Ooooh ... I gotta find another way

I am a loss for words. For once, I don't think I should have written in a post today. However, for lack of considerable things to do, here you have it. Anyways, I will have the time to watch CSI: Miami in a bit.

That is if I am still awake ...

*yawns*

Happy Feet !

I went to watch Happy Feet with the Mom and Eldest Niece.

I loved it ! No 2 ways about it. Voice characterisations were done well. Penguins were adorable and the scenery were realistically done.

It's technically not a kids' movie, since the songs were pretty vintage and classic. The jokes were bearable, providing laughs at a couple of points. There was a side moralistic view of the movie. Social awareness and love for the planet all done in about 90 minutes of reel, quirky cartoon beings.

I recommend it. Two thumbs up, yo !

K-Wave part deux

Everyone, please meet your new mistress of Korean period drama.

Yes, me.

And I have finally googled the name of the K-drama I was nuts over.

It is Jewel in the Palace.

Aptly titled, don't you think ? I think so too.

I am now in the midst of reading the episode guide for all the earlier episodes I'd missed.

Ahhhh ... How then do I resist or stop myself from reading the future episodes which have yet to be shown on tv ? Spoilers, like the ones I'd nursed for Lost and Prison Break. How do I prevent my fingers from clicking to those unwatched episodes ?

I must not resist no more. Resistance is futile. :D

Major treat

Told the Mom not to cook today.

Calling in for pizza after the encore episode of Prison Break. It's been a while since I last had any. Mmmmmm .... Super Supreme .... Mmmmmmmm .... Wentworth Miller ... Mmmmmmmmm ....

All right, I thought I should give a treat to the family since I received my SAT invigilation cheque the day before yesterday. Banked it in yesterday. It will be cleared by Monday. And 'sides, it's pay day today !

YAY !

We work not

On Friday !

It being the last work day of the week
It being the day before pay day
It being the Boss' half day off
It being a quiet, rainy 'noon
It being the day before Saturday !

It also being the day, he asked me.

Buddy Holly ~ Heartbeat

Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me?
Heartbeat, why does a love kiss stay in my memory?
Riddle-dee-pat, I know that new love thrills me
I know that true love will be
Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me?

Heartbeat, why do you skip when my baby's lips meet mine?
Heartbeat, why do you flip, then give me a skip beat sign?
Riddle-dee-pat, and sing to me love's story
And bring to me love's glory
Heartbeat, why do you miss when my baby kisses me?

I miss singing this song to him. Oh, I miss him ! All of him. :D

Inline Hockey

I went to a game of Inline Hockey at Tampines just now. It was a match between the Singapore teams and the Malaysia National Team.

Our boys (men) and girl gave them a thumping ! Eleven to nothing. The first four goals struck within the first 3 minutes of the game. Interesting, exciting and exhilarating stuff.

All thanks to double D. He was the man we (Mr G, JS and me) came to watch. Definitely a nice evening out for a midweek Wednesday.

Well, hey. There's always a first for something, no ?

Stress

The first day of the 3-day Stage 2 ISO 27001 audit.

So far so good.

A bit of a breather for the rest because the auditor will be talking to H and C. Might not be posting for a couple of days. I need to catch up on neglected work for today when I was with the auditor for the whole day, almost.

All be well. I definitely hope so.

Orgy ~ Blue Monday

How does it feel to treat me like you do?
When you've laid your hands upon me
And told me who you are
I thought I was mistaken
I thought I heard your words
Tell me, how do I feel
Tell me now, How do I feel
Those who came before me
Lived through their vocations
From the past until completion
They'll turn away no more
And I still find it so hard
To say what I need to say
But I'm quite sure that you'll tell me
Just how I should feel today
I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn't for your misfortunes
I'd be a heavenly person today
And I thought I was mistaken
And I thought I heard you speak
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now, how should I feel
Now I stand here waiting...
I thought I told you to leave me
When I walked down to the beach
Tell me how does it feel
When your heart grows cold

My favourite angsty song. 'Nuff said.

Happy Birthday !

My sister.

