Proverbs 18: 24
A man of many companions may come to a ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19: 2
It is not good to have zeal without knowledge,
nor to be hasty and miss the way.
Ecclesiastes 7: 21-22
Do not pay attention to every word people say,
or you may hear your servant cursing you - for you know in your heart
that many times you yourself have cursed others.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
26 April, 2007 - Death of Tamagotchi
I think i am obsessed with blogging...cos this interest has lasted almost a month and i am still at it. This is absolutely amazing cos i can hardly sustain an interest in anything for more than a week...except the art of make up.
Rubs, by the way, err my Tamagotchi has conked off...i paused it for too long without giving him food, drinks, love and attention and it died on me keke that day i was about to un-pause him but alas...it was too late, all i see was a big X on the screen :( nevermind la, i will replace it wif a new battery and balik restart him.
It will live again cos it is a survival, just like me hahaha
Rubs, by the way, err my Tamagotchi has conked off...i paused it for too long without giving him food, drinks, love and attention and it died on me keke that day i was about to un-pause him but alas...it was too late, all i see was a big X on the screen :( nevermind la, i will replace it wif a new battery and balik restart him.
It will live again cos it is a survival, just like me hahaha
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
24 April 2007 - Quintessential City Cat
Just saw an entry in my bak bak sista's blog...here's it...
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Life in the City
I was having a conversation with one of my bak bak sister on the topic of handphone last weekend. She was complaining to me how another of our bah bah sister complained that she dun pickup her handphone. Both of us were discussing the importance of handphone in our lives, and how our partners & friends become paranoid once they can't reach us on our mobile ...
I was reading the papers this morning about Singaporeans being ranked one of the last when it comes to the frequency of having sex, and the amount of time spent on making love. The article states that Singaporeans are behaving like "civil servant" when it comes to sex, as described by radio DJ Anna Lim. Many Singaporeans, she said, treated sex like "chores" that they performed "routinely"...
I have been thinking a lot about life in the city recently. The older i get, the more i dislike city life. People in this city are spending way too much time on work, and more & more is being focused on material life. A typical day in this city starts even before daybreaks, when people set off to work. Workday ends when the day darkens, when people rushed home to have dinner, watch tv for 2 hours and go to sleep. This is so city like, so Singapore, and how i so hate it! We are spending more time with our colleagues than with our spouse. It is no wonder why there are so many cases of married husband / wife having affairs with their colleagues. Having said that, i also understand that this is juz how our fast paced society works. Sometimes it is juz beyond our control when we have so much work to finish within a short frame of time. If we are not competant, we will be out. That's juz so pathetic.
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I was the bak bak sista who complained that Rubs is always never answering her mobile keke and YES i am a super slave to my mobile phone *geez* I cannot be without my phone or else i feel like a total immobile gal...
Ermmm though i agree with you that the city could make a working person jaded, I am still attracted to city life... i love the neon lights brightening up the streets and the sparkling shop signs screaming "look at me". I really cannot imagine myself staying in the country side...minus all the city lights and all the high rise buildings... now and then i will escape to East Coast beach or Changi beach to take a breather..to get away from it all...but to be away from the city for long term is totally so foreign to me.
But sometimes amidst all the rushing to get as much done in a day, i do feel tired...and in the long run..suffer from a complete burnt out. Then i yearn to be a housecat. Maybe it will be the quintessential city cat taking a break by being a housecat to hibernate hahaha
Then i have this thing for my make up pouch...tho' i am not a fan of thick make up and i do go out sans make up sometimes, i feel that every item in my colourful and uber cool pouch is important to transform my face into whatever mask i wanna show the world...depending on my mood and how i am feeling. YES i can hear mumblings about being shalloooow, but hey, a gal gotta do wat a gal gotta do ma..Sometimes i just dunwan to show the world what's going on in my head...simply cos sometimes i just dunwan to be so real to the majority of the people out there who are so caught up with everyday life. So my make up reminds me that i gotta make some small talks, blend in and get going...
