tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56353722012-01-28T07:26:25.740+08:00*chomp chomp chomp*zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.comBlogger8781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-43615045793143059922010-02-09T08:30:00.004+08:002010-02-09T08:49:58.719+08:00

meh meh eats grassthe few years in this job seem to have turned me into a meek little dumb lamb whose thought-processing skills and ability to give a quick-witted retort have been greatly retarded and who is now numb to many of people's ridiculous and downright silly comments.it irks me to no end that it takes me a while to come up with the perfect comeback and by then, the moment is gone (though

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somewhere between is and was and always will bei haven't gone for a run since.

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-13121918768114640362010-01-02T21:09:00.007+08:002010-01-03T01:20:20.849+08:00

losssuch a tiny word that seems incapable of encapsulating all the emotions that come with it. but perhaps, it is word enough.the tears will never cease completely, fond memories live on. it still seems surreal, still feels like my dad is just away on one of his frequent trips overseas. until reality sinks in. then again, perhaps that's just it - he's gone off early for a super long holiday,

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kissing our moustache man goodbyein fawn's words, "the next time I want to see him I will just have to close my eyes".deedee, we love you.

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a year on...missing you all the more.

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factlol

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-905248753018442012009-09-17T13:21:00.004+08:002009-09-17T13:23:58.474+08:00

announcementi would just like to say that magnolia bakery's meringue devil's food cupcake is THE BEST CUPCAKE IN THE WORLD. (till i try the mocha devil's food cupcake, that is. that's supposed to be even better!)i'm not even usually a cupcake fan. yum!is it just me or is my chatterbox not working?

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-32832694145312525912009-09-16T20:32:00.004+08:002009-09-16T20:48:45.621+08:00

a bird shat on me.in new york for six days during fashion week - a last minute standbycallup that was totally unexpected and disrupted my meticulously planned schedule that i took heaps of time and four change of flight requests to achieve. rah.but it is new york, so i really shouldn't complain.and a few hours after i get back to singapore, LONDON, HERE I COME! chauchau is en route there as we

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evolutionout of the dusk a shadow,then, a spark;out of the cloud a silence,then, a lark;out of the heart a rapture,then, a pain;out of the dead, cold ashes,life again.john banister tabb

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-71293975224957487442009-08-19T09:11:00.000+08:002009-08-19T09:36:36.197+08:00

waking up early is bad for healthi reckon i've been cursed. by some evil evil person who doesn't want me to sleep past 7.30am, no matter how late i go to bed. i've been waking up at that ungodly hour every single day for the past week (even when i was overseas). in singapore, it allowed me to catch the early bird, tail end of house, followed by csi:ny and globe trekker, and read the papers when

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going downhillthese few days have been quite a stretch and it doesn't look like things will be getting any better. a bad flight with an asshole, the release of a terrible roster and me, in hermit mode.when loneliness washes over, self-worth plummets to a new low and the tears don't seem to want to let up, i wish......

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-55455658597220637892009-08-01T09:37:00.005+08:002009-08-01T10:27:56.383+08:00

this momenta nearly sleepless night and an early morning jog without the piggy sister; the sun rising as i panted along, breathing in poo-smelling air. the body moved on auto-pilot while the mind lost itself to this beautiful nic chagall track:i've been running on, running on emptyfor way too many miles now.i've been flying with broken wingsand now i'm falling faster to the ground.and it's a

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-65335851201687971672009-07-21T03:00:00.003+08:002009-07-21T03:04:53.442+08:00

sunshiny days

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-14647585817839787152009-07-03T20:37:00.002+08:002009-07-03T20:39:02.741+08:00

chapter 1

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the long and short of it allit took quite a bit of persuasionand a near panic attack on my partbut in the end, evande prevailedand i became dora the explorer:or so jenn claims. i don't think we look alike. AT ALL.

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gadget whoremy recent acquisition of a new ipod nano, the nike+ ipod kit, and armband AND underwater casing for my nano has prompted an increase (hopefully not short-lived) in sporting activity. been running much more often and for longer and while my weight doesn't seem to have fallen, i do feel a tad healthier.reading murakami's what i talk about when i talk about running has also given me

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dreamstatean hour's sleep after an overnight flight.lunch that made time fly by.post-swim, awaiting dinner.lying on my bed and gazing out the window.the evening sky looks like one big bubblegum paddle pop.

