Thoughts of a (little) girl called cherie

Shopping in paragon!

2009-12-20T11:36:21Z

Testing my new toy while waiting in queues..

[LJ2ME] Smrt Advertising platform

2009-12-16T01:28:07Z

I think its high time Smrt look into providing an alternative advertising platform on its platform screen doors. the train wrap is gonna prove ineffective once all the platform screen doors are implemented, because you won't be able to see the train anymore. or advertisers should just focus on one key message across the entire train so I could tell from afar the message that it is driving even though I'm 500m away. definitely something to consider if you are buying the media.

Yawns

I'm tired and hungry. The worse human combination you can get.

Will the train move faster?

On a side note, I love my nails because they are short and prettily manicured. I love my nail short because when its long, it hurts badly when i type. Anyway, gonna try to keep my nails nice in the next one month! I need nice pretty nails for the shoot!

morning!

2009-12-15T21:05:54Z

banging away on my work lappie and sending out emails at this time of the day, what a wonderful life that I am having.

i want to call in dead sometimes. because i am physically and mentally tired. AND stretched!

*plots evil plan go MIA or play dead*

guess who went sun-tanning today?

2009-12-05T17:43:20Z

came home last night and realised all the 'boys' are gone. *sob*

i couldn't find them when i searched around the house, and when i found them... horrors of horrors!! they are swirling in a pool of water in the washing machine!

=(

the boy has told my mum to wash them. because x.silly has been smelling odd since that day when the boy came back drunk. must be some of the puke have gotten on him.

was reeling from distress last night cos i had nothing to hug to bed.

so this morning, the trio were hanging in the kitchen, sun-tanning away!

thought they looked kinda cute here. and my x.silly is squeaking pink after his bath. i like!

am very sleepy now but am at bestie's place and a mahjong game is in session.

day 5

2009-12-04T05:39:47Z

the tension headache has not gone away. it's driving me bonkers.. and of cos, affecting my productivity. my right side of the head feels heavier.

=(

my time is getting shorter and shorter. Am so bloody worried. not good. all not looking good.

some random musings

2009-12-02T09:43:42Z

yesterday.

i turned up at work with a pink boat-neck sweater (3/4 sleeve) and a grey pencil skirt. andy came up to me and asked me what's wrong. have i joined the aunties' gang?

Grrr...

Errrm. i just wanted to fend off the cold in the office and it can be quite a hassle to keep wearing/taking off my jacket. and i was just thinking to myself in the morning that i looked rather proper - typical OL look.

blah.

//

and today.

the new word of the century - 弟夫!!

it's hilarious, because agnes had wanted to say 姐夫, but couldn't find the word and blurted that out instead.

that would never happen in singapore context, because your brother could never get married to another guy. kevin & me had a good laugh over it. LOL.

//

ok. the end of the work day is nearing, but the headache has not subsided. instead, today had me in flashes of hot and cold, the throat is scratchy and there's occasional dry cough. i think the body is really giving up.

depressing.

and errrmm.. back to my fast-finger-send-emails mode.

day 3

2009-12-02T02:20:19Z

and the tension headache has not ceased. argh.

if i had my way, i'll cut up my head and empty everything. then pain will be non-existence. wouldn't it?

am i turning psycho?

body's in protest

2009-12-01T10:05:03Z

for the past 2 days, i have been riddled with a terrible headache. It started yesterday morning. i struggled through it the whole of yesterday, back home and this morning when i stepped out for work.. the pain is still there!

urgh. also felt dizzy this morning and a little nauseous from the dizziness.

saw a doc and he diagnosed me with a tension headache. told me to head home to rest. told him i can't.

he said, if you can, you should come back in the afternoon.. i'll give you 1/2 day mc to go home and rest.

*sigh*

sometimes i struggle within.

you know its only right to rest your body, not work it too hard and rest when you should. but how could you drop all that you are doing and just rest? i could never 'rest in peace' knowing that there's so much work.

how? at times like this, i wish i was staying in a slower pace country. things would have been much enjoyable. and of cos, less health issues.

kay. rant over... back to work. =(

breaking the silence..

