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this was a short week, i only had to work for 3 days. because it's a holiday on Thursday ( DragonBoat Festival ) and I was sick on Wednesday. i was really sick, didnt fake it before the holiday. got a mc from the doctor. down with flu, normal flu, not swine flu. fully recovered already. supposed to go to a rave party on Wednesday night, didnt go. luckily another friend bought my ticket. went to Stanley Beach to catch the dragonboats. there were more people than boats. in fact, i think 99% of the population in Hong Kong was at that beach. apparently, it's not the boats that people were after. it's the after-party they were after. didnt stay that long. too tired. went back home and watched tv ( as usual ).

went a rave party on Friday night. Above and Beyond. OMG, the club was soooo cheesy. i felt like i was back in Sparks/Canto. very ah bengish and ah lianish. but still, it was good fun. music was really good. had light sticks and did my ah lian dance. HAHA. the dramatic friend brought her boyfriend who brought another friend. i didnt like that friend. he's touchy. always holding me and trying to rubba with me. DUDE, it's trance. you dont rubba. anyway, friend got drunk. very weird as well. she didnt drink that much. not that i know of. oh, a guy picked me up. HAHA. he's quite decent, not too "hum sup". was gentleman enough to send me home as well. called me the next day and today. let's see how things go.

drama friend was being drama AGAIN. told me over and over and over and over and over and over and over again not to tell anyone about her new boyfriend. okay, fine. i wrote about it here but i didnt use any names. so i asked her " eh, who can i tell to? " she replied " dont tell your boss lah " OMG. like my boss cared and was interested. she explained that her management do not encourage office relationships and it's a very sensitive period as the whole drama just happened. anyway, so i kept my promise, i didnt mention to anyone. during Friday party, she asked me not to tell the boyfriend' friend. so i kept that in mind. but they didnt behave. the moment the friend was out of sight, they started behaving like bf/gf. i warned her. she said " ooh apparently he knows already " fine. you and your boyfriend told me to keep it a secret but you guys went around telling people. contradictory!!!! anyway, doesnt really matter.

recently, i had locals telling me that i sound very very very gentle, unlike many girls. they liked my voice. they kept saying i had a nice voice and i talked very gently. weird. gentle? never a word anyone used to describe me. actually, i dont think it was a compliment. i dotn like "gentle". it seemed to me as a "weak" word. i dont like to be seen as weak. although i maybe weak, but i prefer to be seen as strong. HAHA. anyway, i think a hong kong friend once mentioned that i should be a DJ. guess the locals really like my voice. to be honest, i HATE my voice. i would prefer something deeper.

did i mention i've finally finished "Prison Break S4". loved the ending. then i "moved on" to "Grey's Anatomy S4". and guess what? i still love this show. McDreamy and McSteamy, ever so dreamy and steamy. i wished i was a sexy nurse. Lexie Grey, Meredith's sister, was super hot but super annoying. I HATE HER. she's an idiot. i wish they can just "kill" her off in the show. she even slept with Karev, whom i like very much, in the show. ANNOYED. okay, im being an idiot here. but aiyah, it's just me to get "excited" over shows.

funny friend

i have many friends/acquaintances in life. some remain, some move on, some disappear, some reappear, etc etc. of course i have some very good friends whom i will always keep and remember. but there are also some friends whom i am not sure if they will be my friends always but for now, i want to remember and keep this friend of mine.

once he was typing to me via instant chat about how horrible his day had been. he was typing for almost 1 min, describing in details what had happened and how bad he felt and etc etc. and in return i typed " tell me about it " and guess what? my friend got into a rage. he replied " WTF??! i just told you everything and you still ask me to tell you about it. cant you read? " i burst out laughing and couldnt stop for at least 2 mins. i told him that "tell me about it" is a phrase that people used to express that they share the same sentiments. he told me " come on, dont use your singlish on me now " OMG. it was soo hilarious that i couldnt stop laughing. when i told him it's not singlish but american english, he didnt believe me. so we went around asking a few american colleagues and only then, was he convinced.

