geniushopaholically mochi

I can't help but exclaim .....you're a genius mochi!!!

started fidding with the template of my blog trying to add in some background image...and tada! starry starry background! okay okay....i admit that i did seek the help of google...but still, I did it all by myself.. *pat pat*.. might start making a collage of pics and try to put it up! when i'm freeee....heh

shopped half the day with babu on saturday...and it's impossible that there wasn't any conquest.. heh. caved in to the temptations of this niccee brown baggie!



felt unusually tired after all the walking and when i reached home, my back and feet was seriously aching. had to prop it up high for the blood to circulate... plus was the 1st day of my that thing.... totally KO. slept till 9pm and was awaken by my bro to watch "I am legend" which he downloaded... I like the show!!!

spent a lazy sunday with evil shit today watching runaway jury... i like john cusack..the downside was that the vcd had NO SUBTITLES.... being hopeless at catching dialogues..especially when it's in english, slightly soft, people speaking too fast or in long sentences, with even just a slight slang... that's it. found the storyline rather good after evil shit's explanation...abit late.haha. anyway, was bored during the movie so decided to paint OUR nails... yep..as requested by the victim, no faces should be attached to this pic..... granted!

what's it like at the other side of the clouds?

perhaps it's TGIF.. will usually be half sleeping in the train on my way to work. songs from my mp3 will just play on with lyrics floating pass the top of my head..no processing really done.

listened hard to Plain White T's song this morning and could feel my tears meeting up at the corners of my eyes. 有感动度。。歌词有唱到点。很好。。加油加油。

PLAIN WHITE T'S LYRICS

"Radios In Heaven"

Your time has already come and I don't know why
The last thing that I had heard
you were doin' just fine
It seems like just yesterday
I was laughing with you
Playing games at Grandma's house
well you taught me well, didn't you?
I hope I'm just like you

Do they have radios in heaven?
I hope they do
'Cause they're playing my song on the radio
And I'm singing it to you

You left before I had a chance to say goodbye
But that's the way life usually is
it just passes you by
But you can't hold on to regrets and you can't look back
So I'll just be thankful for the times that I had with you
I hope I'm just like you

Do they have radios in heaven?
I hope they do
'Cause they're playing my song on the radio
And I'm singing it to you
If they don't have radios in heaven
here's what I'll do
I can bring my guitar when my time is up and I'll play it for you

Tell me can you hear me now
if not, then I can try to sing real loud
What's it like up on the other side of the clouds?
I hope I'm just like you
I hope I turn out to be as good as you

one of my pet peeves...

here's my contribution to the potluck at evil shit's friends house. The Christmas tree was courtesy of my bro... he's weird leh..exceptionally onz about setting up xmas tree during christmans when he's usually so bochup normally.

decided to bake coz i got a whole lot of cake mix leftover from the last time I baked. so in bid to quickly finish using it, no choice but to bake. then bought some new ingredients for the cake also. Sad to say, lots of the baking ingredients come in huge packs so i can kinda foretell that i might have to buy more cake mix to finish using the ingredients....vicious cycle...never ending....doomed to bake forever!! ahhhh.

oh..by the way, it's walnut peach choc sponge.

pam's house is huge, 3 storey bungalow and her room is crazy. it looks like a fashion shop in far east plaza.. racks of bags, accessories hung in alfresco style with like more than 50 pairs of shoes lining the entrance of her room. lots of things everywhere but stylishly laid out. coz she's rich la..her racks and shelvings are so vintage and pretty and the 1st thing I could say when I stepped into her room was " can I take a look at the bag please?".. she's got like 100 over pcs of accessories hanging by the side of her princessy looking mirror.

back to the topic... potluck. Attending this potluck totally reaffirmed that naz's friends are too dysfunctional..i'm too organised to click with them. impossible.

Supposed to meet at 7pm at pam's house. but pam told them 5pm, knowing that everyone will be late. can u imagine. they're habitually latecomers. me and naz reached at 7.30pm and like no one was there yet. nvm.

pam was busy lighting candles in her room that she hasn't even started preparing the food. people started streaming in at 8plus and i thought we could quickly start dinner coz I was so hungry.

