Monday, June 30, 2008

Quirkiness

I just had to get this:















Lego brick thingy


Not that I need it...

So now, I have:















A Lego brick, a chocolate bar & a watermelon stick


Maybe my friend is right to say "你每次喜欢怪怪的东西".
Haha alright laugh at me but at least they are usable stuff!

Sunday, June 29, 2008

难过可以很快乐

“你快乐吗?”
“还好吧, 至少不难过。”

不难过的我, 到底快乐吗?

我的结论是:
不难过 = 快乐
难过 ≠ 不快乐

因为有些快乐一直都在: 自由的快乐、 和平的快乐、 回忆的快乐。。。

只不过,往往我们太在乎自己所得不到的, 而忘了早已拥有的快乐。

快乐其实可以很简单。

Friday, June 27, 2008

Going Places & Random Thoughts

I'm back at Tanjong Pagar once again. On the way to meet my friend at her workplace, I realised there's actually 3 other Korean restaurants on the other street which I didn't cover that day. The restaurants looked pretty much the same but we settled on one which had been featured on newspaper before, as displayed outside its shop.

Come to think about it, it's actually a mistake to think that media coverage guarantees that the food is good. The number of eateries in Singapore is not infinite while media coverage on food seems to be never-ending, taking many forms such as TV programmes, food reviews etc. Many hawker stalls and restaurants out there boast media coverage in one form or another. In time to come, every other eatery would be "worth a try" and it'd be hard to differentiate the really good from the not-so-good.

That said, somehow the media is powerful enough to (mis)lead people to certain eateries. In our case, we were misled to Korea Garden Restaurant. We didn't get to barbeque the meat ourselves which is the whole fun of it and it's a tad too expensive considering that we only ordered 3 dishes. It's not exactly that bad but perhaps not very value-for-money as compared to some other places.

Anyway, the customers there were mostly Koreans: a group of Korean monks (which got us wondering whether they were supposed to be eating at such a place) and a group of teenage Korean girls, apparently students and led by their teacher, a Bae Yong Joon look-alike (which also got us wondering if they were on an educational tour and if so, they must have been cheated here because there's not much S'pore history to learn).

After lunch, I passed by the muffin shop again! It's opened today but no, it's still not muffin time!

Headed to SAM thereafter and viewed 3 exhibitions: Alain Fleischer - Time Exposures, Xu Beihong in Nanyang and Post Doi Moi - Vietnamese Art after 1990. I liked Post Doi Moi the most. I guess I don't really know how to appreciate art that's too abstract or with too much historical background. I prefer modern and contemporary paintings. In particular, the piece of art that left the greatest impression on me was one entitled: Rainwater Even Though Salty is not Speechless. There's something that I like about it. Perhaps it's the quirkiness of the title. And coincidentally, the painting is featured on the SAM website.













Rainwater Even Though Salty is not Speechless by Tran Trong (http://www.singart.com/)


And then I'm back at ulu land once again after almost 2 weeks. It's nice to know that certain things haven't changed but it's a pity that certain things would never be the same as before. Well well, we can never please everyone, can we? And we can only learn to accept it and live with it.

Monday, June 23, 2008

It's not Muffin Time

I headed to Tanjong Pagar with the intention of buying muffins. Instead, I ended up having a mini urban hike on my own...

I walked and walked, walked past many eateries, pubs & Ktv, bridal shops, antique and handicraft shops only to find myself at Chinatown!

Ended up having lunch opposite where I was last week:















Curry San@Far East Square


After lunch, I went to China Square Central. I don't think I've ever been there before and I found out that it's actually a paradise for toy collectors. However, most of the shops there seem to be surviving only on passion and dream.

I could have walked on and on but I wanted to get the muffins before they were sold out. I walked and walked again, back to Tanjong Pagar only to learn that the muffin shop is closed on Mondays! What luck again!

Instead, I checked out the muffin's neighbour:















Donut look-a-like: Chewy Junior@Tanjong Pagar Plaza


No muffins today, but still a happy day nevertheless:)

Saturday, June 21, 2008

想太多的孤独怪人

有位朋友在她的博客上介绍这个心灵测试网站:
http://www.kindheart.com.tw/cgi-bin/element1.pl

这个测试算是蛮准的。

以下所形容的, 在很多方面真的很像我!

