sWamp mOss girl

2009-01-29T08:42:00.000-08:00

MP3 player got sick of my constant abuse and force-feeding of Leehom's songs that it decided to sneak off yesterday, so now I'm officially music-less for a day. Withdrawal symptoms are setting in. The last I've checked the mirror, I looked like this:

I think I'd better get a new player soon before I start hurling (HUGE) stuff at innocent folks who cross my path....

...Recommendations for MP3 players, anyone?

2008-10-13T08:57:00.000-07:00

During one of the hectic afternoons at work, I glanced out of the window and saw something very surreal.

A aura of colors in the afternoon sky..

..and a heart-shaped cloud with a heart-shaped hole within.

Nature's Salvador Dali at work.

Emo..

2008-07-19T11:46:00.000-07:00

No more sunny skies in the afternoons these days..

Summer's almost over..

So comes the melancholic time of the year..

-Words from a S(easonal).A(ffective).D(isorder) Soul

We're Moving

2008-05-31T08:44:00.000-07:00

Moss Princess and family are moving.
Mossy doesn't like the packing at all and grumbles like mad at the very sight of the stack of flattened boxes waiting for her the moment she wakes up.

Thank goodness Mama came up with the ingenious idea to label the boxes using color flags.

Pink flags for the kitchen please!

And Mossy is SooooOOOOoooo pleased that she'd managed to squeeze and fit all her shoe boxes nicely into 1 big box- It's no mean feat when the boxes comes in different sizes and length..

So we made some progress :)

but seriously, packing 16 years' of stuff is no joke. It's almost like emptying out whole house

Oh, and it's especially annoying when you get hungry in the wee hours- The fridge's empty, and cooking was out of question because the pots and pans are all buried somewhere in one of those pink labelled boxes.

A Hungry Mossy is an Angry Mossy

Fortunately, Mossy found blackened banana in the most remote corner of the fridge so she didn't get that upset. The banana ooked gross and tasted kinda gross.. but it'll do...

.... at least I'm still alive and kicking.
Ok.. back to the packing. :(

Mossy's Back

2008-05-21T10:03:00.000-07:00

Moss Princess managed to return from her conquest, bruised and aching all over, and still in one piece. However, she fell on her head when she was thrown off a quad bike, so went a lil bonkers.. She now hobbles around like an old hag and is feeling very cranky to be back at work so soon.

MP's Weekend Plan

2008-05-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

Moss Princess is off to East Malaysia to attempt to conquer Mount Kinabalu. If all goes well, she should be standing tall at 13,435 feet above sea level watching sunrise this Saturday.

Family Story, Spring 2008

2008-05-13T08:44:00.000-07:00

Ok. To be honest, this is just a preview. I owed Beannie 2 posts.. one for our Chinese New Year Party and another for the Curry Noodle Party. Hey Beannie, I'm having some Blogger's block here.. so why don't I give you a preview on one of the parties first.. there's more suspense this way.. just like unveiling beauties....

You do get what I mean, don't you? ;D

Anyway, the story goes like this..

Springtime..

The four generations of awesome folks gathered together..

Held story telling sessions ...

Imparted wisdom and family secrets to the younger generations..

Had some crazy (literally, I mean) times..

Gone through a Chaotic period..

Comforted each other...

Bullied each other.. Come on folks, eat up! It's good for you! ;D

Enjoyed Heartwarming moments...

Showed our love... especially to Ah Mah, the most important lady in the family...

Shared our laughter...

And of course, Thanked our dearest Old Hero and Hercules for who we are.

Happy New Year, Ah Gong! We miss you lots!

Random Ramblings..

2008-04-08T10:03:00.000-07:00

I went jogging today at the gym (the weather's been a kinda crazy these days). Ít's the 3rd time in my life working out on a treadmill and I still don't like it- your jog like mad and you'll find yourself still at the same old spot.. and you have to put up with tuneless boom-boom music (or rather noise).. it gets worse when you're stuck with a dude with bad B.O running beside you.

Anyway, I made good progress today , and managed to finish 5km in half an hour.. haha.. this is a big deal for me alright, considering the fact that I've never, ever try running beyond 3.2km (that's the distance for my high school fitness exams) at one go..... So yay! I did it! :)

Oh, a transexual friend of mine recently had her (his) boobs done. My, those were HUGE boobs...

Anyway, to celebrate her new-found curves, she took some pics of herself (and her HUGE boobs) and proudly posted them on friendster. Everyone was happy to know that she'd found herself.. except for some wee bit of problems- She was not wearing a top in the pics. And she was not wearing a bra.. or a towel.. or any other garments. And she works in an FI (you know FIs are allergic to any relation to sexy stuff .. it's bad for their rep). And she's in an Asian society..