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hocus pocusi recently spoke to, on separate occasions, people with deeper-than-normal knowledge of and belief in horoscopes, some of whom take it upon themselves to find out what a person's zodiac sign is before deciding whether to pursue a relationship.i've always thought horoscope readings were bullshit that people like professor tralawney come up with when they get bored looking into their

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-53736031692025635032009-06-01T00:29:00.005+08:002009-06-01T01:14:12.677+08:00

why did you have to go?at times like this, i miss you all the more.you would have understood.

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nobody deserves to be treated this wayyou're not my favourite person in the worldbut that was a low, low blow they dealt you tonightand i'm sorry you had to go through all that.

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-30352018157333830522009-05-27T19:57:00.005+08:002009-05-28T05:09:29.472+08:00

i have smart and witty friendsme: "loony, are you heading out tonight?"loon: NOT IF YOU ARE!me: "i h8 you"loon: as long as you don't h1n1 me!-----alvin: i thought of you when i heard the newsbut then i saw "22-year-old".you where got so old?!rofl.

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all fall downsingapore just reported our first confirmed case of h1n1 and the lady came back from new york just one day after me! i'd be in aloha by now if she'd taken my flight instead!the big apple was as lovely as ever. a tad chilly when i first got there but it got progressively warmer and we all turned a little red in the face. managed to meet up with all my lovely new yorkers at least once

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-66898633348259734052009-05-09T05:25:00.007+08:002009-05-09T05:46:07.313+08:00

there's something wicked happening outsideit's 5am and i just got woken up by a most magnificent storm. the sky is taking serious photos of the earth,accompanied by the low rumble of a fat man,at times punctuated by the crack of a whip;the winds seem intent on kicking up a ruckus,raindrops are battling my window panes.looking down from my 12-storey matchbox,i fear for the toy cars passing

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-88029845848539262492009-05-06T22:00:00.004+08:002009-05-06T22:52:07.201+08:00

old is goldyesterday was spent catching up with friends i've known for some time - mark and ger from jc times, ting and wanfen from secondary school tuition classes, and ian, whom i got close to towards the end of uni. each meeting took me back to the past and while we've all grown older (sigh), it seems like some things just don't change.there is comfort and familiarity in being with old friends

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crossing the linethere has been a spate of sexual harassment cases recently and everyone has been rather careful with his/her actions and words at work (even though we do poke fun at the whole issue sometimes). a common view is that some people are just not mature enough to handle such stuff so when things go awry and they change their minds/come to their senses, they claim to have been taken

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one over the otheri've always been hard-pressed to answer questions like "what's your favourite colour?", simply because i can't seem to make a definite choice. with me, it has always been, "well, i like this and this when i'm looking at, say, clothes, but i like that and that when it's other things" or "it depends on my mood, really". or the season. the material. the time of day.it baffles me

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-46701575670275035042009-04-13T15:58:00.005+08:002009-04-13T16:51:15.348+08:00

my turn will comehopefully.till then, fuck off, useless bums.i'm off to sipadan on a dive trip tomorrow and i'm well excited about that! KL for half a day before five glorious days of sun, sand, sea and creatures of the underwater world, non-sentosa version. one wonderful week of no work! can'twaitcan'twaitcan'twait! just dug out my dive log and my last dive was in october 2006! holy cow!

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daddy daddy there's a thing in my room!that's me quietly screaming when i fled to the living room. and being my dad, he immediately grabbed a magazine and made his way to the scene of the crime."what thing?" "i don't know. animal!"he went directly to where i pointed and, a few seconds later, came the "whack whack" of paper meeting wooden flooring."wah where did this big cockroach come from? you

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-35926064984012371262009-03-11T19:09:00.002+08:002009-03-11T19:13:00.738+08:00

everything happens for a reasonbut sometimes, i really feel like asking,"hello, don't you think you're making a big mistake here?"

