bitching time!

okay am still suffering from NY withdrawal syndrome haha but the sales in Hong Kong is helping quite a bit. amazingly there are sales EVERYWHERE and it's not like " up to 20% on selected items " but " up to 60% on selected items" Six-farking-ty percent! how can anyone resist not buying at all? RIGHT? however, i havent started on my spree. because am still recovering from my NY spree. hahaha but i got a feeling, a very very strong feeling it's going to start soon. GOD HELP ME TO STOP SPENDING! but hard lah.

anyway feel like bitching. although the season of joy, the season of giving, the day that Jesus Christ was born is here, i am still in the bitching mode. maybe because i am going to spend my christmas ALONE. yes. no one has dated me out for Christmas and all my friends are either going back to Singapore or in Singapore. i really wonder how it is like to spend Christmas alone. a friend just called and asked me where i am. i said " home " and he went " wah so early? " haha do i sound sad or what?

Bitching Session #1:

let's start with this AU colleague of mine. went to NY togets with her for training. she's basically a very angry woman. whatever the trainer said, she will have some comments to made. such as " yesh, my clients cannot do this and do that " or " yes, this is very bad for my clients and they are always coming to me for this and that " or yesh, when can we have this or have that? " to make it worse, the AU accent is rather annoying and somehow, it got on my nerves a little, but not enough for me to hate her. BUT, there's this one incident which i totally do not understand her at all. basically one morning, we decide to have bagels for breakfast. me and another colleague thought that they are meeting at the office and going togets. however, it seems that the rest just went straight to the bagels place from hotel. and so LBN offered to buy back bagels for both of us. so when they are back, i happily walked over to get my bagels. another colleague pointed to a desk and said " go take one over there " the moment she said this, before i even move my leg hair, this AU colleague started ranting " Nooooooooooo, those are for the implementation team, i bought for them. yours is with another person. am very sure yours is with him. those you cannot take " and then another said " but there's a lot, just take one " and before i even move my leg hair again, AU colleague went " NOOOOOOOOOOO, im very sure yours is with the other guy, those arent for you" and i was like "okay, chill, i wont take". and so we went to the training room without a bagel for myself. then in the meeting room, another colleaugue offered me half of her bagel and this AU colleague went " NOOOOOOOO, yours is really coming." and the colleague went " never mind, we'll share." and AU colleague went " NOOOOOOOoooooOOOOO" omg! what is her farking problem? first she stopped me from taking one bagel from a bag of 30s and now she's stopping me from sharing bagel? mad woman. and then the man who supposedly have my bagel walked in WITHOUT my bagel and she didnt even say anything. RETARDED! think she wants to attract the implementation guys' attention. no idea why. those guys are either married or ugly. haha!

Bitching Session #2:

this is more mild. this HK colleague of mine is on very good terms with my boss. they are very close and so during classses in NY, they will start with flirt with each other. haha to me, it's pretty alright as im getting used to it. seriously. but to the others, i can see eyes rolling. HAHAHA and then after which, KR colleague will complain to me and i think the AU colleague also buay tahan. HAHAHA im speechless. i dont know what to say. KR colleague asked " how can you tolerate her?" and i said " im used to it already" then on the other hand, HK colleague was bitching to me about how arrogant KR colleague is. im like some information center. everyone comes to me to complain and comment. all i did was like " aiyah! " seriously i have no idea what to say. but anyhow, i think both have some truth in them as these are my personal thoughts as well. HAHA!

Bitching Session #3:

this guy is an old friend cum ex colleague. he's FARKING annoying. he is always in some relationship trouble and he will always come to me for "advice". however he's always so dramatic. this time, he seems to have pissed his ex-gf off by hanging out with his ex-ex-gf. i cannot even remember the details as i m too lazy to remember. every other day, he would call to tell me he's waiting for his ex-gf, doing this for his ex-gf, want to do this for his ex-gf and all the whatever. i told him " YOU'RE SO DRAMATIC. I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU. PLEASE GROW UP AND GET A LIFE ". seriously, he's not a young lad and he has NO JOB and all he can think about is getting his ex-gf back. FOR FARK??!!!! i mean i really dont know if i can believe him totally but i gave him the benefit of doubt. but am quite a biatch as well. everytime he called, i would go " sorry, on the line " or " sorry am out with friends " or "sorry i was sleeping " hahah im 200% bitch! but i really cannot tolerate such guys ALL THE TIME. i feel so annoyed and pestered by him. seriously. so i told him " stop asking me. i dont know what to say already. get a life " sigh. but i think he still wants to tell me. do i really look like a information database? haha!

