1 nite stand

My new toy!!!







From Tris so I have something to feed and look after while he is away. But he is quite worried the replacement may be permanent. (I assure you it will not be!) It's so cute! Has little pink hearts all around. Toys R Us is having a Tamagotchi fair at the Suntec Atrium. The salespeople were highly amused by me. The new Tamagotchis are really cool. They have infra red so you can play games with (and even marry) other Tamagotchis. They can go to school and work. Japanese are really a crazy bunch. I wonder if the craze will hit Singapore again. Haven't thought of a name for it though. Suggestions?

Went to 1 Nite Stand Comedy Club at Clarke Quay for a night of fun and laughter. The night didn't start off too well. The Aussie host was not very entertaining at first. At least not until the second half after he downed at least 2 pints of san miguel. The Italian comedian was not that good as he mumbled quite a bit. But the Scottish guy was amazing. He is 57 years old and was wearing a tshirt which said, "Cool F**ker" in the Coca-Cola font. Damn cool. And his jokes, albeit perverse, were so bloody funny. But definitely not worth $40/person. Didn't even get a proper seat. :( Tried a new martini though, much better than a Cosmopolitan in fact! It's called a Flirtini. Those of you who like Cosmo (Shu Qiu!), try a Flirtini!




With the mad weather, (blazing sun in the morning and then a shower of rain in the late afternoon), my oily/combination skin is getting dry, and more oil is produced to compensate. My face is effectively a frying pan. I was looking for cheap hydration masks which are not made in a certain Asian country for fear of undesired ingredients in the mask, and I found a decent one in The Face Shop. The Face Shop, a Korean brand, sells masks by sheets ($3.50 per sheet/$10 for 3 sheets) and their Hyaluronic Mask gives ultimate skin hydration. For the price, it's really quite good. :)

suntec shopping

Evan Almighty is hilariously brilliant. Just brilliant. Whether you are Christian or non-Christian, the story of Noah building an ark for God is just amazing. Evan Almighty is a very modern version of Noah's Ark, where Evan Baxter, a newly elected Congressman whose campaign slogan was "Change the World", gets a chance from God (Morgan Freeman - notice how God is black) to really change the world when God asked Evan to build an ark for Him. The way God makes "Genesis 6:14" appear before Evan all the time is so funny!! Watch to find out how Evan helps his people eventually. Many lessons learnt in the show:

ARK: every little Act of Random Kindness changes the world.

God: If you prayed for patience, I wouldn't just give you patience, I'd give you an opportunity to learn patience. . .

Had lunch at Beppu Ramen, a Japanese Ramen restaurant at Suntec basement (next to NZ Natural) which prides itself for its damn bloody spicy ramen. You can choose the degree of spiciness in the soup: 2, 4, 6, 8 chilli degrees. I tried 8 chilli the previous time. It was super spicy, not enough to make me cry but it was so spicy I just couldn't taste anything, which defeated the purpose of ordering the ramen in the first place. So this time, I tried the 6 chilli instead. A lot a lot better. For those of you who only like a bit of spice in your life, just take 2. If you love spice but are not sure if you will cry like a mad pig having chilli overdose, take 4. If you are a Chilli Queen like me, 6 will do just fine (meaning red eyes and swollen lips, but happy stomach and tastebuds).

Shopping after lunch was fun! We were supposed to be shopping for stuff that Tris wanted to bring to US, but I ended shopping as well. Bought a magnetic pocket Scrabble (erm yes I know how to play Scrabble and quite well too. Anyone wants to play with me?) and a new Hello Kitty cosmetic pouch! I left my cosmetic pouch on the dressing table in Cali changing room last week. Gone. :( My Chanel perfume, powder and all my cosmetics. All gone. The person who found it must be enjoying herself with all my Chanel stuff. Now I have to replace everything. Grr...



