Thumpers out

Just confirmed with elinn that thumpers is next tues, not tonight. Which means that i can go home n continue my prince of tennis. Yay!! Can't believe i'm so addicted to japanese anime on tennis games..

dengue

Yesterday was another day when no one felt like working. After pushing off creative's meeting, i collected some free tix to mr n mrs smith then went for drinks with YY. We gossiped a bit abt office, especially fae. I don't know if he's concerned for her or just trying to prove something. Regardless, i headed back to office abt 7pm after the drinks n had dinner with fae. Talked for a long while with her on various things, with me trying to avoid the sensitive topic as much as possible. We're probably going to start our own company, but will see how things go.

After dinner, i met up with kel. Didn't see her for a long while n realised that she was just recovering from dengue fever. Had another round of dinner with her (i guess i subconsciously wanted to get her dengue fever as it was effective weight-loss measure.. now that idea really sounds like someone...) then headed home to catch up with my prince of tennis. The most exciting match lasted more than 4 episodes, n i finally gave up watching it n knocked off to bed.

Just remembered that i was supposed to join elinn n anne at thumpers tonight. They were trying quite hard to convince me to go, especially since i definitely won't bump into her. Might go for like 5 min.. I know, i'm anti-social rite?

Oh, n i was just reading the reviews for my new hp nokia 6230i. Most of them are pretty good. :) Guess i made the right decision in going for it.. hee...

Full up

Most things turned out as planned on Friday. Had japanese dinner with my colleagues then headed out to karaoke by 8pm. There were 11 of us altogether, n 3 of them weren't singing, fortunately. Guess it was more of a get-together cum gossip session than anything else. Met elinn n anne after the karaoke. Most of the kitchens at chijmes were closed, maybe cos it's about midnite then, so we had pizza supper (and they thought it was my dinner..). Elinn wanted to play pool but we couldn't really think of anywhere good so we ended up with 2nd round supper at breko. Gosh.. the choc cake was irresistable. Man, i think it's my craving, since it wasn't THAT fantastic..

Got home at 3+am, knocked out till noon next day. Set off to sim lim sq to fulfil my missions. Then watched starwars again at cine with sengy, chenyee, fae n tammy. This time, there was THX n it really was a far cry from the pathetic theatre in genting. Rushed down to class after picking peiqi up. Dehua came after. Peiqi was craving for her pork ribs in JB, so we headed there for supper after class. Got caught in the stupid jam when we were coming out for 2 hours!! So i got home at 3+am AGAIN. Couldn't believe i did it twice straight in a row..

Anyhow, i got up late today again n missed lunch. Watching prince of tennis n burning them into dvds at the same time. Wonder how many dvds the show will take with its 150+ episodes (n still counting since it isn't finished yet..).

Patching

Was supposed to be meeting my basketball team mates last night, but qingwan was too tired. Feiling n huini had to work OT so I ended up going to my mum's office n helped her fix her pc. Yeah, i just started talking to my mum again like 2 nights ago. Her boss was so happy that i fixed the pc n wanted to buy me dinner but i wasn't too interested.. Anyhow, i ended up having dinner with my mum n breakfast this morning too. Sent her to work then headed to my client's. Hopefully things will continue to go well for a while..

Tonight is supposedly quite exciting. I organised a dinner / karaoke / supper session for my pwc colleagues n ex-colleagues. Wanted to disappear for a while in between to go down changkat but was not granted permission. They didn't like the idea that the organiser was disappearing? But I was quite fortunate to be able to invite andrea since she's usually not someone who would join us for anything at all! But i'm still contemplating with my idea of my disappearance act.. :)

Cracking lips

The weather in malaysia was very dry, especially Genting. My lips are cracking up.. :( Think i've gotta look for my "supposedly very good" lip balm tonite.. Next road trip destination: Cameron Highlands. Peiqi wanted to drive all the way to thailand, but dehua n me immediately gunned down the idea.

Road trip 2 - It happened!

Saturday was a super-stressed out time. I woke up n headed to bedok sports hall for the JC tournament. Was shocked to see karfu n don (yeah, that guy everyone hated)representing VJC.. Anyway, it ran late n yen yen refused to let me leave (for some reason, she thinks i'm the best announcer??) so i had to get peiqi to help me take class for the 1st hour. Rushed down to class after n realised dehua was there to help too. Anyway, ended class n drove everyone to my place. Packed in 3 min, hurried my brother, then set off for malaysia! Elinn decided not to go so it was just dehua, peiqi, my brother n myself.