Bitching Session #4:

another HK colleague of mine pissed me off when i was in NY. when he was in NY for training, i am like his PA. i made calls to his clients, made appointments for him and updated his calendar, do all the shit jobs while he gets all the contracts. but i did it willingly as he's away in NY for training and so i did it. however, when i was in NY, some issues with Standard Chartered Bank came along. it was a legacy problem and i was handling it because this colleague was away previously and i was supposedly covering his arse when i just joined the team and so it's my issue now. BLARDY HELL. the least that he could do is try to help right? guess what he said? he said " i am not copied in any emails. so i am going to close both eyes and let hannah handle " WTF. i was super pissed when i read this. i mean seriously, you're the senior here. you were here when the issue occured. and all you can say is to let me handle when im in farking NY and the client is in HK. seriously, i am super pissed and i really do not thikn he deserved my help at all. and now, i really feel that he's treating me like his PA. whenever there's shitty job or jobs that might get him into trouble he would go " can you help me with this? " and whenever there's a client meeting with contracts possibility, he would go " you need my help with this meeting? " seriously, WTF! i am really not compeitive at all and im more than willing to help but he's pissing me off. another incident that happened today. there were some admin work to be done and im concerned about doing it because it would generate a new account number for the clients and i dont want my clients to get confused. so him being more senior, i asked him for his opinions. he told me " i dont know. oh are you doing the linking now? can you link for me as well? i'll forward to you " farking idiot. i am not your farking PA okay? so this time i told him " are you crazy? no you do it yourself. am not going to do for you " then he said " oh, then i just act blur and dont do it as i dont want to create new account number " seriously, he better not push his luck. i am not such a pushover okay?

i have more bitchy stories but i guess i am tired from all these bitching. shall save some for another time. ooh to end this bitching session on an informative way, Forbes' Richest Hollywood couple is Jay-Z and Beyonce! they earned a total of US 162 million this year, 80 from Beyonce and 82 from Jay-Z. AMAZING!

i LOOOOOOVE new york!

just came back from NY. landed in Hong Kong on Saturday morning. it's Sunday night now. and guess what? I MISS NEW YORK! i so wanna go back there. it was 2 weeks of sheer bliss. i shopped, i ate, i had fun and of course i worked. the main purpose of my 2 weeks stint in NY is for my basic training. stayed at Westin Times Square, amazing location - near Times Square, near 5th avenue, near Port Authority, basically near EVERYTHING. but Westin is only a so-so hotel. not very impressive. wish i could stay in a better hotel but oh wells, cant complain when it's free accomodation! haha!

well, i shopped sooo much that i am so broke now. i bought 4 bags ( 1 for mum), 4 pairs of 9-west shoes, 4 tops, 3 sets of pajamas, 2 pairs of jeans, 2 books, 2 pairs of socks, 1 wallet and watch Mary Poppins on Broadway. and all these only cost me USD 1.3K!! and mind you, all of them are branded stuffs. well coach is a brand. 9 west is a brand. levi's is a brand. HAHA. so happy. but feel damaged, financially that is.

this trip i didnt do much sight-seeing as i have done the NYSE, ground zero, bull, empire state building in my last trip in 2007. this time, i can be seen at 5th avenue, SOHO and central park. some nice pictures i've taken:

5th Avenue basically.

Christmas Tree at Rockfeller. missed the lighting up of the tree on 12/02. was in princeton that day and caught up with my previous team-mates for dinner and drinks. didnt regret a bit. totally enjoyed myself.


we have a beautiful christmas at our office at lexington too. pretty right? actually our NY office is pretty amazing. didnt take any pictures as i was shy and afraid that the security guards will haul me out of the office. ha!

i have no idea why but Central Park is simply such a nice park that i wish i have one full day to spend in that park but i didnt and only went to part of the park which i have already fallen in love with. the trees, the partly frozen lake, the squirrels, the ducks, EVERYTHING.

i also have the chance to go to the lower east side because a very nice colleague invited me to his bar crawl party. basically, in NY, the bars and clubs and lounges are located all over the city. so one of the activities for them is to go from 1 bar to another. from midtown to downtown. amazing. totally enjoyed myself. taught them how to play the asian beer games like 5-10 and 7-up. hillarious. they couldnt understand what im trying to say. too drunk to learn. we were at the 7th bar for the night already. unfortunately, none of these places look like any of the bars that i see in SATC. ooh talking about SATC, i did visit a restaurant which was featured in SATC Season 5 Episode 4, i think. it's the Tao Restaurant. food was pretty good but it's pretty expensive but totally worth it!!!

on a more cultured level, i actually visited 2 musuems - Metropolitan Musuem of Art (MET) and Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). i am soooo glad that i did this. this is the first time i actually visited a museum. honestly speaking, have never stepped into a museum in singapore. one thing that i can take back from these 2 visits, i am in love with Claude Monet. according to wikipedia, Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature. okay i have no idea what is wikipedia trying to tell me but most of the pictures that i've fallen in love with are Claude Monet's. Let me show you some:

arent they beautiful??? especially the last one. i was sooo mesmerized by it that i stood by it for like 5 mins. pretending to understand the stroke and techniques, which i totally dont but i simply love this painting. it's called Ice Floes. and i've also "made friends" with Pablo Picasso, Van Gogh, Dali and many otheres but Claude Monet is my man!

mmmm, although the main stint of this trip is for work purposes but i havent mentioned anything about work. think i shall leave the "juicy" gossip till my next entry. i just want to say I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE NEW YORK!