i love this friend of mine. he's always giving me nicknames. first, he started calling me "wrestler". it started because he wanted me to donate money to UNICEF and i said i am already donating to WWF. and he went " why are you donating to the wrestling federation? are you a wrestler? " and i go " dude, it's WORLD WILDLIFE FOUNDATION and not WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION " and he was like " wrestler!! " and since then, im the wrestler. and it didnt help that i kinda look like one! then another time, i met him for a quick dinner around my place. so i was dressed in t-shirts, shorts and slippers. he saw me and said " why are you dressed like a filipino now? im so ashamed to be seen with you " i was sooo bewildered by his comments that i forgot to get angry. finally, i got back from phuket with a nice tan ( in my opinion, it's nice ) but he didnt like it. so he started calling me " thai farmer ". this guy is hilarious! now i told him im going to bali, he said " oh my god, you're coming back as an indonesian now. god. dont come near me. "

another time, we were talking about going to church togets to look for boyfriend/girlfriend. we were actually chatting about the different ways of getting to know more people. so i went " dude, dont go up to a girl during service and introduced yourself. that's too embarassing " and he went " ooh, that's quite a good idea. imagine, after service, i go up to this girl and say " hi, my name is xxxx. this is my first time here in church. how about you? wanna grab lunch? " good right? " again, i couldnt stop laughing. he was sooo serious about this and he actually showed me in person how he was going to do it. seriously, he was getting out of hand. told him again that he would be "banned" from the church and he went " come on, you know im joking " seriously, i had no idea.

it may not seemed that hiliarious when i penned it down. but seriously, at the moment when it happened, i laughed sooo hard that i started to tear. i really love this funny friend of mine. he made my stay in hong kong more enjoyable!!

stop the drama!!!

cannot believe that my friend is oh-so-dramatic!!! i mean we are almost 30 years old but she's acting like she's in high school. not that im complaining or anything, but she is sooooo drama!!

on saturday evening, i recieved a call from her. she asked me where i was and what i was doing. told her im at home because it's raining. then she started to sob and asked if i could drop by her house. i was very concerned and i wondered what could have happend. did she get fire? did she get rape? did she get cheated? so i bathed and took a bus to her house. upon reaching her house, she's on the line. she's talking to another friend and semi-sobbing. in my mind, i was like " this must be serious " so i waited for her to hang up. however, calls came one after another and i got a little bored. i mean seriously, i dont think she told me to go over to her house just to see her talk on the phone right? anyway from her little conversations here and there, i kinda know what's the issues.

RELATIONSHIP GONE WRONG.

seriously, in my mind, i was like "CHEY. BIG DEAL??!!" haha. anyway it turned out that this colleauge of hers (A), whom she hung out with very very often, told her last monday that he liked her. and then she realized that she liked him too. and it seems that A had a very possesive and jealous GF who made a big fuss over this when A told her that he was going to leave her for my friend. and then this GF went to speak to another colleague cum friend of my friend and this other girl started to hurl abuses at my friend, calling her a slut and saying that she had betrayed the trust. now seriously, tell me, how complicated was this issue? NOT AT ALL. but my friend dramatized it by saying that her reputation is gone, she's afraid that the GF would appear in the company and kick up a fuss, she's afraid that people would gossip about her and called her the slut, and she's very upset that the supposedly friend was angry with her without knowing anything, etc etc etc.

OH MY GOD. how high school is that? seriously, this is a very simple situation. handle it with professionalism and maturity. If someone kicked up a fuss, just be matured. If people started gossiping behind your back, maintain your professionalism and maturity but not responding to those nonsense. if she really liked A, then get A to speak to the GF, be firm, closed taht chapter and then move on. WHAT'S SO DIFFICULT? okay maybe it's easier said than done, but seriously, it's not THAT drama. so i told my friend " eh, it's very simple. why are you dramatizing it? " haha she said most lawyers are so drama. mmm, are they trying to be like "Alley Mcbeal" or "Boston Legal"? whatever.

well, i have no idea what's the ending of this drama as i wasnt very interested. most probably, the GF will threaten to commit suicide but A would be firm and be with my friend. Then the GF will move on and A would be with my friend and the other girl, was not in the picture at all. Period.