2009-11-29T14:44:44Z

with a short note from me. spent the weekend paying the sleep debt! gawd, i wished i didn't have to wake.. (hee.. *choy*)

the weekend was spent in the company of movies (new moon & 2012!!), sleep, loads of me-time, some shopping (in shops and online), and trying to catch up on my work.

it's been a tiring month thus far, but i must hang in there because the worst is yet to be over.

movies! new moon was great, but somehow.. edward doesn't seemed to be as handsome as I thought him to be in twilight. (oops. i can feel the stares coming from some girls). i haven't read the book (yes, the 4 books are still collecting dust), which i thought it's great because the movies usually cannot compare the books. shall read the details when i'm more free in the coming months (hopefully).

2012 was a fantastic show imo. the special effects were good, the show is very touching throughout and well, it makes me wonder if there would be a day where it all ends... given the current global warming and eco-disasters. some of the disasters like earth quakes and tsunamis were so close to heart..

shopping wise. bagged nothing in the shops. these days, the boy seemed more of a shopping freak than i am. have been on the lookout for wedding shoes, but all of them either fall into the ugly/uncomfortable department, or that it's robbery! errm, like $300 for a pair of non-branded shoes?! i would have bought a pair of nine west or shoes from pedder red.. but they didn't have anything suitable.

i ended up buying 2 pairs of silver heels online. am hoping that they'll fit! will post them in a separate post.

i know i should self motivate, but i am so dreading the end of the long weekend.. and the start of another hectic week.

ok. back to my work before the boy comes home from the boss' wedding do at ritz.

long weekend.

2009-11-27T06:00:27Z

work wise, its been horrible, terrible and [add whichever terrible adjectives you can think of]. manslaughter in my opinion. it eats you up slowly because u are so tired, u are better off dead. well, there's just more to come.

time, of cos have been flying past extremely fast. especially so when one is busy.

i'm so totally thankful for the long weekend. even though its sitex, i can at least take a breather, slow things down a little and just relax and chill before the flurry in the following weeks.

i feel so good when for once in a long long, long time.. i slept for 12hrs. shiok!

now, im off for lunch and a movie (new moon!!!) with the boy. have a great weekend. aunt is here since wed's night, but i havent had the chance to catch up with her yet. oops.

[LJ2ME] fond memories..

2009-11-25T00:44:18Z

Saw a small kid holding a tin can.. is it sjab flag day today?

Cannot help but smile. Its been 1.5 decade back when I was the person holding that tin can..

//

in other thoughts, I'm so freakingly tired. Left for home at 1am last night.. Less than 8 hours later, I'm on my way back to work. I wish the nightmare would end soon.. But its just starting. =(

Gawd. I need a life.

how now, brown cow?

2009-11-22T17:56:47Z

the dilemma of choosing the hotel that i love and the price to pay. and of cos, choosing THAT date that is available.

it's a medley of confusion, frustration and depression.

argh!

a quick check on the accounts, we have already blew some 5 digit figures away till date.. and the hotel's not book yet! gawd.

I need to find some donors. our bank account is screaming bloody murder!

nite world. i'm so tired im crashing right now.

25 -30 Jan - Krabi

2009-11-17T05:41:56Z

the traveholic is going on yet another trip! this time, to krabi!

oooohhh.. i want to stand in the waters and have the fishes swim up to me. ahh.. i would think it's a week of bliss.

the countdown begins - 68 days.

hmmm... till then, there are loads to be accomplished.

the memories of my maiden school..

2009-11-15T16:25:55Z

came across this via peanut_toes...

totally revived my fading memories that I had of my school. the demolished school that's no longer in existence today. i remembered that study area, the st john room, the octagon garden in the middle of the classrooms, the technical block and the science labs! the science labs where i usually hide under the table to snack away. the art room.. the classrooms..

gawd. am so glad someone actually made of video of this. judging from the dates, they are one year my junior! :)

i missed the schooling days. 13 years after graduation, i can still sing the school song without missing any lyrics. gawd. i wish i could go back to that old building, that holds so much memories for me.

the new building is beautiful, but other than the school hall that's preserved as it is, everything else has changed. it's so sad.

how many more years would it take for me to forget how every little corner or nook of the school looked like? or how i vandalised the tables, and walls when i was still studying there?

those were the days. the happy days.

i'm sure those the phs folks that are reading my blog would agree with me.

it's midnight!