I almost wanted to scream when I saw them taking out RAW food e.g. crabs, chicken, cheese... everyone proceeded to the kitchen and STARTED preparing the food!!!!!! OMG! jeremy started making black pepper crabs, clara started mashing the oreos to make cheesecake, pam started STEWING drumsticks to make chicken stew. hellosssss... it's potluck, not YAN can cooK!

it was already 9.45pm when we could sit down and have our dinner. OMG

Inefficient people with no concept of time... i totally cannot tahan. These genre of people is one of my pet pet peeves...really. felt like making them sit down and educate them on punctuality, responsibility and the concept of potluck.

if you're my tomodachis, you definitely don't belong to this dysfunctional category. yay!

xmas pigging out post~

Thurs -20 Dec 07
my auntie's 50th bday and we had a really sumptuous dinner at punggol. The stall name is "the crab master".. haha..sounds very kungfu hor. anyway..sad to say, their chilli crabs are nowhere near my mum's!! my mum should be named the crab master lor.

Friday - 21 Dec 07
Met up w becca, adrian, zhen at this korean restaurant at Amara Hotel 2 level " Hyang To Gol".

Yummy food.. and it was a great meet up since a long time. blur zhen actually gave me my bday prezzie instead of my xmas prezzie..hah..yep..she bought my bday gift like half a year in advance. thats so sweeeet...! it's alright gal... the wallet came in handy as I planned to change it soon.

Saturday - 22 Dec 07
pigging out at sizzlers suntec.. ahmad, babu and siti. talk about great minds thinkalike... me and babu bought each other the same present...esprit towel! heh.


Sunday - 23 Dec 07
a quick meet up w lehlio buddy and assisted in helping him scout for 6 xmas gifts..in 1 hour... in the super packed taka. a sense of achievement surged as we ended our amazing race with time and crowd at mos. oops. no pic.heh.

Monday - 24 Dec 07 xmas eve
had a crazy spread of food at zhe's place. we prepared ikea swedish meatballs, jiao zi, potato and vege salad, grape juice and ice cream.

played bridge till 1am before going home... oohh..and bridge is so so fun! addictive game.

zhe's not getting better though.. ganbatte zhe san.! we're all praying for u.~

don't waste ur time aunties - andy lau

Read about the egg attack incident on New Paper and it happens to report on some neighbour conflict in the same issue. Basically this fat auntie threw eggs at this china young lady who so called agitated her by accidentally spraying perfume in her direction. So…she hurled the bag of eggs she bought at her. Ended up in a CatEggFight.

While standard of living is going up like nobody’s biz, GST, carpark charges, petrol and ERP are escalating like mad, the auntie decided to waste her bag of precious eggs on venting her anger on and humiliating another human being. Sighz..what’s the world coming to… thought we’re a civilised society. Watched the episode on toa payoh HDB hub on youtube..this uncle kept scolding this angmoh and chinese lady, “EHH…you in singapore leh..!! I’m singaporean okay…you are in Singapore okay!..” this patriotic phrase has been repeated over and over again in various quarrel dramas. Are we really proud that we’re singaporeans? Or it’s just normal animal instinct to show territorialism?

I am very proud to be Singaporean I must say. Like furiously waving the singapore flag during NDP, singing the national day song with gusto and pride, sticking national flag around my work cubicle. This patriotism heightens whenever I return from holidays, making me appreciate where I live even more.

An Andy Lau Cyma watch ad in Cityhall mrt says:
“ If you grasp the fleeting nature of time, only then you will appreciate the present.”

how true.

happily ever after does exist

experienced movie watching at AMK Hub last night.. first time since it's opening. Not my favourite place to hang out coz it's just so congested.... both vehicle traffic and human traffic is crazy. There was this once me, sharon and zhe met there for dinner and we ended up eating at a coffeeshop near the mall coz it was impossible to get any seats in any of the restaurants.

okay...digressed too far. yep. after much anticipation, finally got to watch Enchanted! highly recommended by my colleague... and it wasn't a disappointment. so happy..i'm the happiest when I get to watch a good, funny movie. Now I know why she was in love with the Chipmunk...he's so adorable!! if you watched it, you'll know what i mean.. The way he tried to expressed himself through re-enacting the intentions of the evil queen to posion the princess with the apple...it's so hilarious... animations are really amazing stuff.

