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Monday, February 26, 2007

sometimes things just happen

in life...things happen..sometimes they are good sometimes they are shit..but still they happen..and sometimes, it's best not to say something you dont really want..it might just happen...creepy!

on friday morning..i was just talking to my colleague...he looked tired and i asked him if he's partying and he said he was at a wake the previous night..and then i casually mentioned this : "mmmm..it seems that i've never attended a wake before...except for my granny's funeral last year.." and guess what? at 4 plus in the afternoon, one of my good friends text me: " my mum passed away " seriously, is it just coincidental or am i the "suay" one? it was soo sudden and sad that i didnt know how to react...sighz..the mum is so young and i must say my friend is such a strong girl..i really admire her for all the things she has done for her family... my kudos to her...

now....looking at my previous entry..i think i'm damn childish as compared to her...and incidently, i'm supposed to be 8 months older..hahaha guess i'm really living in a very protected environment..no wonder my mum is giving me all the shit when i said i'm going to Bali next week...but then again, i guess it's her menopause..causing her to have anger flare...i guess i need to be more understanding and all...sighz, now i feel so bad about the complaints that i've made towards my mum..hahahaha! maybe God is telling me something..because i did pray for God to help me to get through these anger flares... *shrugs*

on another note...on saturday morning...i actually went all the way to MS road to fetch a friend home...because he told me he's sorta drunk..i was in tampines..i live in hougang..he lives in ang mo kio..and i dont know why i went all the way down to fetch him home...sometimes i hate myself for not being able to say " no " to such requests...seriuosly, why should i do that in the first place? and furthermore, i'm a girl and my friend is a guy...isnt it a bit duhz to get a girl to be the driver? well, not pissed or anything...but just wonder, why some of my guy friends like to treat me in this manner? hahahaha..and guess what, when i send my friend to his door-step..he said " bye " instead of " thanks "...am i supposed to get angry? *shrugs* but i'm not...

on a happier note...some guy from the london office will be here for 3 weeks..and his name is Saad Mannan...to me..it's a really funny name..firstly, do i call him "Sad" or "Sud"? and also..if you look carefully, doesnt his name reminds you of "Sad Man"..if one types too fast .... Sad Man can become Saad Mannan...hahahaha! my colleagues couldnt stop laughing when i told them this... and today i noticed that my "whassup" boss is giving out the Sasame Street's Ernie's vibes!! hahaha...maybe the lack of sleep is making me cranky...

Thursday, February 22, 2007

i hate my mother more than i love her...

guess what was the most exciting thing that happened to me during this chinese new year? mmm..i think none would have given me the correct answer..because it's something which will not happen to most people...nope, i did not make a killing from gambling...i didnt not win 4D or toto..although i dont really mind if i did...i didnt get myself hitched...hahaha...I WENT DRAGONFLY WITH MY MUM, AUNTIE and 2 UNCLES!! *laughs* isnt that very very interesting??? it was a very last minute and spontaneous idea...we were just driving back home from someone's house..and then suddenly, my uncle asked.." so are we going home now? " then my mum said.." if not go home...go where? chiong? haha " then my uncle said.." do you want? i dont mind.. " then my auntie went.." huh? " then suddenly, we're on our way to Dragonfly... in a brand new BMW 5 series...was telling my uncle since we're driving such a nice car, we should use the valet and arrive in style..but i guess it's quite crappy as my uncle ignored my suggestion...haha!

anyway, we arrived there and it was not really packed but quite packed...as it was only my 2nd time there...not very sure how to navigate as well...finally, we found a table right at the back..not too bad..ordered our drinks..and then basically, we just stood there and watch the obiang and obit stage performance by this unknown girl, guy-who-look-like-he-was-once-in-singapore-idol-and-named-ben and sylvester sim...hahaha! i dont know why..but somehow, i like seeing sly on stage..although he's very beng, skinny and whatever...the moment he smiled..i sort of melt a little...hahaha! they were singing chinese songs..and i dont really know what songs they were belting out but i reckon they are famous songs as most of the other patrons are singing along with them... the only uninteresting part is...my relatives refused to order drinks...ARGH! i thought i could get free drinks..but they said one is enough...*mutter mutter* and my uncle must be damn bored to notice this other uncle, who was sort of walking around the club trying to pick up young girls..and what makes it interesting is that my uncle actually recognized him as the security guard of some building...hahahaha

