South Africa 2010

i can still remember myself telling someone during the 2006 World Cup that i want to go on a holiday in South Africa in 2010 during world cup. time really flies. it's 2010 and World Cup is coming and where i am? gloomy and polluted Hong Kong. sigh. anyway, on CNN, they kept saying that they are counting down to the world cup. and to be very honest, i am very excited too. anyway, it's going to start on 11 June and the opening match is South Africa vs Mexico

anyway, i know soccer is more of guy's thing but trust me, i think it is beneficial for girls to watch as well. seriously, when will all the cute dudes of different nationalities gather together? who can resist the charms of Cristiano Ronaldo and Fabio Cannavaro? and how can we forget my favorite Frank Lampard and Fernando Torres? well, yes they play in the leagues BUT not in the same league all the time. so this is the time i can get to see all my favorite guys in one occassion. hee hee.

also, this is the best time to hang out at bars with friends. it is very shioks to drink beer and watch soccer matches with friends. but then again, i think i have no more friends left to watch soccer with me. maybe i can go hang out alone and meet new friends. hahaha. but i doubt so. most probably i would just not be able to wake up. haha. but there is one match that i have to watch. Brazil vs Portugal. i love both teams but i prefer Portugal more.

anyway for some, this is the season to make $$$$. im sure many would be placing bets on all the matches and there will be different ways of betting. some will make $$$ and some will lose $$$. as for me, i have only bet once but i didnt really like it. haha i can still remember it's a game between England and Brazil. i would prefer England to win as i really like Frank but i know Brazil can win England easily. so i bet my $$$ on Brazil. during the game, i am torn between love and money. hahaha. at the end of the game, i won $$$ but it broke my heart to see my Frank so upset. sigh. anyway, this year, im putting my $$$$ on Spain. so it's good. i love Spain and so do i love $$$.

i wonder if Singapore will ever play in the World Cup. hahaha. maybe we should just aim to HOST and not PLAY. more likely to succeed.

Pretend Pretend

am not sure if people out there pretend to be somebody when they were young. have spoken to a few friends and we kinda exchanged our childhood dreams about what we want to be when we grow up. and very interestingly, many of my friends want to be this:

and interestingly when i asked why, the same reason was given. all of them like to play with the cashier machine when it goes " ka-cheng " and the drawer will spring out. hahaha. honestly, i think it's very duhz to actually like to be cashier because of the machine. haha even as a kid, i never wanted to be a cashier. 

and the second most common job that my friends want to be is this:

hahaha again, i have no idea why. and very interestingly, these friends are actually foodies. when they go travelling, they will be very very interested to go to different places to try to food and they are always talking to me about food (which i honestly think it's boring). well, we called it "masak-masak". these friends also told me that they will have real food to play with as their mothers or grandmothers will give them the unwanted food to pretend they are really cooking. haha pretty cute right?

as for me, what do i pretend to be when i was young? when i told my friend what i always pretend to be, they all started laughing and said i was sooo serious. well, but this is seriously, what i always pretend to be when i was young:

hahaha! yes a very very successful CEO! i always pretend that i have a very big house, i drive a very nice car and i have a very big office. everyday, my job requires me to sit in the office and sign documents and checks. then i will go have nice lunches and dinner and sipped wine and chill out at nice places. and i actually will use my mum's or uncle's unwanted check books or i will draw my own checks. haha then i will carry briefcase and go to work and sign important papers. to me, it is very interesting and it's my dream life. earning big bucks and having comfortable life.

now im wondering what my guy friends would pretend when they are young...

Shen Qian Da Ji Hua!!!

i need to embark on this "da ji hua" of mine. it is very important that i start to save SERIOUSLY. i mean i have been saving but i have also been spending. the other day, i was being "scolded" by a friend who said i should be more serious and stop floating around. he doesnt want me to end up like "Carrie Bradshaw" - no money no house. that kinda makes me scared. i really need to start saving. so i have to embark on my 省钱大计划.

one of the obstacles that i am facing right now is my "break-up friend". whenever i go out with her,  i have to spend at least HKD 500. this is A LOT OF $$$$. i have been telling her i need to save $$$ as i am going to Spain and I want to save $$$. she is earning almost 20% more than me (i think) and so she had that spending power which i dont have. when i go to the beach, i only need to spend HKD 50. i will bring my own water and food and i will go to the most accessible beach by bus. when i go to the beach with her, i had to spend HKD 300 - taxi ride to the most secluded beach, lunch, water, food, drinks, etc etc. i mean the secluded beach is nice because it's secluded BUT i do not want to spend HKD 300 just to go to that beach. i said i wanna go jogging on tuesday and she wanna join me. i said okay. then she said after running, we should do dinner. dinner with her will cost at least HKD 100. if i go home, i can just cook something for myself. and why would i want to go for dinner after perspiring? it's disgusting. therefore, i have to stop hanging out with her so often. i have to learn to say " NO ". i cannot afford to meet her every weekend because that will cost me a lot of $$$.