Went via the 1st link. Had dinner at JB (butter crayfish rox!!) n zoomed off towards Sri Petaling since peiqi's friend stayed there. After a challenging drive, we found the place at around 2+am but there was no more room at the hotel. So we drove into KL n circled the place looking for alternatives. Saw a nice-looking Cititel hotel n tried going there but simply couldn't find the road in. Was beating the red lights since there was no car and got caught by 2 policemen. Decided to "settle privately" (they were just waiting for us to say that..) with RM50 n they escorted us all the way to Cititel hotel! There was a part of the road that was jammed up due to a road block, and our "escort" cleared the road for us!! Gosh.. that's one of the things that RM50 can buy you. By the time we got to Cititel, it was around 4am.

Woke up the next morning n decided to give the hotel breakfast a miss cos we were meeting peiqi's friend for dim sum. Her friend's probably going to fight fong yi min's weight in the coming SEA Games n had won dunno how many medals in how many tourneys. After our breakfast, we went to take a look at the malaysia's NTC. We played there for a while, awed ourselves with the training facilities for sports in malaysia. Apparently, national team players all stayed in the hostels there n they've got fields for all kinds of sports. TKD was next to the hockey and soccer fields. Almost every sport was gathered there.

Left the place n headed towards Genting after some direction guidance from peiqi's friend. While looking for a parking lot, a tout came along n asked if we needed a room to stay. Of cos we did since the hotels were all full. He quoted us a rate which was 3 times the price we paid in KL. After much bargaining with him, we had it for RM520. Figured it was alrite if we splitted that amount n oso cos there were 2 queen sized beds in the "suite" n the walk-in rate was RM600 for that room. My brother became the tour guide since he's been there so often. Dehua n Peiqi headed to casino. I played pool, ate some food n watched starwars with my bro. Sound system sux big time man. By the time our show ended, peiqi n dehua were oredi waiting for us in the hotel room. Apparently they had pretty huge earnings.. We had pizza for dinner after much deliberation n they continued gambling after dinner. I walked around the casinos with my bro but didn't gamble. Left the place after n headed to our room. Caught the ending of taking lives n another stupid show (malibu's most wanted) on tv. Wanted to do my work, but my bro kept distracting me! Peiqi n dehua joined us in the room just after the show ended. Apparently, dehua lost all his earnings n was quite upset abt it.. hmm...

Headed back to KL at noon. On the way there, we saw some pahang escort on the highway n was tailgating them since they drove so slowly at 110km/h! No one dared to overtake them, n everyone was literally following my car. We were thinking if we should turn our hazard lights on too n confuse everyone into thinking that we're part of the escort..

Picked peiqi's friend up n had lunch at chee chiong gai. I bought a few more dvds, exchanged some while peiqi bought shoes. Went to Low Yat Plaza after then headed back to JB. We had more crayfish (2 rounds at different stalls) n very nice pork ribs! Didn't order frog since peiqi wouldn't be eating that so had ostrich meat instead. Bought mangosteens n mangoes then headed back to singapore. The people were driving ridiculously close. 1 car even used his wing mirror to rub against mine. I was so pissed off with that indian guy. By the time we got back to singapore, it was past midnight. Home sweet home..

Stress!!!!!!!

I'm so stressed out that i've decided to take a break from work n blog. Last night, i worked till 8.30pm, then met a couple of my basketball teammates for dinner. One of them's a producer's asst, while the other's a director's asst. Another of their colleague joined us halfway n it's funny to hear them bitch abt their colleagues. Someone's got molested in paris, another didn't buy anything from taiwan, etc. Started work again at 11pm n lasted till 1.30am before i konked out naturally. I remember dreaming of stuffs, but can't really recall what..

This morning, peiqi sms me n asked me to go genting. It's as if she read my blog, but i'm sure she didn't cos she doesn't even know its existence. She was quite excited n started making all sorts of plans n phone calls despite me telling her that all the hotel rooms were full. At the rate i'm going, i'll probably be working the entire weekend instead. N this is driving me crazy!!!

Road trip 2

I'm trying to arrange for another road trip during this upcoming long weekend. Dun hv anywhere specific in mind, just anywhere in malaysia (of cos i can't be doing a road trip in singapore, duh). Most likely i'll end up in KL again since chen yee might be heading home (PJ) then. Sengy said he might bring his wife. Geraldine's out of the question since she might think it dodgy. Moky.. not sure if he'll be back by then. Or is he back this week? Whatever. If anne can get her passport, maybe elinn n anne can go as well. Should i ask qiushi? Anyway, there are many impromptus. As it is, the idea popped into my head only a couple of hours ago. Might end up not going or just go with my family. Maybe maybe maybe. We'll see when it happens. In the meantime, i shall just rally for people..