My Humble and Cozy Home

yes, have finally found and moved into a place where i can call "my home" in Hong Kong. this moving house thingy has taught me that it's very expensive and very tough to move house. previously, living with my parents, my mum will take care of everything and i just got to move my ass. haha now, i know the amount of money and trouble my mum has to go through to move house. but luckily, my mum loves me enough to spend 2 weeks in Hong Kong, mainly to help me to settle down in my new home. hee hee i basically only need to pack my clothes and stuffs into the cupboards while my mum ensures that my toilet, kitchen and the rest of the home is in "working condition". and the end result, a comfortable and nice home. as the saying goes, " pictures paints a thousand words " and so here are the pictures of my humble home:

the kitchen. dont think that i've cut off the kitchen. this is how "big" my kitchen is. hee hee but enough as i dont really cook lah.

the sofa bed next to the kitchen. this is the extra bed which i can offer to my visitor. my house is sooo "big" that i can only afford to have 1 visitor in my house and it's already quite cramped. hahaha

shoe cabinet. honestly speaking, my shoes are wayyyyy too many for this tiny cupboard. so my mum, having good foresight, has shipped over a shoe rack and have placed it next to this cabinet so taht it can hold all my shoes. and i need to stop buying as there's no more space. haha. didnt take a picture of that as it's not exactly pretty but you can catch a glimpse of this in the picture. hee.

the divider. not sure if you can call this that. basically it's just cupboards and storage space that is placed next to my bed to kinda separate the "bedroom" from the "living room". it's pretty empty for now because i want to keep it empty and nice. hopefully i do not get rubbish and fill these spaces up!

the tv. isnt the tv big and nice? haha one of the reason why i love this apartment is the tv that it has. just nice and i can just lie on my bed and watch tv and fall asleep. haha but of course that is bad as it waste electricity and all the what-nots. hahahaha!

the bed. yes this is my bed. basically the houseowner has built a platform to houes the bed and cupboards. it's a very good idea as there are plenty of storage space under my mattress. it's not solid wooden platform but hidden space. so if i have a lot of stuffs, i can actually hide them inside. very good idea. will use that for my OWN home in the future!!!!

alrightly, this is the humble home that i am living in now. think i will be quite comfortable here and should be happy too.

my last week at happy valley *sad*

this is my last week in my service apartment. time really flies, this is my 3rd week in Hong Kong and I have found my place, got my mobile, and more or less know how to get around in Central. i am going to miss this home because it's rather big and happy valley is a good environment. my new home will be in kennedy town and it's much smaller than what im staying now. anyway, it's hope it's cozy and nice, actually i think it is, if not i wouldnt have rented it. HAHA okay im talking rubbish.

anyway the weather has turned cold. shioks! these few days, the temperature ranges from 17 degrees celcius to 24 degrees celsius. it's soooo shioks and the sun is shining brightly and the sky is clear. i wish i was at the beach, suntanning but i have to work. okay, maybe a little too chilly for me to do that. but anyhow, it's good weather! but i am sooo not prepared. when i first arrived, it's still hot and humid and so my clothes are lightweight and thin. but now, these clothes doesnt seem to work anymore and so i went out to buy jackets. take a look:

not bad right? quite happy with my buys. these are from H&M and they are not expensive. the first one cost around SGD 75 and the second one cost around SGD120. for a jacket, i think it's pretty alright. went to zara and mango, SOOOOOO expensive! anyway need to save money as i am going to NY next month for training and im soooo sure im going to spend another fortune there!! *grins*

ooh a friend just visited me over the weekend. shioks! it's nice to have someone to hang out with over the weekend. we went shopping, cutting hair, eating, partying. just like old times, except that currency is different and places are LKF instead of Butter Factory. tomorrow my mum and brother will be arriving. have 2 more friends visiting me in December! shioks! plus my mum and brother will be arriving tomorrow! cant wait to see them!

Am NEVER EVER going to celebrate Halloween!

just got home, pissed and angry. very pissed and angry. farking pissed and angry. just wasted HKD 500 for NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING. all i got was a glass of green tea, 20 pieces of potato chips, lost my heels for my shoes and anger! HKD 500 for all these worthless and valueless items. *ARGH* am soooo pissed and angry that i cant sleep!! *SCREAMS* this is what happen.