Next up movie! The Chipmunks! Realised they're good for another thing also...alarm ringtone. I use the chipmunks ringtone as my alarm and their squeaky singing is really quite irritating.. you will not ignore the tone.

mum cooked chilli crabs and curry chicken yesterday upon the request of evil shit...and he ate till he LS...hahaha.. ate too much la.. or his stomach can't take so much chilli at one shot... everyone else feels alright. Though I really wished I LS....ate too much..need to have output to allow more input.

I have just set my new year resolution. I will go on a detox program..but only after christmas...hahaha.. you might think that I'm thin and everything but the truth is I have put on 3 KG after working in LTA. result of a deskbound job.. urghz. yep. detox is the way to go. Need the detox to eat more during CNY... part of the preparation process for CNY. ahem.

off to meet kason and ikea!

Yanni - Aria

chk out this drama yanni....! lol.

Friends... pls be punctual. thankew

the shopping bug bit me.. i'm supposed to control..supposed to. all zhen's fault for posting her shopping bargains on her blog..made me shopaholically competitive... wanna win her! LOL... excuses mochi san!!!

anyway, did i tell you i hate waiting for people? Do you know that I am capable of spending during the short span of 15min while waiting for friends who are late?!

Ivan was the culprit today. he was late!! for 15min! Was bored and it's friday night and it also happens to be the 2nd friday before ho ho ho Christmas, I was infected by the crowd of shoppers scattered everywhere in different shops. and guess what. I had 15 min.

strolled into BYSI not intending to buy anything. ya rite. quickly ran through some ugly dresses and tops... and just as I was about to walk out of the shop, I saw this dress calling out to me.... buy me...buy me.... come come take a look mochi san............ so minutes later, I was found whipping out my credit card, all waiting to make that lonely dress mine..haha. really like it alot! the color...material and cutting.... looks so nicely flowy, chic and casual. Just like all other shopping drama, the salesgirl came up to me at the perfect moment informing me of the 15% discount for the dress, reaffirming my decision to get it.

So there it is.

~thinking of keeping this for CNY leh....but hor... dun tink i can tahan till then....ha~

TGIF mina san!

Looking forward to my mum cooking crabssss tomorrow! yummy!

the art of names

haha..evil shit's msn nick is interesting:

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry - B. Cosby

so you may consider naming your kids the following:

• maria..aaaaaaa
• babu..uuuuuuu
• siti..iiiiiiiiiiiiii
• yeeeha...aaaaaaa
• muthu...uuuuuu
• mimi ....iiiiiii
• julia....aaaaaaa

Being very 哈日本語, I've decided on 3 nice 日本の名前！

1. momo　もも　 - means peach!
2. kiko　 きこ 　- HK drama likes to use this name!
3. Ryo or Ryu　- sounds so stylo for boys!

electrified.

was just strolling in popular when I caught sight of Raymond Lam looking at me from a distance. Unable to resist his persistant and electrifying glance, my feet subconsciously brought me nearer towards his aura.

3 different Raymonds stared right into my eyes and for a while, I couldn't decide which to cast my attention on first. omg...so hansamu! he has 3 covers for his latest album and they're just so well taken...he looks so super good. It's just sad that I'm only a fan of his looks but not his songs.

My irresistable Lam Fung!

