post didn't i? and you must be wondering what on earth am i doing now? well all i can say is that i've just jumped from one shithole into another. *smacks hand on forehead.

i'm now with an event agency. always thought that it would be fun to do event organization. not only would it help me take a step towards my 'one day i shall be a wedding planner' dream but it also gives me the opportunity to meet people and erm yes, that would mean the cute dudes in the process too. hahahaha. kill two birds with one stone. so clever. so yeah when this offer came knocking on my door, i just thought 'oh, what the heck? let's just do it.' you only get to live once you know. and nothing ventured nothing gained. i've really got nothing to lose since i'm young and stuff.

and just 16 days into the job, i'm beginning to think otherwise. people just keep dumping stuff for you to do all the time and you know what's the best part? they call this hands-on experience. hello? throwing a beginner into the deep end without a safety harness will only lead to one certain outcome. death by drowning.

i feel very much like a paddling duck right now.

someone please throw this poor duckie a life vest. quack :(

aloha!

rehi. i'm back.

lots of things have happened within this period of time: went to bangkok for the first time, realised that mr cool dude ain't that nice after all (sigh, it's a really long story), resigned from job, bummed around, searched for jobs, went for interviews, bummed around more, finally landed a job opening, celebrated christmas, ushered in the new year, started on new job, and now back to blogging. so many things have happened just within a short span of 2 months. it's simply quite unbelievable at times. for the better or worse? well, only time will tell.

have you ever felt that sometimes life is so way beyond your control? or that there's a greater being or force that's out there governing everything that happens and that you are just part of some show that is being staged? a puppet on a string at the mercy of the puppeeteer? as hard as man may try their best to carve out their own destiny, they will always be subject to circumstances in which they have totally no control over. like they always say, man prosposes, God disposes. i couldn't agree more.

hello 2007. hope you'll treat me well.