and guess what? my mum got picked up by some young punks from the next table..hahahahaha! basically, there was a group of ugly looking guys drinking and making a lot of noise at the next table...suddenly one of them started talking to my mum and offering her a glass of thick chivas green tea...and they were pretty shocked to learn that we are related and not colleagues...and then suddenly, i was introducing myself to some of them and i dont even remember any names...actually they wanted to offer my mum another glass because after my mum finished the glas of thick chivas green tea..they went.." wow, this lady can drink..." hahahahahaha and yes, my mum can really drink...oh, but my mum declined the 2nd glass as we're about to head home... and on the way home, my mum kept talking about them..and kept saying.." they're not my cup of tea..i could be their mother...they spent their 1 month's salary on the 4 bottles of Chivas " hahaha! actually i did ask and those guys are mostly regulars... seriously, i think it's pretty cool to be pick up by guys when you're old and not hot at all...hahahahahahahahahaha! anyway, after last night, my mum was saying.." i need to do this on a weekly basis " hahahahahahaha! welcome to the clubbing scene mummy!

on another note....i totally hate my mum...she is such a pain in my arse...EVERY FUCKING TIME i mentioned that i wanna do something that i really want and like..she will just be the wettest blanket you can ever find...previously, i wanna learn diving..she said i only want to do it because i'm following some trend..what fucking trend was she talking about??? if she said that it's dangerous or whatever, okay i could understand but she said i was being coerced by my friends...rubbish!!! but anyhow, i went ahead despite her objections..i wanna live the life i want...not the life full of regrets..hahaha! planning to go again i think...i'm going to Bali next week...and i've already told her 2 months ago in late Dec that i'm going to Bali with my colleague...and i'm going alone and meeting her over there...and have also told her last week that i'm going on 28 feb to 4 mar...and also told her that i'm sort of riding on my colleague's korean package...and guess what?

just now, she said this to me: " so when are you going Bali? didnt you read the newspaper or hear the news that there will be terrorist attacks in Indonesia? Indonesia is so chaotic..why cant you go Korea to meet your colleague? and why didnt you discuss with me on the packages and everything else? why do you always tell me stuffs at the last minute? why didnt you think of the consequences before acting? you're flying there alone..arent you afraid? if Japanese tourist can get killed in Singapore, what if you're being murdered in Indonesia? also, you cannot speak bahasa and they dont speak english, there will be language barrier, so what's so fun? and when things happen, then you start to push the responsibility around..." WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE RATTLING ON ABOUT? does she even know what she's talking?? seriously, i'm simply ignoring her..not even bothering to reply her...she can say all the rubbish she wants..but it's my life and i wanna live the life i wanna live..like what my uncle has said.. " life is short..enjoy while you can..why bother to make life diffcult over small issues? "

seriously, why is my mum such a pain? i think i've been a good girl ....for all my life..i have never once rebutted her or even argued with her... neither have i slammed my door or walked away from her nonsensical nagging...unlike my brother, but yet she can tolerate my brother's rude behavior but she has to give me such shit? seriously, when she said that i might die in Bali..in my heart i was like..i dont really mind and before i die, i would make sure that i write a letter and get them to send back to her..and in my letter i will say that i have no regrets dying overseas as i've done what i wanna do and not listen to her nonsense and live a life of regrets...and this would make her live her rest of her life in deep regrets...hahahaha..boy, arent i mean? but seriously, if she really pisses me off badly, i would consider packing up and going... to where? no idea but at least away from the pain...

