Cats Musical - Memory

Memory

Daylight
See the dew on the sunflower
And a rose that is fading
Roses whither away
Like the sunflower
I yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day . . .

Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp
Seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Someone mutters
And the streetlamp gutters
And soon it will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I musn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning

Touch me
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is

Look
A new day has begun

Passion of Spring

A love poem someone wrote me sometime ago..hehehe
It's quite easy to guess who the person is hor... =)


New Year brings us lots of surprises
Which in turn makes our morale rises

The turn of the seasons to that of spring
Along with the passion that it will bring

Gone are the long hard days of winter
Where everything else seems to wither

Though the days are still long
I hope our love will remain strong

May our passion spread far and wide
And relieve everyone through this economic tide

*oh ya, with regards to the last sentence of the poem, he wrote it during the economic crisis..ahahah*

Short trip to Malacca

Date: 13-15th Nov 2009 (Fri-Sun)

Comrades..<Almost a love story>: Mum, sis and bf

Places visited: Jonker Street for the night market and entertainment, Portuguese Settlement for seafood, Makko Nonya which is a recommended eating place for Peranakan food. Plus the shopping centres of course.

Place of accomodation: Mahkota Hotel Melaka

Most memorable moment:

It was when I went down to Jonker Street and saw this lady setting up a stall writing calligraphy.

All you need to do is just to indicate your chinese name and she will write a poem using the whole name in it.

The amazing thing was she was physically handicapped..not many people can do that even if they have all their limbs intact. Really admired her spirit, so I bought a poem from her as well to give to Benny.

By the time we went round to doing that, she had alry finished packing up a stall and was abt to go off. She was asking if we can come back tomlo nite, but I told her we were from Spore and would be going back tomlo morning bfore she relented. We gave her our names and she immediately set it down to paper in a minute! Tat's terribly fast...plus her handwriting is still better than mine.

The poem is very chim...

Drawbacks:

Bringing my niece along. Rest and relax is not to be when there is a toddler in tow. Morever, it was rainy season. Try pushing a baby stroller along the uneven roads amidst the heavy traffic and big puddles of water lurking around. In the end I came back from the trip as tired as ever...

New Year Resolutions 2010

Happy New Year everyone.

I am gripped with panice that a decade just passed by like that...isn't it just recently that my cousin Terence and I were moaning abt being in the last year of our teens? We were 19 then...

And then *pooh*, I dun have much left of my late twenties too.

2009, you left too fast. I din have a chance to say a loving good-bye.
I was weary and sleepy in the last few minutes.. and as the last few seconds ticked by that you were going away forever, I realized I really wanted you to stay. .Din think I utilize you to the max..now that there is regrets it's all too late. =(

Ok, New Year Resolutions are meant to be broken, but I am going to list them down anyway Just In Case.

1) Curb my temper. CURB MY TEMPER.

2) Think twice before buying any stuff that I don't need other that the fact it's cheap. Hold back!

3) Buy a classy dress once a month that I can go on dates with, instead buying mostly casual wear on bargains. 12 mths = 12 nice dresses

4) Eat at food courts more often, limit to restaurant spending once a week. (He suggests twice a mth instead)

5) Cut back on soft drinks, 1 cup every two weeks.

6) Apply moisturiser religiously. Have never finished up any of my skincare products for years and years, they are just there to rot because I am simply too lazy to slather it on. In the past I will apply moisturizer like once a mth, wasted. Now that I am getting OLD, I need to get started on a skincare regime!

7) Use a mask once a week. Same as above, all my masks even the expensive ones are rotting. I din even use finish the pack of ginseng masks I bought from Korea 5 years ago, plus all the other skincare items from Korea and they cost a BOMB. Neh neh...my heart very pain ok. That's why I am still keeping everything but at the same time I don't dare to use in case my face rots.

8) Spruce up my dressing style, hopefully! Put to use the nice outfits I bought and never wear out of laziness..Ever since I entered into a relationship, my dressing style has been going down the drain. Relationship complacency...not good! But then when I dress up, he complains that he has to dress up too..so how?

9) Workout more, healthy living! If I have no time, 20mins is better than nothing at all...

10) Eat more veggies since I have problems with digestion. Shall start by cultivating a love for kimchi, as it's supposed to be a very healthy food that aids digestion. Oh, and drink more Yakult/Vitagen regularly(also for digestion purposes)

11) Forgive and forget those who betrayed me, let me down and took advantage of my kindness instead of wishing them a place in hell. Quite hard though.

