m1rr0r's life

it was announced today

2009-11-05T20:04:00.002+08:00

so, i can post my 2 drafts (below) :p
as expected, "why"s were aplenty and many thought I found another job

It's official!

2009-11-02T22:39:00.003+08:00

Ok, this is another backdated post (kept the Drafts earlier on, followed some other bloggers' foodsteps - haha you know who you are).

Monday, 2 Nov'09

Today I gave my official resignation letter to my boss.

However, the HR person is on leave (coz last nite was her wedding dinner haha) thus, no announcement yet.

My boss & I will inform my sub-ordinate (1 person only lar) first before the annoucement.

I'm sure lotsa colleagues will immediately ask me where I'm going (I'm not sure whether the announcement will mention about me leaving Singapore, but obviously I'll be serving more than 1 month notice so, people might be curious).

And I'll say Australia.

And they'll ask things like:

why?

have you found a job?

have your husband found a job?

have you bought a house/flat?

and when I answer "no" to the last 3 of the above, they'll say something like "wah, so daring"

well, this will be the 3rd time i leave my job before finding a new job

although this time is for a totally different reason :p

and this time i really feel sad leaving my job

i actually don't drag myself to work (only drag myself to wake up coz i hate mornings haha) and I don't actually hate Mondays, I guess coz i enjoy working at TBS :D

ah.. as for the "why"s, I'll probably say "why not?" haha...

2009-11-02T22:20:00.002+08:00

friday, 30 Oct'09 (PM)

it went something like this: (with heartbeat that went much faster than normal)

after a discussion with my boss and another colleague in a meeting room, i said i wanted to talk to my boss.

so, the other colleague went out of the room (since the discussion was already done anyway).

I was really lost for words, not sure how to say it.

I was like "errmm..." and my boss went: "are you resigning?"

and i said yes.... she asked why and i said i'm migrating

and i went on to explain more details, last day, etc.

so. there.

chicken

2009-11-02T21:41:00.003+08:00

huh... such a coward, don't even dare to leave a proper name for the obviously rejected comment? ha!
*oh btw, why would u even read such a backdated post of mine if u think i'm that bad? weird, super duper weird*

wow this must be what xiaxue and the such (meaning famous bloggers) face on a daily basis, times 10,000 or so haha

What? it's that time of the year again?

2009-10-28T21:17:00.000+08:00

Orchard Road - preparation of the Xmas lights up is definitely under way.
It's been around 2-3 weeks now.
Seriously, it feels like Xmas08 was just here, CNY09, WH sale, went to Timor Leste playscheme, Future Fit (was moved to TBS Singapore), GSS, and it's now coming to Xmas09?? oh my...

Anyway, SO excited to countdown, 1 more month to Japan trip!!
I'm SO looking forward to the yummy food, cooling weather, cutesy stuff (kiki lala here i come!!), onsen

2009-10-26T19:23:00.000+08:00

I was at Sunday mass at St. Ignatius church yesterday (Sunday, 25 Oct) when I suddenly realized my attire that day was quite global (or should I say, regional)

Polo t-shirt: from Hong Kong (Disneyland)
Cotton-on denim skirt: from Australia (Darwin)
Bag: from Cambodia (Siem Reap)
Ring: from Australia (Darwin)
Silver bangle: from Timor Leste (Dili)
Crocs: from Singapore
Jibbitz on crocs: from Indonesia (Jakarta)

Cool huh :p

Hmm... on purpose?

2009-10-13T22:58:00.001+08:00

Last Saturday I had to go to the warehouse for gifts packing, right?
I can claim a total of S$30 of taxi fare for that 1 day.
The past few times, the taxi fare is around S$13.60-14.50 per way.
Of course I don't know which way to take to go there *it's just so weird that almost all taxi drivers will ask which way i wanna go*
When asked that morning, I just said anything, any way.
Of course assuming that taxi driver will take the shortest possible way.