~my fave pic... his hair is perfectly out of place...love this look! sigh...to bad my evil shit won't be caught alive in this kind of hair style....he almost murdered me when I intro kenji from haru scene to cut his hair for him...LOL.

anyway..did a naughty pic of him with fung's hairstyle!hahah...sssshhhhhh... 独家！！

My irresistable evil shit.......doesn't look that bad right.! still...no no no...he must not see this pic....

amazing how the human brain works...

attended 6 thinking hats today and it is one of the more interesting courses I had attended so far. impressed at the trainer who is really witty and funny. pretty shocking and totally changed my opinion of female trainers.

more about the course, it was really enlightening to know how our brain can switch modes to adopting different thinking styles in different situations, learning how different thinking habits can yield so vastly different outcomes. Everyone has dominant thinking styles which we must be conscious of in order for us not to abuse it. interesting. Deduced that mine should be the red thinking hat which signifies that i'm more controlled by emotions. heh.

yep...most importantly I really welcome this change in routine. got to walk around abit in toa payoh though the rain seemed to be relentlessly trying to stop me from spending more money.

wednesday wednesday!...... i pray for your arrival!! quick come come!

just ordered something for my evil shit and hope to get it before xmas!! excited coz I know he's going to be so touch-ed with tears streaming down his face. the only minus point is that my bank account aint too happy about it. lol... but somehow, the thought of surprising him makes it all worth it. heh.

mochi san.... budget from now on. budget budget budget! Hokkaido san e ikitai yo! Hokkaido san.... i wanna go visit you!! wait for me! matte kudasai!

Serendipity~

caught Serendipity on dvd... starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. it's those feel good looomantik comedy.. easy watching for lazy pple like me. Never knew that Serendipity has a meaning.. thought it's just a nice name for the show.


Serendipity = fortunate accidents.


So cool right..to put it simply, they're events that are blessings in disguise. Further to my post on counting only the goods, can we actually see all the ridiculously unfortunate things as a prequel to all the good stuff that has happened or that is going to happen to you?


Have you tried letting that stupid pair of new shoes blistering your feet affecting your day? I did. Turned out it was a pretty good reason for me to buy new shoes again! yay!! guilt free.

Instead of allowing yourself to be bugged by the thoughtless remarks of some crazy people in office, laugh at them...ha ha ha... at their ignorance and their immaturity.

Perhaps many experiences in life might cause hurt and pain. How you wished that they didn't happen at all, and why out of all people, you have to be the unfortunate one. But didn't most of these so called unhappy accidents make you grow up?

We always learn the hard way. it's normal.

Ju Ju Hokkaido Hotpot....

rushed through my weekend..left me feeling sleep deprived and ... deprived of sleep. sleeping is the number 1 stress reliever... love n need it.


met up with ahmad and rest for maria's bday dinner...at Ju Ju Hokkaido Hotpot at Paradiz Centre basement beside Tao's Kitchen. ahmad's recommendation and it was good! abit pricey but it's worth for an occasional try. thought i was full but apparently when I saw the spread, the fullness vanished into mars. would give it thumbs up for the friendly service and the aesthetic beauty of the display of the food.. my lousy 2mp cameraphone didn't do the food justice. urgh.

~our seafood set... yummy. the crab was surprisingly easy to eat coz the shell is slightly soft so it's pretty easy to peel. ~

~our chicken set... anyway...4 of us went but we only ordered 3 steamboat sets.. their servings are huge so order 1 set less..esp if all girls~

more pics of bday gal when i get them...

genting was tiring. reached there at 5am and we can't check in yet and all we could do was wait. the only place that was open was the casino so no choice lo..as much as i didn't feel like it... i fell asleep at the digital roulette table while naz played the game. the whole day just went past and I didn't have an inkling of what really happened coz i was so so sleepY! i was like a walking zombie, asleep just that my eyes are open.

his uncle bought tix for the kitaro concert and i was glad it was sleeping time for me!! slept through the 1st 3 songs and only woke up when he played his famous pieces. it was lucky that I was totally drained out that I fell asleep immediately at 2am.... it was very lucky coz his uncle snored super loudly.. felt like i was listening to the sequel of the Kitaro concert..

anyway, conclusion of the trip.... tiring! somemore kena conned of SGD50 on jackpot and roulette. eeks. i hate the casino.

the xmas mood is really sinking in... i really feel like spending $$!! and i've already spent alot of $$ !! i hope UOB crashes tomorrow so that i won't have to pay my credit bills for the month....... no....no.....no....