  你是個和善而固執的人,對人生有自己獨特的想法,和理想中的生活方式,會非常頑固的堅守自己的信念,實際上就是固執。外表看起來好像與人相處十分隨和,其實心裡想的都是自己的事情,並且多半會照著自己的想法努力去實現理想。
  如果想成為頂尖的佼佼者,在你的專業領域中有輝煌的成就,通常有六、七成的機率可以實現,但是在這麼高的成功率背後,卻也如影隨形的潛伏著激烈的危機,不得不注意喔!
  在情感上,對朋友講義氣,感情付出很多,而且對你的另一半非常好,雖然外表看不太出來,其實你內心深藏有孤獨感。這與你的固執有關,越固執則越好強,越好強則對感情要求越高,提醒你好強對事業或許有幫助,但是對感情一點也沒有幫助。
  「不要太期待對方」是給你的建言,你可能習慣依賴對方來得到良好的成就,雖然事業上的合作運還不錯,但不論在愛情或事業上,真正要獲得成功,凡事先要自我要求,確信自己最終必能達成目標,如果一直都是在期待對方的行動和給予,最後可能會導致一場空喔!
  你的生命目標是重視學以致用,以及發揮自己的才能和特質,因此你適合是一個專注研究學習的人,但不一定當一輩子的學者,只要能夠學以致用就很圓滿了。提醒你無論是學習、思考或研究,如何能夠發揮所學的長才,將理論落實到實際上,才是你的生命目標喔!
  你的個性特徵是比較內斂、沉穩,常常一個人在思考,然後會編出自己的一套理論、想法,或是一套原則,因此很適合研究一些規則性的東西。你其實不是不喜歡和人說話,只是當你在思考的時候不會去管到別人,因此有時在別人眼中是個常常自言自語的怪人喔!
  你的優點是處事很有原則,並且非常的理性,思考非常細膩,並且可以用不同的表現方式讓別人明白。你的缺點是有時候不太能夠變通,執著於自己的想法,不會主動去關心別人,也不太會與人相處,常常情緒無法抒發,是個學者型的人。
  建議你多多練習人際關係,比如針對不同年齡的對象用不同的方式去溝通,並且讓彼此都能接受,傳達彼此的感情與訊息,要知道他人的反應是自己的一面鏡子喔,你可以從周遭人的反應來調整自己,讓自己更受人歡迎。
  你的人生運勢蠻平穩的,通常是比較孤獨的一個人,因為你比較重視頭腦裡面的東西,以及穩定的生活,並且會靜靜等待發揮的時機,如果你的好時機一到,所學的東西就能夠通通發揮出來。那是因為你缺少主動積極創造運勢的衝勁,因此在你進入職場工作以後,升遷、升級都要等待幸運之神的降臨了。
  你的天賦潛能就是研究精神和學習能力,因此不論是那一種新科技或那一個專業領域,你都能夠學有所成,並且學以致用。

Friday, June 20, 2008

Mr Soy ≠ Mr Potato




















The print version of a TVC which caught my eye recently.

I like the ad concept of "perfect combination". I couldn't help but laugh when I first saw the TVC. And I actually mistook Mr Soy as Mr potato!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

미안해

I broke something today.

There's no reason for me to be upset.

But I am.

And I'd be lying if I say I don't care.

I can only say 미안해.


Wednesday, June 18, 2008

我和骗子没两样

I was craving for the sliced fish bee hoon with very milky soup. As such, I walked to my old neighbourhood just to buy it for lunch...















View of my old neighbourhood from my old house


...only to find the stall closed!

How disappointing! Haha but I still had my dose of milky soup from the zi char stall. Not as nice but a different taste all together with mushrooms and tofu. It's always nice to try new versions of fish bee hoon with milky soup - my all-time favourite food!















鱼“骗”米粉(哈哈。 永远的冷笑话!)后, 还敢加牛奶!
而明知道不对, 我还要鱼“骗”米粉! :)

哈哈, 冷到了吧。。。

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

That Cup of Tea

Green tea/Black tea/White tea/Oolong tea?

Tea leaves/Tea bag?

Amount of tea & water?

Water temperature 100°C/85°C/60°C?

Steeping time 3 min/4 min/5 min?

Milk/No milk?

Sugar/No sugar?

Hot/Cold?


It's hard to get that cup of tea right.

Monday, June 16, 2008

The Slack Life: Day 1

I'm glad to have people accompanying me on my first day of "retirement life". It feels good walking around aimlessly, going where our feet took us; doing what we wanted, at our own time and pace.















Eating like there's no tomorrow@Chinatown's Honglim Food Centre.















Bowling@CSC Farrer Park.

It's been a few years since I last went bowling. I missed those times during JC first 3 months when we always hanged out at AMK bowling alley which has since closed down.

This place is where I frequent for swimming lessons in the past. Haha I still remember the very fierce swimming instructor who shouted at me, who made me dive into the pool and end up having to drink lots of pool water.

Perhaps it's time for me to start what I've stopped.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

All the Best

What I have been drinking for the past 6 months:




















Everyone's shared memory - Best Water.

All good things come to an end. Even the best has to step back and take a rest.

"Best Water, you are no longer my best! You are now Past Water! But you had the honour of being the only one captured on camera." Haha.