Dinner was at Tony Roma's, where we had the most wonderful Skillet Cookie Sundae:


Suntec is having some Tamagotchi Fair starting tomorrow. I want a pink Tamagotchi!!! Told the boyfriend I need to feed something while he is away. I shall go down tomorrow again to look-see. :)

And I would like to thank my two beloved girlfriends for my belated birthday present!! It's a limited edition Anna Sui lip palette!! It's so pretty and can be carried like a mini handbag! Thank you CX and Lilly!! -hug- :)

lv waterproof keepall

Latest from LV:


LV Waterproof Keepall - a bag you can throw in the ocean.
This Keepall, created for the 2007 America’s Cup, is identical to the original Keepall 55 but is made from waterproof materials that are fused together by high-frequency welding. Once closed, this Keepall becomes totally waterproof even when completely submerged.
Retail price: SGD3,150


Keepall 55

Farewell to the Neverfull (which-can-be-full-coz-it-comes-in-three-sizes)! You are so boring because EVERY RANDOM PERSON in town is carrying you now.

man, u rule

I don't care Giggs got a yellow card for tackling Lee Young Pyo;

I don't care Wes Brown's defence was actually a hand ball;

I don't care Tevez runs so bloody slowly;

I don't care Ferdinand and Van der Sar were dreaming and almost let a stupid ball roll over the goal line;

I don't care Nani's goal was damn tyco;

I don't care how the whole world complains that referees are always giving us the benefit of doubt;

WE SCORED!!! We better keep scoring and start playing decently. I miss Ronaldo. And I actually miss grumpy bulldog Rooney too.

Go Man U!!!

Yes, I am a biased Man U fan. Sue me.

food

I couldn't fetch tris from the airport but guess what? He came over right after he put his stuff down at home, and surprised me with:



Erm.. See the hole in the top left hand corner? I just couldn't resist but eat one donut before taking the photo. Yum yum!! He bought me lots of other pretty and cheap stuff from thailand too. I should really go there one day to shop since things are so cheap!! Thank you baby! Not just for the purchases but accepting me the way I am and loving me despite my flaws and problems. :)

That said, donuts are nice, but I will never ever queue for 4 hours for them. People who do that are crazy. And even after eating Donut Factory donuts (which are not too bad), I still don't think it's worth queuing for food. Unless it's...


Raffles Hotel Champagne Truffle mooncakes!!! I will queue to the end of the world for this annual indulgence. I can't wait for Mid-Autumn Festival. Seriously, this mooncake is to die for. After eating this mooncake, I never want to eat any other mooncake ever. The normal mooncakes are oily, greasy and the egg yolks smell funny. This snowskin mooncake has lotus filling and a white chocolate shell covering white chocolate with a teaspoon of champagne as its centre. Even wikipedia says something about it under mooncake!!! Please eat it if you ever get your hands on one!

Since this post happens to be about food, I have also just tried the new Vitagen Collagen today. It's not bad! Just that it's pretty pricey (85cents) compared to the normal Vitagen and I am not exactly sure how much collagen (which prevents skin from sagging by strengthening the walls of your skin) they put and whether that trace amount is effective. Three flavours to try: Lavender, Rose and Original.

2 weeks

If I had a choice, I would love to see you every single second of the day.

If I had a choice, I would do everything I want to do for you, with no worries about what others might say.

And if I had a choice, I would fetch you and see you off at any time of the day, wherever you may go.

But I don’t. I am so so sorry and I hope you know…

I won’t cry because you are leaving, but I will cry because I am not allowed to see you off.

judging

Is there such a thing as a better person by God's standards? How does God judge us? Why should we be judged by Him? Should we judge other people?

Many Christians say that we should not judge people. But by saying that, aren't they judging us? The Bible says that we should not judge others:

Matthew 7:1-5 (NIV)
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

Nevertheless, Jesus judged too:

In Luke 11:37-52, Jesus, the person who tells us to love each other, pronounces six woes on the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law. Jesus was technically saying that they are in a very bad and grievous state. Jesus here liken these self-righteous religious leaders to bowls which are clean on the outside and dirty on the inside, unwashed tombstones and the people who kill the prophets and then decorate their tombstones later. In other words, Jesus is pronouncing that he has judged them and found them wanting, they being hypocrites who do one thing and exalting themselves in public on their perceived righteousness while sinning in private.