But if i am going Cambodia, i am more than willing to trade in my make up pouch, city life and hang around the little girls who never had a choice. Oh Father in heaven..lead me to where my heart hails
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Life in the City
I was having a conversation with one of my bak bak sister on the topic of handphone last weekend. She was complaining to me how another of our bah bah sister complained that she dun pickup her handphone. Both of us were discussing the importance of handphone in our lives, and how our partners & friends become paranoid once they can't reach us on our mobile ...
I was reading the papers this morning about Singaporeans being ranked one of the last when it comes to the frequency of having sex, and the amount of time spent on making love. The article states that Singaporeans are behaving like "civil servant" when it comes to sex, as described by radio DJ Anna Lim. Many Singaporeans, she said, treated sex like "chores" that they performed "routinely"...
I have been thinking a lot about life in the city recently. The older i get, the more i dislike city life. People in this city are spending way too much time on work, and more & more is being focused on material life. A typical day in this city starts even before daybreaks, when people set off to work. Workday ends when the day darkens, when people rushed home to have dinner, watch tv for 2 hours and go to sleep. This is so city like, so Singapore, and how i so hate it! We are spending more time with our colleagues than with our spouse. It is no wonder why there are so many cases of married husband / wife having affairs with their colleagues. Having said that, i also understand that this is juz how our fast paced society works. Sometimes it is juz beyond our control when we have so much work to finish within a short frame of time. If we are not competant, we will be out. That's juz so pathetic.
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I was the bak bak sista who complained that Rubs is always never answering her mobile keke and YES i am a super slave to my mobile phone *geez* I cannot be without my phone or else i feel like a total immobile gal...
Ermmm though i agree with you that the city could make a working person jaded, I am still attracted to city life... i love the neon lights brightening up the streets and the sparkling shop signs screaming "look at me". I really cannot imagine myself staying in the country side...minus all the city lights and all the high rise buildings... now and then i will escape to East Coast beach or Changi beach to take a breather..to get away from it all...but to be away from the city for long term is totally so foreign to me.
But sometimes amidst all the rushing to get as much done in a day, i do feel tired...and in the long run..suffer from a complete burnt out. Then i yearn to be a housecat. Maybe it will be the quintessential city cat taking a break by being a housecat to hibernate hahaha
Then i have this thing for my make up pouch...tho' i am not a fan of thick make up and i do go out sans make up sometimes, i feel that every item in my colourful and uber cool pouch is important to transform my face into whatever mask i wanna show the world...depending on my mood and how i am feeling. YES i can hear mumblings about being shalloooow, but hey, a gal gotta do wat a gal gotta do ma..Sometimes i just dunwan to show the world what's going on in my head...simply cos sometimes i just dunwan to be so real to the majority of the people out there who are so caught up with everyday life. So my make up reminds me that i gotta make some small talks, blend in and get going...
But if i am going Cambodia, i am more than willing to trade in my make up pouch, city life and hang around the little girls who never had a choice. Oh Father in heaven..lead me to where my heart hails
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
24 April, 2007 - Jaded vs Child-like innocence
Excerpts from Sophie's World...
"The world itself has become a habit in no time at all. It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world. And in doing so, we lose something central-something philosophers try to restore. For somewhere inside ourselves, something tells us that life is a huge mystery. This is something we once experienced, long before we learned to think the thought.
To be more precise: Although philosophical questions concern us all, we do not all become philosophers. For various reasons most people get so caught up in everyday affairs that their astonishment at the world gets pushed into the background. (They crawl deep into the rabbit's fur, snuggle down comfortably, and stay there for the rest of their lives.)
To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is not like that for adults. Most adults accept the world as a matter of course.
This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never quite get used to the world. To him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable-bewildering, even enigmatic. Philosophers and small children thus have an important faculty in common. You might say a philosopher remains as thin-skinned as a child.
Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? If you just shake your head, not recognising yourself as either a child or a philosopher, then you have gotten so used to the world that it no longer astonishes you. Watch out! You are on thin ice. Do not join the ranks of the apathetic and the indifferent. Have an inquiring mind."
How many of us have become so jaded in life that all that matters is to keep everything in place...get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, surround ourselves with frens, get a good car, get a good roof over our heads...almost everything revolves around me, myself and I. Is there more to life? Is there something not uncovered? Is it strange to want to find our "self"...if we have lost it unconsciously...or is it better and easier to just live life as it is...without questioning...without doubting...without challenging...