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writing about nothingthe straits times' ludicrous reporting (if one can even call it that) of "a link between gaming and violence?" (8 march 2009, page 3) got me boiling mad and filled with injustice.it is insensitive to sensationalize a non-news by using the photographs of two men who recently made the news because of their deaths; it is unprofessional and unethical to create a story out of thin

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-89317088651215288262009-03-07T00:37:00.004+08:002009-03-07T14:14:22.921+08:00

we are much too youngwell, it feels that way at least.we were, at best, acquaintances. the occasional hi-bye at parties, tons of mutual friends, exchanges of smiles when we happened to pass by each other. his disappearance caused quite a stir end of last year, there was much speculation but nobody really knew what was going on. still, it comes as a shock. the finality of it all. for one who had

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-51431509296615642202009-03-03T13:18:00.002+08:002009-03-03T13:26:49.572+08:00

there's something therapeutic......about sitting by my window, watching fighter jets zoom across the blueorangewhitegreypinkafterrain sky.

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reveriegun-metal sky pelting down near-invisible bullets,millions of diamonds overhead, traveling down multi-layered slides.your palm on the small of my back,steering me away from the ants' pool i did not see.hands hovering above my head,laughingly attempting to catch the rain before it reached me.arms round each other, two monkeys against the tide.my mind knows betterbut at times, you still make

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only one kind...i will never understand why people take babies to the cinemas, especially when the film is one like valkyrie. one bomb at the beginning of the film and the thing starts bawling. seriously.what with this week being an incredibly slow one filled with standbys and being called up for numerous 330 turnarounds, i've had a lot of time on my hands and have been spending many long hours

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take a step backjanuary has flown by and we're well into our second month of 2009. some backtracking needs to be done!christmas 2008 - family and good friends, a bbq and reindeer antlers, polaroids and gift exchanges, and all things green and red:new year 2009 - a cold cold new york, rediscovering long lost friends, good food and an underground new year's eve party!chinese new year 2009 - family

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that bright white orbthe moon has been particularly brilliant lately and i've been spending an inordinate amount of time lying in bed, just looking at it, and thinking. sleep escapes me some times and what better way to spend an insomniac night than by staring at the moon?new year, old gripespeople who speak without thinking, and/or who say rubbish just for the sake of speaking, must be among the

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looking down from heavena bit of sunshine amongst the clouds.a new year, a fresh lease of life.goodbye 2008,here's hoping for a good 2009.

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-53941863563293657682008-11-28T12:37:00.002+08:002008-11-28T13:06:40.584+08:00

since you've been gonei was finally rostered to fly to cape town and went on a frantic sight-seeing/photo-taking rampage once i got there, tackling the gorgeous table mountain on the first day, then cruising out hout bay to see seals and whales, the penguin colony, wine tasting at groot constantia, climbing up to beautiful, windy cape point and getting blown away by/at the cape of good hope on

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you are stronger than you think you areit has been more than a month and still it seems surreal, a nightmare i can't seem to wake up from. at times, i forget, and those are the best times - when i can pretend that i will still see your rainbow appear on my msn list; when i can pretend that i can still reach for my phone and text you some inane nonsense i just thought of; when i can pretend that

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all the things i should have saidmy darling minmin,i hope you read the little note i left you. i hope you heard me when i spoke to you, before the crowd gathered at your wake. i hope you now have special powers that will enable you to read my mind because i can't seem to find the right words to describe all i'm feeling (not that you didn't have before). i hope you know that i've missed you and

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all the things i shouldn't sayit was like shooting a sitting ducka little small talk, a smile and baby i was stucki still don't know what you've done with mea grown-up woman should never fall so easilyi feel a kind of fearwhen i don't have you nearunsatisfied, i skip my pridei beg you deardon't go wasting your emotionlay all your love on medon't go sharing your devotionlay all your love on me

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-30533921811131803802008-09-22T12:07:00.006+08:002008-09-22T13:05:34.060+08:00

animal farmjust got back from a weekend in KL and my body is aching like nobody's business. but more on that later. first up, met up with belated-birthday boy mimi at robertson quay where he acquired a new best friend:the cuddly dog belonged to a lady at the next table and just invited herself (the dog, not the lady) to dinner with us. she came round, climbed onto the bench on mimi's side, got on

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the wheels of the bus go round and roundevery now and then (and chances of it happening decreases exponentially as you get older), you meet someone who makes you go, "maybe...just maybe...". more often than not though, events will unfold after that and leave you dejected, disappointed. there is some thing about the human race nowadays that just doesn't encourage much faith. it used to be so

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-85303374437873114202008-09-01T00:21:00.002+08:002008-09-01T00:26:45.210+08:00

too fast, too furioustake a step back;breathe.be still, my beating heart.

