High and dry.

So quick. It's my last night here in Australia already. It feels like it was just yesterday that i first laid foot in Perth, braving that 6 miserable hours of cold australia air just to wait for the first flight to Melbourne.

I must say, i have mixed feelings about returning home. 1-2 days ago, i was yearning to go home so badly because it feels really bad to trouble your relatives that much. But now that THE day is tomorrow, i'm kinda wishing time to pass by slowly.

I'm gonna miss winter, the friendly faces in melbourne and although not as good, Sydney as well. I'm gonna miss the animals here. Their zoo is much better than that of Singapore. But i'm definitely not going to miss thefood in sydney. Although i still gourge myself until i'm like 3 or 4 times the size i was, the food in sydney is still worst than the food in singapore. I'm gonna miss nua-ing in melbourne hotel, the stress free life and everythingelse.

OH! and of course, the company as well. There's nobody better to spend the hols with.

There's a small part of me which wants to go home too. But this part is puny. Not because i don't love singapore ( a patroit i am ), but because i simply hate school. And school starts almost immediately after i touch down. Not cirriculum exactly, but FOC. ( Looking on a brighter side, FOC may still rock but i better not get my hopes too high yet. ) I just hate the study school in general. Told you i'm not the study material.

This trip really squeezed me dry. i've used up every cent ( i think ) in my bank. AND the bad news is, this includes my pocket money next mnth. Sooooooooooooo, anybody wanna take care of my living expenses next month? :D

Oh ya, i might put some random pictures up. The rest, i'll load it up to picassa or smth when i have the time. Check it out if you still have my easy-to-rem old hp no. If not, ASK! heh. =)

Bye australia.

Goodday' mate!

In my uncle's place @ Sydney now! weather's @ abt 16 degrees so it's pretty ok compared to Melbourne where it was about 6 degrees. FREEZING!

Sydney's very much like singapore where the streets are busy, filled with overaged hooligans, honking cars and very little smiles. Melbourne on the other hand has the best people around. Everyone..and i mean EVERYONE was friendly. The service there was brilliant too despite them not charging us service charge. Very different from singapore. I know. Coz i'm in service. wahaha..

Pictures will NOT be up due to privacy rights. But if ANYBODY, who still reads this old...boring place and wants to take a peak at how stupid we are, drop me a msg, i'll show em to u.

Blog more when i get home.

Bye bye..

Paint a rainbow.


In 6 hours times, i'll be seated in a flight bound for Australia. Woo hoo! After 20 years, i'm finally really going there.

Anyway, i was reading up on some stuffs on the changi airport website and check this out:


New Guidelines for Liquids, Aerosols and Gels in Hand-CarrIED Luggage.

The new guidelines on hand-carried luggage are :
a) Liquids, Aerosols and Gels must be in containers with a maximum capacity of not more than 100ml each. Liquids, aerosols and gels in containers larger than 100ml will not be accepted, even if the container is partially-filled;
b) Containers must be placed in a transparent re-sealable plastic bag with a maximum capacity not exceeding 1-litre. These containers must fit comfortably within the transparent re-sealable plastic bag, which must be completely closed;

bla bla bla...

makes sense.

BUT...

Q1.What are considered Liquids, Aerosols and Gels?

Liquids, Aerosols and Gels include :
Drinks, including water and juices
Soups and sauces
Perfumes and deodorants (liquid or liquid-solid mixture)
Creams, balms, lotions and oils
Cosmetics such as mascara and lip gloss
Pastes, including toothpaste
Pressurised foams and sprays, including shaving foam, hairspray and spray deodorants
Gels, including hair and shower gels
Contact lens solution
Any other items of similar consistency


No water onboard flights.
wahaha!

Now that's a joke.

oh well, i guess safety first.

Bye Bye singapore!

Speak my language.

It's funny how it took me so long to start realising the beauty of knowing various languages / dialects.