*yawnz* why dramatize such a simple issue? waste of time and effort. seriously. i would rather spend it watching Prison Break. that's real drama. 2 more episodes and im done with season 4. kinda boring. hope there's no more season 5. cant take that drama anymore.

satisfied, hate, pissed

i kinda like "Angels & Demons". watched it yesterday. not as bad as "Da Vinci Code" but of course, the books are still better. they explained the whole plot and it made more sense. but anyhow, for someone who didnt read the book, it's pretty exciting. and Ewan McGregor is amazing. but funnily, i couldnt name it throughout the whole show. HAHA i was like " duhz, i know this guy. what's his name? " so i had to stay to read the credits and i went " ahhhhhh, ewannnnnn " but it's a good movie. next one that i so need to watch - "Duplicity".

didnt know i have an extremely dumb colleague. was having lunch with 2 of them on sunday after church. one of them (K) was talking about asking for approval to work out of the London office. so the other colleague (Y) asked her why does she need to that. so K explained that she wanted to visit her friends in London (she used to study in London) and she wanted to stay longer by taking a week off and working in the London office for another week. so Y told her to just take 2 weeks off as the management will never approve. besides, we're of different time zone and there's no reason for K to work in London. K argued saying that she is working on some special projects with London colleagues and she's not asking the company to pay anything but just allowing her to work in London. and then Y argued back saying that her manager is constantly on the phone with the London folks but we dont see him visiting London office at all. and K had the cheek to say that our company is so unreasonable to not allow an employee to work in a foreign office at their own expense. OMFG! is she stupid or what? so i told her to wake up her ideas and stop being so idealistic. yes, we protrayed ourselves as flat and flexibile but in reality, it's not always the case. and she still aruged that this is not reasonable and she didnt understand why she couldnt get the approval. i lost my patience and told her to go freaking screw herself up and asked. if she succeed, do let me know so that i can ask for the same approvals too. GAWD, I HATE STUPID PEOPLE. she can jolly well eat shit and die. our earth's natural and precious resources are depleting and we have an idiot here using up all oxygen, water, and etc etc. NO IQ, NO EQ. kill her please.

my boss' dog died over the weekend and i think he's sad. so i ask if he was okay and he said he's fine. so fine. then another colleague of mine ( who also happened to be boss's good friend and happened to be in taipei ) kept texting me to ask me how is boss and if i can hang out with him during the weekend. WARRAU. do i look like a geisha to you? seriously, she and boss are good friends and so i understand why she would want to make sure he's alright. BUT, dont ask me to do things on behalf of you just because you're not around. and besides, it's so farking fake. i mean to be honest, yes i know he's sad but do i look like i care that much? NO! she kept asking me if i managed to go out with him and if he's alright. i told her to leave me and him alone. then when she's back in HK, she asked me again if imeeting him and i told her to meet him herself since she's back and she said she's too tired. WTF. i really think it's too much. i cant take it. then today, she told me that we shall take turns to have dinner with him. warrau. what is this? yes he's sad and all but im not a friend of his, you are. dont drag me into such shit. pissed. dont wanna be a geisha.