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when baby ollie came to town...all hell broke loose.the weekend started with a long dip in the hot tub, followed by a quiet japanese dinner at akashi before we adjourned to helipad. sitting on the rooftop for a couple of hours watching people go on the gmax across the river prompted us to troop over just past midnight to follow suit.we went on both the reverse bungy and the swing, with the latter

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the rain in spainit has taken me ages but i've done it! a million photos have been sorted out! woohoo!!!so...wendy and i ventured to spain for a week's vacation. our home for four nights was a tiny room in melon district residence that has the smallest toilet i've ever seen. but it was clean and the place is secure and there's even a pool and sun deck on the roof.we couldn't check in until 2pm so

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-2298549128020658972008-08-11T00:43:00.002+08:002008-08-11T00:48:48.906+08:00

sometimes, i forget...it starts in my toesmakes me crinkle my nosewherever it goesi always knowthat you make me smileplease stay for a while nowjust take your timewherever you goit starts in my souland i lose all controlwhen you kiss my nosethe feeling showscoz you make me smilebaby just take your time nowholding me tightwherever, wherever, where ever you go.

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your scent on my skini don't want it to fade away.

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london lovin'i'm back from my vacation in barcelona and ibiza but my post on spain will have to wait because there are a million photos i have to sort out first (thank you, dave, for loaning me your dslr xx).before spain, i flew over to london and finally saw my minmin after she ran away from singapore for a month and a half. we had duck rice EVERYDAY (coz i miss deep deep after half a year of

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-80788106977203466992008-07-24T04:06:00.004+08:002008-07-24T04:15:11.939+08:00

in search of my everythingi often end up with nothing at all.

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hola!greetings from barcelona! =)

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-63267252701970798682008-07-14T15:39:00.000+08:002008-07-14T15:40:08.181+08:00

smileeven when your heart is aching

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-88758440810529698082008-07-12T00:21:00.009+08:002008-07-14T20:01:55.364+08:00

i can so live heremorton's with the boys last weekend -hugeass steaks, champagne, expensive wines...gay dave showing off his gay socks before we left home.and we made it louis' birthday just so we could sing the song(coz every other table was doing it).monday and we were bored when the boys were at workso we got busy with the wii and created miis!grace doesn't really look like grace coz we

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-29638380922449505752008-07-05T03:58:00.005+08:002008-07-06T16:41:54.343+08:00

independence dayi went to huntington beach...and SURFED!!!why this surf board look like airmail envelope?the sun was out, the wind was a tad chilly,the water was brrrrrr (thank god for the wet suit).i took an hour-long lesson and managed to stand up!was knackered after that thoughso decided not to head back into the waterand lazed on the beach instead.the day after, i hauled my aching body out of

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-41849458684729155692008-07-02T20:34:00.003+08:002008-08-16T05:30:59.724+08:00

people to say goodbye tothrew up on my flight to los angeles after eating some dodgy pork porridge and felt hella rough until i managed to nap it off during my rest. the "ex" was a passenger on the flight and it was nice having a familiar face in the crowd for a change. it has been a while and, despite everything, that very comfortable chemistry we shared was still present. he was the last person

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-16199217414288781682008-06-18T14:25:00.003+08:002008-06-18T14:34:57.365+08:00

come join my circusand i'm juggling all the thoughts in my headi'm juggling and my fear's on firebut i'm listening as it evolves in my headi'm balancing on one fine wirei remember the time my balance was fineand i was just walking on one fine wirebut it's frayed at both the endsand i'm slow unravelling

