it's kind of over...

No!

Today I learned how to say NO. I am entitled to saying NO. 'Cause there are certain things that I must say NO to. And sometimes, it's just so exhausting to keep saying YES...

** I witnessed Sara got hypnotized!!! No tricks! - coolness

At first it was amusing...

Coming from a different culture and a country which speaks American English, Singapore English was refreshing... at first. The initial difference would be that, Singapore English was influenced by the British, elevator vs lift, pants and trousers, truck and lorry, Gas and petrol, take-outs and take aways and so on... But, like most places, they have developed their own linguistic system that is now known as (tantananantadaa!) Singlish.

Most encountered Singlish phrases/words:

Can lah?

So how?

Ayo! - An expression which conveys disappointment, frustration and the likes

What to do? - this (along with the tone usually associated with it) kind of annoys me

Is it? - Means 'Really?'

Since I really really don't want to sound and talk like them, I am now consious of how I speak (don't want to scare my nieces and nephews when I'm on vacation in Manila with a 'How are you, lah?'). It reminds me of the days when I was in Laguna where I temporarily adapted the southern Tagalog intonation, hence, my proneness to adapting theirs.

So, for those planning a trip here, I suggest you brush up on your Singlish, can lah?

On a different note, someone I know here always use the phrase 'Can I have the...' when what he really means is 'Can I borrow the...', sometimes I just wanna ask him 'Why? Is it yours?'. Hehehe...

just a little happy...

Some of the lines I picked up from several TV series...

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. - William Shakespeare

: I wish people would do wrong to none. It wouldn't cost much to treat others as you want to be treated.

Smooth rides make boring stories, a little calamity, well that's worth talking about.

: Everybody wants colorful stories and we all have at least one...

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

: Easier said than done.

Life is a hell of a thing to happen to a person.

: Yes, sometimes it is.

Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles. - Charles Chaplin

: Yep!

I don't need that fairy tale thing right now, i just need a little happy.

: Just a little happy, please... 

calm down

This weekend I became...

Happy

Annoyed

Cranky

Excited

Sad

Thrilled

Pathetic

Irritated

Tired

And I need to calm down...

My Deepavali weekend

24 Oct:

Left my cellphone at the ofc - had to go back

After having dinner, I drooled over the new macbook, then drooled some more.

Tropic Thunder was really really funny... great movie!

Got a bit cranky on the way home - due to headache and lack of sleep coupled with unnecessary rudeness of the people around me (aarghh)

25 Oct:

Still have the headaches, so I stayed home and rest and eat.

- Happy Birthday Momsie! -

26 Oct:

All hell broke loose, good thing I was asleep the whole time, don't want to be caught in the middle. hehehe

My Pepper Lunch day - Chicken and Salmon, yumyum

Parokya ni Edgar na!!! wooohooo... We really enjoyed it! They're so great and nice and funny and really one of the best. They sung Harana (with Harana 2), Halaga, Gitara and a lot lot more.

27 Oct:

Finally, after a year of separation, we're finally together - me and my magic sing. hehehe.

Plus my very very nice cousin sent me the cd's I requested with Max's merengue. Yey!

Weekend's almost over... back to work tomorrow...

If you stop caring you're jaded, if you care too much it'll ruin you... 

♪ I fell right through the cracks... ♪

It's been raining all week (not heavy rains though, just showers most of the time) and such weather on a Friday morning is just plain mocking after a week of insufficient sleep! But when I realized that tonight will be the start of the long weekend (Yey!), with Tropic Thunder, Pepper Lunch and PnE on my list, then it isn't so bad... Oh, and just listening to this guy's version of I'm Yours makes me feel a lot better (Thanks Anton for the showing me the video).

When a woman tells a man what she's feeling, she doesn't want him to fix her, she just wants him to shut up and listen!

My LSS song for the day

"Here is the church and here is the steeple, we sure are cute for 2 ugly people..."

Thoughtfulness won't cost much

When my sister and I realized that aside from my parents birthday this October, Pau, our lovely niece also celebrated her 10th birthday this month. And so, we decided to buy them a greeting card, but, my sister being the artistic one in our family decided to make the card instead. She created a birthday card for Pau, another for Kurt and miss you cards each for Enteng and Sean. My contribution to the creation of the greeting cards? Well, the decision on which character/item she'll draw based on each kids' interest...

And my final task is to go to the post office, buy the stamps and send them. Hehehe.

All in all the total cost of the 4 cards = 4SGD + a few hours of our time

95 days to go

My countdown officially starts now. Yey!

Gym?

My original plan was to go jogging every after work or at least 3 times a week.  But yesterday I tried going to the Gym. I was given a 2 week free pass at CF so we went there and tried the facilities. I was not really interested but since I've been eating a lot lately, I thought it's not a bad idea to try and burn some of the calories. Saturday was not a very busy day at the gym so we got to move around and tried most of the equipment that was there, except of course the really heavy and complicated ones. 

What I like - sauna, treadmill, the rowing thing and the one for crunches

What I hate - hmmm... may be just the thought of it taking away an hour of my day and yes, of course, the big hole it'll put on my pocket

Still have 2 weeks to decide...

Wishful thinking on a rainy Sunday afternoon

Chicken Congee with tofu from Chowking

Fried Bangus and kangkong with bagoong also from Chowking

Chocolate Sprinkle from Krispy Kreme

Pork Siew Mai from Hen Lin

Bavarian munchkins from Dunkin Donuts

yum yum yum...

I'm counting down the days...

I want a personal jukebox... Sige na, haranahin mo naman ako.

Most of those who knew are still hung up about us as I am hung up about you...

chagrin...

It's the choices we make that defines us

Living with the consequences and stares

Desperately avoiding to err

It's futile but we barely care

Hiding in the starless sky

Wishing for a dreamless sleep

Staring at roads and headlights

On this evening while my reality bites 

akin ka na lang

28Sep2008

To the person we saw at the MRT train who possibly arrived from Thailand (we saw the luggage, hehehe) 

To the guy who we saw standing at Pedro - which made us walk the same hall 4 times

To the twins who were on their way to NS

01Oct2008

To the boy we saw at borders

To the man in my dreams

frustrated

I should be better than this. I used to be better than this. I was doing well until now, until you showed up and made me daft yet again. Made everything around me revolve around you. And so here I am, playing a game that has been decided a long time ago, singing a song that has been out of tune for so long, longing for something that was never meant to be mine. 

And for the nth time, I am going to be frustrated...

same effect

Bigyan na lang kita ng kutsilyo, saksakin mo na lang ako...

Eto bato pakipukpok sa ulo ko...

Asan yung pala, hukayin ko na lang yung libingan ko...

same effect lang e...

On heartaches and toothaches

Something has to be removed/extracted or patched before the pain subsides. But nothing will ever be the same again, what was once there is gone or different. You will always be reminded of what used to be but will somehow be grateful that the pain is already over, and proud that it was audaciously dealt with…