Muselisation

Moments ago I was watching an info-ed show on MobTV, "Find me a Singaporean 2" hosted by Belinda.

On episode 4, they were featuring this Singapore lady, Stella, who had married a Brazilian Chinese and since then been relocated to Brazil for 20 over years.

Since don't know when, I never understand why people around are always telling me they don't like it here, they want to migrate, they want to go to another country so on so forth. Many of these times I was thinking in my heart, "Is Singapore really that bad?"

For me, I love this place, although from time to time I do complain about how sucky the government can get sometime. Then again, I never dare to imagine life outside Singapore. Yes, I love traveling, visiting other countries, but at the end of the day, I will always come back to this place where I call home.

It is hard not to imagine how not Singaporean Stella would be, after knowing that she has been away for 20 years. But to my surprise, not only does she look Singaporean, she speak like an authentic Singaporean too. It was not difficult to catch her speaking with the typical Singlish accent, and all those linguistic term that only Singaporean understand what it meant, e.g. "Giam Xeng Ti", "Jia Lat", etc.

The most touching part of the show was, when Belinda handed Stella all the presents that she have brought from Singapore. Belinda bought her a packet of Ba Gua, and Stella's mother actually got Belinda to help her pass the Pineapple tarts and Hae Be Hiam that she have made to Stella. The moment Stella saw the food that her mother has made, her tears burst out Needless to say, I started tearing too. It's amazing, how someone who has been away from home for so many years, misses Singapore so so so so much. I really feel very touched, and trust me I was so touch that my goose bumps started starting (***In a good way***).

Belinda says, "In Singapore we know we lead a good life, but still we always take everything around us for granted. But after visiting Stella, I have learn that I should appreciate everything and everyone that I have with me back in Singapore."

人总是要等到失去了才懂得珍惜!

Just last week, Rach showed me this clip on YouTube about this guy who took photo of himself everyday over a period of 6 years.

When I first watch the video, I felt kinda of eerie, it was a weird feeling. After a while, it became a little emotional, it's like so amazing that one person can change so much over 6 years and you are not aware of the changes yourself. This video definitely support the saying of "Time waits for no man".



Now let me think, what was I doing 6 years ago.....
6 years ago at this very day, I think I was still attending classes at SP. Eagerly looking forward to the day ending, so that I could rush down to the club house and play Carom with the rest.
Oh well, if you ask me, I definitely think that I look so much better 6 years ago, haha...

Sars Selamat from spiritedly on Comiqs

2 months into this 2nd job of mine and I've yet to mention anything about the office.
Oh well... This is a small company that I am working in now with only 3 people, including myself.

Nothing much for me to complain about, and all I can say is I do have a good boss here. He really took care of us, and we are have the freedom to display our creativity and my boss is open to ideas and comments made by us.

My only colleague, Rachel, shares the same hobby as me and that is fashion. Then again, when it comes to fashion stuffs all girls become good friend. We shop online (in the office), at the shopping during lunch time and most of the time we will cam whore in the office taking all sort of nonsensies photos.

As much as I'm in concern, I do enjoy this job very much. With the amount of freedom that I have, the work scope that I'm involve, there nothing more that I can ask for I guess... Hmp, maybe I can only for higher pay? (***Hahaha hope my boss read this***)

On my table, I'm surrounded by lots of toys and presents from Rachel. Check some of them out in the photos here:

These two are name card holders made by Rach, think she bought the stickers and the case from Daiso, nice right!

That's hers


And that's mine


Diesel's sample perfume, nice packaging right. All you have to do is just to press the center of the box and you will get the perfume coming out.


Ribena's ice-pop mould


Cheese ring from Rach


Rach's hedgehog, but I forgotten how it ended up on my table.

More photos coming up, I promise, hehehe...

It was just another lazy working day, though it was only the mid week but it seem like a lazy Fri, well guess that's because it a PH tmr.

Decided to head out for lunch at Raffle City, because Rachel decided to buy an early gift for Todd's wife (she's going to pop her son out this sat).


(***Flowers Flowers Flowers***)

After Rach and I went separate directions to get our own things I bump into the 3 babes from Taxi Design, not that they do the designing for the taxis in Singapore, but rather that's the name of their company. Anyway so much for saying again and again that we should meet for lunch, I actually bump into them having lunch. So hey girls! We must really keep our words and meet up someday k! Lol~!