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-31529757171480499772008-06-17T22:31:00.006+08:002008-06-18T20:15:31.465+08:00

self-destructiveso sick of all the "he says, she says",so weary of the lies and cover-ups;tired of being just one of many,had enough of empty gestures, insincere words.-----sometimes, i really don't knowwhether i should feel amused or disgusted.-----the worst bastard is the one who pretends he's not a bastard.-----took a slow walk home tonight,just me, my music and a silent world.darkness

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cycling, clubbing, cooking, chillingi've always wanted to bike in san francisco so i jumped at the chance of accomplishing just that this time round, since i had jon with me and he wanted to go for a ride too. we took the cable car to fisherman's wharf where we loaded up with a proper breakfast and got ourselves a couple of bikes from blazing saddles. was a tad wobbly at the start as it has been

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-1287067299124658272008-06-11T13:23:00.003+08:002008-06-11T13:25:41.921+08:00

without trust, there would be no betrayal

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-63775313573929993292008-06-05T12:29:00.003+08:002008-06-05T12:36:17.747+08:00

sun, sea and sandpostcards from bali:wakeboard session after we got back:

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friend or foe?sometimes, i really don't know.

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it's simple, reallyi just want to be happy.

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i now fly direct to new yorkspending more than 18 hours cooped up in a little metal bird will drive anyone crazy, especially with call bells going off every 5 minutes, greedy nincompoops who can't seem to quit eating, and a flooded galley.we all ended up laughing hysterically at, er, nothing, drawing lines, throwing newspapers on the floor and acting more than a little insane.new york was crowded

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in the end,i'll lose anyway.

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hold my handwalk with methrough it all.don't run away.

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world gone madcyclone in myanmar,earthquakes in taiwan and china,tornado in mississippi,wildfires in florida.tens and thousands of people dead,millions lost, homeless and helpless.in the straits times, a photo of a family of four,their bloated bodies tied together,floating in the pyapon river.it's so terribly sad.-----dad's back from shanghai for a weekso he missed the quake (thank god).spent an

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paris je t'aimethe ride there was rough,no thanks to an awful chiefwho made life difficult for all of us,but we survived and rewarded ourselves more than amply.it's been more than a year and a halfbut paris hasn't changed one bit.the food's still scrumptious,the eiffel's still standing,and shopping, oh, the shopping! *faints*first up, the arc de triomphe and the eiffel:i couldn't give the crepes

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-62502827291360258902008-04-29T02:27:00.004+08:002008-04-29T13:26:49.432+08:00

now you see it, now you don't.reeled in,hook, line and sinker.cast aside.i thought you're different.

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in this topsy turvy world...i crave simplicity.

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ffwd. stop. rwd. pause.a spoonful of honeya dash of vinegara handful of chilliesa pinch of salta sprinkle of everything else, all mixed together.a recipe for disaster?i hope not.missing you...-----yujun's wedding dinner at the ritz was sweet - it was great seeing her againafter all these yearsand to finally meet her man.i want to wear a hanbok too!the company i had that nightreminded me of good

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...you.1.

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...to...2.

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counting down...3.-----photos photatoes!heineken green room presents'the rakes (the who?) at zouk':many thanks to hocky.invasion of the brit boys presents'three late nights in a row':mos on night one...jumbo dinner on night two:yes we actually wore aprons.and dave brought his to butter:ollie's birthday bash at mos on night three:damn mad.flight to zurich presents'the SPECtacular sisters':flight

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the three masketeersminmin is very cute and turned us into animals:*hop*----------received photos from a few months back (thanks gracie!)and here are some of uscelebrating minmin's birthday at esmiralda:they throw plates around, and break them deliberately,for good luck every night.they even pulled the birthday girl outfor a bit of line dancing!----------eddie finally decided to come home for a

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million dollar babyi did a flight with the girl made "famous" for getting a slap across the face by the wife of one of singapore's richest man and got smacked on the head, deliberately, by a little boy. all coz i was trying to help the brat belt up.i wonder how much i'd get if i sue the pants off the bloody bugger.i had fernando alonso on that same flight. he was on his way to sepang for the f1

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-35026787342979599732008-03-15T00:00:00.009+08:002008-03-15T01:11:55.626+08:00

the road to hollywoodthe weather was great and warranted the rental of a sweet chrysler convertible for my first visit to los angeles. with the help of the all-important gps, we navigated our way from anaheim to hollywood and enjoyed a hearty omelette breakfast before moving on to see the stars in front of kodak theatre.i took photos with jack sparrow, davy jones and charlie chaplin and elvis

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herstoryhow easy it was,to slip back into the past.to retreat into your familiar embrace,to lose myself, again.a chilly night,a stroll by the quiet river;fingers laced,warm pit stops.mock fighting,sweet reconciliation;animated conversations,carefree laughter.you reached outand, perhaps stupidly, i gave in.for one night,it was as if we never left.

