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.

HOLIDAYS...

went for 2 holidays already and im pining for my next holiday. argh. this sucks. why do i have to work? why cant i be "Hannah Hilton"? then i can just travel around the world. i should have been more determined to lose weight when i was younger and become and air stewardess and then i can travel around the world. argh. this sucks. im always looking saving $$$ and then i'll spend it holidaying. at this rate, i will never be able to save $$$. this sucks. 

well, first destination is Langkawi. nice short getaway where i got a nice tan. hee hee. i miss the sun. havent seen the sun for a long time. went with a friend whom i met 2 years ago on my Israel trip. we went to mangrove swamps, eagle-feeding, fish farms, bat caves and we even dived. talking about diving, it's super duhz. we signed up for the diving thingy but we said we both forgot our license. when we signed up for it, they said we can speak with the dive masters/instructors and we should be able to dive. but on the day, we spoke with that dude and he refused to let us dived as we dont have our licenses with us and he said we can only do the beginner stuffs which is to dive around the boat. my friend was pissed as she's an advanced diver! haha. anyway we argued with the dude and then finally, some kind uncle said we can join them. yay! seriously, those who refused to let us dive were CRAZY. why would we lie that we can dive when we cant? who in the world would lie about diving??! i mean it's not like drinking. if you lie that you're above 18 to drink, that's fine.why would we lie that we can dive when we cant? we're not on a suicide trip!!! we were in langkawi to enjoy!! then we concluded that the malay instructor was lazy and didnt want to bring us down. hahaha. anyway, the 2 dives that we had was not fantastic. it's not clear and there's nothing much to see. sigh. but overall, it's a very chilled trip.

 the mangrove swamp that we went. basically nothing much to see and so we camwhore a lot. and so there's not much pictures of anything else but moi. hahaha. 

haha so this is me. and below is my friend and i. many commented that we look like sisters. but i always insist that im the younger and prettier one. hahaha.

after this sunny trip,i made a trip to LONDON!! this is my first trip to London and my first trip to Europe. i was uber excited. i cannot contain my excitement. and my accommodation was free as my friend has just relocated to London. so it's AMAZING. i did all the touristy stuffs and i also did the local stuffs. i went to Oxford, Bath and Stonehedge. I hung out at the locals with british and hungarians. i drank almost everyday and i visited museums and took the underground. i even went to work for a day. oh, i also took a speed boat down River Thames, visited castles, went up the London Eye, and met up with friends in London. the only thing that i didnt do is to watch a musical. i decided to drink instead of watching. hahaha. i want to go back to London again. and guess what? i think i am. haha im planning my next trip to Spain and i have decided to drop by London and then to Spain. hee hee. oh, not to mention, i made new friends in London and they are such fun people to hang out with. they are forever drunk and hungover and so they are always wasted and funny. hahaha. and people always say the weather in london was gloomy and all. well, the 8 days that i was there, it was sunny and nice. oh and i didnt have a chance to sip english tea with the queen. think she's out of town. oh well, will do it another time. hahaha. ooh and i wanted to go MOS but everyone kinda said it's expensive and not worth and so i ended up in the locals ( this is what they call their usual drinking hangout ). i really hope my company can send me to London for like 3 months stint or exchange. that would be my dream come true. sigh.  

I so need to take these 2 pictures. they are the typical London things. right???? hahahaha.

 the famous London Eye which our Singapore Flyer copied from. I actually took it on a sunny day and it's quite awesome. it's very pretty. 

this is the Parliment House. I wanted to see this badly as I remembered Harry Potter and gang flew past it in the latest movie. haha i asked if i can do the same and everyone kinda ignored me. 

the famous bridge of London. i always thought this is London bridge but i was told that this is Tower Bridge. London bridge is just a normal bridge. hahaha. 

and i went to the Oxford castle. it wasnt what i expect it but oh well, it's still a castle. hee hee. my all-time dream to visit a castle. i need to start looking for suitable castles for my wedding. hahaha.

this is Oxford. makes me feel like studying again. same feeling i got when i visited Princeton 3 years ago. haha i think maybe i should seriously consider studying but then again, i may  not be smart enough to get into these ivy-league school. haha. 

oh went to Windsor Castle too. this is like the summer house of the Queen. too bad she's not around to have tea with me. but it's amazing. i love this castle. it's actually livable. haha. very very interesting. 