Anyway i think the essence of life is when you are doing something you are truly happy in...as a matter of fact, sometimes serving others is a great source of happiness.
Waitress - Serving customers with a smile and getting back thanks is enough to bright up any dull day.
Voluntary work - Being of help to others makes us feel useful and seeing the smile on the faces of those in need of help warms our heart
Customer service - When your customers say thanks from the bottom of their heart and you feel they mean it
Everything that happens in life is a lesson to be learnt...as long as we remain true to ourself and be in touch with our emotions. Then we will never lose sight of our dreams, our beliefs and ourselves ;)
Move it gal...i must not lose sight of my dreams!!!
"The world itself has become a habit in no time at all. It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world. And in doing so, we lose something central-something philosophers try to restore. For somewhere inside ourselves, something tells us that life is a huge mystery. This is something we once experienced, long before we learned to think the thought.
To be more precise: Although philosophical questions concern us all, we do not all become philosophers. For various reasons most people get so caught up in everyday affairs that their astonishment at the world gets pushed into the background. (They crawl deep into the rabbit's fur, snuggle down comfortably, and stay there for the rest of their lives.)
To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is not like that for adults. Most adults accept the world as a matter of course.
This is precisely where philosophers are a notable exception. A philosopher never quite get used to the world. To him or her, the world continues to seem a bit unreasonable-bewildering, even enigmatic. Philosophers and small children thus have an important faculty in common. You might say a philosopher remains as thin-skinned as a child.
Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? If you just shake your head, not recognising yourself as either a child or a philosopher, then you have gotten so used to the world that it no longer astonishes you. Watch out! You are on thin ice. Do not join the ranks of the apathetic and the indifferent. Have an inquiring mind."
How many of us have become so jaded in life that all that matters is to keep everything in place...get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, surround ourselves with frens, get a good car, get a good roof over our heads...almost everything revolves around me, myself and I. Is there more to life? Is there something not uncovered? Is it strange to want to find our "self"...if we have lost it unconsciously...or is it better and easier to just live life as it is...without questioning...without doubting...without challenging...
Anyway i think the essence of life is when you are doing something you are truly happy in...as a matter of fact, sometimes serving others is a great source of happiness.
Waitress - Serving customers with a smile and getting back thanks is enough to bright up any dull day.
Voluntary work - Being of help to others makes us feel useful and seeing the smile on the faces of those in need of help warms our heart
Customer service - When your customers say thanks from the bottom of their heart and you feel they mean it
Everything that happens in life is a lesson to be learnt...as long as we remain true to ourself and be in touch with our emotions. Then we will never lose sight of our dreams, our beliefs and ourselves ;)
Move it gal...i must not lose sight of my dreams!!!
Monday, April 23, 2007
23 April, 2007 - 人生不就是如此。。。
也许是人的一生太漫长，所以，我们总习惯寻找新的刺激。但是，在寻找刺激的过程中，我们真的能得到满足吗？抛弃了原本美好的东西，不懂得珍惜的人，是不配拥有的。。。
生活是丰富多彩的，它给了我们多种创招自我的机会。但是，如果因此就想把所有的机会都搂在自己怀里，最后，很可能会么也成就不了。人生需要的，除了机会，还有目标。明白自己的目标何在，放弃不必要的干涉，一心一意为了达成这一目标而努力，才是成功的最佳方法。
... dedicated to a very much treasured and like-minded fren whom i know will find his way very soon...be patient...rushing it wun get you anywhere faster than you wish...
i obviously copied the above from a book hahaha since my mandarin sucks big time
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1. to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music.
2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or quickly: to dance with joy.
3. to bob up and down: The toy sailboats danced on the pond. –verb (used with object)
4. to perform or take part in (a dance): to dance a waltz.
5. to cause to dance: He danced her around the ballroom.