10/31/08 was halloween night. apparently it's a BIG thing in HK. people are getting costumes and all ready to party till dawn. i was invited to a private party and to a memebers-only club. was really excited as this is the first time im kinda dressing up ( got a wand and halo hairband) for a halloween party. so was really excited to attend the private party. i was expecting to see a decorated penthouse, with music and food. but when i arrived, it's just strangers, with NO food and NO drinks. NOTHING. just messy rooms with shoes, clothes, empty cups, dirty plates ALL OVER THE PLACE. sooooooo pisssed and sooooooo bored. i was really really disappointed and because i have paid HKD 250 for this, i went around lokoing for food and drinks. NOTHING. only managed to find potato chips and green tea. sianz 1/2 loh.

then the organizers said that we should start going to the club as there is heavy traffic (human and cars) in Lan Kwai Fong (LKF) area. So a group of us took the MTR ( which is like our MRT) from Causeway Bay to Central. when we reached central, they have closed the exit to LKF and made us walked around and around to get to LKF. but the problem is, the club is not even in LKF, it's on hollywood road. but becuase the traffic is controlled, we have to squeezed with the crowd and walked many extra miles just to get to LKF. i was already very pissed off and was sweating because the weather was horrible. I told my friend " hey, i think i am going home " but she said " but you paid already. at least go in and have a look at the club lah " then i was like " okay find, for the sake of my money " so we walked and walked and walked and walked. mind you, it's not flat terrian, it's UPHILL, yes UPHILL. so by the time i reached the club, im like 9/10 sianz and pissed already. accordingly to the organizers, we're on the guest list and should be able to get in. also i've paid HKD 150 for this. BUT when we were at the reception, we were told taht we have to paid HKD 200 more because we arrived after 1am. WHAT THE FARK IS THIS RUBBISH???? and then the UGLY and FAT BOUNCER chased out of the club's reception area and refused to let us in. however, i saw that he has been letting in hodes and hodes and hodes of ang mohs. what the fark!!! just becuase we're asians? such an idiot. i hope he rot in hell. yes im mean but i really hope that he will die a painful death adn rote in hell. he doest not deserve to live at all.

well, this is wayyyyyyy to much for me. so i told my friends " guys, im heading home. this is too farked up " and i jsut walked off. walked a bit more and thank God, a cab came by. hop into the cab and then my friend called and tell me " hey, we're in. " and i go " so? am in a cab too. enjoy! " soooooooooooooo angry with all the farked up arrangement. i am NEVER, EVER going to attend and pay for any more event organzied by this organizers. seriously, im wondering if her bills are really that high that she has to collect so much money from us. the other time, we went clubbing togets. she told us it's HKD 250 each. so we paid. and then on the next day, she suddenly mentioned that it's HKD 350. WTF. biatch!

NEVER am i going to attend any events organized by her. NEVER am i going to accept any invitations from her. NEVER is she going to get a single cent from me again. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!!!! my peeps in Singapore told me that they are going to butter factory to party. i bet they are having a good time and i bet if i were there, i would have a blast!

FUCK!

Week #1 in Hong Kong

one week has passed and im still safe and sound in Hong Kong. i wont say my week went by without any hiccups or happenings but it's pretty okay as well. nothing very very drastic happen but still it's quite an eventful week here.

on tuesday, i was soooo sad. i almost wanted to go home. haha basically, on this day, there is an announcement that my new team will be spilt into 2 and i have to report to a new boss. i have nothing against the new boss but well, i kinda like my old boss. and with this split, there are more people joining us and it's kinda like back to square 1 for my current team. but anyhow, we will get by. was really shocked initially, followed by sad and unsettled and now, im pretty okay. accepting the fact that things have changed. oh well, cliche saying goes: change is the only constant. anyway, im pretty open to this new manager and hopefully, the new team can create sparks and all. ai zhai ai zhai. haha!

and on tuesday, i was feeling sooo pathetic. basically, i went to a mobile shop near my office to get a line. and when i reached there at 720pm, it has closed. darn. so the gung-ho me decided to take a train to the Causeway Bay and try to locate a simliar shop. and so that's what i did but it's not soo simple. i asked around and walked and walked, aimlessly, without knowing where i was and where i was going. the only aim is to looking for the mobile shop and thank God, i found it. so i got my line. then i asked around where is Wan Chai Road as i need to take a bus back and i followed some isntructions and walked and walked and walked. Aimlessly again. i've walked past 5 macdonalds and several bus-stops but i still did not find my bus. so wanted to call someone to ask BUT i dont have any numbers on my mobile. how sad is that? so i walked and walked and finally, took a cab home, only to realize the next day that i am just 1 metre away from the bus-stop that has my bus. ARGH. anyhow, i told my colleagues the next day and one of them was soooo sweet. he told me " oh man, call me. come give me your mobile. " hee hee. if he's not married, i would have marry him RIGHT AWAY!!!