It's been roughly a month since work started at fish and co and i've made friends with people from all over the world. There were Phillipinos, malaysians, indonesians, fellow singaporeans and of course, the predominated mynamarians ( from myanmar. ) Everyone have the habit of communicating in their own native language despite being constantly taunted by the words, " channel 5! channel 5! "

The managers will start talking in their mother tongue, the myanmarians will start talking in theirs. Even the malaysians will be consistent! Only we singaporeans will start yakking in a mixture of english , chinese, malay,cantonese, hokkien ( mixed with teochew. ) and the famous annotations of la, lor, meh, mah, hor etc etc etc. And it comes so naturally!

Many people have criticised these " singaporean slang ".. giving it a sloppy, distasteful image. Maybe these people are right. Sometimes, i guess we are ashamed of it ourselves..that's why many of us try to imitate angmohs in their slang and accent.

But what good is Singapore without its la-s, lor-s, meh-s and famous language rojak?

My phillipino colleagues love their language. My myanmarian colleagues love their language. My malaysian colleagues love their language. Only people like me thinks that chinese is disgusting. And i still do! i'ld die trying to have a dialogue in perfect chinese but ahh..when it comes to using specific chinese words to link up my sentences, i'm a pro. Except that i always use the wrongs words.

yes, i'm a chinese sucker. And i bet there are tons of people out there who are like me. That's why we use words from other languages to fill up the missing spaces in our sentences. It's called widening our horizons. hahaha.

I say singapore slang is good. Coz if we wanna bad-mouth others, these victims must not only know english, but must be able to comprehend chinese, malay, cantonese , teochew ( /hokkien) and sometimes, maybe a little japanese as well.

MUAHAHA!

That's why i say..

embrace our singapore slang.
It's what makes us.. UNIQUELY SINGAPORE.

Southern Sons - You were there

Tioman Dive.

Si, si.

I'm back from Pulau Tioman.

The diving trip was quite an experience i must say,

but i'm not sure if it's in the positive way.

Training sucked.

A major disappointment. Especially with hiccups occurring along the way. But when leisure dive started, things started to look a little brighter.

Went to Sakura to feast after coming back to singapore the other day and you wont believe how dumb the cashier was.

There was a brocheur ( however it's spelt ) that states that buffet's @ $22nett and a board that says $26++ inside the store. So i took the brocheur, went up to the cashier, placed the brocheur on the desk and asked, " what is this? "

The cashier then flashed me her most brilliant smile and replied..

" This is a flyer, mdm. "

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!
How dumb does she think i am?!

okok, i know i've been harping on this for quite some time alrdy.. BUT! WHAT KINDA ANS IS THAT?!

She's lucky she's not working @ Fish n Co. Let HQ hear, confirm die.

It's all about food, baby.





Yes, yes..i know. I haven't been blogging and this place is filled with virtual spiderwebs.. so here's a quickie!



Things have been pretty good at fish and co except for the nagging feeling that the managers are making use of us to do full timer's job for the pay of part-timers. Almost all the bosses came down yesterday, making everyone all jittery. These BOSSES probably have nothing better to do than to do regular spot checks, instill strict demands and ask really dumb question to gauge our competency. oh well, I can't complain too much.. They're the one supporting me financially now. wahaha.

Can you believe how food-crazy we've become? Just a couple of days back, 2 grown men came into the shop and ordered a mountain load of food without finishing any of them. The best part was, they ordered our favourite mussels in garlic lemon butter sauce and ate only like 2 mussels. 9-2=7. 7 untouched mussels were staring straight at us. This was too sinful. So............. ALL IN THE NAME OF RIDDING THEIR SINS, the both of us brought the remaining mussels into the kitchen and finished up what they had left. I know it's disgusting.. sharing 2 STRANGERS' saliva and all but........ someone has to sacrifice, right? hahaha...

Ended work early today ( thanks to our very good lying ) and we decided to dine @ citylink's " new york new york! "

ahh...yes. New york new york. Prestigious and stylish. I've heard people talking about how good their food are. And given how much our stomachs were grumbling during work, we were really looking forward to feasting.

But ALAS!

How wrong we were.