Ami James was/is in Hong Kong

guess what? i think i am really in luck. i bumped into one of my favorite celebrity!!!

i am SOOO SERIOUS, NOT LYING at all. was walking back from a client's place with my colleague on Thursday. was talking to my colleague while my eyes are roaming ( as usual ). then i spotted a bald guy and started checking him out. saw that his hands are all inked and i was like " wow ". then while my eyes moved upwards, i saw a buddha tattoo on the side of his neck and it suddenly dawned on me. OH MY FREAKING GOD. IT'S AMI JAMES FROM MIAMI INK. so immediately, i went " OMG, isnt that AMI? " not sure if he heard me but his friend heard me for sure because his friend turned to look at me. HAHA. and my colleague was like " HUH?" and i was like gasping for air and kept saying " OMG" continously for 1 min. i was soooooo stupid. i could have run up to him and said " hi " and invited him to a drinks at LKF after work. ARGH. sooooo stupid. but seriously i was soooo stumped and shocked that i dont know what to say or do.

so given his character, i would assume he would be hanging out at LKF. so on Friday and Saturday, i forced my friend to prowl LKF with me. HAHA but alas, no luck at all. one of my colleagues' boyfriend owns a few bars on LKF and she texted his "crew" to keep a lookout for Ami and to inform us as soon as they spotted him. HAHA.

and on my side, i started googling to see if he's travelling. i didnt manage to find anything but on his myspace page..this is what i got:

AMI IS REALLY IN HONG KONG! i cannot believe my eyes. I wanted to message him to ask him out for a drink(haha) but i have to be his friends first. ARGH. i hope that he will stay in HK for a few more months and that i will bump into him more and more and more and more and more!!!

Loooong Weekend!

my first long weekend in Hong Kong. many asked me why didnt i go back to Singapore. I forgot there's a long weekend and so i didnt plan. when i realized that, it's too late. all the cheap tickets have been booked. hahaha. stupid me. anyway i had quite a good weekend. quite eventful.

On thursday night, i got invited to a friend's bbq. it's quite fun but yet boring. fun because i havent bbqed for a long time and we did this on a rooftop. it's boring becuase they tend to speak cantonese and i need to concentrate to understand them. sighz. my brains are tired lah. and i think it's pretty rude because there was an ang-moh there. so i tried my best to translate whatever i can to him lah. there was food and booze, very very good chilling-out section. played some stupid games and made people drink. hahaha!

On friday, i went to get my facial done. need to look good mah. haha wanted to do massage but then not enough time as i had plans to watch "17 Again" . yay! zac efron! he is soooo good-looking. all 5 of us, working adults were like gushing when zac wore the white t-shirt, with jeans and jacket and walked out of his R8. amazingly handsome! hee hee overall, it's an alright moive, nothing to rave about but nothing to complain either. had dinner and went off because i had plans to visit Macau the next day.

On saturday, supposed to go Macau. but because HK has its first confirmed case of swine flu, my friend's mum and herself got paranoid and decided to cancel the trip. sigh. i was very very disappointed but i dont want to upset them. i was also annoyed because they were like " oh my god, the govt is taking it very seriously. they are quarantineing everyone from the hotel. " WTF. this is the BARE MINIMUM to be done. agree? i mean seriously, if there's a confirmed case, that is what the govt should do. contain and control. actually the govt is kinda dumb. they should have moved that group of people to the designated quarantine village where there is more air and everything. then clean and disinfect the whole hotel. apparently, the guests were complaining now as the chambermaids did not clean their room for the past 3 days. YUCKS. brainless. anyway, so no macau, i spent my day cleaning my house with dettol! haha and then i took a trip to Stanley market and Stanley beach. quite shioks i must say. i have found my beach to suntan. but i am sooo surprised the beach is sooo freaking small and littered with people. amazing. here are some pictures:

On sunday, i went to church. a friend invited me to listen to this sermon. i thought it was really really really good. i really really really liked it and i think i want to go back to finish the whole sermon. the pastor is teaching on the book of Ruth and it's amazingly heavy but yet light-hearted. after that, i went to play mahjong. hee hee. super shioks! my friend cooked for me lunch and dinner! i miss home-cooked food and we played mahjong, the shenzhen style. haha. i had a few winning games but i also had my fair share of losses. in the end, i lose HKD 30! it would be a much happier ending if i had won money but oh well, it's good fun.

quite happy with my long weekend. another holiday coming end May. i am wondering if i should travel to anywhere. but i have one issue. M O N E Y! darn!