My Secondary School Pals
Here are some photos from Yuxiu's Birthday Party. Actually, we had taken a lot of photos, but the photos were not with me as I didn't bring my camera. I would upload more photos once the girls send the photos to me.
A really healthy KTV session with bubble tea, fruits and tidbits. No alcohol.
Me and my best friend of over 10 years, Joey.
Me and Mr Nice Guy, Zhanhong! I like to listen to him sing Cantonese songs!
Me and Jordon, the banker!
Me and Mr Firefighter, Chen Lye. We used to sit together back in Secondary one and he was basically my favourite sitting partner.
I shall introduce my other secondary school friends when I have their photos.
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Angeline winks
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My Weekend
I had been out for the past few nights that I hardly had time to go online. Thus, I could only update about my recent happenings on such a relaxing sunday at my sis' place.
It had been a really tiring week for me. I don't know why, but I just feel so tired. Even when Shixing saw me, he told me that I look tired. Is it because of lack of sleep? Or is my work just so tiring? Hmm... maybe I'm just need a break. Anyway, Adrian, Shixing and I met up at Marina Square for dinner at MOF on Friday. I had unagi stone rice which is quite okay, except that the portion is kinda small for me. After finishing my rice, I still feel kinda hungry, so I decided to order soft shell crab. But, that was a mistake as the soft shell crab was pathetic and it costs $6.50. Super not worth it. I should have just ordered something else or what. After dinner, it was still early and so we decided to go Setters' Cafe at Holland Village and we went to pick Celene as well.
As I had mentioned in my previous post, I like to go Settlers' Cafe, especially with my good friends. It's a good place for catching up and gathering. Basically, I bet the four of us has lotsa fun playing the games, like Taboo. I laughed until I was really tired and my jaws hurt. And the conclusion of the night is, Shixing is a cheat. He always has 101 ways to cheat to win us. Setters' Cafe must be one of the most IN place to hang out as my sports camp friends were there to celebrate Shuling and Corey birthday as well. It was a pity that I didn't have the chance to play the games with them as I bet it would damn fun as they are a bunch of crappy people. Nevertheless, we took a rare group photo. When Shifeng MMS me a group photo taken a few year ago a few days ago, I was shocked as I had no impression of that photo at all. I even zoomed in the photo to see if I was inside the photo. True enough, fatty angie was in the photo. That photo was taken a few years ago. My god. We were joking that maybe the next group photo would be us with our kids. haha. Time simply flies. As I still have to work the next day, we left at around 12 plus. But, you won't believe it. In the end, I only managed to reach home at 2am as we hollanded after sending Adrian home! Haha. The more you want to rush home, the more you would screw up by exiting from the wrong exit. This is just so me and Shixing. No wonder Shixing also thinks that I can't drive for nuts as I always seem to give him the wrong directions. I'm sorry Shixing. But, you are really very nice to drive all of us back home. ------It was Lam's wedding last night. He basically invited all the ex and present ocbc staff. It was totally like bankers convention. Our table was noisy to the extent that Boss was commenting that he was sitting beside loudspeakers. It was a very fun wedding as all of us were like talking nonsense. I really miss talking such nonsense with my fellow compass point colleagues. We used to talk rubbish everyday in office. Now, I could no longer talk rubbish with them in office, and the only chance would be attending such function like wedding dinner with them. Anyway, they were super happening as they were going to Zouk after the dinner! I would like to join them, but I had to attend Kit's birthday party at K garden. So, Strawberry Jac and I shared a cab together. When I reached K Garden, all my secondary school friends were already there, except that Junwei was leaving. And even our dear Mr Policeman, Tiianbao was there. It was quite a surprise to see him. As usual, we took a lot of photos and we tried to make Kit drink a lot since he was the birthday boy.
Hq and the rest were in the other room as well. So, I was basically like a "social escort" going to the 2 rooms to socialize. Haha. It seems like most of my friends like to hang out at K garden as well. Haha. I didn't manage to sing many songs, and it was already 2am. As our birthday boy still look quite sober, they wanted to play ARMCHAIR. It was totally madness. Kit was totally drinking the Martell from the bottle! That's so disgusting. I couldn't do it for sure. All in all, it was a fun night though I must admit that I was really tired.I guess I really need to sleep early tonight...
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
Am I really that lousy?
I have a serious question to ask all of you...Do I look like a bad driver to you? I don't know why, but it seems like almost all of my friends think that I can't drive for nuts. And they agree unanimously that I will definitely be lost whenever I drive. There's only one way for me to prove that they are wrong. And that is to learn how to drive and drive them around.