i finally see the guards!!!! they are sooo serious. and i wonder when they were marching and with all these tourists taking pictures and looking at them, what are their thoughts. if im one of them, i would definitely be very conscious of how i look and if i look fat and if my hat is crooked and if i would look good in the camera. and if there's some cute girls taking pictures, i would love to ask her for her name. hahaha. 

this is at Bath. we went to the Roman Bath, which i thought wasnt great but the town itself or whatever you called it, is extremely pretty. i would love to retire in UK. but that is provided it's always spring time haha which is impossible. hahaha. 

and how can i not go to the Stone Hedge? i forced my friends to go with me and i told her i NEED to go to this place. but to be honest, it's nothing much. haha just stones. i cant even go near them. they are like 50 m away. haha and all we can do is walked around it and take pictures and every other pictures look almost the same. i wonder why does it not look like the wallpaper. haha. guess i need a better camera. 

and my final attempt to have tea with the Queen. i went all the way to Buckingham Palace and was told she's at Windsor. argh. i think she's avoiding me on purpose. I wonder why. oh well, never mind. i will get in touch with her again. and too bad i missed the changing of guards.

sigh, i need a holiday again!!!!

Where is my Personal Space?

have been wondering and thinking if i should delete my facebook account. maybe im just paranoid or maybe i am really too affected by my boss.i have people from my office who are my "friends" on facebook too. and so when i have updates or pictures uploaded or when i made comments, everyone can kinda see it. and somehow, some of the comments i made or updates that i made, according to my boss, can be misleading. 

seriously, i was appalled. this is because i never put things like " i hate my job " or " i hate my boss " or " i wanna quit " something like that. things that i put on my FB are mostly personal. yes some of them are evoked from frustrations at work and it may be linked to that BUT it's not obvious, at least to me. unless you know me or are working with me or whatever.but even if it's obvious, DOES IT MATTER? this is my personal life and i am a human. whatever happen will affect me in some ways or another. agree? so why am i devoid of this right simply because i have work people on my friends list? this is absurd!

i remembered there was this time, i said " i need to stop shopping" and my friend outside of work commented that i need not stop shopping as im earning $50,000 a month. now, this is a private joke between my friend and i as we always tease each other about how "much" we are earning. and my boss (who is also my friend) actually told me that this is very misleading because people might actually think that i am earning that much money (in hkd of course ) and that we are giving the wrong image to the other teams. SERIOUSLY, this is too much. i told him this is a private joke between friend and i. and he suggested to me to comment back to say i am earning $500,000,000 or some absurd numbers so that it's obvious that it's a joke. SERIOUSLY. isnt this too much? 

and yesterday, im not sure what happened but i think there are some negative comments/gossips about me in Singapore. somehow, these comments/gossips kinda reached my global manager and i think she might have mentioned something to my manager. so my manager told me again that i must be extremely careful with my friends in Singapore. he emphasized again that they may appear to be friends but they are not friends. he again told me to be very careful of what i say to people in Singapore and i should really do something about my FB. seriously, FACEBOOK AGAIN??? this sucks. i was kinda frustrated and i almost deleted my FB account but there are many who arent my co-workers. i thought about deleting those co-workers but then i think it's not worth it at all. 

this really pissed me off as i really hate it when my personal life is affected by my work life. anyway, have decided im going to keep my FB account and will block certain comments from those co-workers or maybe i should create a 2nd FB account. HAHAHAHA. but too much work for something that is personal. seriously, this sucks.

Random Stuffs

Been quite a while since I last wrote.not that my life is unhappening but just that it's too random to be put into one post. but yet, all these small snippets actually made up my life. i guess my life story is a combination of millions of short stories. 

well, i think i just lost a group of old friends. all because i refused to be part of the bridesmaid team because i was not able to get the same dress. to be honest, it's very silly but i really dont know why i was so stubborn. basically, we were supposed to make bridesmaid dresses togets but because im not in singapore, they made the dress without me. but they did told me to give them my measurements and they will make the dress for me. i refused as i know it's not going to be a nice dress and all the shit. but honestly, it's not my wedding, i need not look the best. but still, i refused. i told them i am quitting and i dont see the point. and besides, im just part of the bridemaids team because i am conveniently part of the group. that pissed them off BIG TIME. and then to make matters worse, i didnt go to the dinner in the end. i chose to go to my uncle's dinner instead. the reason? well, i just feel that they dont want me to be there. i dont have the invitation card, i dont know what's going on, no one updated me, no one contacted me. so fine, whatever. haha. seriously, i think im very childish but i guess this is just how i really feels and thinks. 