12) Find meaning in life. That's always a question that I pondered over without any fixed answers. That includes rethinking abt my current job. Since work takes up a huge chunk of my life, ultimately I want to do something that satisfies me emotionally and mentally and not think back that I wasted my time and life on.

13) Stop obsessing about death.

14) Stop and smell the roses along the path.

15) Update my blog more regularly. Show more commitment!

Xmas Eve Party in office

Had a fun and jolly time. =)

Birthdays Recap Part 1 - BoyFriend

Celebrated his birthday in JB.

Place of accomodation: Mutiara Hotel, JB

Places we visted: Danga Bay, Danga City Mall, Holiday Plaza

Memorable moment(s):

Firstly...Simba the tiger.



It's the first time in my life that I touched a tiger, and the reason why I wanted to go JB to celebrate his bd.
This tiger can be found in the petting zoo at Danga Bay.

Entrance fee is only $4, very cheap!

The last time i went, Simba was only 1 year old.
Wanted to take a pic with him, but my family din allow me to.
Now he is 2 years old, and huge!
When the time came for photo-taking with the Simba, the trainer was asking who wants to go first.
Benny volunteered, and then we were urshered to the front.
We bickered a bit over him wanting to go first..y not let other people go first right in case anything happens,right? ...luckily nothing happened.








Seeing a tiger cub playing in his cage. You can just stretch ur hand in..if you dare.






A another slightly older cub..this one look more bored bcos no toys inside




Seeing such a big arse.



The moment we saw this ostrich, it shited one giant waterfall! We were dumbfounded haha.


Running backwards from scene of the crime

Most shocking moment:

At Danga City Mall...




This mall has no people..So sad that such a thing can happen.
Dun know why because the mall is big and spacious..
One of the reasons my bro mentioned is because it's wholly owned and managed by malays. Not sure if that is true? He cited other mall examples such as Holiday Plaza(managed by chinese) and City Square (managed by Singaporean) which have more crowds.
They should have built a cinema or a ktv place..at least it helps draw the crowds.
But I am hoping it will have more business in the upcoming year! =)

Spore Flyer

Sat - Went on our first ride to the Flyer. Had bought the tickets before Benny's bd and we were supposed to go long ago..but it just dragged on.

Took a cab there from my place bcos we r lazy bones. $20 sayonara..

Ate at Popeye chicken, he thinks its costs too much for too little.

Kept complaining that KFC is better..but I have to agree the chicken really looks miserably tiny and not nice le..

"spring chicken", he calls them.
Hmm. I translated that to the chicken being born and slaughtered in tat very season.


Hmm, the flyer was nothing fantastic.
10 mins into the ride, and the novelty wore off.
After that, we just sat on the seats waiting for it to be over.

Or maybe we weren't that enthuastic abt it considering that we were in the cabin with another 20 people or so...not even the least romantic.

It's an experience, nevertheless.
And I am happy it's with him..even though I keep whining in the queue that I would forever remember going on the Flyer thirsty cos he finished my mineral water.

I don't mind going on it again if they sell me a ticket at $10 and with an empty cabin, yea.

a few short sentences

Keri left an msn msg last nite commenting that I had not updated my blog for sometime.

Yep, no mood..no time..

Alot of blog posts saved as drafts..

I want..i want...

I feel as if I am fighing a war at work, or maybe I am the only one to feel this way.

Sometimes I think I expect too much of myself, and that there should always be a time to stop and relax, smell the roses. It's going to be the end of the year, for goodness sake. And next year, another year older. The older I am, the more money I need. Sigh.

And one thing bugs me and makes me miserable at work.
I want my own space.
I just want a computer of my own, why is that too much to ask?

What do I want from Christmas?

Work-wise - brand new computer. Amen!!!!

The Skeptic's guide to the Paranoramal

Can a human being really spontaneously burst into flames? Just how deadly is the Bermuda Triangle? And what’s the real story behind all those alien abductions?
The answers to these and many other questions lie within the covers of The Skeptic’s Guide to the Paranormal. Guaranteed to liven up any dinner party, this delightful, highly readable book offers color photographs and scientific case-by-case explanations for twenty-seven phenomena that appear to defy known science, including ghosts and poltergeists, the predictions of Nostradamus, and yogic levitation, among many others.

Speaking directly to the reader, and always with respect for those who believe, Kelly gives us a bite-size, nonacademic approach to debunking hugely popular superstitions and mysteries. Did you know that you, too, can bend spoons and read minds? This book will show you how.

