The boring life of Mlle Teo Shu Zhem (as it says on my French bank card).
And so I went to the gym today! Ran/walked a pathetic 3.5km in slightly under 30 mins - I swear I'm not getting any fitter really. But going more than once a week really is a PAIN. I'm a naturally slothful person, so once per week is really quite enough, really. It's a start!
Hurhur though I think having curry and rice for lunch AND dinner has probably completely nullified, if not damaged, this effect.
Also had a RATHER amusing occurrence during lunch, hahaha. It's a bit hard to explain.
Managed to catch up on some Bleach over the weekend as well - its SO EXCITING, watching the pendulum swing back!!! Stoked.
Today, spent a good part of the day trying to solve a problem for a client who created it themselves, and was quite close to pulling my hair out.
Though, am rather sad that I'll be leaving this company on Friday - the pluses outweighed the minuses - it had nice people, great hours (10-6plus, impossible to beat, I think), great location (could meet various friends for lunch), and a not too difficult job! Sadly, it's not quite related to what I'd want to do in life, so it won't quite contribute to career progression or whatever... so... I have to pass this opportunity up. I think I'm being picky and all, but I think people tend to do that for their first.... anythings.
Oh dear. I'm so sleepy. I think I might ache tomorrow - it's been a while! Zzz.
:10:29 PM: :sugah~plum
I don't understand myself sometimes. I want excitement, yet I want stability and peace. I want to work hard on projects and achieve excellent results, and I also want to slack. I want company, and I want to be alone. And... you get the point.
Just feeling a little... frustrated at why my life can't be simpler. Somehow I always get into complicated human relationships without meaning to. And I guess I'm the kind of person who doesn't choose a side and always tries to sit on the fence/have my cake and eat it too (although this saying doesn't really make sense to me), which I think doesn't really help. In any case... perhaps I'm meant to always be embroiled and unsettled. Perhaps. It's not really what I want, but I'm really not sure about what I do want, so... we'll see.
And I'm too sentimental for my own good too.
Oh well.
:9:03 AM: :sugah~plum
Busy busy bee!
Barcardi Original Mojito Salsa Extravaganza!
Check out my cupcake :)Yikes. Haven't blogged for a week and a half. Been meaning to, but somehow just hadn't had the time. Recently I've been baking! And dancing, of course. And yeah... working kind of saps away a lot of your time. Will likely be jobless or as people say, "in-between jobs" soon, so perhaps I will have more time. Hah.
And and. I had a recent spate of bad luck last week - first I spilt half my bowl of curry on my pants, shoes, and the floor, AND my whole cup of barley into my food tray, and THEN the next day I slip and fall and get a big scab thing on my knee. Tsk. Or perhaps I am just clumsy -_- it's not usually this bad though!
Lychee martini <3
Smoked salmon salad nomnomnom.Oh and had a great (complimentary) dinner at Supperclub last Wednesday too - it was like a promotional thing sponsored by Divine Med Spa. Quite a smart marketing gimmick, if only to gain brand awareness. At least it's targeted (ladyluxe night), lol! Camera died though so few pictures. But it was nice and pleasant - having an after work drink with a delicious 4 course meal. Good stuff.
And more free food - went for a media food tasting event at Chinese Box organized by my company and helped to take pictures. Full review here at Ingredients of Happiness! :)
Also had high tea at the Fullerton with my girls - more on that in the next post. Been spending waayyyy too much (mostly on food, I think, because I haven't really been shopping :() so got to start cutting down now! Do want to buy a dress for grad night though =(
On a final note, Dalena, Daphne and I are holding a flea market stall at Timbre @ The Arts House tomorrow evening from 6.30pm to 11.30pm - do drop by and support if you can make it! :D
:6:31 PM: :sugah~plum
What is WRONG with prawn mee?!
My parents are strange... the conversation goes like this -
The rents: Do you want us to ta-pow chicken wings for you for dinner?
(notice how I'm not asked my opinion on what food I want)
Me: Er, don't want. I want prawn mee please.
R: Why prawn mee?? How about chicken wings?
Me: No, I want prawn mee.
R: But I thought you're full! How about chicken wings? Or popiah lah??
Me: No, I want prawn mee. I want to drink the soup and it's healthier than chicken wings anyway...
R: Prawn mee the soup not healthy, don't get prawn mee, chicken wings or popiah better? And if you're not going to eat the noodles, wasted!!!
Me: Just ask for less noodles lah I'll eat some what...
R: I thought you said you're full... prawn mee very filling leh... how about popiah?
(..... and this goes on for about 2 minutes)
Me: (by now very exasperated) Why I cannot eat prawn mee is it WHAT'S WRONG with it?!! Just buy prawn mee ok!!!
R: Oh. Ok.
All that effort just to get a bowl of prawn mee.... omg. I don't know whether to laugh or cry!
:8:19 PM: :sugah~plum
People.
It's something which has occured to me on a number of occasions.
The core of what our world is, is people. Corporations, businesses, governments, societies, EVERYTHING, were created by people, managed by people, and made up of people. Without people none of these things can exist. And sometimes, that is why I marvel human life, and marvel the complexities of it.
There's a school of thought which postulates that the world, or specifically, Earth, will be better off without human beings. Nature will thrive, plants will grow, and there won't be a hole in the sky (yes, I know, in the ozone layer, but sky sounded more poetic). And in truth, there is beauty and many nuances in nature, and yes, perhaps the world will be better off.
But there is much beauty in human life as well. Even the not-so-wonderful specimens, well, they make life interesting, let's just say.
There's a circle of society - of people working to create things, which they in turn sell to people and earn the money to buy other things which were created by other people. That's something which is pretty fascinating to me, even though I can't quite explain why.
Anyway, I'm not going to attempt to answer the perennial question of whether we need society or if its really just a cage and a pretense of civilization, but I do think, that social exchange networks help to preserve some form of order, and help people to achieve some material level of happiness.
I'm going to stop here, because I think if I go on I'll be confusing myself with my own thoughts. And plus it's almost 7pm on a Friday night - it's time for some dinner and some dancing!
:6:48 PM: :sugah~plum
Dreams.
For some reason, I've been having recurring dreams with similar motifs, which all play on a particular real life trouble and frustration. I wonder if my sub-conscious is trying to tell me something, but I really don't know what it's trying to say. In any case, it's too vivid and too real for my liking - can't even get some peace while sleeping, bah.
Anyway, here's the trailer for L4D2 - all I can say is, frying pans, lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz6FCFoL3k4
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The interviews are about to begin... wish me luck!
:2:58 PM: :sugah~plum