after taking on a managerial role, im dying from all the stress. it's NOT FUN at all to be a manager. in fact, it's so stressed that i have "collapsed" several times after i've taken on the role. SO NOT FUN. i couldnt control myself and i got personal. and i get pissed off very easily and it's really very difficult for me. i have a team which everyone is earning more than me and being more experienced. and it didnt help that my boss is a great manager and everyone's so used to his style and i cant do what he does. in the beginning, one of my team mates actually called me and told me that i need to be like my manager in order to gain respect from them. i was like " WTH". oh well, i guess im screwed? hahaha. anyway, i have just decided. i am going to give myself 6 months. by 2nd quarter of 2010, i want my team to adapt to my leadership style. by 1st quarter, i will stop being nice and friendly. i want to be more firm and get my instructions across. i will do my best to "protect" my team but i cannot do it the way my boss does it. so if my team thinks im useless, too bad. that's me. and by 2nd quarter 2010, i want them to respect me for who i am. i have the capability and i have the skills. so they have no right to despise me simply because im younger and less experienced. 

i want to go to the beach again. had great time in langkawi. sunny and i got a nice tan. not too burnt. just nice. swim, laze, dive and eat. shioks. but im going to london in april. shioks too. never been there. super excited. hopefully the weather is good. cant wait to go holidaying again. haha it's bad as everytime i go holidays, i lose my momentum at work. but oh well, i need to balance my work and personal life. hee hee.

ooh, one of my good friend's sister is getting married and she asked me to be part of the bridesmaid. haha. i told her about my incident with my old friends. she told me " okay, i will give you all the details by june. " she's getting married in november. HAHAHA. i guess i was very direct and frank when telling her my story. and then she asked me to help her look out for dresses. so i started to google. and i fell in love with this:

isnt the dress on the right so pretty? i love it sooo much that i am saving this picture in my hard drive. HAHAHA. and why is it so pretty? it's by vera wang. maybe i can ask her if she can sponsor me just like how she sponsor carrie bradshaw. i should start writing columns! hahaha. and no, i am not desperate to get married. in fact, i think i may never get married. i have commitment phobia.

Happy Chinese New Year

am back in Singapore for 2 weeks for CNY. it's a super long holiday. i like it and im dreading going back to HK to work. sigh. once back in HK, i may have my own privacy, my own house and all, but i also have my own laundry to do, my own house to clean and etc. sigh. over here, everything's done nicely for me. heh heh. i even got a "personal chauffeur".

anyway, 1.5 weeks have passed. what have i been doing? 3 things - EAT, SLEEP, NUAH. hahaha. this is really life. i wish i can do that for the rest of my life but still get paid. sigh. but then again, by doing these 3 things, i am getting fatter too. so maybe it's not such a good idea after all. but then again, i really do not mind getting fat if i can get paid to bum around. anyways, i should stop dreaming.

did some shopping with mum and friends. woah, there's a lot of new shopping malls in Singapore. huge and confusing. haha wonder why do they make it so confusing for shoppers to shop. also, some of the roads that i used to frequent has also changed. i have been getting lost on the roads for the past few days. i either make a wrong turn or didnt make a turn and ended up in some places that i have no freaking idea where i was. but thankfully, i still manage to find my way home. haha.

well, the good news is, im coming back again for work next week. YAY!!!

Taylor Swift..??!!

i am very sure everyone know who is Taylor Swift. if one doesnt, then i think one has a serious problem. she's everywhere. on every award show, every prestigious whatever crap, country music, best newcomer, etc etc, she's always the winner. even on fashion police, she's the most well-dressed. seriously i dont understand why. is she that good? i mean she is decent-looking and quite pretty but not gorgeous, in my opinion that is.

i mean how pretty is that? she is a typical blond chick if you ask me. and her songs, i dont even know what songs she sings. hahaha. apparently she's a songwriter too. and she's a country singer/writer. something like Shania Twain and Leann Rimes. but seriously, i dont think she is THAT great. i dont know why everyone kept gushing about her. and said she's the next big thing.

 

okay, based on the above dress, she was named the best-dressed in Grammy awards 2010. seriously. is it that beautiful? i mean yes, the dress is beautiful but i dont think she's that beautiful at all. i just dont like it that she's winning all the awards and getting all the praises when i really dont think she's that great. hahaha. or maybe she'll be like norah jones. win everything in one year, and then it's downhill all the way. 

and did i mention, she was dating Taylor Lautner. yes yes, Jacob. THANK GOD HE WOKE UP AND REALIZED SHE'S NOT THAT GOOD. hahaha. okay actually i dont really care if they are still dating as i dont really like him as well. but seriously, he can definitely get someone MUCH MUCH MUCH better. they dont look good togets at all.