One of the books I loaned from library recently..it's surprisingly interesting although unfortunately i din get to finish some parts of the book because it's past the due date. =P

Some of the topics that might piques my attention...the loch ness monster, bermuda triangle, spontaneous human combustion, alien abductions and sightings, past lives, walking on hot coals and the shroud of Turin. (i am esp interested in the last topic bcos it's my first time knowing such a thing exists..and i ask two christian friends who told me christians among themselves were divided as to whether it's genuine..hmm..? is it really true?)

Halloween nite out

Was planning to go Sentosa Spooktacular last sat with Carrie, her bf and Benny.
But when we reached vivocity, the tickets were all sold out, boo hoo!

The website never said anything abt tickets being limited too..letting us make a wasted trip there..so disappointing...thought can have some good scares.

Since we were alry at vivocity, we might as well go to the nearest entertainment, Dragonfly.

Wow, it's been like a yr plus since i stepped into any such establishment..
The singers were not bad, all the waiters dressed up as chinese vampires..u know, those that goes hop, hop in old chinese horror shows.

There were quite a lot of people dressed up as vampires, school girls, wolferine, angels..including the singers and musicians on stage.

Overall, it's a good experience..slept at 5am tat nite..haven slept this late in a long while.. =)

pictures of my babies

okie, so these are our two spanking new bicycles!

His..

And mine...

I am quite proud of my own bike because it looks so ladylike, hehe.
Wah, I feel like i given birth to them..


But unfortunately, got this incident really dampens our spirits for the past 1 wk plus.

There happens to be an asshole living in benny's condo who has a habit of bursting all the bicycle tyres in the carpark.

Benny's bicycle tyre also got punctured 3 times while mine was punctured once.

Makes me freaking pissed when i think of it..the nearest bicycle shop is about half an hour away k, and we had to walk all the way with the bicycle.

Benny very poor thing, he had to walk 3 times there in a wk..
Fixed alry, 2nd day punctured again.
Fixed AGAIN, then the day before his bd, he discovered it's punctured again.
Just before we left for his bd celebration in jb too! ...waliew..mood nearly gone.

We, plus all the irate residents who also got their tyres punctured complained to the security office, but even thought the security guards go on petrol every one hr (or so they claimed), they haven't been able to catch the culprit.

I am guessing it's a teenager doing this for the thrill, and he shall be so further thrilled with a good, tight kick in the balls from yours truly.

That is, if I find out who he is.

Benny and I, we are both vengeful people.

Him: I hope he go and die.

(a moment later)

Him: I changed my mind. No need to die la, maybe just the let the hand tat punctured the tyre rot and fall off can already.

Me: Oh...i hope his son/daughter gets born without an asshole.

As i said, we r both vengeful people.

a new spectacle cloth for me

This silly boy came over to my work place after his half day at work just to give me this.

In case you don't know what this is, which I am sure you don't, this is a spectacle cloth.
Hmm all my old specs cloth certainly do not have any pictures imprinted on them..this is so cute.

He says to throw away my old specs cloth and use this instead.
Sometimes..he does the weirdest sweet things..

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in 3D.
Din know that 3D costs much more, $13 for each person.

While it was fun because it was our first time, I don't tink I would want to try it again.
Reason being the googles were quite uncomfortable..can't get used to it.

But the movie itself was not bad, the climax kept me glued to the seat and the ending was sweet. =)

New bicycles, yeh!

It took me and Benny 3 days before we could find suitable ones.

1st day - Rushed down to AMK after our work on Friday.
(have to apologize to my colleague Belinda who ask me out for hotpot a few days bfore, and after tons of dilly-dally, I still went out with bf instead. Shd slap myself in the face..where is my independence? *smack myself in the face*)

We took a bus from AMK even..only to know upon reaching there that there are no bikes that are within our bike range..they only sell high-end ones...sigh...was so pissed.

Lesson: You should always check out if they have your budget range bfore heading down.

2nd day - Went down to IMM where Giant was, supposedly they have a good range of bikes. But no, most of their bikes belonged to a brand that had quite bad reviews online. Disappointed again.

3rd day - Went down to a bike shop at Sembawang, and finally! Now Benny and I are the proud owners of two pretty bicycles. Both are the same brand but his is a mountain bike while mine is a ladies bike. Both are in the $200+ range and are both paid by me..cos I am giving Benny the bicycle as his birthday pressie..so that's it.

NO restaurants, foodcourts all the way.
But I am quite looking forward to the cycling part!
We shall save on transport and the enviroment!

Just to share, I got a bad fall on my bicycle yesterday nite though..scraped my leg and a finger badly with bleeding. To top it off, the bicycle landed on top of me.

Yep, my first bicycle ride and I was more concerned about whether the bike had any scratches.