2009-11-13T16:06:42Z

and i am still typing away at my office desk. ok. I must admit there were 1.5 hours or so where i couldn't concentrate at all and spent some time surfing around and doing christmas shopping online!

somehow, i tend to work a lot better at night and i am right awake!

i want to continue the momentum and keep typing away because i am the most productive right this moment. the office is quiet and calm, the rain is pitter pattering outside and making soothing music against the window panes. bliss. i love the office this way.

but but. the boy has already called several times and asked me when i am going to go home. =( and i do not want to lug my computer back home cos i think it's a total waste of time.

1. i'll go into lazing mode over the weekends and when i am in the comfort of my room, it just not conducive for work.
2. lugging my laptop back and fro on public transport is a chore and bad for my back/arms.
3. i have a wedding dinner to attend, have to make a trip to town to collect the wedding bands (yay! its finally ready) and go hotel shopping (again) in the next 2 days.

all that, minus the time for eating, sleeping, bathing and resting.. there's not much left of the weekend huh?

i better go. if not, the phone might just ring again. have a good weekend people. i'm in an extremely good mood today!

wise words

2009-11-12T12:28:47Z

i have loads to do and i am feeling damn lazy now. especially since im plonked in my bed, hugging my plushies and just chilling.

the full day of shoot really tires me. i can imagine how bad it is for my talents, because they were still on the set when i left... i couldn't concentrate on my other work at the set and since it's down to the last shot and my boss told me to leave and rest for the day.

usually, i shun off taxi drivers' attempt to make small talk.. but interestingly, i enjoyed the ride home today. and i came home with some wise words.

if you want to know the character of a guy, observe the way he drives

i tell you, i totally agree with my hands and legs up in the air! some experiences can be extremely terrifying!

hee hee.

charlie's corner

2009-11-08T13:32:37Z

it's been a while since i blogged about my lunches. I remembered that i used to do it frequently when i was still in the f&b industry, because that was what my life revolve around all the time, and nice lunches was the norm.

these days, nice lunches are reduced to birthday celebrations or special occasions.

we celebrated eyleen's birthday 3 weeks back. what was supposed to be a seafood feast became a last minute change of plans as the promotion was over. so, we headed to the next best choice in the area - charlie's corner @ Changi.

very interestingly, we all had different food choices except a duplication of the seafood platter for 2 of the folks. could you guess which is my lunch?

*whispers softly* the steak! the steak!

the food is average, but the service was bad. the crew was a bit blur and because we ordered set lunches and drinks, the server has failed to inform that my set lunch comes with a drink and eventually, omitted it entirely from the set. i remembered only when my meal almost ended but i requested for the drink nonetheless. if i hadn't recalled, i would have been cheated of my drink! i must say the boss' service was good though, so i guess more staff training is required for a better experience.

because of the distance to travel that far, i doubt i'll be back there again. I'll choose the flowercrab in the hawker next door anytime if I had to travel that far!

of food.

2009-11-08T13:10:41Z

these days, there hasn't been much adventure in my life and food is usually the focus. some weeks back, i caught up with andy & cindy for dinner at rider's cafe on 16 Oct... (what?! its been that long?)

our food.

our salad. I forgot what salad it is. argh. it happens when u blog about it so long after.

my lamb.

andy's fish (with some tangerine/orange flavoured sauce)

cindy's hugeass burger

our chocolate cake!

am so predictable when it comes to food. it's either the steak or the lamb or pasta for me all the time. and when its desserts, chocolate always wins! LOL.

we were supposed to meet up on friday, but andy was sick, i was bogged down with work and a bad headache. and guess what?! i think we must meet up soon because i dreamt this afternoon that we 3 went on a holiday to hong kong! hilarious, because it sounds like a super impossible mission. it was a fun dream nonetheless. i want to go holiday!!

shucks. i suddenly remembered that I was supposed to plan for a batam cable skiing trip. argh. my weekends looked damn packed in the next 2 months. =(

year end be gone soon!

catching up on the sleep debt.