Now, is this fair just because Jesus is God?

Basically, Jesus is not saying that you cannot judge others. However, like in Matthew 7:1-5 above, before you want to judge others, you have to remove the plank in your eye first. Furthermore in Romans 2:20-23, if you want to judge others, you must apply the same standard to yourself. In fact, at the end of the day, God will also judge us according to the standard that we judge others.

So no double standards, and if you want to judge others, wash your eyes first, stare at yourself in the mirror and then apply the same standard that you use to judge yourself, that's if you even spend time judging yourself. :p

Actually, this post serves to remind me not to judge others. Hope I always remember that! :)

vertu pink diamond

OH MY GOSH it is so PRETTTYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

But I will never ever be able to afford this phone at any time of my life. Sigh...

soccer

I am officially pissed. What is Man Utd doing? 3 games with random teams and they either draw or lose. Seriously! Reading, Portsmouth, and now we lose to Manchester City. We have almost 60% possession in the matches yet we cannot freaking score. And grumpy Rooney is down, so is Ronaldo who stupidly got sent off. Ugh... It's a pain watching Man Utd.

Watching Liverpool v Chelsea now. The referee is giving out yellow cards like candies. Good job.

shipping

It's a shipping weekend. Whatever possessed me to do Admiralty Law AND Carriage of Goods by Sea? Spent almost $300 on three shipping law books. WHY ARE LAW BOOKS SO BLOODY EXPENSIVE??? I can buy so many clothes with that!!! Oh well... in the name of knowledge, and amazingly, shipping law is pretty interesting (or at least chapter 1 and 2 of the textbooks)! :)



And hello to the captain of my heart who is in Thailand teaching little kids English and songs!! Take care and drink lots of water! I love you! :) -muah-

bimbos

Bimbo: an attractive but stupid, pliable young woman.

Why bimbos make good girlfriends:

1. They boost your ego.
They are stupid.
No matter how stupid you are, you will still look smarter than her.

2. They look good.
Bimbos, as the definition states, MUST be attractive.
No matter how ugly you are, seriously, nobody will look at you and wonder "Why is this hot chick with such a fugly guy?" because there is probably a reason why she is with you (this is not the case vice-versa: Somehow, people question more when a fugly girl is with a damn hot guy) Does anyone know why?

3. They will always listen to you.
They are pliable, i.e. to say, they are so naive that they will take whatever you say readily. No questions asked. Which makes it very easy to bluff them and because of this, you can be sure that they are very compliant. Nice to have girlfriend who always listens to you.

Of course, there are bad points to dating a bimbo. However, if you are in a relationship with one due to any of the above reasons, you need to understand that all the other bad sides/characteristics stem from the above 3 characteristics. Bimbos are so stupid that they only know (and hence only bother) about those 3 things, i.e. not want to know more in life, only wants to look good and doesn't know anything so whatever you say goes. So don't you dare get irritated when your girlfriend doesn't know who Andrew Lloyd Webber is while watching the Phantom of the Opera with you. It's not her fault. It's yours. You chose her. (To my bimbo friend who really did that: I still love you!!!)

Unfortunately people always want to take only the good but not the bad because it is simply in human nature to only want the good things in life!

But what if the good and the bad characteristics of the person stem from the same fundamental nature of the person? What if you fell for her because she is a very confident and firm-minded girl (unlike other insecure girls) but you don't like her stubbornness? What if you fell for her because she is drop dead gorgeous but don't like the fact that she is very vain and makes you wait 3 hours while she does her make-up? What if you love your bimbo girlfriend because she always listens to you and boosts your ego but you start questioning whether you should be with her when she says that all she wants to do is shop?

Ironically, some couples break up because one party realises that he/she cannot tolerate the trait which is the fundamental trait that attracted him/her to the other party. What couples need to learn is that love is acceptance. And acceptance means accepting both the good AND the bad. Sounds easy? Apparently not.