okay, i know my mum is menopausing and she's concerned about my safety..but hello, i'm just going to Bali and not Baghdad... and does she have to kick up such a big fuss and make all those untrue statements? seriously, as i and her get older, i'm beginning to distance myself away from her..not that i want to but she forces me to with all her nonsense... even my dad is giving up hope... sometimes i dont understand at all..if she thinks that she doesnt have enough to spend, go out and find some part-time job...dont give me the stupid excuse that she needs to monitor my youngest brother who is already sec 3 and she doesnt even know what he's studying about... and if she chooses to be a housewife, dont complain that no one is helping out with the chores... it's not as if we're all housewives and she's the only housewife working... like now, she's nagging my dad for snacking non-stop..WHAT IS HER FUCKING PROBLEM???!!!!! seriously, she's making me hate her..not that i wanna hate her...but she's really forcing me to hate her.... sometimes, when i couldnt find some things in the kitchen, she would go... " why are you all so stupid? dont even know where the basic stuffs are kept in the kitchen? if i die, you all will be helpless " seriously, most of the time, i'm saying this to myself : go ahead and die, i dont fucking care and i wont be helpless... hahahaha!

okay people..after reading this..dont bother to tell me to cool down and relax and that my mum is only menopausing and this is just a phrase.... i know some of you may have gone through worse shit but this is just me complaining about my mother...sometimes, i wonder, why cant she be as cool as my grandmother aka her mother? hahahahahahahaha...i was sooo pissed with her that i wish i would die in my sleep tonight...hahaha so if there arent any more posts after this....i've already died..hahaha!

ONE DAY LATER.....
after posting this entry..i think i may be a little too harsh...also after listening to dydy's story..i feel so ashamed of myself..hahahaha! and after talking to sharon, who also faced the same problem as me...maybe i'm not that alone in this world...hahahahaha but still i think my mum still pissed me off with all her nonsense...but well, she's my mother...so i guess i have to live with it...right? :P

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

i dont like Chinese New Year!

okay...although i'm not a big fan of the Chinese New Year...i still have to wish everyone... HAPPY NEW YEAR!! well, am not sure if i'm the only one feeling kinda bored and sad during this festive season... and dont accused me of spoiling the festive mood before you read on to find out what i've been doing for the past few days....

Reunion Dinner Night:
basically, we have dinner at my uncle's house...it was sort of like a pot-luck dinner...each family brought about a dish or 2..and i think we have too much food...was feeling sooo full after the whole dinner that i dont really recall what i've done after dinner...hahaha

1st Day of CNY:
woke up at 2pm..*gasps* and then got ready and went over to granny's house...said "hi" and "happy new year" to everyone...and then collected my red packets...ate my lunch....watched tv...played a bit of blackjack...wanna watch movie but no tickets...went over to uncle's house to play a bit of mahjong..went home....desperately wanting to go partying...but NO FRIENDS to go with me..how pathetic am i??? and becaues my paternal granny passed away less then a year ago..i'm not allowed to say " gong xi fa cai" to anyone..hahahaha according to my maternal granny...dont ask me why...

2nd Day of CNY:
woke up at 11 plus....and met up with a friend for lunch..wanted to go novena's hong kong cafe..but it seemed closed....drove all the way to orchard and ate at swensen's and the food is sooo pathetically small and awful...guess when demand exceeds supply, shit is passed on to the consumers...went back to uncle's house for steamboat...then the 4 adults played mahjong...and i literally watched tv and fell asleep on the couch...fetched my granny home...watched sex and the city till 2am...

3rd Day of CNY:
woke up at 1pm...ate lunch...watched sex and the city....bathed...ate dinner...period.

see how boring and pathetic my CNY was? basically, i spent it sleeping, watching tv, eating, sleeping, watching tv...that's about it..i dont have much relatives to visit...nothing much to do...dont know where are all my friends...after watching sex and the city...i'm soooo jealous of carrie bradshaw..i wanna have friends like hers....*ARGH* and then i wanna gamble..no khakis..i wanna go clubbing...no khakis....am i really that lonely?? to think that i took 2 more days off to enjoy but i kinda regret...hahahaha..but am not cancelling my time-offs...still going to laze around...haha!

however, i must say...my red packets collection this year is pretty good...although i only have 9 packets..but the amount i have is almost 800 bucks! hahahahaha..which is an average of 100 bucks per packet? which is of course not true....just that my uncles are pretty rich and can afford to give us more money....as we have only 6 children for them to give red packets to....however, need to use this money to pay off my credit cards' bills...pathetic right???