This time, it felt like it was already longer than usual and the view is definitely not the usual one (it was passing thru sengkang area, and i started wondering why they hell are we at sengkang area????)
anyway, i didn't say anything until i glanced at the meter and it was already S$18 and still no sign of that warehouse area (which is near expo, a well-known area so, no way the driver lost his way).
i asked him, is it still much furher? i told him, usually my fare is not even S$15 and not this long. i said usually i didn't go thru this way
(the whole journey was slightly more than 30 minutes, while usually it's only 20 min).
he obviously felt bad and said i can just pay him S$15 later
anyway, when we reached, the fare was S$22+ almost S$23 and i handed him S$50 and he said that he'll just take S$15 and i said ya
i feel bad coz it's quite different, BUT then again, how would i know if he didn't purposely try to cheat me?
if it were my 1st time taking the taxi to the warehouse, i wouldn't know and would have paid him the full fare, right?
it was really a much further way, and when i asked him earlier, he said this way is all highway. Hello, 1st of all it was a Saturday morning, no traffic! 2nd of all, the usual way is also highway all the way hmmpphhh

anyway, i know that my fare home will be around S$18+ coz from 5-8pm there's a +35% peak hour surcharge (and true, it was really S$18+) so i really didn't wanna pay the full fare
i took the receipt though, and i think i should've mentioned that i could only claim S$15 per way
i just wonder if he thinks that i will claim the full amount while paying him only S$15

*sigh*

Some facts about me

2009-10-12T18:29:00.000+08:00

I'm old.
I only slept for about 4-4.5 hours last night and I'm feeling dizzy the whole day. Well we had to go to stores for stock take which started at 7.30am thus, I woke up at 6.30am. Luckily we could go off at 4.30pm coz of the early start. I totally couldn't think properly, just quickly finished my Monday tasks then off I went.
I've never been to any Hard Rock Cafe.
Well, I couldn't go out much when living in Jakarta so, although it was really really popular in Jkt at a point of time, I just haven't been there!
Oh one time my cousin almost brought my elder sis & I there but we were underaged so, decided to go somewhere else.
Hmm wait a minute.. that date with that ex-bf... hmm... nahh.. i think that was Planet Hollywood instead (I remember the cheesecake was super yummy)
I'm considering doing the spontaneous travel to Japan
As in, not planning a proper itinerary nor book all the accommodation.
Well, I've never been to any holiday without booking the accommodation, but am quite used to having a not so planned itinerary.
This afternoon I asked Teresita (my colleague) about her recent Japan trip and was surprised to find out that she didn't book ANY accommodation at all, just walked in.
She also didn't really plan a proper itinerary.
Oh well... Maybe I'll still book some (or all) accommodations coz by then it'll be school holiday so a lil' bit more risky...
I watched "The Last Emperor" under the stars last nite.
It was a botanic garden, as part of the sun festival.
The movie was quite long and kinda weird haha.. Anyway, just wanted to spend time with mom. Oh mom was the one who told me about it coz she saw the ad on newspaper.

Norway tops UN human development index, China moves up

2009-10-05T20:22:00.002+08:00

Norway tops UN human development index, China moves up

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>> Nining, "your" country is#1 !!
Actually I heard this on the radio this afternoon and just googled it.
On the radio they said Singapore is#23 but it's not mentioned in the above article

photos...

2009-09-24T21:44:00.000+08:00

just posted photos and wrote some descriptions at facebook, very lazy to do here haha... so just some photos lar :p

back & tanned grin

2009-09-22T22:57:00.000+08:00

O and I went to Darwin over the long weekend, our 1st holiday this year! As previously mentioned, it's been more than 1 year since our last holiday (to Cambodia)!

The above photo was self-taken with my mobile haha.. haven't uploaded digicam photos yet, maybe tomorrow.

This was on the last day, having brunch at Mitchell street.

Wearing my headband from East Timor :D

The weather was gorgeously sunny, with perfect winds. it's not humid at all.

It was kinda like a way toned down Phuket (minus the humidity) haha... nice...

But since it's really just a short getaway, we didn't do anything except sun-tanning at the pool (stayed at holiday inn esplanade), walked around the small CBD, even did some shopping haha...

and went to the sunday mindil beach market (lotsa yummy food!)

random (as usual)