 

a good-looking couple would be the following:

see, this is what i mean by a good-looking couple. Selena looks soooo much better with Taylor. Swift looks too boring for him, agree? or personally, i prefer this couple:

hahahaha yes, im a little biased but oh well, i just think zac and vanessa look sooo good together.

anyway, back to Taylor Swift. i really have nothing much to say about her. haha because i dont even want to know her. when i googled "Taylor Switft", to be honest, there arent many fansites at all. maybe one or two. i mean if she's taht popular and talented and all the shit, shouldnt there be more fans out there making fansites for her? or maybe her fans are just her own family and friends. haha. 

New Home!!

just moved into my new house. actually not just just but it's been almost a month since i moved here. didnt update anything for so long because i just got my internet up and running. the stupid internet and cable tv thingy was not working in my building and so it took a while. anyway, everyone's kinda bugging me for pictures of my new house. and so here it goes.

this is my bedroom. very simple. as the name suggests, i can only put a bed there. hahaha

this is the other room. it's more like a "walk-in wardrobe". but it's kinda messy. hahaha.

this is the view of the 2 rooms.

the living room....which is just next to the rooms and it's not exactly a room. maybe i should call it "living area". haha

 

my shoe cabinet and dining area. actually they are all near the living area. i didnt even have to move myself. i only need to stay on the same spot and turn. hahaha. that's my vacuum cleaner at the side.

this is the kitchen. it's very bright and cheery. unfortunately, i really dont cook. i think i need to learn some easy cooking so that i can save $$$. good idea?

 

 well this new house is much bigger than my previous one. this is 500 square feet and it's in the mid-levels. tihis means that im nearer to town and work and the rent is very expensive. so im sooo broke now. i really wish i can meet someone who is handsome, rich, generous, kinda, smart, humorous and loves me like crazy and will pay my rent and everything for me. heh heh.

First Entry of 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

today is the 7th day of 2010, and so many things have happened. actually i exaggerated a little. haha. but within the first 2 weeks of January, i have to do sooo many things! but then again, i also have no idea why i have so many things to do. haha i guess i am just exaggerating again. maybe my new year resolution should be to stop exaggerate.

anyway, i have decided to move and i have found my new house. it's bigger but also more expensive. sigh. but it's going to be in a better location and i can actually walk to work. so hopefully, my transport expenses will reduce dramatically. just paid 3 months' rental and i am sooo broke now. and im moving this weekend and so i have to pack now and then over the weekend, i have to clean and unpack. and my mummy is not around this time. *sob sob* but i have to learn to be independent. another new resolution: to be an independent woman!! but i have heard many said that i am TOO independent. haha.

oh i am officially "promoted". *smilez* now, i am a team leader and i am "managing" a team of 6, 3 in HK and 3 in TKY. this means that i can go to tokyo VERY OFTEN. hahahaha. so happy. but seriously, it's stressful. now i have to think and strategize and help the team to push for sales and to bring in revenue. now i dont have individual revenue but team revenue. and guess what? i have only done this job for a year and so everything's extremely new to me. but i have much confidence in myself and i trust that God will bless me and give me the strength and whatever to help me to succeed. hallelujah. only bad thing is, the increment (if any) will only come at the end of the year. sigh. this is how my company works. never mind. i'll gain in other ways.

oh well, i spent my new year's eve in Vietnam. shioks. have taken some pictures but will not be able to post till i have moved. as i think i have packed my wires and all into one of the boxes. haha. oh well, talking about boxes, i need to pack again. *shrugs*

my new man...

  

hee hee, this is really my new man. i cannot resist a smart, cunning, analytical, sexy man like this. even Edward Cullen had to take a step back let this man take the first place in my heart. to be honest, i enjoyed Sherlock Holmes more than Avatar. I have no idea why. i was still not feeling well when i watched it but i didnt fell asleep and i was kinda excited about it. and i liked it when Sherlock explained all the theories behind everything. AMAZING. and Robert is sooooooooo sexy. couldnt take my eyes off him. but of course, other than my man, there's another man.