I bet if I drive them around, they got to admit that I can drive and I'm a good driver.
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Angeline winks
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Some observations
Being quite a regular patron of MOS, I've made some observations... 1) The crowd seems to be younger and younger. There are kids who totally look like they are only 12 years old. Though I do admit that I look like 16 years old as well, at least I dare to say that I look much older than them.2) There are definitely more guys than girls. The ratio is about 10:1. I'm not exaggerating. If I stand at a spot for 10 minutes, all I can see is GUYS, GUYS and more GUYS. Where are all the girls?3) Most of the girls there are tall and skinny. Who says God is fair?!!4) MOS plays almost the same kind of music on Saturdays. It's like some kind of SOP. 5) The drinks in MOS are really expensive. And the cheapest drink is a bottle of red wine. And red wine is also the cheapest option to get high and drunk. It's tried and tested. 6) The turnover rate at MOS is quite low, given that I always see the same old bouncer, waitress and bartender.7) You tend to meet people whom you haven't see for quite some time at MOS.8) There are a lot of "black-wanabes". All I can say is their dress sense is unique.9) Though Singapore population consists mostly Chinese, I can't say that of the crowd who goes MOS. 10) The peak hours of MOS is actually 1-2am when you have to queue up for quite some time to go into MOS. Well, you may not agree with me for certain points, but all these are just some random observations made by me. =p
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Angeline winks
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KTV & Setters' Cafe
Why is it that weekends seem to pass so fast? It's Monday again. I'm not sure if the weather is making me feel so tired or am I just having Monday Blues? I feel so tired for the whole day and I just can't wait to go home after work. And I keep thinking of taking off or even leave since I've quite a lot of leave left. haha. Anyway, I had an enjoyable weekend. I met up with my secondary school friends to celebrate Yuxiu's birthday. It was really great seeing them! No matter how busy I am, I would always try to turn up for such gatherings. Afterall, I've known them for 10 years plus and such friendship is more precious than anything. I'm definitely very blessed to have friends like them. And I'm super excited over our December trip. It would be our first time travelling together! I bet it would be very fun and enjoyable. I would think it's quite a successful gathering given that there were quite a lot of people who came, namely Limin, me, Yuxiu, Chingyun, Zhanhong, Weipeng and Jordon. Even Chen Lye came as well. I have not seen this guy since AMKSS bbq sometimes in May or June. It's nice catching up with him as I can tell him anything and this guy never fails to enlighten me with his theories. And so, we sang ktv till 6pm then we decided to go Settlers' Cafe at Holland Village. People have been telling me that Settlers' Cafe is fun and I'm so glad that I finally make it there. Luckily, Weipeng and Jordon drove, if not it would be quite troublesome to catch a cab to go Holland V. However, it's really quite tough to find a parking lot there. There are a lot of board games over there and the people there are very friendly. They keep recommending us new games to play when all we want is to play brainless games. I really had lotsa fun, especially when we played Taboo. I really laughed till I felt that my cheeks were blushing. It was really very fun. Even Junwei who knocked off at 830pm came to join us as well. It was such a happy day for me though I was feeling really PMS about going to work on Monday. Maybe next time, I should suggest to them to hold gathering on Saturday so that I could rot at home on Sunday night. Keke.
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Sunday, November 12, 2006
It's such a small, small world...
Singapore covers an area of 647.5 sq km with a population of 3.5 million. As compared to many cities or countries over the world, we are indeed quite small. This brings me to the point that it seems like the whole world seems to know one another. There are so many times in which I try to introduce this particular friend to another friend of mine and it turns out that they are some childhood friends or what. And there are so many times in which I will meet some friend of mine at unexpected place in Singapore. And we will exclaim it's such a small world. But think of it this way, though our land size is small, we have a population of 3.5 million, so it takes a lot of fate to meet that particular person actually. Or maybe the world is really small.
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Angeline winks
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
Meeting up with John
It's a gloomy Saturday. It had been raining for the whole afternoon since I've gotten home. The rain totally spoiled my plan of going ecp for this weekend. Since I can't go ecp, I may have some constructive rest. Unfortunately, I had such a bad nightmare that I didn't sleep well either. I dreamt that I met with a car accident. An awful car accident. Just hope that I would have much better dreams in the night.Anyway, I finally met up with John and Celene last night! John was late due to the horrible jam, thus Celene and I had some soup at Crystal Jade Kitchen before he came. When we finished our soup, we moved on the Crystal Jade Xiao Long Bao as our Mr Tee hates the kitchen. haha. We ordered a lot of side dishes. Initially, we were worried that we didn't order enough, but our worrying is totally unnecessary. I was so FULL after finishing up the food. After that, we even went to Gelare for ice-cream. As we had not met up with Mr Tee for so long, we had so much to update him. Well, he's a top MBE, so can't help it that he's busy. But, I'm already very happy that he actually reserved his friday night for us. =pBy the way, you guys should be damn proud of me as I actually took public transport to meet them and back home yesterday. That's an achievement.