other than that, i was busy with house-hunting. sooo difficult and so tiring. HK is sooo hilly and i have to walked up and down, up and down. but thank God, my agent is really good. she's very nice and sweet and has shown me many many apartments. some of them are pretty alright, some are small, old and dirty. the bigger and nicer ones are beyond my budget BUT im in a good position for bargains as the market is really bad. hee hee. thus far, have viewed 24 apartments and i have fallen in love with some. anyway i think i am more or less decided on which apartment to rent but i need my agent to negotiate for a cheaper price. hee hee. remember i have the bargaining power now. hehe! am pretty excited about getting my own house though.

oh there was a farewell party for a manager on friday. so i went because (1) FREE booze, (2) FREE food ( but only finger food, (3) networking (sigh). it was pretty alright. i had quite a bit as it's FREE but i was really hungry as there's only finger food. sigh. networked a bit by introducing myself to the sales team and also chit-chatted to some managers. wanted to talk to more girls from my department but they didnt even say " hi " to me. sob sob. i guess they really dont like me. HAHA do i look like i care? not really right? haha this is bad. anyway, it's pretty fun and interesting to see the mangers drunk and dancing crazily. but i still miss partying with my peeps in Singapore.

ooh, halloween this friday and i've gotten a party to attend. looking forward to it. darn, need to get a costume. need to spend money again. sigh.

my "first day" in Hong Kong

today is my first day in Hong Kong as a Hong Kong citizen. was pretty annoying. haha! getting all the things settled and all, so mafan, i want to go home! haha! took my 1-way trip from Singapore to Hong Kong last night and landed in Hong Kong around 1130pm. Luckily i "ordered" limoursine service to ferry me to my service apartment ( 1 month only ) at happy valley. quite shioks, S320 plus happy valley. feels like a rich person. happy valley is very holland village-ish. near town but yet residential. if i have the means, i would definitely want to stay here FOREVER. haha okay, maybe not forever but for as long as im in HK. this is how my "home" looks like:

this is part of the living room.
part of the bedroom.
this is the bed, quite big right?
the toilet and the BIG TV. hee hee.

have checked online. the cost for renting this current " home" is HKD 24,000 per month which is about SGD 5000 per month. CAN DIE right? if i rent here, i have to work as their chamber maids loh. hahaha. so too bad, i cannot continue staying here. got to enjoy myself now as much as possible.

opened my bank account with DBS HK today. soooo dumb. DBS HK and DBS SG are not "related" at all. dont understand. arent they under the same family called DBS. why they cannot check my SG account or whatsoever and kept asking me for HK whatever. sighz. but finally managed to open an account. then wanted to get a HK mobile line. BUT, because my HK ID is not ready yet, i have to pay a HKD 3000 refundable deposit. MAD! so i told the guy, " i'll come back tomorrow with my HK ID " and he said " sure " hahaha. waste of my time. then i went to the local supermart to get some food such as bread and instant noodles. supposed to last me through the weekend or whatever loh. hopefully lah. quite fun actualy to do grocery shopping. heh heh. maybe one day i will bump into my ONE TRUE LOVE, just like the movies. maybe. one fine day. maybe.

alrighty, need to be realistic and find my own apartment. please, let me get a CHEAP and HUGE one. CONVENIENT, FULLY-FURNISHED. haha am i asking too much? oh well, one never knows. seriously. really. *yawnz*

17 boxes!

the movers came to my house today to move my stuffs. it's rather amazing. i have 17 boxes to be shipped over. haha dont ask me what did i bring. honestly speaking, only my clothes, shoes and bags! 4 boxes of clothes, 2 boxes of shoes and 2 boxes of bags. the rest, i really have no idea. guess it's all the daily necesities which my mum bought for me while everyone else says i can get them in Hong Kong. haha i guess my mum is just worried that i wouldnt know where to get those stuffs. but oh wells, i agree with her! hahaha anyway she's coming over in November to help me to unpack and settle in. hee hee. feeling sooo loved.

now i am living out of my suitcases. haha! and my room seems soo empty now. i also shifted my room's furniture to give my room a new look. or rather, my brother prefers to call it his room! he kept asking me to remove all my "names" from the room but i told him " NO WAY! " i think i am so childish for my age ya, fighting with a 16-year-old kid over a room.

on another note, i realized that i do miss my piano kids. hee hee the other day i just bought macdonalds for 3 of them as they asked me for children's day presents. and they were so happy to see me ( although i think it's more because of macdonalds than myself but i dont care ). they even smsed me to tell me that they will miss me and will keep in touch with me via emails and ask me to teach them again when i'm back from Hong Kong. 2 more mothers told me to contact them so that i can teach their kids again. hee hee guess im a GOOD TEACHER ya? actually i also miss the extra income. hahaha

also, i realized, ever since my relocation has been officialized, i have been having farewell parties, dinners and lunches with the same people. haha! been partying almost every week with the same group of peeps and also having lunches and dinners with people all over again. i told everyone that i wanted to take pictures with them so that i can stick them all over my wall in HK but i also forgot and in the end, i realized i didnt take any pictures. too busy chatting and yakking away that i forgot my mission. oh well, doenst really matter, im coming back in 3 months' time. hahaha!