The last I've heard was that her boss fainted (ok, she didn't really faint) and dragged her aside for some serious counselling and got her to do some damage control before she does an Edison Chen..

Hmm.. I wonder how her future prospective boss would react if the dude does job interview screening using google and saw those pics.............

Fullstop for a subject title??

2008-03-25T10:05:00.000-07:00

Today I had a minor argument with the secretary. I was about to submit my report when she insisted that I had to amend the report, because I did not use fullstops at the end of each subject title.

Her idea of the correct format was:
Subject titles must have Fullstops.

My idea was:
Subject titles do not have Fullstops

Well, I decided to give in after some 10mins of pointless arguing (the report was due in 20mins' then.. and she refused to accept the report unless I amend it.)

So, I added fullstops to the subject titles.. and now the titles look like this:
Subject titles should not have Fullstops, but I added them anyway.

Well, I thought all was well then until she made a comment, which left me flabbergasted.. ''I think you should underline the fullstops in the subject titles".

!#*%$@^&*?>?!!

Man, some folks can be so anal!!

Anyway, I told her that she could underline the fullstops if she must, but I prefer to save trees and printer toner (she's always complaining about folks bursting her budget you see).. And that I still believe subject titles don't come with fullstops.

Oh well... Can someone enlighten me please? ;p

A Random Entry

2008-02-20T08:52:00.000-08:00

I'm feeling bored today, so I rummaged through the pile of mails on the coffee table.

I got a card.

It read:

Seems like an invitation to a feminist club.

And then I checked out the weird- looking graphic beneath the words...

...which doesn't quite make sense...

...I scrutinised the card for a moment....

Ha! Invitation to join the Brazilian Waxing Club.. Giddit?

http://www.strip.com.sg/strip.html

Now that's tongue-in-the-cheek advertising.

Sexy Cuzzies And The City

2008-02-09T09:11:00.000-08:00

The past few weeks have been busy, busy, busy.. to the extent I can't remember what has happened.. So Thank goodness for the Chinese New Year holidays, I finally get around to complete this entry and post up the pics that I've owed Tofu and Jordan for almost a month.

Here's some of my favourite snapshots of my Sexy Cuzzies And The (little red-dot) City....

Tofu and Jordan's 1st day together... So we met up.

Cuzz bonding starts. and so begins the love-hate relatioship between Tofu and Phoenix. First, they love each other.

and then they don't.

We checked out a military museum tucked away in a corner of the island, called 'The Reflections at Bukit Chandu'.. as recommended by Tofu. (Yeah, Tofu's a visitor and he knows more about the lil' red-dot island than us local.. man, I am so ashamed ;p )

And then we made our way to West Coast.

.....saw an impressive pile of bullshit.....

And a dangerous- looking larger-than-life spider web.

Tofu and I conquered the web..

and showed off our pedunkadunk (I have absolutely no idea how to spell that...) to Phoenix and Jordan

We came across a stretch of canopy looked kinda romantic.

...So Tofu got down on bended knee profess his undying admiration for Phoenix.
Phoenix was dumbstruck, but nevertheless accepted Tofu's affection with open arms. So now they love each other again. Jordan and I were overjoyed.

We found the most idyllic MacDonald's nearby where we snacked and discussed one of the most important discoveries on MacDonald's - That Chicken McNuggets exists in only 3 shapes.

Oh yeah.. and Asian Chicken McNuggets taste better.

We also discovered that Silvia, our cousin in Canada, has got a car named after her. I haven't seen Silvia for years, but man, I'm guessing that she must be a real hot chick to have a car named after her.

We bounced off to East Coast Park for some bicycling and roller blading. Tofu taught me to draw circles on blades so that I could hook up some cute guys the next time.. and I bullied Jordan into carrying my purse around his neck. I think he must have hated me. (Don't worry cuzz, rest assured that you still look sexy with my purse around your neck.. Hehe... )

Dinner was a treat from Godpa (Phoenix's dad), and Dog ears joined us. While the rest discussed important matters of state, I put my paparrazzi skills to use. And yea, here's the answers to my 'Know Thy Cousins' quiz... Tofu's (a), Phoenix's (b), Dog-ears' (c) and Jordan's (d) (check out the pics)

Leah and Mia did us girl-cousins proud coz they were that close to getting all their guesses right.. which goes to show girl-cousins are smarter. Period.