2009-09-14T22:32:00.000+08:00

i wonder how those indonesians can be so easily contented with life.
i seriously thought i was simple but of course it's been quite some time since i realized i'm not (if it's in terms of what i want in life)
i wrote "indonesians" coz i don't know any other nationalities in singapore who are as simple (some malaysians, perhaps)
well, i don't have that many non-indonesian friends in sg in the 1st place.
but i'm not exactly like singaporeans either
i don't 'surrender' to guys like so many other singaporean gals
yes, husbands may make more money than their wives (in general) but it doesn't mean they don't need to share the workload at home (housework, taking care of kids, etc.)
i don't see singaporean guys open doors for women
i don't see singaporean guys treat women as equal and i don't see the women mind
(although that might be the reason for the super obvious increasing number of singaporean women who date foreigners - mainly caucasian)
i don't like being fair unlike SO many other chinese gals, i luv my tan! (which sadly, NEVER last)
i don't like eating rice or noodle on a daily basis unless they're sushi rice haha.. (basically i only like unplain rice like the yellow rice at fish & co, paella, briyani rice, etc.)
i have tattoo and keep thinking of getting more (VERY unIndonesian and untraditional Chinese)
i have tummy and curves but i'm confident enough to wear bikini on holidays (VERY unSingaporean. i know many many many skinny gals who don't dare to wear bikini) afterall it's not for show, it's for getting fabulous tan (which again, sadly, never last)

i'm just blabbering as usual.

i can't believe it's mid Sept already!!!!!!

my back is aching coz yesterday i spent 9 hours at the warehouse packing gift sets
and the money earned already more than half gone at yesterday's dinner at sushi tei haha
anyway i was there coz i had no choice (i'm coordinating it), not for the $$

i'm supposed to be washing hair now so i can wake up later tomorrow
but i feel like sleeping
but it's hard to stop surfing the net

oh we found the best priced LX3 and best freebies BUT sold out, gotta check back in 2-3 weeks time.
looks like i have to live with not taking new cam to this weekend trip
have to live with the sony one
anyway it takes nice outdoor photos
and this is not really a holiday holiday (if you know what i mean) so, can do lar

2009-09-12T11:44:00.000+08:00

i've been listening to radio when i really need to concentrate at work, specially when preparing budget (come to think about it, i've been preparing the budget for about 1 month!).
2 days ago i was listening to Power 98 FM and the DJs were asking listeners to call in and tell them their unfortunate events or something like that..
anyway, this gal called and said that her bf didn't know she has a facebook account and one day he found out, and her ex-bf is in her friend list. so, the bf is unhappy coz in the first place he didn't want her to have a facebook account. so they quarrelled over it or sth.

HELLOOOO, the bf is only that, A BOYFRIEND. what right does he have to tell her what she can and can't do? and it's only a facebook account omigod.
Even if he were the fiancee or even husband, that's not acceptable.

I really HATE controlling guys (must do this, can't do that).

UGH.

do not fall into temptation!

2009-09-10T21:19:00.000+08:00

i'm really trying hard not to blog about something coz it's really not my place and there's really no point in doing so. but it just won't stop omigod, it just got worse. ugh.

anyway, after i wrote the above sentence, i realized there are more things that i wanted to blog about but i really shouldn't. at least not yet. sigh..
say to self: so not fun, that's what happen if u publish ur blog larrrrrrr
hahaha.........

Mooncake - which brand should I buy this year?

2009-08-31T23:39:00.000+08:00

Well, I wanna buy for mom... Last year Raffles Hotel's snowskin mooncake was disapponting thus, I won't buy from them anymore. ever.
Anyway, I'm sure they're more expensive than some other equally good ones.
I'm only looking at the snowskin liquor type though, not the traditional ones. Mom doesn't enjoy the traditional ones as much. As for myself, I love salted egg yolk but the pastes are usually too sweet for those traditional ones. While the slight bitterness of those liquor ones balance the sweetness from the paste (and it's usually different kinda paste anyway).
If I'm gonna get fat from mooncakes anyway, I'd rather get fat from those liquor ones haha...

There are several attractive early bird offers.
I'm tempted by the Swissotel Merchant Court ones as they have a pair for high tea buffet voucher with purchase of 2 boxes of mooncakes.
Or the Shang Palace (Shangri-la hotel) 30% off.
I'm sure some other places offer similar attractive offers (what's with this economy and all). Not to mention credit card promotions...
And those atriums at shopping malls (but those usually started after the early bird promo has ended).

Hmm...

So near, yet so far

2009-08-31T00:58:00.000+08:00

Centrepoint, that is.
I saw a magazine ad about this shoe shop in Centrepoint called Left & Right some time ago and have been wanting to go as I wanna try on the cute sneakers (and buy 1 pair if they look nice).
Anyway, I haven't got a chance to do so yet!

And now I'm browsing and stumble upon a foodie's blog and guess what, there's an Aston's Prime in centrepoint!! since when!!?!?!
I'm like, always going to The Cathay for the aston's specialities. Yes, of course they're cheaper but, the Q is always SO long even at say, 3pm (on a Saturday).
Anyway, the price of a steak at Aston's Prime is still much lower than many other places (and according to the blogger, it's bigger than Aston's Specialities thus, the slightly higher price is justified,right? and they still don't charge ++ from menu price!)