All the other things captured in my memory:

Lame jokes. Bingo. Horoscope.com. Soccer. Movie. KTV. Dinner. Teh-O Bing@Kenny Cafe. Green milk tea@Chicken Man Shop......

"I will remember all the good times."


And of course the people who have allowed me to be who I am. I wanted to take pictures with them but I didn't. Because I know I will still see them. Well, at least I hope so.

"I don't think I've ever been so happy. Thanks everyone for everything: for making me open up more, for making me look forward to each day at work, for making my six months worth it......."


The many people who have come and gone/stayed on/will always be there to stay:

Junwei. Shahidah. Nicholas. Safwan. Rozita. Ashri. Samsul. Ramle. Harun. Han. Amran. Hazwan. Joanne. JC. Amanda. Alison. Jun Liang. Benedict. Grayce. Tam. Osama. Sami. Don. Huiling. Amin. Stacey. Rohan. Nani. Zhen Ming. Wei Min. Shawn. Ivy. Aunty Siti & the 2 Aunties. 2 China man. F&G.

"I hope not everyone is just a passerby."


Here's a song from the past. But I guess it sings out how I feel now:

《日记忆》

翻开日记
回顾从前的过去
一字一句
是最珍贵的体验

你的名字
出现日记哪一页
你曾经过
我人生的途中

生命的过客很多
但有几个人
是你我生活的动力
在我们的心中留下一道永恒的彩虹

什么时候在这里
我遇见你
才知道什么叫作幸运
你说的每字每句
为我做的一切
都深深感动我的心

什么时候在那里
你离开我
才知道什么叫作难过
(你知道我有多么不舍得)
你说的每字每句
为我做的一切
都深深藏在我的心里
永不忘记

我们会在某年某月某日
在哪里相见

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Z有品种

Type Z (verb).

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Type Z (noun).

Z, z, ZZ, zz, Zz

I don't know what I'm trying to get at. But anyway if I'm not wrong, Z seems to be the most rarely used letter among all the other alphabets. Am I right?

And perhaps it's time for me to ZZZZZzzzzzz...

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

那段旋律

今早, 上班的路上下着雨。 走着, 走着, 脑海里突然掠过一段旋律。 我默哼了几次, 以为自己记住了那旋律。 哼着, 哼着, 就到了办公室。。。

回家的路上, 我想起早上那突如其来的灵感。 想着, 想着, 却始终无法记起那段旋律。。。 感觉有点可惜。 虽然我不是什么作曲家, 但也因为我不是作曲家, 所以对我来说每一次的灵感都是难得的。

就像那在一瞬间消失不见的旋律, 很多事情错过了就不会重来, 不是吗?

Saturday, June 07, 2008

寂寞城市

我们都是寂寞的。

昨天和三位朋友在饭后聊天, 不知不觉竟聊上了三个多钟头。 我好像从来都没有和任何人聊天聊上这么长的时间。 或许应该说, 其实我一向来都觉得自己和别人有一种距离感, 就连说上几句话都很难。 所以很奇妙的是, 我竟然能和分别认识不到六个月、 三个月和一个月的同事兼朋友, 这样敞开心怀聊一些有的没的。

聊着聊着, 突然发现其实我们每个人心中或多或少都感觉有些寂寞; 对于过去、 现在和未来都有很复杂的心情。 我们都有自己黑暗的过去、 所怀念的过去。 我们都好像只活在当下, 但同时也不太确定自己所要的是什么。 我们都无法预料未来, 也不太敢去想象以后的生活会如何。 沉默片刻, 感觉上我们都很 emo。

Emo 归 emo, 其实我们也聊了不少让人哈哈大笑的、无聊又搞笑的话题; 笑得有人从椅子上跌下, 笑得我脸上的肌肉都酸了。 这个星期, 周围的人真的让我笑翻了。 在欢笑声中, 感觉很自在。 我喜欢这种不必伪装自己、 不必有防备之心的感觉。

真的很高兴认识这群“寂寞之人”。

Thursday, June 05, 2008

Cheapo Sports Hub

Hires cheap labour.
Uses pirated software & printer ink.
Buys 2nd hand furniture.
& many more...

Haha what a fantastic name. Totally brings out the nature of the place. I laughed till I cramped!

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

6 mths -> 6 days

My days are numbered...

I'm counting down and trying to act busy at work, taking my own sweet time with what's left for me to do. And the 2 Mins & 1 Ming have been making me laugh so hard for the past few days. All those stuff that they say and do...haha I'm so amused.
I'm sure gonna miss all that when everything comes to an end......

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Laugh.

I had such a good laugh today over alot of stupid stuff. Thanks to everyone, it didn't feel like a Monday at all.

It's also good to hear people laugh at what I said. At least I know I've made someone laugh. Hurhurhurhurhur... Wahaha I like your laughter :)

Laugh, because it takes the blues away......

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