2009-11-08T12:56:27Z

the boy has gone overseas again, and the weekend alone has been great for me. I caught up with my sleep debt and have been sleeping BOTH saturday and sunday away!

so, it's been eat, sleep, eat, sleep, eat, sleep.. except that i went for the company bowling competition (finals) yesterday.

the competition went quite bad. for me at least. must be the fact that I don't really know my team mates (at all), and it took me a while to warm up to them. our last game was the best with a team score of 655 (avg of 164/pax). if only we had played consistently like our 3rd game.

oh wells. it was quite a bit of fun nonetheless.

visited zazoom & clarie bear after the games at her house, and claire was so sweet looking! she's the first baby addition to the team.. next up, a boy is coming!!

The baby was sleeping the entire time when we were there, and we managed to catch a few glimpse of her sticking out her tongue at us in her sleep! despite the din that ~~we were~~ mx was making, she didnt wake up at all.. but turned grumpy face in her sleep.

too cute!

[LJ2ME] Droopy eyes

2009-11-02T09:24:20Z

I am fighting the zzz monster and losing! Struggling to keep my eyes open but my brain seems to be shutting down.

32 levels above

2009-11-02T02:52:06Z

this was the view that greeted me when i checked in on thursday night. and this was the view that I had wanted to blog about.

the night scene

2 mornings later

it was beautiful and i wished i had more time to enjoy the hotel.

bright and early..

2009-11-02T02:39:57Z

and my eyes are shutting. the body's screaming murder but I still had to drag it out of the bed and the house and trudge to work.

i dread about the upcoming 2 months. I am so so swamped with major activities that's happening all at the same time. I seriously have NO idea how I'll be able to get through it all, and i'm praying that i'll do fine, survive, get enough sleep, be less stressed and at the end of it all, emerge with a smile and a pat on my back.

but you know what? that's a little bit of wishful thinking on my part, because seriously.. there are just too many (big) projects coming my way and a lot of my colleagues are going on leave because they have no more windows to clear. even my bosses seemed worried.

the weekend has been packed, with much related to work, and minimal rest with all the on-goings.

der and me also managed to pop by 2 hotels for wedding shows yesterday, got our bridal package settled and also, bought ourselves a bed. Woohooo!! a trip to krabi (for photoshoot) is in the works!!

it's my bad that I haven't had the time nor energy to jot down the details of the preparation but i'll try to make an effort.

having said that, we blew quite a bit of our savings and we have to start saving from scratch once again. why are weddings such an expensive affair here?!

my aunt told me that my cousin got married for just $2000 (wedding bands included) in the states! and do you know? their culture has it that the bride would have to pay for the wedding!

what a stark difference it is from our chinese culture, although these days we have evolved and i believe most couples share the cost of the wedding.

i need a fatter pay cheque. anyone has got part-time jobs or any jobs to recommend?

checked into a hotel

2009-10-29T13:56:34Z

and feeling damn silly. because i took a picture of the gorgeous view here. and i was going to post onto my blog when i realised that I didnt have a card reader with me, and i am using my office laptop and not my net book.

:(

Ok. need to eat dinner now and then.. the overnight nightmare begins.. and the full day event ahead. shucks.

ok. gotta go!

the last man standing

2009-10-28T14:26:50Z

or rather, sitting. I am yet again the last (wo)man left in the office. for the dunno-how-many-nights in a row.

this is depressing.

my arm is over-worked because it started to numb about 30 mins back! Help! i need my hand/fingers to type still!

barclays singapore open

2009-10-28T08:46:27Z

anyone popping over tomorrow evening?

it's the yearly "green" event yet again. I had fond memories since i attended that last year during my first week at work.

wow. has it been a year?