***Dewi, Me, Jacquie & Judy***

Earlier this morning, Rach handed a Todd a pay cheque from the First Media Design School. He was overwhelm, trust me! He was so excited that he keep insisting that we should take a photo of the cheque and a photo of him with the cheque. Well, like what he say, this is the first time someone actually wrote a cheque "Payable: Active Channel Pte Ltd", so I guess as a boss it always feel excited to get your first pay cheque from client.


***The excited boss with his first pay cheque***

Let me tell you something very stupid that I have done, I went to purchase the mob TV package yesterday for one month!

I swear, my boss gonna kill me if he finds out about it.

Anyway, ya after I bought the package, I have almost immediate access to the channel programs. So I was happily looking out for local productions that I have either miss it on the linear TV or programs that I have no chance to watch it at all.

So the first show that I hit on was the 迷你摆家乐, or the Mini Home Survivor, if that's what they call it on the TV la. Anyway and ya I was there to catch up on those episodes that I have miss out on. Simply love this production by MediaCorp, although it's a pretty much imitation concept from ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition, but it definitely quench my thirst for interior designing programs.

After which, I move on to A Wedding Affair, and OMG looking at those lovey dovey couples out there. I am like so so so so motivated and tempted to get marry also la. But for me, all I can do is to sigh~!!! A long and winding SIGGGHHHH~! Lol~! ***Stress Wyne!***Stress Wyne!!!***

Ok jokes aside, but those couples are really very loving. I was sent to be in envious mode when they talk about how their prospective husband proposed to them! As every close souls out there knows that I have the most unromantic man on earth as my gigolo bf, I was so envy with these girls to a extend that, I was thinking "Will I end up being the one who have to propose to him, instead of him doing it for me?" Ya ya, he is not that bad, he is still very sweet and on high alert for situation awareness. But..... how much do you really want to expect from someone, who doesn't even bother to remember his gf's birthday, even for the very first time they are spending it together? ***I am not complaining!***

Of course, from the show it was pretty obvious that not every couple is as perfect as you think they are. There bound to have flaws in everyone, its just a matter of whether it is presented right in the eyes of everyone, or very beautifully cover up by those involved.

Nevertheless, I still do think that, being able to tie the knot with the love of your life is really something very sweet.

After watching the entire season, I have this crazy idea about my own wedding. Although I know it's sort of way too early to think about something like that, but I do find it a very fun thing to do. Maybe that's why since young I have always dream about helping other people in their wedding.

Anyway, a dream is just a dream. When the sun says Hello! to me in the morning, I still have to get my butt off the bed and go to work!

This is one thing that I must tell all girls out there man!!!

The next time when you girls want to sell anything online, and if the transaction is to be done on deliver by hand then please make sure that you have someone going with you to meet the other party.

At this moment you must be thinking I kena rob or what, but let me tell you that is not la k. Something more er...... I can't find a right word to fit it in, anyway ya it was just an incident that really got me into a frighten mode?

Just 1 month after I bought the HTC phone, I sort of decided that, you know although I am much better than Wyne Ho in terms of computer stuff but still deep down I am not that sort of techy. So I decided to get rid of that phone before the price of it drop, and I posted it on my ebay account to sell it off. The response was pretty well I must admit, and I manage to sell it off like even before the bid was over.

So happily, I went to meet this Indian guy to pass him the phone and collect my money. I was so so so so wrong to think that, everything was just over like that. And OMG, minutes after I left the place, the guy message me, asking for the receipts of the phone purchase and blah blah blah. So ok, I mean I didn't know I have to pass him the receipt for it was my time selling mobile phone online. Well, so I told "Ya ok but let me go back and look for it first". And know what? for the next few days the guy was like sending me SMS to remind me about the receipt and other cheesy stuffs. The worse was when he send me an email telling me I am so pretty and it would be his pleasure to see me again, hope that I have a sober weekend yadah yadah.... I'm sorry I'm not being racist here, but I seriously don't feel complimented at all!! On the contrary, I suddenly like feel so scare to meet this person again la. And to think that my gigolo bf can tell me stuff like, "So you telling me this to make me feel jealous??? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! AH NEH!!!" Like WTF la, to have this kind of bf, cannot make it!

So now, I have to come up with stupid excuse like telling him I'm away for urgent business trip and that I will get my "husband" to mail him the receipt instead. Trust me, the tone of his reply email change 180°.

When I told AY about this, she was like laughing her head off, telling me "You always attract the wrong kind! HAHAHAHA!"

What a bf and best friend I have!