I think the past few times I went to Centrepoint only to Cold Storage and/or The Body Shop.
Oh and to Toast Box for their coffee...

Strangely missing basket

2009-08-31T00:21:00.000+08:00

After the movie, I went to Giant for my weekly groceries shopping. When I was about to be done, I bumped into Yos and then Sofi and mom (we were together before movie, but I thought they've gone home).
Anyway, I was deciding whether or not to buy milk. So, I put my shopping basket at one side first as it was quite heavy. And then I remembered that I should buy lettuce or baby butterhead. So, I went in and sadly it was sold out (except some leftover China lettuce which looked really pathetic). Anyway, I've decided to get the milk (Meiji) AND I couldn't find my basket!
I went back to wherever area I was at recently and couldn't find it!
(I was sure whereabout I left it at, but since it wasn't there, decided to just go around looking).

Ugh, I was soooo annoyed. And had to re-take all the items.
And the rock melon wasn't there anymore (coz earlier I took the last one), as well as the hotdog bun (but later found another brand which is like 20 cents more ex).
AND what's more annoying, I mistakenly took chye sim instead of kai lan! only realized it at home when I was about to steam it :( I don't quite like chye sim :(

I think someone must have taken it by mistake.
I only left it for a short while, really don't think the staff put them back so quickly.

Ugh

The Proposal

2009-08-31T00:15:00.000+08:00

O & I watched "The Proposal" Sunday afternoon. We liked it. I cried several times. Many touching moments. Or maybe coz I'm emotional recently. haha..

And before the movie started, we saw the trailer of some nice movies that we wanna watch next time: Nine, The Ugly Truth, The Blue Mansion (Singapore movie).

We should be buying the HSBC prepaid card (S$75 for 10 movies). But.... we have to use walk-in queue if we wanna use that card.. (past few times we always use the visa platinum card so almost no queue everytime...) Hmmm.....

i hate thissss

2009-08-26T23:48:00.000+08:00

the mysterious sudden itchy throat is back!
yes, the one that make me cough in the middle of the night...
and these 2-3 days it's back to be more frequent, it happens during the day, too!
uuuuuuugggggghhhhhhh
it's been so long! is there anything wrong with me? :(

I get it, it'll never stop

2009-08-26T21:26:00.000+08:00

I just changed my facebook status to:

feels strangely emotional these few days. it's not PMS (just over). just watched
Singapore Idol and whenever they're in or out and cried, felt like crying, too!
(T_T) and few days ago, re-read an e-mail about something sad that happens to
...someone I don't know and had to try REAL hard not to cry (was in the office)
>.<

and immediately 2 indonesian gals are implying that I might be pregnant (despite the "PMS just over" remarks).

I get it, it'll never stop until I really am pregnant. Which if it happens at all, will be in 3 years time earliest.

ANYWAY,

I really am emotional. It's not that I'm usually not, but this is much more than usual.
Once in like, half or a year I'd cry in the office when I got really really overwhelmed.
When I read novel or watch movies, I usually end up crying for any touching moments. And of course, sad moments. Like "PS.I love you", both novel and movie made me cry SO many times.

Oh well...

I was having a meeting at the warehouse (near Expo) until 7pm just now, and took cab home (it happened to be a Mercedes one haha). And on the quiet ride home (being a Mercedes, it was much quieter than usual. Plus, nowadays I don't travel long anymore, always a 10-15 mins. on a crowded bus or 30min. if going to mom's place but I usually sleep on the bus), I was looking out the window and observing (usually I pass that route on the way home from airport which means I'm usually very tired and will attempt to sleep). When I passed the Singapore flyer, I remind myself to go there once more during the daytime (coz it was night time the 1st time).
It was really nice. And it's even nicer coz I didn't get motion sickness this time haha...

now i remember

2009-08-25T20:08:00.000+08:00

i suddenly remember another topic that i wanted to blog about last nite when i was on the very short walk to the bus stop this morning.
it was about beautiful wedding in Bali! I've always seen nice wedding photos of friends there.
Sadly, I'm never invited (not close friends)! If they were close friends, I'd have gladly flown to Bali to attend.
Well, of course I've missed my one chance (but remember, I've blogged before, I already made O promised me an anniversary renewal of vow some time in the future hee hee).
I was hoping some of my close friends would have an intimate wedding celebration in Bali, but nope, didn't happen.

and i have another topic now.