We will always be in the learning process. :)

boo

And I have shipping law intensives every single evening except Fridays. At least I am not the only one. Taryn and Trish are in the same boat as me. Babes, we must not sink!

channel 27

YAY!!! Stupid Starhub's Channel 27 is up and about!!! -jumps around-

12 August 2007 (Sunday)

Aston Villa Vs Liverpool: 12:10 AM - 02:15 AM

Arsenal Vs Fulham: 06:55 PM - 09:00 PM

Chelsea Vs Birmingham City: 09:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Manchester United Vs Reading: 10:55 PM - 01:00 AM


And Happy Belated Birthday to Singapore! I wanted to write a tribute to my homeland but I got too lazy. :p

I loved the parade & ceremony part of NDP, especially the new navy water show and my all time favourite fires of joy (the part where the guards of honour raise their rifles and shoot blanks non stop). I hate the dancing parade as usual (what was a white lambo doing in the middle of the stage - which they kept repeating was 'the world's largest floating stage built on water'?). I died laughing when I saw our beloved MM wearing the NDP animal cap with flashing eyes. He looked so cute! And I hate this year's national day songs, especially the unsingable Kit Chan song.

But I still love Singapore, my home, the 'possibicity', despite its utterly bad grammar and sheer lack of wit. :p Happy National Day to all!

zooooo

asian small-clawed otter - sho cute!!!

guanaco - aka deer with eyeliner (it was trying to gnaw on the tshirt of the guy sweeping its enclosure)

polar bear

rhino's butt - makes me feel so much better about myself :p

notice the water puddle under the giraffe? look closer..

it's so hilarious! After this one peed, another one came by to do its big business (which I so happily videoed)

jaguar - the difference between a jaguar and a leopard is that a jaguar's spot has a black dot in the middle of the circle (like a rosette) while the leopard's spot is solid.

giant tortoise dry-humping another

elephant show!

baby poo = precious poo! :)

wth.. We were worth as much as a bird? To make things worse, my wonderful boyfriend commented, "hmm..ya you one woman sure equals eight pigs." :(

white tiger

mooooooooooooooo...

when ah meng met ah tris.

soccer and shopping

tea at project shop cafe & shopping with doreen darling! :)







Happy day coz I not only got to shop, Man Utd won the Community Shield! Hope it brings good luck for the upcoming season! :) go MANCHESTER UNITED!!!!

join women's day out!

LADIES!!!

Join the Amore Women's Day Out on 1st or 2nd September! I am going for the Iron Woman, a 5 hour aerobic marathon with cardio latino, aerobics and kickboxing on 1st September from 2pm to 7pm. Ladies, join in the fun!

Click here to find out more. :)

And get a free gym bag when you sign up!

a simple slacking life

Wendy is getting fatter. Wendy needs to gym. Wendy needs to stop eating like a pig.

Wendy needs to stop shopping. Wendy needs to start saving money so she can shop till she drops at the factory outlets in US in December. Wendy needs to stop shopping NOW. Wendy bought her last dress today (let's hope it is my last purchase of the year until December).

Wendy is getting lazier. Wendy has been watching too many DVDs this whole break. She has travelled to Manhattan (sex and the city - LILLY LEE your last season last dvd doesn't work!!! *suffers from withdrawal symptoms*), Austria & South Korea (Spring Waltz) as well as Taiwan (花样少年少女). Wendy has been ogling at cute guys: Absolut Hunk, Daniel Henney and Wu Zun (who is so so cute but cannot act to save his life). Wendy has also been watching too much tv and ogling at hot babes: Amanda in Ugly Betty, Gabrielle Solis in Desperate Housewives and Kitty Walker (Calista Flockhart) in Brothers & Sisters (which happens to be a really good show and I actually don't mind Calista as Kitty, considering how I boycotted Ally McBeal because I hated her and her dancing baby). Wendy needs to lift her heavy butt off the sofa once school starts. UGH!

Wendy doesn't want to go back to school because she has intensives every single evening except Friday. *sob* Can't wait for mid sem break coz after that I only have a 2-day week!

Wendy is just bored and being random in this post.

And bon voyage Maurice! Hope you and your hairdryer enjoy Denmark! :p

farewell to the God of the Bitch Boys' Club