My sister, she is older than I am
She is older by a year and a half
However, if counting the years, it is 2
She is the leader
She is also the receiver

My sister, she is the one with 4
She is also the one with the firsts
I didn't think to be like her
Even though my youngest do aspire to be
My dad, he adores thee

My sister, thank you
For she is the eldest
The one who gets the blame (mostly)
For if she's not
I will be the eldest
And that is so not right !

Long life and joy and happiness always. Love you and Happy Birthday.

K-Wave

I know I am a little late in writing this, considering it is a re-run. I love Korean dramas ! Especially the 2 hour weekend period drama !

Changjin-pa !

Min Zheng-hao !

I am so losing it. Why ? I didn't even know the title of the show. I love it anyways !

Half and half

I took a half day off today. It was such a nice feeling to be leaving work while the sun is still high in the sky. I don't get much of those days anymore. Perhaps, that is the consequences of trying too much. Any good ? Only time will tell. I am not working this Saturday (i.e. tomorrow) so time to put the feet up before the long three day audit next week. Wish us luck, yo !

Two's Company

... and three's a crowd ?

Well. That's the premise of this Jill Mansell's book I managed to loan out from our good NLB.

Not forgetting a couple of other books. Ahhh ... I can see now how my weekend will be like. Hey, I'm psychic ! :D

Patsy Cline ~ Crazy

Crazy ... I'm crazy for feelin' so lonely
I'm crazy ... crazy for feelin' so blue
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted,
And then someday, you'd leave me for somebody new

Worry ... why do I let myself worry?
Wonderin' ... what in the world did I do?
Oh, crazy ... for thinkin' that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for tryin', and crazy for cryin'
And I'm crazy for lovin' you

Crazy ... for thinkin' that my love could hold you
I'm crazy for tryin', and crazy for cryin'
And I'm crazy for lovin' you

Written by Willie Nelson

This is my all time favourite track. Her voice ... Lovely.

Bugger off

I was kinda pissed off today. I was on leave and some one from the office rang me. Rang me at home. I know I did tell them that they can call me. On my mobile, yeah ! And the worst was that I did not receive any calls, missed or otherwise on my mobile. Come on, I would have answered, no ?

So anyways, that's done. Seriously people, how do you guys ever managed to go on leave without any one from your office calling you ? I guess, I should have left instructions and stuff. Hey, but it's not my fault no. It's just that no one in the office even bothers to know what I'm down with. Ish, people. That's just so not cool, yeah ?

I sleep, I dream

My fav cuzzies came over last evening. I was hooked on my Korean Drama on Ch U when I heard footsteps along the corridor. Arggh ... Just another half hour to go. No matter, they were cool, so I didn't mind much. Heh.

They stayed, ate and chatted until about 11 pm. Nice, eh ? I like the night visits because people has the tendency to stay for quite a bit to catch up.

I know, I gotta sleep soon. But not before I send an SMS over to Dins. She's making her way to the airport at this mo to catch her 6 am flight to the US. Not so bad, eh ? But don't forget it's to the US and usually the check in time must be at the very least 2 hours before take off. She's off to an exchange work do thingy. I'm so gonna miss her loads !

Have a safe journey, girl ! Enjoy and see you back in 2 weeks !

On a plus point ...

I could barely open my eyes this morning. I have to work you see. It was the day after the dinner gig. After the dinner, we had plans to go for a cuppa before dispersing but sad to say, it was non-coffee for the remainder of us who trekked to Bugis Junction from the dinner place at Sultan's Gate.

I must say I did have a marvellous time with Y and Mother browsing level 1 of Seiyu. Little girl was being a slight *!tch because her bedtime's at 10 pm. Come on, live a little, it's Friday night. Then again, I can totally understand but there is no need to throw temper, no ?

Well, hope everyone's cool, yo !

Dinner = Fun times ?

So we had dinner as COGOLC. We headed off to Tepak Sireh. I heard so much about the restaurant, thought it might be excellent to have some nice Padang food with a typical Malay ambience.