mmmm been surfing the web for autumn/winter fashion. HAHA! trying to get some inspiration so that i can go HK and purchase fashionable but cheap stuffs from Mongkok! looking forward to wearing my boots again!! yay!!

okok i think am just bored and blabbering rubbish. 17 boxes. will have a hard time unpacking man.

crying

it's been a week since i have come back from Hong Kong. there are some thoughts running throught my head and all but somehow but yet they dont seems to exist at all. it's like as much as i am looking forward to my new life in Hong Kong, i am missing my usual life in Singapore. as much as i would love the independence and exposure and experience Hong Kong can give me, i am missing my family, friends and everything here already when i am still physically in Singapore.

this is really weird. because all along, i have been yearning to live and work overseas and be totally on my own. and i have always been proud of myself for being able to be alone. but now, it seems that i am not as "strong" as i thought i am. there have been conversation exchanged with my family and friends that have made my eyes brim with tears. especially when the replies that i've gotten are sooooo sincere and thoughtful.

for example, yesterday i was just jokingly asking my youngest brother: " are you going to miss me? " i was expecting answers like " no lah, i can have my own room now." (we're kinda sharing a room now haha) or " remember to give me money before you go ah ". instead this is what he said: " okay lah, a bit. when you're there, you send me a picture of you every month okay? then i know if you have grown fatter or not. " when i heard this reply, tears just flowed from my eyes and i was telling myself: I DONT WANT TO GO HK ALREADY!! and when my grandma asked me to go to her house so that she can cook dishes that i love to eat, i was really really touched. and when i saw how my mum fussed over the things that she want me to bring over so that i can settle down nicely, i felt soooo much love. and when friends tell me that they will miss me and ask me to meet up for lunch or hang out, i seriously am thinking: how can i leave all these behind just like that????? some friends have also mentioned that they want to send me off on 10/19. i am really not willing to let them come at all because i dont want to cry on that day. i can foresee myself getting all emo and drama when i see my family and friends asking me to take care and etc etc etc. sigh. when did i become so "weak" ?

seriously, now i realize it's not that easy to just drop whatever you have at home and just unplucked and move. although it may seems easy physically but emotionally, there will be difficulties. but anyhow, i see this as a good oppotunity to learn and grow up and i have promised myself that i will not cry on the day that people send me off. i want them to remember the smiley hannah and not the sobbish hannah. but then again, what if i cannot control? haha aiyah. tough tough tough.

only 1 week left. i have taken time off to spend more time at home but it seems that im still going out almost every day to meet up with friends. mmm, didnt know im so popular. haha! i guess i am not as lonely as i thought i was. sighz. i really need to control my tears. MUST CONTROL TEARS!

hong kong - love it or hate it

well well, this seems like a dream, seriously. everything's happening but yet it doesnt seems to be real. truly yours is relocating to hong kong! yes yes RELOCATING TO HONG KONG! will be working in hong kong for 2 years and in a totally different role and different team - Data Sales. doesnt it sound exciting? truly excited to move and all but yet am scared as well. honestly, to work and live in HK has been my longest dream and funnily it's coming true now! unbelieveable!

been in Hong Kong for the past 2 weeks. didnt feel much as am still living in hotel and eating on company's expense. haha! so when people ask me: " so how's hong kong?" i cannot answer them at all. but then my relocation date has been confirmed: 10/20/08 and from that day onwards i will be holding a Hong Kong working visa and citizen card. isnt that exciting?? living on my own, looking for my own apartment, everything within my own budget. but this also means that i cannot spend as much as how im spending now. :( yup, although im relocating, i am not on an expat package. it's a local hire package so financially, it is not making sense at all. but i still agree to this as i really want to expose myself to a different environment and seek different opportunities while im still young!!! agree? amen!!

well, for now, i am hoping that the rental will go down since the market has been going down. i know it's not good to gloat over a financial recession but it would really help me financially. also i need to settle my apartment and also to get myself all settled down. thankfully, i have a few friends here ( locals and singaporeans ) and they are very willing to help me. in fact, my very own colleagues are equally willing too! am feeling so blessed BUT i would love to be blessed with money too! haha! i can imagine myself living here, taking the MTR, public buses, partying at LKF, eating at Cha Chan Ting and etc etc etc. hee hee pretty excited, seriously!

i am sooo going to miss all my family and friends in Singapore and am pretty sure they will miss me too. haha but no worries everyone, I WILL BE BACK!!! :) oh on another note, i am going to NY for training in December!! how cool is that. hee hee looking forward to that, totally!

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.

