LIONS LIONS LIONS!!!

take a look at this:



i almost cried after watching this. sooooo touching. i mean seriously, if given a chance, i would looooove to have a lion!!! i simply loooove lions. i have no idea why but i really think they are really really cute! so cute that i once had a dream that i had 2 lions as pets and they were so cute in my dream. till now, i still remember the dreams very vividly and the 2 lions. Mrs Mun asked me to adopt a lion from the zoo BUT i dont want to see my lion from afar, i want to be able to touch him, play with him, feed him, bathe him and all. do you think it's possible?

An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love

borrowed the book called " An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love" by Richard Carlson and Kristine Carlson after reading her entry on this book.

well i thought it's going to be a thick book and with many touching moments but i was sooo wrong. firstly the book is soo thin and the words are sooo huge. it reminds me of a book that a primary 1 kid will read. haha! and as i read the book, i find it sooooo boring. i dont even feel any love or whatever in the words. i mean seriously, the book is about a letter this husband wrote to his wife on their 15th anniversary and the wife responding after the husband died in 2006. if you're not the husband or the wife, how can you understand the love they had between them and everything, RIGHT??? and the things he wrote is very personal and i think ONLY the wife can get touched and teared. i was yawning ALL THE WAY! and the so-called touching things that he wrote, not touching or meaningful at all. maybe im too shallow? but i really cannot feel any love in between the lines of the book or even in the lines of the book! haha!

anyway if i really only have 1 hour to live, what would i do and who would i call? mmm, after some thinking, i think i will do nothing and call no one. because i dont believe in last-minute things. i mean if im really dying, then so be it. what's the point of calling up someone to tell him/her that i love him/her or hate him/her. i mean if i never said that means i am not going to say it. i dont want to do it because i know im dying. i dont want to do anything because 1 hour is too short to do anything. instead of doing something and not being able to finish it, i rather do nothing. maybe im lazy too. haha!

Incredible India

well, as per my previous post, i really really love India. i was rather skeptical about going to India because well, not that im racist but you know, haha i think i dont have to spell it out lah. haha! on the other hand i was pretty excited because it's a country i would never have thought of visiting if not for business reason ( this is before this trip ) and since i have everything paid for, why not? basically i was to be there for a week and to visit New Dehli for one day. wanted to try to make a trip to Taj Mahal but guess i dont have enough time as Taj Mahal is like 4 hours away form Delhi and I have the risk of missing my flight home.

anyway i must say, in India, im like a princess or rather the queen. becuase im like the ONLY chinese girl in the whole of India, they look at me as if i was a dinosaur - rare and extinct. haha! and they treat me like im some queen from another land, visiting them and gracing their country. the very moment i stepped into the airport, i was treated differently. everyone was queuing up to get out of the custom with their luggages but the airport officers looked at me and said " madam, you can go first " haha! and i was given the priviledge to ride on the elevator that is meant for big-shots who worked in my office building. haha! they saw me and they were like " madam, this way please " haha! and i got picked up by people at my very own hotel. haha! just got back from shopping and was looking all tired and dirty and then these 2 indians was like " hey, how are you? where are you from? " and i just replied politely that im from Singapore and they went on " you looked really cute in your outfit, where did you get that? " in my mind, im like " DUHZ, i look like a market auntie with ugly plastic bags and my hair is in a mess and you said i look cute? blind " and then they actually invited me for a drink at the bar which is at the top floor of my hotel. I told them " sure, let me put my things down and i'll look for you " very effective drop-off line! haha if they are cute like some bollywood star, i would definitely go with them. haha actually maybe not too.

this is Bombay. doenst look very indian-ish right?

aah, this is in Bandra Bends' End if i didnt remember wrongly. it's sort of like the outskirts of Bombay. do you see those small little thins in a distance? those are not rubbish okay, they are Indians. accordingly to my friends, they like to just hang out at the beach and yak non-stop haha no wonder we see Indians hanging out in Little India on grass. haha!

this is my hotel's view. i am facing the Arabian sea and im living on Marine Drive. apparently if your apartment faces the sea, it fetches a much higher price than the rest.

this is my friend's house in Bandra, not the whole block but the 2nd floor lah. Bandra is like the outskirts of Bombay. It looks dirty and small but guess what? it cost almost half million for this flat.

this is SharuKhan's house. it's HUGE!!!

see slums in India is everywhere. as compared to SharuKhan's house, such a stark contrast ya? apparently these slums are not legalized BUT should the governement ask these people to move, they have to pay them. interesting right? and they are really EVERYWHERE.

heh heh i took the so-called India Tuk-Tuk, which is called the Auto-Rickshaw. quite an exciting ride and they are only found in Bandra and not in the city area.

doesnt this look like flats in Singapore? acutually i think this is the only so-called flats i saw in Bombay. most of them are low houses.

this is Humayum's Tomb, in New Dehli. it is said that it is this tomb that inspired Taj Mahal. well from the picture, it may not look that grand, but trust me, the moment this came into sight, i went " OH MY GOD " and it's from the botoom of my heart that i am really inspired or amazed by this huge and amazing structure. i cannot imagine how Taj Mahal will be like. oh Humayum is some king i think. haha not sure.

this is the tomb of some scholar who is situated next to the Humayum's tomb. when i first saw this, im already awed. but then it pales in comparaion to Humayum's tomb. haha!

see i love it sooo much that i have to take another picture of it with me inside. and guess what, if you'rea an indian you only have to pay like 10 rupees to get in the park. for foreigners like me, i have to pay 100 ruppees. they should implement such practice in singapore to encourage us to go to our places of interests!