The food was horrible! We ordered some cuppacino mushroom soup thing, fiery buffalo wings, spring chicken penne thing and a bbq spare ribs. They were either toooo sweet or tooo tasteless. This is no exageration. The both of us cringed immediately upon the first mouthful of mushroom soup. We tried adding in tons of pepper and even salt to neutralise the sweetness but it was un-savable.

Went on to watch 'transformers' thereafter. It was REALLY GOOD! A die die must watch show. The graphics were incredible, the plot was the usual good V bad..but the scriptwritter was able to squeeze in ALOT of funny lines which sent the crowd bursting in laughter. So much better than shrek 3 and fantastic 4. No wonder the newpaper rated it 4.5 stars. DO NOT MISS IT. THE TRANSFORMERS. IN THEATHERS, 28 JUNE 2007.

A'right...i gotta run. Diving's tml and i have yet to pack. bye.

I have a dream.

To cast everything aside and care about nothing.
To live in the forever sweet abyss.
To not stay trapped and haunted.

Send me a bomo.


I have my dreams.

The dreams are these.

Fish and co, fish and co, fish and co, GO!

worked in fish and co for like 5 days. 52-ers came to celebrate estelle's birthday on the 2nd day. All i could do was pour water then.. cos i could not take orders yet.

There are lots of people from overseas working at fish and co. but they are very friendly even though sometimes there might be communication breakdown. I did the birthday rap twice yesterday and someone actually praised that i have good service!

Grace Kelly

Do I attract you?
Do I repulse you with my queasy smile?
Am I too dirty?
Am I too flirty?
Do I like what you like?

I could be wholesome.
I could be loathsome.
I guess Im a little bit shy.
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me without making me try?

I try to be like Grace Kelly,
But all her looks were too sad.
So I try a little Freddie,
I've gone identity mad!

I could be brown,
I could be blue.
I could be violet sky!
I could be hurtful,
I could be purple.
I could be anything you like.
Gotta be green,
Gotta be mean,
Gotta be everything more.
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you like me?
Why dont you walk out the door?

Tranquility before terror.

Everyone's msn's nick yells, " RESULTS ARE OUT! RESULTS ARE OUT! "
I rushed home with my mouth dry and head drenched with sweat fearing for what i'm gonna see.. but all that pops out is... " CANNOT FIND SERVER. "

cursed computer.

So while i spend yet another hr waiting for my turn to come and check, i thought i'ld just drop by to say...


employed..
ONCE AGAIN! =))

And as i quote.. " This time, a true job. " no longer are we tricked. We've got ourselves a legitimate deal. YEAH!

ok.. time to get back to reality..............................

Employed!
no longer..

damn.

Friends are friends forever.

Friends come and go in our life. Many a-time, we take those around us for granted. As new ones come, old ones gets forgotten. But have you ever had moments in your hectic life where flashes of the past appears? Where you suddenly think of a moment of struggle, be it big or small, and you saw a particular person's face appearing. It may be someone close to you now, once close to you or even a stranger but strangely enough, at that moment, these were the saviours.

I had the good fortune to meet up many of these kahkees recently. Some of which we've been constantly in contact with, some of which we used to mingle ard but was drawn apart as we move on in life. Hell, I have never even spoken to some of them before. But as we gather together and recollect the good ol' days, we found ourselves constantly shaking our heads at how naive we used to be. Belonging to two separate parties then, these differences merge the most impossible combinitions of people together and stories from both ends were said with no mallice intended.

Sometimes, we talk about occassions in life that we have actually forgotten. But once mentioned, the spark blew and you remember how it was then. These recalled memories may be small incidents that mattered nothing to you at that point of time, but as you think back, you're grateful for that person. Even if it was just a single pat.

Such are the wonders of life.

So this is a tribute..
a tribute to all these people in my life.

Take life as a box of sand. If you have left your prints in mine, both deep or gentle, this is for you. If you have taken a shovel to smoothen out some irregularities, this is for you. If in the rain, some bits of sand got stuck together and you helped disperse them to pieces once more, this is for you. This is for all of you who laughed with me, who cried with me, who got dirty with me, who stayed clean with me. This is for all of you who believed in me, who placed their trust in me, who felt happy when i'm happy, who worried for me, who stuck with me through everything.