6. to cause to be in a specified condition by dancing: She danced her way to stardom. –noun
7. a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
8. a piece of music suited in rhythm or style to a particular form of dancing
Am contemplating taking up pole dancing...wonder if i am too fleshy for the pole tho' hahaha
生活是丰富多彩的，它给了我们多种创招自我的机会。但是，如果因此就想把所有的机会都搂在自己怀里，最后，很可能会么也成就不了。人生需要的，除了机会，还有目标。明白自己的目标何在，放弃不必要的干涉，一心一意为了达成这一目标而努力，才是成功的最佳方法。
... dedicated to a very much treasured and like-minded fren whom i know will find his way very soon...be patient...rushing it wun get you anywhere faster than you wish...
i obviously copied the above from a book hahaha since my mandarin sucks big time
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1. to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music.
2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or quickly: to dance with joy.
3. to bob up and down: The toy sailboats danced on the pond. –verb (used with object)
4. to perform or take part in (a dance): to dance a waltz.
5. to cause to dance: He danced her around the ballroom.
6. to cause to be in a specified condition by dancing: She danced her way to stardom. –noun
7. a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
8. a piece of music suited in rhythm or style to a particular form of dancing
Am contemplating taking up pole dancing...wonder if i am too fleshy for the pole tho' hahaha
Sunday, April 22, 2007
21 April, 2007 - I LOVE BAILEYS
Went Butter Factory and Zouk on Friday nite and danced my heart out, haven't been clubbing for a long while and the feeling was great just being on the dance floor. And dun i just love Baileys! Too bad we can't get ourselves wasted...Rubs is on a detox program..sigh... But dancing hard the whole nite is better than getting a hangover the next day from taking too much alcohol.
When the music is blaring in the background and your eyes are blurry, there is really nothing much that can go on inside your head...such a welcomed change...seeing so many people partying away hard beats being a couch potatoe anytime. Downing glasses after glasses of Baileys beats having instant noodles anytime, anywhere. I had great fun, thanks pals :) Ya and i know you were checking out all the cute guys when we are on the 2nd floor muahahaha and i think we have pretty much the same taste kekeke
Went shopping for cosmetics with Elysia this evening...she bought almost 300 bucks worth of cosmetics to pull her through the banker job interview keke Gosh and she finally got her ears pierced! They weren't symmetric to each other and it bothered her so much she is gona get it re-pierced next week! Gosh! Anyway, after so many hours of walking, we had dinner at Marmalade Pantry and the deserts were superb! Taking the first bite of that warm, sweet tasting red bead pie was va va voom..melts in your mouth and well, warms my heart as well hahaha but so very sinful hmmm Elysia was staring into the mirror throughout the whole meal, seeing red at the "badly" done pierced ears...said i was trying to delude her into believing they look fine hahaha
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Housecats are but pets sitting at home silently sharpening their claws, waiting for their owners to come home and smolder them with love. Maybe it's better to be stray cats living in the wild, searching for whatever drives them, searching for all the answers and always venturing into the unknown...and meeting new cats ^_^
When the music is blaring in the background and your eyes are blurry, there is really nothing much that can go on inside your head...such a welcomed change...seeing so many people partying away hard beats being a couch potatoe anytime. Downing glasses after glasses of Baileys beats having instant noodles anytime, anywhere. I had great fun, thanks pals :) Ya and i know you were checking out all the cute guys when we are on the 2nd floor muahahaha and i think we have pretty much the same taste kekeke
Went shopping for cosmetics with Elysia this evening...she bought almost 300 bucks worth of cosmetics to pull her through the banker job interview keke Gosh and she finally got her ears pierced! They weren't symmetric to each other and it bothered her so much she is gona get it re-pierced next week! Gosh! Anyway, after so many hours of walking, we had dinner at Marmalade Pantry and the deserts were superb! Taking the first bite of that warm, sweet tasting red bead pie was va va voom..melts in your mouth and well, warms my heart as well hahaha but so very sinful hmmm Elysia was staring into the mirror throughout the whole meal, seeing red at the "badly" done pierced ears...said i was trying to delude her into believing they look fine hahaha
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Housecats are but pets sitting at home silently sharpening their claws, waiting for their owners to come home and smolder them with love. Maybe it's better to be stray cats living in the wild, searching for whatever drives them, searching for all the answers and always venturing into the unknown...and meeting new cats ^_^
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