the street of New Dehli. see so many indians. hahaha! so lame.

in the whole structure, the only main thing is the tomb and the white box is the tomb. that's it. quite a waste of space right? maybe i should marry an indian who is willing to build Taj Hannah for me. hahaha!

another tourist attraction in New Delhi is the Red Fort. think it used to be like a castle kind of thing for some kings. there's houses, mosques, dining places, etc in the fort itself. very very grand again.

this is the gateway i think. cannot remember already. i just snapped snapped snapped. haha besides this is like 4 months ago.

all the buildings are white because it's real marble. although it's hot and sunnyoutside, the marble is cool to touch. very interesting. i think this is where the king entertain his guests in the old times.

the entrance to the red fort. i think it's called red fort because the outside is built with reddish brown stuffs, may be bricks. haha not sure.

this is the throne of the king. made of marble again. i think the king has to ride on elephant to get on top of it. not sure. just guessing. haha

well if i didnt remember worngly, this is the bed of the king and this is the bedroom. dont ask me how they sleep on such hard stuffs. i really have no idea. was there on my own and so dont have a local guide to guide me. maybe should have hired one so that they can explain to me what is this and what is that.

anyway i really want to visit India again and i want to go Taj Mahal. now im reading this book called "Shantaram" and it's all about Bombay and all and as i read them, i can kinda recall certain places that the book is talking about but i want to go back and see it AGAIN. amazing book, read it! ooh actually come to think of it, an Indian colleague of mine is getting married in March 2009 and her wedding is in Goa and she's going to invite me, which means i can go India again!! yay yay!!

updates!

wow i just realized that i havent written anything here for like the longest time - FOUR MONTHS! amazing right? haha actually i have things to share but im really lazy and so it's been MIA-ing for the past 4 months. but then again, not sure if anyone was reading it besides myself and a few other friends. hahaha so maybe it's not that bad?

let's see what have i been up to for the past 4 months. mmm, i went travelling! in March i made a trip to India and i really really really really really love india. it's really incredible India. it's a business trip and so it's very very shioks! business class, 5-star hotels, drivers, expensive but free lunches and dinners! sigh i love to go on business trips! haha! must start to "manipulate" my boss to send me on more overseas trips. i want to go JAPAN because i've never been to Japan and i have 3 Japanese colleagues whom i really really wanna meet. and in end-Apr-early-May, i made a trip to Israel for 2 weeks. very very very shioks. although it's not free and i have to pay for it, i gained a lot during this trip. i saw many many amazing things and i learnt a lot about Jesus and everything. it's simply amazing. and guess what, it's not as dangerous as how we see it on the media. maybe i wasnt near the gazaa strip. haha but anyhow, nice weather, nice people and nice views. i definitely want to revisit that place again!

other than that, the other good news is that im moving team. actually not exactly good news because i love my current team. my boss is good, my team-mates are amazing but the work is getting a little bored. which is why i decided to join another team when there's an opportunity there. although this has been finalized for about a month, but im still in my old team. haha need to hire the new replacement before we can work out the transition. getting quite excited as the new person is almost finalized. but yet im getting a little sad to move away from my wonderful team. well, i guess this is life - you dont always get the best of both worlds.

more good news - a colleague got married and had a simple wedding lunch. went and enjoyed myself very much, catching up with the colleagues from the other side of the office. haha! there were 2 tables of colleagues. not sure if the other tables are as happy as they have 3 managers there! my table was having so much fun that we were one of the last tables to leave the restaurant. haha! ooh, a couple just sprung out from our department. the most unlikely couple but yet speculations are going on. took me a while to get confirmation from both parties about their relationship but anyway am happy for them. funnily the other day, the guy asked me why do i think that they will not last. i mean seriously, what's wrong with him? i didnt even mention a word about this and he said i gave him that feeling. i got a little duhz and i told him " hey look, it doesnt matter what i feel or how others think. what is most important is that you 2 are happy and enjoying the relationship. so embrace it and made the best out of it. " and he can tell me " ya i know but just wondering " haha such a young relatinoship and he's having such thoughts. tsk tsk tsk. didnt told the girl though, dont want to make things complicated. hahahaha!

anyway i think life is very unpredicatable. a friend of mine was pregnant and she's all excited and happy and is eating well and all. but suddenly, one monday evening, i recieved a sms from her saying that she has lost her baby. this is sooooooooo sad. i didnt know what to say to her and she didnt know what to say to me either. so i could only send her smses asking her how is she and all. sighz. so young but yet she has to go through this. but well, thank God that she's young and can try again and that her baby is only in his/her first trimester. anyway just spoke to her on MSN and she said she's doing okay but she still cries sometimes for her unborn child. sighz. so sad. and her body is still not physically well. she's going to get another 2 weeks of MC. poor girl. only my age and she has to suffer this. must pray for her, pray very hard for her.

actually today (07/03/08) im on MC because i was down with a flu yesterday. haha actually the moment i left office to see the doctor, im feeling much better already. but since he gave me a MC for 07/03/08, i am not going to work despite the fact that im feeling better. hahahaha in fact not sneezing already. this doctor is quite a character. i told him i only had runny nose, he gave me medicine for fever, runny nose, sore throat and cough. tell me to have them when im having any of those. i think he doesnt want to see me again. that's why he gave me all that he could give. hahaha! i like this doctor but some of my other colleagues think that he's too long-winded, like an old lady.

okok i shall post pictures from my India and Isarel trips very soon.