Next day, we took a walk around the little red-dot city and said 'Hi' to the Merlion and the durian-microphone-looking Esplanade. And we made another important discovery... That the Merlion is a Mister. You'll need to see the mini Merlion to believe this.

I got to pose with my sexiest cuzz by the river.

See the 'Rotomatik' logo? This power plant is one of the many masterpieces of Godpa and Co.

Cow treated us to some awesome chocs by the bay.

While the gentlemen discussed manly issues, I tied a knot on cherry stick with my tongue.

and then we headed off to Sentosa, an island outside off lil red-dot island. Jordan got bored and did a sexy dance to entertain us.

We had 2 rounds of butt massage at the Underwater World, practised yoga within the holes in the walls...

jumped through the walls

and flew through the walls.
.. until Tofu nearly fell off the wall. We decided that was enough and bounced off to see the big (ugly) merlion before sunset.

Mission Accomplished!

Dog-ears joined us for dinner at Chinatown. She was so busy during the day that she had no time to dig her nose and so she just had to do it before dinner. 'Boogie digging is absolutely cathartic', so she claimed. Ugh.

Dinner was 40 sticks of satay, coconut juice and ketupat...

But Tofu decided to have Phoenix's head for dinner instead.. (see, I told you they have this love-hate relationship going on.. ) and Phoenix decided to have my head for dinner. Gruesome.

Jordan left the next day. We popped by JB for some fiery curry noodles and milo with Jet and P.Beannie's papa and mama. Tofu ate up the lethal-looking stuff and passed the test on tolerance for spicy food!

On the night of Tofu's 2nd last day, the gentlemen cozied up for one last manly pic.. Godpa would be off to S.Korea that night, Phoenix would be off to school next morning, and Tofu to Taiwan...

and this is the supposedly farewell shot of Tofu and I (I was supposed to be back at work next morning). We are supposed to look like those African figurines whose heads are stacked on top of each other. (Sorry guys, I don't know what it's called ;p )

Tofu's last day in lil red-dot island. I managed to negotiate another 1/2day off with my boss to see Tofu off.
So Tofu, with his black Sammies (his Samsonite, I mean) worked his charms and managed to hitch a ride to airport in Phoenix's mum's car.
We took the real farewell shot..

and Tofu jetted off to the bigger island Formosa for his much-anticipated part II of his holiday.

Adieus!

2008-01-30T08:20:00.001-08:00

Know Thy Cuzzies...

So, whose hands are those?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Answers in the next entry.
Anyway..

2 Announcements!

1. Online album of my 'Sexy Cuzzies and The City' are still WIP...

2. February's coming. 4 members of the Cuzzies Ring will be officially older by a year.
Happy Birthday to Cow (2nd Feb), Phoenix- Chi-Hu-a-Hu-a-Tang (3rd Feb),
Ah Xing Xing (24th Feb)
...and Moss Princess.

An Oscar cake. How Awesome!

Lame riddle

2008-01-26T08:15:00.000-08:00

A : introduces.
A - emphasises.
A ; connects.
A ' signals contraction or the possessive.

Guess what I'm trying to say.

Movie watching

2008-01-25T08:57:00.000-08:00

I watched a chick flick, ''27 Dresses'', with the girls, Eve, JJ and Kimmie today.

The movie was surprisingly good; no brains required. Eve and , Jj and I laughed our heads off at the lamest jokes. Kimmie was embarassed coz we were the noisiest bunch in the theater.. she put it across to us very tactfully though.. that 'folks seated 5 rows away could hear us'. (The threater had only 10 rows of seats, and we were seated in the middle row.) Oh well.. if your happy, you've got to show it!

Anyway.. if you're ever going to watch comedy with me, you have been warned.

LOL.

Make music, not war

2008-01-23T08:45:00.001-08:00

Someone made a comment which sounded hostile.. But here's a song for her.. Lyrics by Lee Hom, slight modifications by myself.
Make music, not war, baby! :)