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-42677239378863353552008-03-05T23:51:00.002+08:002008-03-06T00:05:37.030+08:00

i'll be backwent to shokudo with glenn today to try out the newish jap marché at raffles marketplace and i'm pleased to report that my vongole in tomato cream sauce was really quite yummy and has many more clams than the soup pasta i had at bentendo at great world city.*takes a deep breath* wow, what a long sentence.had dinner at yum cha with feng, dan, colin and umer, followed by a

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très sombrebeing in my mid-twenties and on the fast track to the big three-oh, i'm seeing more and more friends getting into "serious" relationships, getting hitched, getting all "adult". while, at times, i enjoy my solo flight through life and scoff at being held back by anything as unreliable as a huMAN, i do so envy these friends and the coupley things i'm missing out on. there's this

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a tourist in my own countrythree days and two nights turned out to be hardly enoughfor some rest and relaxation at the club.it was still nice to get away from allthe hustle and bustle of city living though,and to enjoy the sea breeze while soaking up some rays.we got ourselves checked in toone of the rooms with a gardenoverlooking the sea and the second link.it had a cabinet that opened up on

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so i didn't win a single centah well, better luck next time.the past month has been a whirlwind of activities -exploring new cities, meeting new faces,spending the festive season with family and friends,and getting reunited with the wakeboard.this is one of my new pals, panpanshe got carsick and vomited en route to my placewhen her owner drove her over for a short dogsitting session.we then went

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-66402337448235457462008-02-21T19:33:00.005+08:002008-02-21T19:48:52.868+08:00

singapore to host first youth olympicsmy dad paced in front of the telly,waiting for the decision to be announcedby the IOC chief in lausanne, switzerland, where my sis is!and when it was, he let out a loud YAY (mutton)that startled all the birds in kembanganand did a celebratory jigglecomplete with ape-like hands-over-head clapping.he plans to donate part of the money he'll getfrom winning the

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my familiar strangeri wonder if he thinks about methe way i think about him.doubts, fear, frustration.attraction, warmth, comfort.hope.silence.wrong time, wrong place.and maybe, wrong me.

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because my sister askedand i'm nice and obliging.this is a little bit of what i have been up to:on the second last day of 2007,dinner was at my humble housebefore hen and i went bonkersand life imitated art:in the third week of 2008,there was a meeting of tazzies in sydneyfilled with rain, yummy coffee, jap dinner and dessertand i popped my motorbike cherryby riding pillion on TAS01and ended the

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it takes twowould you meet me by the water, baby?we'll have a really good time.would you meet me by the water, baby?'cause i can't get you off of my mind.i've been thinking everyday about you.don't fit anywhere into my life but that's okay'cause i think i might be right for youand because of that, i'm not scared at all.and everyone says i'm crazyeveryone says i'm a fool.would you meet me by the

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i is sickcough cough.my nose is running away.i have one ouch ulcer in my mouth.boo.in the UK,i forwent a lot of sleepand made a night visit to nottinghamwhere i had dinner with two of my old uni matesand we chatted till the cows came home.the bus ride to nottingham took around three and a half hours.people (and things) who smell like fried fart should not be allowed on buses.i didn't eat nothing

zennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981605396041687890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5635372.post-34493263884558895622008-01-02T02:17:00.001+08:002008-01-05T13:51:19.862+08:00

resolutions (of the photo kind)happy new year ya'll!!!i hope 2007 was awesome for everyoneand that 2008 will bring louder cheers and even more love!i shall use my first post of the yearto finish up last year's blogging!so...the day after we visited venice,we ventured out for yet another long eurostar rideto the city of firenze, otherwise known as florence.it was chock-a-block on the train and