As i proceeded on from presch --> kindergarden --> pri --> sec --> jc --> uni, many ppl have came and left my life. Some stayed, some didn't. But nevertheless, all mattered. If you read this and you smiled INSIDE, you are one of them.

To those i often tell, to those i seldom tell, to those i always meet, to those i never/seldom meet..

THANK YOU.

If i got down on my knees and i pleaded with you,
If i crossed a million oceans just to be with you,
Would you ever let me down?

If i climbed the highest mountain just to hold you tight,
If i said that i would love you every single night,
Would you ever let me down?

Well i'm sorry if it sounds kinda sad,
it's just that..

worried,
So worried, that you'll let me down.

unemployed..
no longer!

Yo Ho! Yo Ho! A pirates' life for me.

After spending 3 consecutive days scouting for jobs BUT to no avail, we were beginning to feel discouraged and dejected. It is so hard to find jobs in singapore i tell you.. they have too many ppl to pick from and 2 person looking for a 3 month vacation job will always be the last in priority. So..in an attempt to cheer ourselves up, we dragged our stubborn, heavy legs to cineleisure to see if they were still airing ' 200 pounds beauty. '

We got more than we asked for..

Thousands and thousands of slots of POTC 3 with NO QUEUE and perfect seats! To hell with job-hunting.. Keira Knightley, here i come! The show was toooo long and not as nice as expected.. Maybe i have to watch it more than once. But who's to complain? I got to see my beautiful lady for 3 concrete hours!

Apart from the draggy-ness, the show was still a hit. Johnny Depp never failed to make the movie one of the rare few that made me laugh out loud in cinemas. I love his speak-a-thousand-words eyes. They truly display the primary expressions of xi, nu, ai and le. Barbossa ( if that's how it's spelt ) was good too. Needless to say, Keira Knightley still turns me on. Orlando Bloom was a disappointment. He never seemed to change from the first episode till date. I think i still prefer him with those elf ears and white straight hair. wahaha..

a'right. I'm beat.
Night all.

HELLO, ANYONE HAVEN'T WATCHED SPIDEMAN YET?

Everyoneelse went without me. :(

on a brighter note, POTC 3 is coming out soon! and my keira knightley is looking way prettier than the past. WHO ELSE CAN BE PRETTIER THAN HER?!

watched 'next' last night with 52-ers. It was nice until the ending. stupid stupid ending!

I think both me and my mother are not used to the fact that i'll be staying at home the next 3 months. I can't stand her naggings and she can't stand my mess. And my grandmother! oh bother..she's just like " lao fuo ye " in hzgg. Don't mind me, i'm currently hooked to it again. wahaha..

SOOOOO,
ANYONE HAVEN'T WATCHED SPIDERMAN YET?

MAD I

All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey. I've been working here, for the past few days. I'ld be safe and warm, if i'm back in singapore. Chiang mai dreaming! - Emily Li.

MJ said it all. Must we say more?


You know how we always talk and talk and talk but get nothing done. I say it's about time we put these words into actions.


Sidenote: xie, you looked disgusting.
sidenote2: tribute to CMT and nanjing video up once i'm less lazy.

Sound the bugle now,
play it just for me.
As the seasons change,
remember how I used to be.

Now I can't go on.
I can't even start.
I've got nothing left just an empty heart.

I'm a soldier.
wounded so I MUST give up the fight.
There's nothing more for me,
lead me away...
Or leave me lying here.

Sound the bugle now,
tell them I don't care.
There's not a road I know,
that leads to anywhere.

Without a light I fear that I will stumble in the dark.

Lay right down,
decide not to go on.
Then from up high,
somewhere in the distance..

There's a voice that calls,
remember who your are!

If you lose yourself,
your courage soon will follow.

So be strong tonight,
remember who you are.

You're a soldier now,
fighting in a battle.
To be free once more..
Ya that's worth fighting for !

concentrate concentrate concentrate!
focus focus focus!
STAY STAY STAY!

OHMMMMMMMMMMMM!