Well ... I guess I'd give 5 marks for the food and 7.5 for the ambience out of a possible 10 points. 15 bucks a head for nasi kunyit/white rice, beef rendang, sotong curry, ikan bilis & groundnuts, dhal curry and some chicken dish. Major disappointment guys.

One word of advice, don't be taken in by some advert on tv. Mostly it is "indah rupa dari khabar" !

*tsk*

Home. Room. Bed.

I arrived home pretty early today. Before 7 pm ! *claps*

And so I will use the time wisely. I will watch last week's episode of Prison Break before taping tonight's so I can have an early night today.

Right.

Off to the bathroom, then. Toodles !

Dieting ? Me ? Joke !

I skipped dinner again. My left ankle's swelling a little and my right foot's turning a nice shade of reddish purple. All my fault. I have this insane anger, even when sweet Aaliyah called me, I refused to answer her. Ahhhh ... What's wrong with me ?

I have this damn anger in my chest and I don't know how to vent. I think I was okay at work but at home is a whole different scenario.

I think I will just coop up in my refuge. Let me just stew, away from the innocents. I am so afraid of what comes out of my mouth.

Bitchy, snide comments.

*SHUDDERS*

My foot !

I twisted my left ankle wearing my new sandals. Amazing ... Less than a day and here I am walking like a demented, crippled fool. Yeah, loads to laugh at.

And then after showering, I accidentally kicked my metal stool with my right foot. Nice, right ? In just one day, I've like "killed" my feet.

I was actually quite unhappy over dinner. Mom cooked beef dhal and I went, "Ack !" So I pulled a face, skipped dinner and tried to sleep the earliest in a long while.

Before 8 pm, I checked the clock before switching off the light. So here I am supposedly asleep, a little after 8. I will shut down the PC after this.

Promise.

Birthday and stuff

Well ... I am exhausted ! I'm stuffed and feeling quite mellow.

Had a girls' night out version of a Birthday dins for Mother. Managed to "tricked" her into buying shoes. B-dae prezzies. Oh, well ... I'd been hard at work to find something she liked and this was like the final icing on the cake.

So is everything back to normal ? Well ... My feelings are ambivalent at best with her. Part of me is still unwilling to "bother" much while another part wishes that the past few events had not happened. But they did and I still feel that bit of betrayal.

So then. Life goes on, no ?

Every little bit helps

So the little bit is in doing the odds and ends to earn extra dosh. As in sacrificing one Saturday a month to wake up really early and be in school before 7 am. Of course, with the extra couple of hundred dosh to earn, one has to stay until say, after 2 pm on a good Saturday afternoon.

We laughed, shared a couple of jokes and say goodbyes, hoping to meet again on Monday. God forbids if I should not want to mix around ever again.

Say ... How much does it cost to re-charge one's batteries ?

A-Day

It's audit day today. Although I am still feeling apprehensive over what happened yesterday, I tried to keep busy with stuff at work. I was hoping H would call me to have a bit of meet up with the auditor. Apparently, we are all not needed until the second stage audit, end of this month.

So everything turns out pretty much okay this time round. All the best for the next round, yeah ?

Bust up

I had a bit of a bust up with H. I was really pissed initially. Then he got pissed and so we let each other cool down. Then I heard from JS that he had spoken to IP, or rather complain to him.

Therefore, I had only a couple of choices. To let this fester and spoil our working relationship or to get it cleared up.

I chose the latter. Was I glad that I apologise first ? Yes. I was damn glad the misunderstanding got cleared up. It would be a damn shame if we ceased being good working pals.

Okay ... I'm really knacked out now. Went jalan-jalan with Mother and Y to Chinatown, hoping to get some cheap toiletries. I just ended up drooling over some cool shoes in Metro and a bottle of Green Tea Shampoo to show for all the walk-about.

Oh, not to mention missing my episode of Prison Break. Ahhh ... Wentworth Miller. Hot !

Got them !

After searching high and low, I've finally found the Sudoko games for Mother's gift. We will be having the birthday do tomorrow. Just in case Mother goes on leave on Friday or Monday.

The mug and games, haha. I'm wrapping them up now. I hope she adores them ! All my walking and hard work. :D