MacDonna Breakfast n KPO Auntie at NTUC!

Went to eat dinner with Mei, Chris, Clarissa, Sheila n Alan at Changi Village last nite!

I asked my other good friend, hungrygowhere.com where to go for nice Dim Sum & was prompted to try this Johor Bahru Handmade Dim Sum =)

Along the way, I asked Mei abt how's things with her bf,Alan...

"Mei, 你 *幸福*了吗?"  I meant to be cheeky, play a pun on the chinese words as in :

幸(姓-surname) 福 (Happinesss)...  change her maiden surname from 陈 to her husband name, jokingly to be 福...

Then we realised that her bf's surname is Foo, as in 符... so it was CORRECT to ask:

"Mei, 你 *姓符*了吗?" Meaning if she had taken her "hubby" surname!!

We ended up laughing loudly in the car!

Kekek!

Anyway, we ended up 1st stop at Charlie's Corner... a hang out place famous for their range of imported beer! I had

ASAHI BLACK!

Noticed this marker: HARMONY LINE!

*maybe if u drank the amount exceeding this line,

u will no longer be "Harmonious" to Hang Out with!*

Wuahaha!

In the end, we had Bak Kut Teh instead.... supposed to be famous in CV, but it was not as yummy as expected... I have eaten far better ones... like the Hong Lim complex 1, the East Coast Lagoon Hawker Centre, Joo Chiat Rd 1s.... etc.... even Mei said that her father's Pig's Trotter tasted much Much MUCH better! Faint! She said if I wanna eat, I can ask her Papa, he will SURELY cook for me! Woohoo!!

It was a Good evening nite's out hanging with the girls!

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Thanks to Chris's Chamomile Tea... she is so sweet, brot me the teabags last nite & taught me how to brew them!

I love having my tea n brown sugar in my

GIANTIC Goofy Mug...

Goofy cuppa Chamomile Tea!

I tried them last nite... sure beats having to drink LOTSA Baileys, Neat Gin / Vodka, Cough or Flu medication & of cos the Sleeping pills!

I managed to fall asleep ard 12am though tossing her & there thruout the nite, I felt like I had at least sleep more than anything for the past 4 days...
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I woke up this morning at 7.30am!
I asked Papa if he wanna go market & eat tog, he said I very long never bring him eat MacDonald's liao!
Aiyoh! So we headed for the MacDonna at Tamp Mall & ordered 3 BIG breakfast meal...

I jokingly told him:
"Papa, 带你出来真麻烦! 你只要吃... 麦当当!"

See! He was so Happy!

Smiling to himself!

We got to play the Monopoly!

Won a pack of Fries!

Went grocery shopping at NTUC... knowing that my Papa likes to "Show off" his knowledge of Fish (what to do, he's a Fish Monger what!), I asked him to teach me the names of the fishes...  Cos I cant relate the English Names from the Teochew or Chinese names that he always tell me! Ok, mistake - we walked thru.... FISH BY FISH... the WHOLE FISHERY DEPARTMENT of NTUC Tampines Mall... the Whole... & he almost repeat the whole department... faint! Hahah! Bo Bian, let he "show off" abit lah!

I walked the Vege department with Linda... & questioned her abt the vege, comparing it against the labelling... got this KPO housewife kept trying to answer the questions I posed to Linda.... damn KPO lah! She like Ma Ciam she owes the department... no no... NTUC, like that lah! I asked Linda.... she answer me... Linda also stood back & let her answer lah! Damn KPO auntie cant mind her own biz!

Then I noticed this vege...

 So I asked Linda, "why is this called the "娃娃菜?"
Linda couldnt answer in time, KPO Auntie answered in the most Peacock way (nostrils pointing the sky pattern):
"因为是 Baby 的包菜lah! Girl,你要好好学啊!" 
WTF! This KPO Auntie is too much!

So I rattled off, directing to the KPO Auntie:
" So why  Cabbage 叫 "白菜", not "White Vege"?
Then Kai Lan 叫 "Baby Kai Lan" 不是 "Doll Kai Lan" or "娃娃 Kai Lan", &&& WHY "Baby Asparagus" 不叫 "Doll Asparagus"?!!
还有 Baby "小白菜" (Xiao Bai Cai) is called "奶白" (Milky white)...
AUNTIE, 为什么,为什么,为什么har!!?!"