Deadly sin - Gluttony

Ok, i didn't manage to work out after church. Instead, i had lunch n starbucks with my cell group. Went to white sands to teach a friend's god-mother accounts till night. She said i should do tuition for extra bucks, but i guess i dun like the extra commitment. As it is, i dun hv much time for myself. Oh, i need to pull out of grassroots too.

Last night, had dinner at chomp chomp with kyra. Man, we bitched abt our senior mgr non-stop. I believe he's got too much time on his hand while she thinks that he's being threatened by another senior mgr. We were jus trying to justify his recent ridiculous behaviour (for eg, stopping me from going tokyo 3 weeks just becos he wanted me to attend an unimportant meeting in singapore this week that he was attending as well). He told kyra that he was in meetings the entire day yesterday, but she refused to believe him.

Went to fix feiling's pc after dinner. She made me listen to her new SHE dvd, as if i didn't hate them enough. Well, i dun exactly hate them, i just dun like them. And we went out to eat again since she didn't hv her dinner (n lunch n breakfast so she claimed). She dropped by my house to pick dvds for free loan (she was really excited by the collection!) n elinn n anne dropped by too. Had supper with elinn n anne after sending feiling home (i know, i'm overeating). Elinn forced me to eat the mango milk ice despite my protests. I decided that i've gotta look for a new group of friends who dun like eating. I realise all my friends love to look for food almost all the time n it's not helping!!!

Sinful calories

Last nite i headed for cell group after work, although i hadn't finished my work. Was so tired, i went home immediately after cell n fell asleep. Woke up at noon n watched a couple of dvds. The interpreter n a series of unfortunate events. Went out to white sands to teach sri n her god-ma db mgt n accounts before taking class. Peiqi dropped by class n we went to bakerzinn for dessert marathon after class. Woah.. just feel like puking man! In the end, we didn't manage to finish all the desserts we got. Instead, we ordered a sandwich at the end to even out all the dessert taste. Apparently it was the first time peiqi had bakerzinn n i believe it won't be her last visit there. But those calories i jus consumed are finally sinking into my head. Damn. I'm going to work out tomorrow after church..

Fine

The last few days had been a time of fine dining, mostly french and italian. Somehow my craving for warm chocolate cake never ceased to bring me to new places. I'll be going back to bakers' inn soon jus to use their voucher i kept for months n now finally expiring. Oh, i've got a parking fine recently but the slip flew away while i drove along the expressway. Will jus assume that i never got it since i didn't really see it.. Like an ostrich sticking its head into the mud.

The next few days might be a time for drinks (apart from work) cos there're a couple of events upcoming. Think my stomach's not feeling too good, so i won't be drinking too hard. Work has become a dread with many jobs loaded onto me while i'm still unprepared. I leave the office at 8.30pm earliest, else it would be 10+? I feel quite bad for making some of my staff stay back with me when the work's not completed, but there isn't much i can do except to approve their OT.

I'm tired n need a break. I've been thinking abt many things. Too many. The inability to stay focused on one thought is causing me to head nowhere. Conflicting perspectives battle inside me constantly. I need a solo retreat n sort my thoughts before it's too late. I wanna find back the happiness i used to have. I wanna find back the "ME" i used to be. The thought of human chemistry strikes me.. maybe that's wat i'm seeking...

New hp

After all the talk, i finally got my new hp.. Nokia 6230i. Nope, it's not the 3G hp i wanted all along. I figured that it's still not worth getting that hp yet. Moreover, not enough pple were using 3G. So i'll probably be getting it year end (31st Dec) instead. The nokia 6230i has excellent picture resolution at 1.3 megapixels. N we're talking abt effective resolution here! It oso came with a 64Mb MMC card, which is definitely not enough.. n that means i'll be shopping for a 512Mb MMC card during the next upcoming pc show at the expo. Ok, regardless of my new hp, i'll still be shopping at the next pc show. I'm a geek.

Jus an hour after getting my new hp, i got it locked. Or rather, the sim card got locked n needs the PUK code. Of cos no one could give it to me since it's new n i'll have to wait 3 working days. This means i'm still stuck with my old number till then. :( Else i would hv terminated my old line by yesterday.