and as usual...when all my uncles and aunties gathered together to talk...they will start asking about my love life..when i told them it's blank..they will go on and on about it's about time..blah blah blah..i need to find someone..blah blah blah...and all i can say is..." yesh yesh yesh " hahahaha..but one of my aunties is sooo cute..she offered to introduce guys to me....shje said her cousin is some pilot trainer and has a group of traineee and some of them quite eligible...ooh, quite excited..SIA pilot..which means i can fly free? hahahahahaha..shall see if she can give me good news....she even told me to join some SDU activities...asked my friends to introduce guys to me..blah blah...actually, i dont know why none of my friends offered to introduce their friends to me...am i that bad??? *shrugs*

anyway, i'm looking forward to my bali trip next week...YIPEEEEEEEE...cant wait to meet up with my lovely korean colleague...and then we're going to enjoy ourselves to the max...get a nice tan, hitch up some cute guys, relax and chill out...i'm feeling so excited just by thinking about it....hahaha!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Happy Valentine's Day!

as usual...i do not have any dates on this day...not really sad because this has been the case for like...forever? hahahaha but then again, i guess it's alright...because i guess many of my friends who are attached also do not celebrate this day... but this year, i thnk the hype about Valentine's isnt that great? i dont see much marketing going on...

talking about that...the CNY festive mood is not here either..i wonder why..i do see CNY decorations here and there..but somehow, i dont feel excited that CNY is here... i believe..as we get more affluent, we buy clothes and eat good stuffs almost as and when we like..and so CNY is no longer that special to us? further, as one gets older, one gets more paiseh to collect red packets and thus, the whole meaning of CNY is gone? hahahaha..okok..maybe the red packet thingy is just for me...

anyway, nothing much exciting has been happening to me..life is as usual... but currently, i've started watching "HEROES"... heh heh! it was a show recommended by many to me...but seriously, i dont think it's that great...the pace is too slow...am at the 9th episode and the so-called heroes are still trying to find their identities...the show is rather predictable at this moment...and also it's too x-menish..not that i dont like x-men but somehow, as i watched..i tend to link it to x-men...for example, there's a girl called "Claire" in Heroes who cannot be hurt...doesnt she sound like Wolfverine? there's this man called Peter who are able to sort of absorb other people's powers...Rogue? hahahaha... anyway, will still continue watching as i wanna go with the flow...hahahaha!

on a different note...today my manager decided to give us a breakfast treat and so i was assigned to take orders and buy...well, basically i'm okay with that..and so i sent out messges, took orders and went down to get coffee/tea and what-so-not...what really pissed me off is...a few cups of the coffee/tea are still sitting at where i've left them in the morning...hello, please DO NOT expect me to serve you..i'm not a coffee lady and even if i was, i'm not obliged to do that..i'm already doing a kind favor...going down to get food for you guys and you guys just sit on your butt and expect me to serve you? to hell with that...i mean i'm sure there's some commotion when i came back with the food..so dont give me the excuse that you're so engrossed in your work and blah blah blah...*puke* and guess what? one of them actually messaged me.."hannah, are we getting the drinks or is it cancelled?" then i replied.." no, it's here..did you get it?" then she replied.." no, where is it? your desk?" and so i replied.. "no, it's at xxx's desk"...and she didnt even thank me for buying or telling her...WTF???!!! do i look like a maid to you...so irritating...i mean i seriously do not mind running down and getting the food but do take the initiative to "claim" it and DONT expect me to serve you...what a bunch of losers... *puke*

mmm....my valentine's day doesnt seem very happy ya? hahaha...actually not really, i'm basically happy... :)

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Hear Us ROARRRRRRRRRRRR

OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE!!!!

I'm so proud of our Singapore Lions...i didnt think that they would win..but hey, they did...arent they great? actually frankly speaking, they are not as good as the Thais...hahaha! but anyhow, who cares...WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!