KPO Auntie quietly walked away... no no.. she sneaked n "siamed" away... BLOODY HELL!  suddenly she became Deaf Auntie - cant hear what I ask HER... I hoped I "Ma Lu-ed" her! Serve her right! So KPO! Kekek!

I love my Family & my Family Loves me!

Have been enjoying YUMMY homecooked dinners at home for the past few weeks!
1 word: YUM!
I love homecooked meals... very heartwarming & great to catch up with my Papa... thou he is a man of little words, sometimes we just eat dinner in silence... but it's the feeling of sitting down tog at the same table having a warm meal... i miss that alot...

When I was in Primary school, I had always bring my plate in front of the TV to catch that Drama serials...

When I reached Secondary school, I have come to enjoy the dinner dates with my friends & hanging out till just a teeny late...

When I went to Poly, I only remb rushing from Tutorials to DB training, grabbing that Sandwich from the canteen, or eating out after training...

When I joined the Navy, I vaguely remb gouging food down my throat during BMT (8mins to eat), Navy Officer Cadet Course(10mins so I could squeeze in that extra time to study), & Naval Officer (30mins cos trying to prevent my soup from spilling out at a choppy sea patrol). Excluding the endless duties in camp, Chinese Reunion Dinner, V-Day, X'mas, New Year... etc...

When I started other jobs, I had to oblige to many company dinners, colleagues farewell etc...

Now, I ended up feeling that I had missed out alot with my family...
& I really love having dinner with them... =D Niceee....

We Love the Fish Dish Especially!

Before...

After!!!

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Creamie was notti today, keep pulling out the water bowl & spilling the water all over the floor... I mopped up the spillage, a total of 5 times already.... argh!

Kena Punished!

Nugget was very scared, cos usually he is the 1 kena punished...

today is Jie Jie Creamie..

Creamie kept Meowing,

Nugget dug deeper into the corner...

After 15mins of Time-out, or rather until the Meowing stopped. It's crucial not to let her out when she is Meowing, she will think that if she meows, I'll let her out - this is to save me from Meowing nights!

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Sometimes they are very cute lah! But it's hard to work at home becos of them... esp Nugget...


he's really very Manja, sweet but extremely Mischievous!

After he got angry with me for putting medication in his ears...I left him alone for a while & went back to wk... thinking of reading the newspaper,

he jumped up & decided to snooze....

on my newspaper!

So this was how it looked like in the end....

Creamie snoozing by the lappy & nugget on my newspaper... which is on my lap...

Haiz.. so sweet....

but how to work like that!

Ka-Lah-永远-OK! But my 4D not ok!

Met up with Eunice and Eeleen to go Chinatown Hong Lim Complex to satisfy our gluttony!

Piang, we were so famished that I forgot to take photos of all the goody food that we ordered!

We ordered Bak Kut Teh, Wanton Noodle, Wu Xiang, Chicken Wings, Fried Wanton etc...

Very sinful lah!

Anyway, last min decided to go try the TenDollars KTV Club at Smith Street & chio-ed Stella to go tog!

But suay lah! Fully booked! Bo Bian - went to KBox next building (Lucky Chinatown)! Piang! I never go there before lah! From $10 KTV becomes $23 KTV! Faint! Big difference lah!

But hor - damn cool lah! The console all very updated 1!

See! Got buttons to press for

"Applause", "Cheers", "Clap", "Jeers"!

Plus hor, can record our songs & Bluetooth to our HP! Damn cool lah! I shall not load the songs we recorded here lah! But we had a rather lazy & crazy afternoon!

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Papa returned home at midnite after a wedding dinner & asked me this Million dollar question:

"Girl, 你有买吗?"

"有!有!开啊!?!" (Help! I'm fainting!)

"有开......."

"YAY!!! 我可以Go Krabi 了!YAY!"

"But hor跳leh! Heehee!"

"PAPA!!! 为什么你说话说这么漫!"

Dun get me wrong, I love my Papa very much! But he really drives me up the wall sometimes!

Argh! So I went to match the ticket against the newspaper!

Bye Bye Krabi!

Bye Bye $490!

2months ago - it came out also for 2nd prize & I didnt buy! Worst, every1 thought I bot cos this is like the ONLY combi that I buy! Esp my friends' parents (Note the Plural)... phonecalls were made to confirm that I DID NOT Win! *OUCH!*

Damn heartpain lah! Haiz... mayb it's fated that i cant go Krabi! *HINT* from up above!