This morning when I wanted to ride the lift down, it was from higher level thus, there was already an old man inside. When the lift door opened at my level, he threw out banana peel onto the floor! gosh!
anyway, well, i used to litterall the time in indonesia when i was young
BUT, hello, this is Singapore! people get fined for littering! ugh...

just some thoughts

2009-08-24T23:47:00.001+08:00

O is the only bf that my mom and grandma like. Maybe what people say is right, parents always know what's best for you? (i know i know, can't be always always, but most of the time, at least?). No wonder I marry him, right? :p But of course those previous ones ended when we were still young so, can't really count, but still :p
Uh i'm not saying they're bad, just not the right one for me.

This is my 450th post.

I created a new post coz I was thinking of something to blog (other than about O above) but I now totally forgot what it was.

Christabel didn't win supermodelme.tv. I don't know if I'm bias because I'm a Singaporean (and in Singapore), but I voted for her. Too bad. At least the winner is not the one I like the least >.<

Before finishing the above sentence, I actually went to cut my nail on 1 finger as it chipped.
And proceeded to buff my nails. I somehow realized I've been buffing it wrong, the TBS nail buffer can actually make my nails shiny and I didn't know! (this is the one side colorful one side white, not the thin one -I know the thin one can shine nails).
It made screeching sound that O can't stand. I went outside (I'm in the bedroom, he's in the living room) to tell him and he said he knows I just used it coz he could hear it (he always flinched when he hears that sound hee hee).

I realized I'm really grumpy when I'm too tired (like if I wear uncomfortable shoes and walked whole day), or too sleepy (like, almost every morning. I'm never one who cheerily greets everybody "Morning!" except when in Viqueque (East Timor) where I greeted almost every stranger on the street "Bondiya"!! well, over there I slept A LOT, relatively early, and woken up by roasters' screaming in the morning plus the morning chill. I digress).

I think I'm going to cook 5 lunches every Sunday night, to bring to office the next 5 days mwahahaha I'm so lazy. I just did that yesterday. Baked salmon and chicken with different sauces, wrapped in aluminium foil. Steamed some veggie and ta-da, all done. haa...

I feel strangely calm about something.

japan itinerary planning = headache!!

2009-08-22T15:31:00.000+08:00

uh... maybe i should plan it based on what i REALLY wanna do in Japan
hmm let me think..
definitely to eat lotsa japanese food (jap food is probably the only food which i can eat on a daily basis and not feel bored. can't eat chinese/indonesian/italian daily without feeling bored)
to try the hot spring
to go to disneyland and sanrio puroland (not so interested in universal studio but since we'll be staying in osaka for 3 days, who knows?)
buy cute stuff but as usual when im on holiday,not really into shopping
go to 1 temple (one is enough for me, i guess)
take photos of beautiful autumn leaves
take photos of mt fuji (from far is fine by me)
OK, that's prob it
we only have 10 full days thus, can't do THAT much, right...

I ♥ my new watch

2009-08-11T22:51:00.000+08:00

This is probably only the 2nd watch I bought for myself and the 1st one was like 7-8 years ago...
but I bought watches for other people and I've received from others as well.

I ♥ this Adidas big watch! Original price was S$215 but City Chain was having a 30% off for this.

Happy happy

it's been a long time

2009-08-10T23:06:00.000+08:00

since I watched a great movie. I'm not too sure if they qualify as "great" great, but they definitely are better than many other recent movies (like Harry Potter for example).

I've wanted to watch The Hangover when I read the synopsis and I still got 2 GV vouchers (can't remember where I got them from), which couldn't be used for online booking and were rather useless for walk-in coz the Q is always SO long.

Anyway, last week we decided to watch at Tiong Bahru (as it's always quieter than any other GV) after Angela's church wedding and before Soo Yi's housewarming (it was SO hot I didn't wanna go home).

The Hangover was awesomely hilarious. Very entertaining.
Oh, I can't believe this is NC-16 rating.

And yesterday, after swimming at mom's, O really wanted to watch Up. So, we bought tickets online and rushed to GV Plaza (good thing GV movie NEVER starts on time haha...long adverts!).

Up was VERY touching! I had to hold back tears at so many parts of the movie! I thought (from watching the trailers) this was just Ice Age 3-kinda funny movie (read: not even THAT funny a.k.a not so great movie). But this, my friend, was really unexpected. Go watch it!!