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Angeline winks
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
How things change...
2006 is coming to an end and it's time to do some self-reflection.
A lot of things had happened in the year 2006. Some of my friends who used to be close to me 10 mths ago are behaving like strangers to me now. On the other hand, some people who used to be my acquintances have actually become my good friends now. There are also some people who used to watch over me are no longer around me.
Never do I expect myself to have a career switch in 2006 as well.
There are so much things to reflect that I don't know how should I start. Maybe I should write another entry when inspiration hits me.
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Congratulations to my good friend, Shixing for getting the wonderful job! =p
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Angeline winks
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Monday, November 06, 2006
Love? Yawn...
Have we stopped believing in happily ever after? Tan Lili wondersI bumped into an old friend recently and when she found out I'm still with my boyfriend of close to three years, her eyes bulged then she blurted:" Wow, you guys are still together?!" I just maintained my smile and nodded.It seems like I've contracted a disease that plagues my generation - the Happily-Ever-After Deficiency Syndrome (HEADS). You see, that exchange is not the first of its kind I've had. After a few consecutive times of bumping into friends and getting shocked reactions, it suddenly hit me: Have all of us, subconsciously or not, lost faith in sustaining relationships?During our parents' black-and-white days, women were expected to marry the first guy they met and pledge to stay together forever. But our generation is a cynical bunch. Increasingly, when we hear about newly-formed couples, we likely to go," I give them three months, six tops." Why the scepticism? Are we too consumed by HEADS that we've grown bored of love and the butterflies-in-the-stomach feeling it brings?Of course, there are exceptions. There are still hopeless romantics who shet tears of joy when they find out their hairstylist's daughter finally got hitched to the man of her dreams. They're also the ones who genuinely believe their own Prince Charming is still out there even after failed relationships. And when Prince Charming does finally arrive, he will stay by their sides and protect them from evil relatives and fire-breathing bosses. Most of us call them too idealistic, immature even. But the presence of these hopeless romantics injects a dash of hope into today's otherwise sad love stories. Accounts of unhappy cuoples and broken marriages are surfacing quicker than Brangelina can walk down the aisle, if ever (hey, I'm part of this generation too!). I have friends who've been single all their lives, not because they haven't found the right one but because they're afraid of getting hurt. I dare say most of us crave intimacy and stable relationships, but there's just this jiggling fear in us that makes us hold back from truly believing what we want is possible. Perhaps we've been betrayed by someone we trusted or perhaps we've seen couples close to us - even our parents - go their separate ways after solid years of romance. I'm in fact, contracted HEADS after witnessing seemingly happy couples head to Splitsville without any danger signs. But that doesn't mean I've stopped believing in the fairytale romance altogether. While seeing brutal breakups has tainted the once wholesome four-letter word and left me baffled over the possiblity of together forever, I'm proud to say the man in my life is still my first love. And even though I'm not sure we'll get the happy ending we desire. I work hard and hope to make every step magical in our journey towards the final sentence that closes every fairytale. Who knows, maybe I will start believing in happily-ever-afters in the end. A meaningful essay from CLEO which I think all of us should read as I think most of us here are guilty of contracting HEADS.
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Angeline winks
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Sunday, November 05, 2006
Horoscope for the day
Your responses are slower than usual, but in its own way, that's a gift. Give yourself time and space to make decisions. Not only will you be more certain of your choices, but you'll be more appreciative of them as well.
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Angeline winks
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A trip to JB
I went JB yesterday! Our intention is clear - Eat, Eat and Eat!
Though we didn't drive in, we realize that actually it's quite convenient to go JB by public transport as long as there isn't any jam. We walked to City Square, then we headed to Secret Recipe! The cakes are damn cheap and nice. I ordered my favourite Chocolate banana cake. Bogus! But the service there needs to be improved though.