Prison Break Season 4!!!

previously on prison break......*hahaha* okay maybe to some not funny, but i really like to say this line. anyway, recently, we have a REAL prison break episode happening in the usually tranquil and happy singapore!!! it's BIG BIG BIG BIG news in a SMALL SMALL SMALL country like us. the JI head - Mas Salamat has escaped from the detention center. well, if you need more coverage, googled it and you get tons of hits on this.

anyway, it's like watching Prison Break with a much much much uglier main lead. haha! if only Mas Salamat is as handsome as Wentworth Miller and all. haha okay i sound like a bimbo now. anyway, maybe Singapore Police can learn from PB. check for any tattoos that Mas has and search his cell for any special equipment. Then get a very very analytical detective like Mahone to track Mas down. who knows, it might just work. haha!

actually, it's kinda weird. it's been so many days and no one asked the family members of Mas? is he all alone here in Singapore? and i mean Singapore is pretty small and our security has been something which i believe most Singaporeans are proud of but suddenly they couldnt find this man? and i think the whole of Singapore is very very very curious about how a man with a limp can escape and still not be found. many void deck aunties and uncles speculate that Mas was beaten to death in the detention center and so in order to "cover up" this bloody mess, they let out news that he has escaped, staged this whole Mas operation and then a few more days, they will announce that they have found the body. HAHA! these aunties and uncles must have watched too much tv and movies. HAHA!

the other night, was trying to explain to my grandma in broken hokkein about this man and asking her to be careful. she's quite cute. she kept insisting that there are 2 men on the loose - one with beard, one without! and she kept saying that this is not real, just a show because she has sooo much faith in our Singapore Police Force. anyway managed to convince her that only ONE man is on the loose and she must lock her doors at ALL TIME. and she kept complaining that these people are very mean and kept asking me why they are so mean. haha sometimes, old women have the funniest ideas.

anyway, let's hope that he would be caught soon.

i am not closing this. haha

it seems that a lot of people are closing down their blogs or writing lesser and lesser. i guess as time goes by, there's lesser things to write and lesser energy to maintain one? not very sure of the reason for the closure but well, i am NOT going to close this, not because i am so popular that people's asking me not to close. not because that i have a lot more to write. not because i have a lot of energy to maintain. simply because, i am not closing it. haha no reason. okay i am blabbering, no idea why. haha

oh, my India trip has been confirmed. i will be flying on 03/09/08 to Mumbai and will be there till 03/14/08. then im flying to Delhi on 03/14/08 and back to Singapore on 03/15/08. only 1 meeting with the vendor on 03/15/08 in the morning and flight back home is at night 11pm. SO...i want to go to Taj Mahal!!!! hahaha hopefully i can make it as it will take 2 hours to reach there via the express train. quite looking forward to this trip but yet am quite afraid as well. haha!

oh and im going to ISRAEL! yay! since my Japan trip has been postponed and another group of friends cannot confirm the London trip, i have agreed to go Israel with my piano teacher. it will be for 2 weeks and i think im paying about 3k which i thought was a good deal. hee hee will get the itinery this weekend from my teacher, then will see what are the things im going to do. am really really really really excited!!! heh heh

then i want to go Spain in September, most probably Madrid and Barcelona. still in the midst of planning. My Japan trip will most probably be in October i think. haha so many trips, so little money. one of my friends asked me " where are you going to get all the money? " very very good question. i seriously dont know. hopefully everything will work out. so no more shopping and eating good food for me. i need to save save save. hahaha!

and today, i felt long and heavy tremors at work. another earthquake at Indonesia's Sumatra Island, 7.2 magnitude. it was really scary. the tremors were rather long and i was really feeling giddy and nauseous. let's pray that there wont be a tsunami. poor sumatra, so many earthquakes. imagine living there, always in the fear of earthquake and tsunami.

on a gossipy note, my friend told me that angelina jolie is pregnant, AGAIN! is ehe a sow or what? how many children is she going to have? doesnt she practice birth control or she just have sooo much sex with brad pitt? haha! anyway, i dont mind being their children. such gorgeous mum and dad, not to forget rich and famous. sigh, maybe i should write an email to them to ask if they want a daughter of age 27 haha. do you think. angelinajolie@hollywood.com and bradpitt@hollywood.com will work? haha!

gong xi fa cai!!

wow, havent written anything for the longest time. not that i am that busy but then i am that lazy. haha! anyway had a really good break because of chinese new year! hee hee very shioks, if only every week is like that - 3 working days week, shioks!

anyhow, nothing much happened or to do during chinese new year. basically it's the same every year and as you grow older, you get less excited about chinese new year. but thank god, my relatives still "remember" me. i still get the same number of ang pows and the same amount as before. i was soooo afraid that because i am hitting 30 and that i have started working, they will start reducing the amount they have been giving me! haha! well, as the saying goes, " money not enough lah". basically, this year, my family sing song, talk cock and play mahjong, literally. on chu yi, we went singing in chinatown, on chu er, we gambled in my uncle's house. as for talking cock, whenever we sit down for dinner, we start talking cock! haha! we even caught a movie together, all 16 of us.