equally handsome. but i prefer Sherlock as he's more spontaneous and more crazy and more random. haha. i guess i just like quirky guys. i dont really like the kind that i can bring home to mummys. but that doesnt mean that i wanna date criminals. anyway, i am digressing. i just wanna say, i think Jude Law did a very good job as Watson and i personally prefer Jude Law as Watson than Robert Downy Jr as Sherlock. simply because Jude Law has a stronger british accent. HAHAHAHA. i was kinda disappointed that Robert didnt manage to do a british accent but of course, he's still very gorgeous. 

with regards to the movie, it's alright. some funny scenes. some interesting scenes. but i find that they speak a little too fast when they are talking about what they have discovered, especially when were talking about chemicals and all the stuffs. ARGH. i didnt catch it at all. maybe i was not a science student BUT i really want to know. and the chinese subtitles are CRAP as they are being translated into cantonese and not mandarin. annoying like hell loh.

everyone's talking about Avatar, WHY?

at this moment, "Avatar" is even more popular than "New Moon". well, to be honest, it's kinda expected as "Avatar" is directed and written by James Cameron. it should be good as a lot of $$$ has been invested into it. and usually movies with a lot of $$$ invested into it will be deemed as good. and it has been in production since 1994. seriously, this movie takes 14 years to produce? 

anyway, i managed to catch the 3D version. which is good as the special effects were really awesome BUT it makes me giddy. haha and because i have to wear my glasses and the 3D glasses, it's very heavy and therefore, i actually had to hold my glasses towards the end. well, i was not sure if i was tired or sick or the movie was boring. i actually fell asleep in the beginning. HAHAHA. everyone was like " this movie is GREAT" but to me, the only great part of this movie is the special effects. the storyline is normal and predictable. the main characters are kinda ugly as they are Na'vi and blue and scaly and doesnt wear clothes or shower or anything.and they have BIG and FLAT nose. like me. hahaha

but to be honest, i really like the fact that the real person can somehow be "transformed" into the blue person. i think that is extremely smart and creative of James Cameron. however, the storyline is too predictable and boring. i was not awed by it at all. and besides, the movie reminded me of many other movies such as "star wars", "harry potter", "lord of the rings", "narnia" and "matrix". as i watched, i was like " eh, very very familiar ah! ". and this is why i didnt think "Avatar" is that great. BUT, it's still worth to watch lah. because of the special effects and all the big fighting scenes. 

ok lah, actually the main leads are quite good-looking. but too bad, they were not in this form throughout the show. it must be really tough to do this movie.

Merry Christmas to Me!!!

"O Holy Night.. The stars are brightly shining... It is the night of the dear Savior's birth..." This is my favorite Christmas song. i looooooove this song. really love. i have been humming this song ever since 12/01/09. since it's the season of giving, i have decided to give myself something. this is what i got for myself:

Yes, this is what i bought for myself. i have no idea why but when i saw this, i fell in love with it. and with the constant instigation from 2 colleagues who went with me to the shop, i couldnt resist it at all. and so i called my mum, hoping that she would discourage me but guess what? she kinda encourage me too. HAHAHA. this is BAD. very very bad. now i am sooo broke that i have to look for sponsors. i need to stay at home and hibernate and not spend any more $$$$.

more pictures of what i have bought for myself.

 

 

 

i know it looks very normal but trust me, when i carry it, it's sooooo pretty. it's very very classic and i can imagine myself carrying it till my last day on earth. seriously. and it's really huge and it's really chic. well, when i saw this, i was deciding if i should get a Balenciaga or a Chanel or this. After much thoughts, i've decided to go with this because (1) the brand name, (2) there are not much imitation, (3) it's not common and (4) i love it!!!! and also, the salesperson who sold this to me is kinda cute. hee hee. and he has a master in fashion marketing. i wish i had gotten his number and maybe i can date him out.

i am a happy and broke girl now. *smilez*

FARK! i've been twilighted!

OMG! after reading "new moon" and complained non-stop about how boring and how lame it is, i proceeded to read "eclipse". and guess what? i actually liked book 3. hahaha why? because they are actually fighting. but the only thing that i really detest? they are fighting for bella. seriously, what is so good about bella? she's super annoying and she wanted the best of both worlds. BIATCH, GET A LIFE. anyway, after "eclipse", i need to read "breaking dawn" because i need to know the ending. i NEED to, really need to. and so instead of asking around who has the book ( yes, i was that cheapskate and i am not willing to buy that book ), i simply went online and started reading it. 