what i am trying to do is to cook for myself. so i have to stop going out with people. for lunch, i have to spend at least HKD 50 per meal. this is because there is nothing cheaper in the area i work in. so, i have to save on my dinner and my weekends. i have bought some spaghetti and sauces, some instant noodles, bak kut teh mix, some canned food, etc etc. i want to cook as much as possible because it can really save me a lot of $$$.  and i am trying to stop buying things. thus far, i have been very successful. most of my $$$ is spent on food thus far.  so i should be able to save more $$$.

talking about cooking, i have made my first bak kut teh tonight! so proud of myself. i have rice and soup and it actually taste quite nice. hee hee. take a look at this:

Break-Up Friend

 i am sure many people have gone into and out of relationships. it's very common and i believe it is happening all the time. and when people get into or out of relationships, they would always want to share with their friends. having said that, i personally feel that it's very normal for a person to want to share good news and bad news with friends but there is so much i can handle. of course, i am not saying that i dont share and i do want to share but i think one should always think about the other party when sharing.

of course, when it's good news, it's much easier to share and much easier on the other person. but of course, saying too much of " he's such a great guy " and " im so in love " can be a little annoying and torturing but still, at least it's good news. so good news is always something nice. therefore, i am pretty happy to hear such things from a friend. and of course, if such things happen to me ( which i dont think have ever happen to me ), i would do the same to a friend. however, no matter how inevitable it is and how i tried to embrace the fact that my friends would need to spend time with their new boyfriend/girlfriend, i still cannot help but think that it's very disgusting if my friend totally "ignore" me during that period. personally, i would give my friend an "expiry date". usually if my friend ignored me for like 1 or 2 months, i think it's very natural. anything more than that, i would think it's disgusting. this just goes to show much that friend actually value me as a friend.

on another note, when it's bad news, one would tend to want to share more and would want to have people always by their side. this, i totally understand, but again, i have a limit. and to be very honest, my patience for handling friends who whined and cried over break-ups is very very little. i totally understand why one would want to whine and cry and complain but seriously, there is a limit to how much one can handle the same issue/problem. i know it takes time for one to get over another. i know it's hard. i know it's easier said than done. i know all these but again, i cannot help but get annoyed with continuous whining and nonsensical thinking. it's even worse when it's a friend who "ignored" me the whole time he/she was attached and only come crying for my company when he/she got dumped.

anyway, recently, i am "plagued" with this "disease". this friend of mine has just broken up with her boyfriend. she called me and cried and said she wanted me to keep her company. well, i dont mind and of course i said " ya, i will keep you company ". however, this is the beginning of my "nightmare". for that weekend, i have to keep her company for 3 FULL DAYS. she never goes to the beach. now she kept pestering me to go to the beach with her. simply because her ex likes to go to the beach. i told her " i am tired ", she kept pestering. after beach, she said to have dinner. after dinner, she asked to go out for drinks. i said ' i am sleepy ' she ignored me. and i dont like to go to a particular beach because it's inaccessible and troublesome and she insisted. fine, we go and there's no sun and it's cold. so i suggested going home. she said she couldnt go home as she would let her thoughts go wild. she would start to imagine her ex and another girl having sex. she would start to imagine her ex having fund with another girl in bali. SERIOUSLY, GET A LIFE. and whenever, we're out, she's always looking for him and asking me why did he want to break up with her. HOW THE FARK I KNOW? her ex sails and she's suddenly into sailing. she said it's soo fun. and she kept pestering me to do it. and i told her " i dont have money and i dont like it " then she kept saying it's nice and etc etc etc. and she kept asking me to hang out with her. i dont mind but it's boring hanging out with her because she kept talking about the ex and about boring stuffs. and even when at the beach, usually i would read a book or just chill. she wanted to keep talking. and the moment we talked, it's about the ex and why the ex doesnt want to be with her and what if the ex is having sex with another girl. SERIOUSLY, HOW THE FARK I KNOW?? and when i told her i need to go to my company's dragonboat practice,she asked if she can come along. i said im going to Spain with my friends, she asked if she can come along. is she THAT desperate? i am sure i am not her only friend. maybe not only am i her backup for boyfriend but im also the backup for her friends.

mmm, maybe im selfish and maybe im a bitch but i really have enough of her. she's really pissing me off by just calling me! i told her i am not "Charlotte" from SATC and I will not tolerate her nonsense for long. i told her she had to stop dramatizing everything! it's really getting on my nerves. argh.