Sticky notes encouragement

I have been told countless times that my work desk looks like a tornado prone area with papers and junk strewn every other direction.

So finally I cleared my desk after more than half a year worth of hints, and when I came to work the next morning these two sticky notes were stuck to my moniter...cute! =)




Granted, it's still not as neat..but I am on my way there slowwwww-ly....

clearing out my wallet

Recently my colleagues have commented that my wallet was very bulky, and by a stroke of co-incidence(?) my bf happens to think so too.

But he went one step further, he helped me to clear out my junk!
Can u believe all this is in my wallet? Can't believe it...

Laugh..hahaha

A very bad scare

Last nite I had the one of the biggest scare of this year. It goes like this:

The rest of the family were not at home, save for Benny and me.

It was around 2am and I was watching some drama serials while he was sleeping.

In the middle of the drama serials, I went to the bathroom in the kitchen and also to take some water.

The moment I came out of the kitchen and turned right to walk to my room, I saw this figure standing sideways right in front of me.

It was standing up facing the wall, it's head hanging down...


I tell u, my heart nearly stopped.

I can't even control myself from opening my mouth and emitting a shrill scream.


Me: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Benny: (turning his head groggily towards me and in a pissed off tone) Why you shout so loud?

Me: (screaming my head off for another 2 seconds)

Neh neh..Even though my mind already registered him, but the signal wasn't sent to my mouth yet.


After that, I realized he was standing on the weighing machine that was put just next to the wall and he was looking down at his weight.

I ask u, who wakes up from his sleep and goes silently to the living room to weight himself in the middle of the night??!!!

And I thought it was a......................

After that he apologized to me lots of times while I hyperventilated and gasp for the next ten minutes with tears running down, while I tried to explain to him why I was so terrified.

I didn't even hear him open the room door...how can....next time must give me ample "notice" k?

"Happy" mooncake festival

Feeling abit lonesome now. Mum is with my niece in the living room and there are nobody else. Usually, sis will return at this time but then she is currently in Switzerland for holiday(so envious of her!)

Now its just us and my music. That's the reason why I like a big family in future, more fun and laughter to go around. Granted it takes a little fortune to have kids..today is mooncake festival, yet it is raining in the evening. Din manage to see anybody carrying lanterns, such a spoiler. And to tink Benny and I wanted to go buy lanterns, look at the moon and eat mooncake..haizz.

Nevertheless, I did eat two pieces of mooncake in the comfort of my own home.
Happy mooncake festival guys.

A City With No People ( from CHOBITS)

Been watching this for the last few days at home.

My quiet time.
My secondary classmate burned the entire series for me more than a decade ago, but as somehow there was some problem with the discs so din manage to watch it till now..

Not bad, the first few episodes were quite funny.
Do try watching it if you have the time.
The part where it grabs me most..A city with no people.
Watch it if you want to know what it means. =)



A person's heart changes a little bit everyday...

...because that is their nature.


It can be different.

It doesn't always have to be the same.


If he...

...finds in me the things that make me special.

If he likes me because I am me.


If that person...

...takes the time to find what makes me different from the others...

If he likes me because I am me...


...if that happens...

...we may be able to become something a little different from before.





This feeling inside of me...

...is very soft.

But sometimes it hurts.

I become full of this feeling when I think of that person.

'Do you feel that way about everybody?'


No, only when I think of that person.

'What happens when you're with that person?'


I get warm...

..like I'm glowing inside.


The glow inside is brightest when that person is near...

...and the pain inside hurts more when he is away.

I am happiest when I think about that person...

...I am saddest when I think about that person.

That person makes all my feelings more intense.


If my heart is this warm...

...if I can be this happy...


If we can all find that special person...

...then the world will be a most joyous place.


Then...
..this city...
...will have no unhappy people.

It's the special city that has...


...the someone just for me.

Happy birthday to my sister~

Today is my sister's birthday!
Shiok rite? Having a birthday falling on a public holiday...

Had earlier arranged with Benny to go to one of my colleague's place for Hari Raya lunch with the rest of the colleagues, but last nite sis told me that bro can only make it for lunch as he is accompanying his wife back to her hometown Segamat. So too bad...and I din get to see someone's botak head too...


So for sis's birthday, the family had lunch at Soup Restaurant. The bill was splited between Benny and me. Din buy any present for her cos she can buy anything she wants..She is going Switzerland for a trip soon..so envious... am glad I had a chance to give a treat cos my sister was usually the one who treated us on all occasions.

The birthday cake..

My sister and niece

Family pics...my niece's pose very funny haha


We cut the birthday cake after lunch, and headed over to Swensens for a free birthday ice-cream. =)