Cockney Girl -
我出门儿了载4个哥儿们
这次的故事发生在伦敦
星期六夜边的河边
所有人真嗨
忽然一名可爱BPC
毫不犹豫拉我进舞群里
两个身体多么贴近
我才听见她的声音
她的英文（乃的声音让偶觉得舒服舒服）
意思是（乃的声音让偶觉得舒服舒服）
阿~她的英文
Cockney girl 喜欢你的腔调
Cockney girl 特殊的口调
Cockney girl 请你喝个饮料
Cockney girl OH Cockny girl
Cockney girl 喜欢你的腔调
Cockney girl 特殊的口调
Cockney girl 多神秘的韵脚
Cockney girl Dance with me now
Cockney girl~Cockney girl~Cockney girl
Dance with me now
我听过台湾英语
广东英语
北京话儿还有南方英语
当然也有ABC英语
全世界都努力学英语
你为什么都听我的中语
发现了这一位英国舞女
决定了特别为她写首曲记录我们这神奇的巧遇
她的英文（乃的声音让偶觉得舒服舒服）
意思是（乃的声音让偶觉得舒服舒服）
阿~她的英文
Cockney girl 喜欢你的腔调
Cockney girl 特殊的口调
Cockney girl 请你喝个饮料
Cockney girl OH Cockny girl
Cockney girl 喜欢你的腔调
Cockney girl 特殊的口调
Cockney girl 多神秘的韵脚
Cockney girl Dance with me now
Cockney girl~Cockney girl~Cockney girl
Dance with me now
想追也追不到音乐是我的呼吸
不用唱太多它自然在我身体里
是不是第13张专辑不可思议
只怕灵感太多来不及记
优质同时耳目一新
带你从纽约到乌鲁木齐
从京剧昆曲现在到伦敦的COCKNEY
有些人只会重复自己但是NOT ME
STOP ME如果我太大力
但你跳的好有杀气
PARTY 带动整个PARTY
一直到凌晨六点都不会停
情不自禁跟你醒
COME ON 放开你的心
伦敦的美眉原来也有你们的英语口音
在我的耳边给我多说几句
你知道我一定爱听COCKNEY英文
Cockney的声音让偶觉得舒服舒服）AH~她的英文
Cockney的声音让偶觉得舒服舒服）ME TOO
她的英文
Cockney girl 喜欢你的腔调
Cockney girl 特殊的口调
Cockney girl 请你喝个饮料
Cockney girl OH Cockny girl
Cockney girl 喜欢你的腔调
Cockney girl 特殊的口调
Cockney girl 多神秘的韵脚
Cockney girl Dance with me now
Cockney girl~Cockney girl~Cockney girl
Dance with me now

2008-01-23T08:38:00.000-08:00

Cuzz left today. It felt weird. And quiet.. Phoenix shared the same sentiments too.

Wonder when we will see him again. Not 10 years later, I hope.

WTH

2008-01-21T08:47:00.000-08:00

The third Qian

2007-12-25T09:01:00.001-08:00

We visited the Guan Yin Temple at Bugis after viewing the flat. Mum drew the 3rd Qian, and received a relatively positive comment.

:) I suspect we got the blessing because this time round, we sincerely wanted to help the family when we accepted the offer, and not because we wanted to get a good bargain (ie, Greed).

I'm praying that the whole house- buying process is going to be a smooth one.

Merry Merry Christmas!

We made the decision.. On Christmas Day

2007-12-25T07:56:00.000-08:00

THe decision is made. We will be getting the house at Tampines. Though it's huge responsibility to be financing the house almost alone, it sure beats having to deal with the stress, anxiety, disappointment and tension that's taking a toil on me.

What a relief. Hope things will go on smoothly from here. And may he get some good news too.

Merry Christmas, folks, and peace y'all.

New Haircut

2007-11-25T05:22:00.000-08:00

I had a haircut. It's a bob; the shortest style I've sported ever since my school days. It made my face look more angular. I like it.

I had the cut at Jayun, this Korean hair salon I've always wanted to try out. The stylist, Christina, was one of the two new Korean directors who'd joined the salon recently. She's young, shy and spoke minimal english. To make things easy, I told her just 3 words- Short, layers, volume. She interpreted it very nicely and designed a cut which exactly suited what I had in mind.

Skilful.

I want...

2007-11-17T08:37:00.000-08:00

2007-11-14T07:36:00.000-08:00

Things happen for a reason. Take diffculties in stride and walk with my head high. As long as I have integrity and keep my faith, things will take care of themselves.

Be at peace, look forward and be positive.

Gambette Kudasai, G.I-san !

2007-11-11T09:11:00.000-08:00

I think, if I were an artist, I would paint pictures, and burn them.. like what Chen Wen Hsi did.. because each time I relooked at the stuff I've written, photos I've taken, handicrafts I've made, down to the things I've said and done, there's always something that I would like to change, something I would like to add on, something I'll like to delete away.

I am being fickle-minded? Or am I a unknowing perfectionist? Did I spend too much time looking at the past? Or am I being reflective? I don't know..

2007-11-06T06:34:00.000-08:00

Nothing is forever..