Lalaloo....

Lucky number

Yesterday was 05/05/05. Supposedly a good day for me since my fav number is 5, but it was the day of my FIRST OFFICIAL ACCIDENT. Yeah, car accident. I hit the back of a cab cos he jam-braked when a cyclist from behind some bushes suddenly came out to cross the zebra-crossing. Basically, the cab was intact since the knock was quite light. I was travelling at a really slow speed. But my front wasn't.. my bumper went somewhat out of shape n my license plate was out of its casing. Oh well, sent my poor car to the workshop today n hope i can collect it soon.

Anyway, there's a post-peak bash at dbl-o for the financial audit dept. But guess what? My dept's just going to gate-crash their bash. I mean, they do that to our bashes as well rite? My secretary's leading the pack, so ... :)

Where in the world is carmen san diego

I remember an interesting pc game i played more than 10 years ago. U play a detective trying to catch a suspect who travels around the world. In the process, u get to "fly globally" n make enquiries with different people n enjoy different cultures in a simplified way. Now that i think back, it sounds like a dream job which probably only exists in my fantasy world. I'm thinking if i really fancied the idea of travelling around the globe for work. Or should it only be travel for leisure?

Tammy jus told me that she's going NYC this june n it's confirmed. Gerrie said to go states n celebrate disney's 50th birthday or something like that. Qiushi asked me to go organise some mediterranean trip some time soon. My company's asking pple to go China. As for me, i just feel like going everywhere, anywhere. I want a break. I don't want it to be a working holiday. I want it to be a break, away from work. I wanna be able to jus sit there n people-watch the whole day. I wanna be able to roam the streets non-chalently without having to care a thing in the world. I wanna be able to lie on the beach n listen to the waves n smell the sea without having to worry. I wanna just do wat i wanna do without answering to anyone. I wanna get out of here..

Middleman

I hate being middleman. Things dun work out on either side n u get the blame. Shit happens at work. But why do i hv to be there when it happens? My secretary's asking me to go sydney for 2 weeks from next monday onwards. Fae's going there for work, so i've got free accomodation. Anyway, i've got so many ex-colleagues there i dun exactly hv a problem with that. But i've gotta work. Work. Shit.

Recap

Back from KL. Didn't get the clothes i intended to since there was no time. Instead, i got myself a new pair of shoes since my nike shoe's sole dropped. Rite, so what did i do in KL?

Full body massage, hair treatment, movie marathon (Divergence n XXX2), party in orange (it was a gay party..), eating everywhere n everything (seafood, westin, etc.), shopping for dvds, checking out JLC watches (i actually liked one of them!), etc. The only thing i really missed was the spa village in marriott hotel. It was totally awesome, except that i didn't bring my swimsuit.. shit.

The gay party jill's invite n was quite eye-opening for me. Never been to any before. The guys were mostly half-naked by the middle of the party! Met many pple there too, thanx to jill n sri. Oh yeah, n there was a tv news broadcaster n fridae.com editor (jill's ex) or something like that there too. Pity they didn't sell shots, only bottles, so i couldn't get high enough to dance completely.

Just remembered that there was this cab driver who threatened to beat me up if i didn't give him 1 more dollar when he drove me from jalan alor to chee-chiong-gai..

Guess it was quite a good weekend getaway. I'm now thinking of heading to cameron highlands when i manage to gather enough pple for it. And sri is now the official liaison officer for lesbos in S'pore n KL. She would be working from s'pore while jas would be her counterpart in KL. N i think they were asking me to help support the IT infrastructure behind their works.. hmm...

KL retreat

Woohoo! I'm in KL for the long weekend, hiding from all my collegaues n work! :) Staying in Marriott n they've got free internet so might as well update my blog for a while. Oh, my company's got a roadshow next week for mobile phones so won't be getting one till then. Suddenly recalled that day when i went down to the MTV asia office. Saw someone from there n for the FIRST time, i actually noticed what she was wearing. I mean, i dun normally notice what pple wear, but she was wearing something so.. different. It made her look good n stylish i guess.. n i felt quite ugly next to her. Not that it really mattered to me, but i jus remembered my friend who used to tell me how hopeless i am in fashion n i couldn't pull anything like that off. Hmm.. maybe i really need help. Fae's oredi helping me a little. Now that i'm in KL, i might probably go see if there's anything different. Then again, i can't really tell.. damn... maybe i'll ask jill for advice.