guess what? do i love or hate the book? i dont know. it's VERY lame, seriously. bella kept wanting to have sex with edward? what's wrong with her? but honestly, i dont mind too. not because i want to do it with edward ( okay, maybe i do ) but i want to try it with a vampire. it's really funny. the way the author described the whole thing. like edward got all violence and started destroying things but yet they can still make love? super weird and kinda freaky. and then when bella become vampire, she cant wait to have more sex with edward. what has this become a porn book? hahaha but seriously, the author is giving false hopes to the teenagers out there. real sex is NOT like what she described AT ALL. real sex is more like porn, in my opinion that is. so teenagers out there, STOP FANTASIZING, EDWARD IS NOT REAL. HE'S TOO PERFECT TO BE REAL. 

anyway, so i was reading on how bella got married to edward, had sex, gave birth, turned into a vampire and all the shit. and guess what? i actually dreamt that I BECOME A VAMPIRE! seriously, i actually dreamt that i become a vampire. i have no idea how but in my dream, i was hunting with edward! hahaha seriously, we were running through the forest and we were chasing a lion, my favorite animal!!!! and then we were jumping and leaping and running. and in my dream, i kept saying to myself " OMG, I AM A VAMPIRE " . seriously, i think i am going mad. seriously mad. and to think that i hate the Twilight Saga. 

can someone tell me what is wrong with me? 

WRESTLING!!

was watching "Mummy Returns" and one of the actors was a wrestler - Dwayne Johnson. He is also known as "The Rock". he's not exactly good-looking but he has a cute smile. he smiled crookedly and it's kinda cute. anyway, he always say " do you smell what the rock is cooking? " before he made his grand entrance for his fight. wonder why did he say this. this is how he looks like:

this reminds me of my love for wrestling when i was younger. i was always watching wrestling with my brother and i would actually discuss it with my classmates ( boys , of course ) and get all excited over who will win the royal rumble and whatsoever tournaments.and so one of the famous and popular wrestler is this guy, Ultimate Warrior:

funnily, when i was 12 years old, i thought he's darn good-looking and cool. but when i was googling for his pictures, i wasnt able to find a good-looking man at all. haha i guess my tastes change or maybe i was just infatuated with him. i guess beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. and how can we forget the ever-so-famous Hulk Hogan.

yes, he was like the MOST POPULAR WRESTLER of all time for a long period. to be honest, i wasnt a big fan of his as i find that too many people like him. but i really enjoy his wrestling sessions. he always have grand entrances with fireworks and he always have his signature moves before and after the fight. love it when he tore his shirt apart. but then again, his shirt is almost torn anyway.

Shawn Michael and Bret the Hitman Heart are 2 pretty boys. They are really pretty hot and pretty cute and they belong to the "good side". however, one thing that i totally cannot understand is the hair. i mean if you're in a fight and you have long hair, wouldnt it be easier for the opponent to pull your hair and hurt you? but somehow, every wrestler has long hair. i wonder why. and when they perspire, the hair turns wet and it looks gross. anyway, here's Shawn and Bret, honestly they are really quite cute.

if you guys think that these 2 pretty boys are my favorite, you're sooo wrong. my favorite is this guy: UNDERTAKER. haha.

yes, i love this guy. he's always so mysterious and his manager, Paul Bearer ( which sounds like Pallbearer ) always carry an urn which seems to have this magical power. like when he's losing his energy or power, by looking at the urn, he will suddenly regain power and become strong again. haha. super silly. but i dont like him during the WWE time. during WWE, he somehow lost that mysterious air around him.

oh well, other than the "good guys", there's also the "bad guys". one thing that i noticed is that the "good guys" are always half-naked. they usually have very simple clothes and usually they're distinctive in terms of colors. but the "bad guys" have very very distinctive features and they always have a lot of clothes. For example, Randy Savage is always flamboyant. British BullDog has the distinctive British logo all over and the Million Dollar Man has big blings blings. see:

anyway, i dont know when did i lose interest in wrestling. maybe it's when WWF becomes WWE. World Wrestling Federation becomse World Wrestling Entertainment. i guess they decided to change to "entertainment" so that they can truly emphasize that all the wrestling matches are just pure acting and pure entertainment. but sometimes, i heard from my brother, some of the wrestlers will get injured really bad and might even lose their lives. that is so scary, if you ask me.

oh well, did i mention that my 27-year old brother is still watching wrestling? he is still spending like hours on youtube just looking at WWE matches. super lame. he knows they are all fake but yet he gets all excited. ask him why. his reply " this is what i called CLASSIC ACTING ". my brother is really kinda lame.