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gondola girlson my first day in milano, my true love gave to me,one train ticket to venezia.yah right.it has been i-don't-know-how-many-yearssince i last visited venice with my familyand it is as watery and magical as ever.this time round, i was with wendy,we caught a train there immediately after checking into our hotel in milano,it was teeth-chattering, wrap-up-like-bah-zhang-also-not-enough

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spreading some christmas jeerbuon natale, signore e signori!am coming to you from my cold little room in milano,while listening to fireworks a-crackling some distance outside.it is midnight here nowand i've spent the past couple of daysdoing a whole lot of traveling visiting venice and florence.add an early morning barcelona shuttle todayand the rest of the day spent freezing my ass offin

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dubai/istanbul, a third time roundit has been a year since my last trip to dubaiand little has changed.there were the usual chicken tikka inn/silver eagle meals,the requisite visit (or two) to choc & nuts,every building seemed to be under construction,and my luggage got so heavy i dragged it like it was a stubborn mule.this time though, i went on a special journey out to the jumeirah coastto

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questionwould you rather live longerand suffer the last 8 years in poor health?or die earlier and not suffer at all?

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the art of eatingdual city sessions: null seemed promisingbut turned out rather bleak and empty.old school was a breath of fresh air thoughand i think much can come of it.we trekked up emily hill thereafterand feng managed not to faint.more design fest stuff were exhibiting at white houseso we popped in for some italian design nowand i groped some ass before drinks and yum finger food at wild

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number onethere is a relatively new man at my gateand i would like to bestow on himthe title of "best security guard in the world".he never fails to brighten my day/nightby coming out of his little house whenever a car approachesto wave us hello/goodbye with a kindly, grandfatherly smile.he pwns the other sleeping/grumpy/useless guards.i won't be surprised if he's a retired raffles hotel

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fish out of wateri finally got down to working on these photosthat came out all bright and ghostlydue to the overzealous flashing of the lomo cam.many thanks to johan for the photoshop lesson!with mummy and daddyand the girlies (plus the token male) at various dinners:with my boys at lunch:and of magnet and snapshots from the maldives:roster's finally out and i will be spending christmas in *

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i stole time......and captured precious moments.spent my birthday supermarket shopping with mum,preparing for the bbq,driving and picking up my own cake,and soaking up a year's worth of love.thank you all for making my day.i'm a quarter of a century (plus one day) old.help.

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halloweenie - the really small partyso i was all hyped up about going for some house partyin ulu ulu yishun with a bunch of strangersand only a handful of friendsbut the party turned out to be not-at-all-hotso i was all dressed up with nowhere to go.loser.i was so excited about my cheapo easy-o costume thoughand a total of thirteen friends saw it.i thought that was quite a halloween number to

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journey to the westwas an early bird todayand took an hour-long train ride to woodlandsfor an excursion to the sports schoolwhich is currently hosting the fina/arena world cup.the main draw (for me) was, of course, to watch mark swimand provide a tad bit of rahrah cheering.it's been such a long timeand we're all feeling more than a trifle old.it wasn't his most magnificent of performancesbut i'm

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touché!am blogging from my iPod touch for the first time,coming to you from starfucks in paragon.sweeeeet!mark and I have been lunchingand we're doing the usual reminising yesterdaywhen we re-found long lost junlinand the three of us decided to meet todayfor a meal and to play catch up.it's always nice,to rediscover friends of yoreand to find that they've not changed all that much,and be

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bye bye old housewe've been living in our new place for a while nowbut it wasn't till a few days agothat we actually relinquished the keys to the old place.no longer will we be able to makethose little visits to sift through the messand pack up bags of things we still want to keep.i'll miss you, old house.on to other business,i just returned from a long tripout to seoul and san francisco and

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taitse and taipei(lucky no taiphoon)was in nicky's land for a dayso was his mailman and bringer of felicity.he met me at taipei 101where we had yummy korean bbq,bought a piece of rock for breakfast,waited damn long for two cups of watermelon juice,got money from funnily-named banksand bought the first wine we tasted at jasonsbefore finally making it to the taxi "rank".he bundled me into a caband

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