THE FIRST LEG IN SINGAPORE:

anyway, this ASEAN championship...i actually went to watch it at our very own National Stadium..a few of us, all Singaporean soccer fans (ya right! haha) decided to give our team the greatest support they could get...so one of us went to get tickets for 8 of us...pretty exiting..on the day itself...01/31/07, we were all clad in red and white..all ready to support our very own soccer team...we left office almost on the dot and were all prepared with our "sumptous" dinner of KFC...took a train there...thank God if not we would be stuck in a heavy traffic jam..and oh my goodness...Kallang MRT station was soooooo packed..almost the whole of singapore was there...hahahahaha! everyone was cladded in red and white...so patriotic ya? *winks* walked our way to the stadium...not sure if i'm a fast walker or my colleagues are just slow..i have to kept slowing down to make sure i dont lose them in the crowd...hahaha! but hey, if not for my fast walking..we wouldnt be able to get good seats in the stadium... *smilez* took this picture with my V3...



and let me tell you..it's amazingly crazy....everyone was in such high spirits...that even before the match began..the kallang wave and cheers have started... i was kinda saving my energy for the REAL match...haha! and whenever the photographer walked near the crowd..everyone just started screaming and flashing whatever red and white thing they have just to be on the coverpage of some newspaper...hahaha! amazing people...

anyway, i must say..it was a pretty interesting match...although when compared to EPL or world cup, the game seemed a little slow..but the atmospher is simply amazing..everyone's so patriotic and everyone's so hyped up about the whole game...somehow, it will stirred up the rowdy and violent self in everyone...whenever there's a foul called against Singapore, the whole, and i mean whole stadium will start to protest with all sorts of vulgarities...hahahaha! even my colleague, who has always been kinda demure started to shout all kinds of vulgarities...from english to malay to hokkien...hahahaha..was soooooo shocked!! in fact, i enjoyed his show as much as i enjoyed the soccer match... and i learnt a new malay word: "BUTOK" which means "pussies" hahahaha!

am not going into the details of the match as am sure every single local newspaper is splashed with news and comments on that...but here is a picture i took when the Thai walked out of the field after the really bad call from the referee...very dramatic and classic!

actually, i was kinda blur...because i dont really watch local soccer and the only singapore player i know if Fandi Ahmad and he's always in red, i thought we were the red team...so when the match began, i was kinda confused as to why everyone's cheering the blue team..hahaha..and so i asked rather loudly:" hey, wait! are we the red or blue team?" hahahaha...basically people around me gave me that "what the fuck are you doing here" look..and one even asked my colleague.." your friend here first time watch soccer? " so embarassing...but then again, i'm kinda glad that number 8 - Shah Alam scored the goal...so that i can tell everyone..he's wearing blue and 8...so he's riding on my Lampard good skills...hahaha!

I have a thai colleague who was at the match as well..but of course..he sat with the Thais...and he was just telling us...how safe we were...initially, when the match began, there were 2 policemen standing in their area...when Singapore scored the first goal....there were 4 policemen...after the Thais scored, there were 8 policemen...and when the penalty was awarded to Singapore..there were 16 policemen...hahahahahaha! guess we were really very safety-conscious???

THE SECOND LEG IN THAILAND:

hahahaha..no, i didnt make a trip to Thailand to watch the match..even if i want..i think my mum would put her life down to protest...given all the safety and securities reasons...actually, the same group of colleagues wanna gather at someone's house to watch the match together..but it was cancelled at the very last minute as it seemed some of them couldnt make it..was kinda disappointed..as i was looking forward to that gathering...so in the end, i watched the game at my granny's house with my primary 4 cousin..hahaha!

basically, we were just sitting in the living room..and whenever there's a goal or an almost goal..i would start screaming...just screaming, no vulgarities...must maintain a good image in front of my cousin and granny..hahaha! and my primary 4 cousin was so amazed by my sudden outbreak that whenever i screamed, he laughed..hahaha..and my 3 year old cousin will tell me.." i scared " hahahaha..and my granny said i'm mad...however, i must say the Thais played really well...but we Singaporeans pulled up our socks in the 2nd half and that unsung hero saved the day...

am very very happy and proud of our Singapore Lions!!

OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE OLE!!!!