as for the choice of movie, we selected " Ah Long Pte Ltd ". newspapare critics gave it only 1/2 star but still we decided to give local production our support. actually, it's not that bad but it's not good either. i think it's because in this moive, cantonese is used more than hokkien and so the jokes were not so funny and crude. Mark Lee is the main highlight and joke of the movie thought. some parts were pretty boring, some of my family members fell asleep. HAHAHA! i almost too. on hindsight, we should have watched CJ7 but then i guess we thought our grandma would appreciate Jack Neo more as she recognized him. anyway, this is not something that i would recommend.

on another note, the Edison Chan's scandal was hitting the headlines everyday ya. dont people get tired of such things? i mean initially it was soemthing interesting and all that but now, it's the same old news. same girl, same scandal, same man, same reason, same motives, everything's the same. but my parents are quite interesting. haha! they asked me to google the pictures for them as they are interested to see how scandalous the pictures are. my dad's friend even gave him a website but my blur dad forgot the address. and so i googled and showed them and their reactions were " eeeeeeeeeeee " haha! and then my mum said " aiyoh, so mean. dont see already. they are also of parent-born " haha! eh, they are the ones who ask me to google. i didnt offer okay? anyway, it's quite disgusting and not artistic at all. i thought Edison would be more artistic. haha! anyway, after seeing his dick, i told my friends " his dick very nice" and then my guy friends replied " why? very big? " and i said " no, not big. looks normal but looks smooth " and they couldnt stop laughing. i wonder why. im just speaking the truth. haha!

on another note, my uncle made a bet with me and the stake is his Audi A4 Cabriolet which cost 200,000! haha! he said, if i can get married by the end of 2008, he would give me his Audi as a gift! woo hoo!! anyone out there willing to get married with me? get the car and we can get divorce! haha he didnt state any other criteria! so let's get married!! *laughs*

Last and First Moments...

i must say, my 2007 ended in a very stressful manner. i met up with a newly married couple and 2 other friends for dinner, peaceful dinner. just catching up and all. well, we decided to make a trip to Butter Factory as another friend of ours was there. i kept teasing the couple to party along with us but i know they wont as they are not in the mood to party. however, upon reaching the club, the husband decided to go in for a drink! surprise surprise! now the wife is not exactly excited about this because she's not in any partying clothes but this didnt matter to the husband. and somehow, they started quarelling and the time was 1140pm!! oh my god, 20 minutes to the new year and im stuck with another friend in the middle of a domestic quarrel. we were at our wits' end, seriously. and so we waited for a while, hoping that they would stop but it didnt really happen. finally we mustered all our courage to walked up to the couple and tried to smooth things out. the time was 1155pm! we talked to the couple for a while, trying to calm them down and suddenly, we saw fireworks and everyone's just shouting " HAPPY NEW YEAR!" sighz, this is how i end my 2007 and start my 2008? kinda anti-climatic as i was all excited about partying and all. haha! but anyhow, they did make up after all so it's not so bad. my most stressful 30 minutes of 2007!

and my first day of 2008 was quite cool as well. met up with my secondary chums for lunch as one of us is a january baby. during the lunch, we were discussing about celebrating 2008 christmas together, haha! and were were planning to meet up more often. haha! this is because, basically we only meet up during the months when one of us is celebrating our birthday during that month. and being the women of actions, our next gathering is on 01/20/08 - brunch at Pan Pacific!! yay! quite looking forward to it. also caught a movie with another group of friends, watched AVP2. i LOVED it! although it didnt get good reviews and not many people like it, i thought it was good! i looooooooooooove the predator! soooo cool and soooooo handsome! some scenes were really really cool!!! one of my new year resolution is to make my secondary school chums to catch a movie with me!!! interestingly, although we've been friends for 10 years, we have totally different tastes in music and movies. they listen to chinese and cantonese songs, i listen to english. they watch japanese, korean and some english shows, i watch mostly english shows. all of them REFUSED to watch "Stardust" with me!! i begged and promoted that show but none of them gave in. haha! am going to force them to watch " Todd Sweeny" with me in March, on my birthday! haha!

anyway, caught "body 19" and "one missed call" on saturday. heh heh LOVED the former and HATED the latter. body 19 is really good, scary but yet logical. one missed call has it's frightening moments but it's sooooo senseless and ring-ish, ending sucks BIG time! got the urge to watch " america gangsta " still finding company. date me if you're keen. haha!

actually nothing exciting has happened. spent my weekends doing basically nothing, actually am spring-cleaning my room. haha! am very very determined to throw away tons of things to make my room a minimalist. wish me luck, tons of luck!