Seize the moment and move on.

Househunting.. and no, I am not getting married.

2007-10-25T07:54:00.001-07:00

I'm on a househunting mission.

I need to get a house big enough for four, somewhere nearer to town, or at least accessible (because logically speaking, accessibility = having amenities nearby) and of course, cheap.

I asked around for lobangs, and got some interesting reactions:

Moss Girl: I'm looking around for a house.. somewh-.....
Friend A: Are you getting married?!Ohmigodwho'sthegroomDoIknowhimwhen'sthewedding.....
Friend B: You're getting married?? We'vebeenfriendsforthepast12yearsandyoudidn'ttellme???
Friend C: ..... (Brief Silence).. You got MARRIED?!
Friend D: You're MARRIED?!
Friend E: Oh, I can recommend you this agent, she's pretty good--- wait, are you getting MaRRiED?
Friend F: CONGRATULATIONS!

Now, now, what has buying a house got to do with me getting MaRRiED?
A friend explains, 'Well, you're still below 35, and singles below 35 don't just buy a house because you won't be getting the $11K housing grant, so the only logical and possible reason would be that you're getting Married..or unless you've struck 4D.. which is quite impossible because you don't buy 4D (lottery of some sort involving 4 numbers I think)..'

How true. Land's scarce here- we have like 200 people living on top of each other and costs 2 arms and 2 legs to buy a house, or rather, lease a flat from the government for 99 years (and that's provided it's a brand new house). So, to minimise land wastage (or so I suspect) and encourage folks to get married and have kids (so that married folks' welfare costs could be borne by their kids in the future- but that's another story), singles here don't get to enjoy housing subsidies like married couples or families do unless they're past their marketable shelf life (for marriage I mean ) and is well on the way to bachelor-hood or spinster-hood...

Haha.. I think I went out of point... Anyway point being, i guess it's just too costly to buy a house when you're a single with marketable shelf life.. and that's why folks don't buy houses unless theý're getting hitched.

Try asking folks here the innocent question I've asked.. and you'll get those answers I've gotten.

Anyway, for the record, No, I'm not getting married. I'm just looking for a roof over the head for the family since Tiger was totally determined to sell the house and boot us out by end of this year. Yeah, so it's gonna be expensive to buy a house, but sure beats having to constantly worry about the threats Tiger makes.

Oh well, Cést la vie!

And To Tiger: May the feud and whatsoever grundges you hold against us ends here.

Kasugai Wasabi Green Peas

2007-10-17T08:14:00.000-07:00

The Kasugai Wasabi Greens Peas. They're out of stock. Everywhere.

How am I supposed to stay awake in the afternoon without them?

Hmph. This is irritating.

First Entry and Dyslexia

2007-10-10T09:26:00.000-07:00

12.05am, 12/10/07.

There. My first blog entry, 2 years after a promise made to my Sexiest cuzzie. See, I do keep my promise, however long I procastinate! :D

.. Ok, I've gotten past the first sentence.. Now what?....

12.14am.

I still don't know what to write. But anyway, the word dyslexic crossed my mind so I looked it up online and found this website which describes some of the traits of a dyslexic.. and damn, I'm pretty convinced that I might be dyslexic...

http://www.dyslexiamylife.org/signs_dsy.html

So, (let's just start with the Good stuff ;p ) a dyslexic's supposed to be intuitive and insightful dude who could see stuff from a different and macro perspective.. Hmm..and has vivid imaginations (sounds like paranoia to me ;p ). and yea, curious and creative.

now the bad news... a Dyslexic dude:

Seems intelligent but reads slow
Doesn't always understands what is said to them
Uses analogies to talk and explain things.
Highly aware of their environment but seem to be lost
Messy room, desk, locker or note book
Difficulty organizing ideas to write a letter
Difficulty expressing oneself
Hesitant in speech

Well, I think the descriptions are pretty spot-on, because I take hours and hours to organise my thoughts just to write a decent email or report.. takes ages to finish a book, just can't get my spellings and those chinese characters right, and that I just can't get folks to understand what the heck I meant without telling stories to illustrate my point... and of course, I'm MESSY..

1.29am ( damn, I spent this long just to write a few lines..)

Anyway, here's the best/ worst part of the topic...

Dyslexia is the ability to see a thing from many points of view, all at once. The primary problem for the dyslexic is that he is capable of processing so much information that it gets garbled, distorted or frozen. There is so much input that, if not filtered what begins as a special, insightful talent, is reduced to a tragic mass of confusion and disability.

How sad.