City Square is quite a good place to shop as there are many shops with a variety of clothes and things to see. If not for the fact we got to rush to eat our seafood dinner, I bet we would have spent more shopping there. I managed to buy a pair of nice shoes though. Keke. After walking for awhile, we took a cab to the famous seafood place to eat. We ordered a lot of food, but I was kinda disappointed with the size of the crabs! Their so-called big crabs are so SMALL. It must be the haze which caused all the crabs to shrink in size. We had a really big feast before we made our way back to Singapore.For the past 2 nights, I had been staying at my sis place and I must say I really enjoyed being with my sister. We seemed to have endless of things to talk about, and it's never boring with her around. All in all, it was a wonderful and well-spent weekend.But, I guess I had gained at least 2kg over the weekend.
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Angeline winks
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Saturday, November 04, 2006
DESIRE
Today is Saturday, but I don't have to wake up early to go to work! That's because it's my off day. In fact, I would also be taking off on Monday, which means that I'm going to have a long weekend. =p
I had been waking up at 6 for the past few days, and I'm damn tired! I'm tired to the extent that I would fall asleep once I lie on my bed. I am that tired. Though I got to wake up so early, I enjoy going to Balestier Branch. The people there are very nice, especially Gladys and Molly. They are super nice to me! The tellers are very friendly and nice too. Somehow, they like to address me as CSM. Haha. Most importantly, the food there is really nice. So far, other than the first day which I ate MacDonalds, all my lunch is damn happy lunch, char siew rice, fish hor fun and vegetarian bee hoon. All are very nice. I really love the people there, and the food. Haha.
Anyway, I met up with George (finally) last night. He brought me to this really beautiful and romantic restaurant, DESIRE which is an award winning restaurant. The ambience is damn nice and romantic. Once I stepped into the restaurant, I like the place immediately. The staff was very service-orientated and they made me feel like an VIP. I ordered Atlantic Cod which is super super nice. I would definitely want to go back there to try other food or eat this Atlantic Cod again. We also ordered Chocolate Fondue. Maybe we don't know how to appreciate dark chocolate, I find it to be kinda bitter. And that's when the surprise came in! On his way to the toilet, he ordered a small birthday cake for me! It was totally a surprise for me as I never expected it at all. I'm such a lucky girl to have a brother like George. Thanks bro. Thanks for everything. =p
Chef's Recommendation - Atlantic Cod
Chocolate Fondue
My beautiful and nice cake!
It was such a wonderful night for me.
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Angeline winks
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I'm simply such a bitch
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Updates
I was supposed to be sleeping right now, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, lala refused to go back to her cage and I got to make sure she's back in her cage before I could go sleep. Can you imagine how pissed I am given that I wanted to sleep at 10+ as I was really tired. Sigh.
And so, I've decided to blog while waiting for a good time to catch her.
Well, maybe I shall talk about my work... Well, work is quite okay. I can finally see some direction in my career. Though I'm still very blur and inexperienced, I'm willing to learn. And I have been going to many different branches over the past 2 months. It's quite a good experience as I get to meet many kinds of people and learn different things from different branches.
I must admit there are times in which I feel stupid as I don't know a lot of things. But I guess I got to learn to take things easy. Maybe I have too high expectations of myself.
No matter what, I must work hard and be a good CSM!
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Angeline winks
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Hmm...
Is it true that people tend to say what they really feel when they are drunk? What they say really do seem to come from within?
Maybe, that's because when you drunk, you lose the ability to hide your emotions.
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Angeline winks
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D&D 06
It was my D&D on Monday. I had a lot to blog about, but I was just too tired yesterday to blog anything. (FYI, I slept at 10+ last night. I was that tired.)
Anyway, D&D was fun though it was a pity I didn't have the time to doll up. I was held up with work, so all I could do was to get changed and off I rushed to the D&D. It was nice meeting up with ocbc colleagues generally. Luckily, I was not so late to the extent that the dinner had started. I sat with Kallang Branch and I must say Kristie really lived up to her name. She's really such a good drinker. From the moment I sat down, she just kept on asking me to drink. She's crazy. Haha. Maybe she's right, D&D is not fun without alcohol.Being a photo-taking freak, I went around to take a lot of photos. As I had been going to many different branches for the past 2 months, I realize I know quite a lot of people in ocbc as compared to last year.
Mummy, Brother Greg, me and Brother Jason
Best Friend, Jo & me
Me & Pretty Alicia
Me and the ANGEL, Simin
Me and the cute WITCH, SP
Just my son & me
Another Jason & me
Me and the racer who died in an car race
My only photo which looks a bit like halloween night - with the pumpkin and zombie
All in all, it was a night of fun. I'm glad that I went to this D&D. And I didn't lose my camera this time.
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Angeline winks
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