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What do men wan exactly?! Why do the msges keep coming?! Argh! Malaysia msg back also expensive leh!

I duno understand y?

Plus this morning... something dramatic happened!

I m still suffering from my insomnia... only fell asleep at 6am when I am supposed to wake at 6.15am! WTFish! So bo bian lah, I slept in till 8am & got outa bed to wash up!

PLAN: Start the new week afresh! YAY! Cast out the -ve thoughts!

Then the "Good morning, I'm doing Xxxx XX Xx today...XXXx" msg came in at 8.30am.

It followed with a few sms corresponding...then

"Hey, u can travel in 1st wk Jan? I got club med Cherating Mys for 2, 4D3N, $500. My fren cant go. Driving up in the convertible! :)"

I told him "NO though I wanna take a break..."

But then he said "But seriously, rather than forfeit the money, I rather sponsor you rite? If u guilt, can always buy me dinner b4 n after the trip :)"

So I tested: "Sponsor means u pay leh! Is that wat u mean?! Dun faint! I kidding you. Wuaha!"

Confirmation: "Sponsor means I pay la! Better than forfeit. If you really guilty, u can pay 50% u know? :)"

DEAL! anyway that's what I intended... $250 still gd! Everything, EVERY EXPENSES INCLUDED for this trip! Kekek! I can KTV lesser times.... I'll chip in for the petrol & toll charges lor!

OMG! Club Med is supa High Class lah! Having studied Tourism Mgt, I never imagine myself being Ripped off for a Club Med package! Somemore MYS lah! Maldives Club Med I can imagine lah! i have alwis thought that if I were to go to A Club Med destination, it would have to be Maldives Club Med! Honeymoon destination etc... I tink I analyse thing too much & quite accurately actually!

Number1: Why would some1 book in advance, & not able to go?! Plus fully paid for liao!

Number2: Honeymoon HC destination, objective is not adventurous type! cant be going with a group (unless company retreat), cant be going with another guy...
Conclusion: So must be supposed to be with a girl lah! So what happened to the girl?!

Then after *HookOurLittlePinkies* on it, I asked him why booked so HC destination... he said actually with Ex, but paiseh to go now... faint! I knew it!
 
Soya ah Soya... why do u always wanna dig the truth... it hurts lah! The truth is a pack of Lies told!!! ARgH!
So next question: Why me?! He could ask other pple to go with him... he could sell the package away... why me? So I figured... i'm the Free-est amongst ALL his friends, esp in Jan... bleah...=(
 
Anyhow, I dun care liao lah! 豁出去了!
I asked Baidu.com exactly what does 豁出去(Huō Chu Qu)means:

表示为了达到某一目的而不惜一切
(To do all possible, to achieve the end result)

OK, end result I wish to achieve:
Have a gd break + Know this person better!
*In absolutely absolutely absolutely... NO order of merit!

好痛啊...*OUCH* but Bring it on SCB!

Really in pain now... *OUCH*

I feel my buttocks falling apart... met up with Ellen for our weekend Long Distance run at ECP just now... I whined to her that my buttocks hurts from the badminton session last nite... I must have not played badminton for the past 3yrs & she was also feeling some tightness & sore in her thighs cos she didnt play for the past 1 month.... DUH!?! Can u imagine my pain!

My Right & Left Butt cheeks threaten to fall apart with each pounding step.... really ouch... it was quite a torture actually.... we did a timecheck & surprisingly were still in good time for the 1st 30mins - 4.5km "starting mirror", made it to Lamp post number J-4-22 today after another 30mins jog (total: 1hr)... but the next 1 hr to come was really putting us to the test - mentally & physically....

I was "tasked" to keep pace...We pushed ourselves to reach the "Mirror", we were supposed to reach in ard 30mins(total 1hr30mins), but we exhausted in a lump after a total of 1hr32mins. Decided to spend the next 3-4mins doing some Butt stretching exercises.

We hit the road again thereafter - i would say it's 80% mental strength already. Ellen was starting to straggle behind alittle, she asked me to go ahead! No way man! We've come too far to leave 1 X woman behind! So we pushed each other & I maintained the pacing... maybe it was the responsibility she had emplaced in me, I felt the need to complete this run, esp when she said the magic words: "Soya, Bring me home..."

I have always pride myself as some1 who can keep a decent pacing once I am "into" the run.... so steadily, we "struggled" towards Water Venture (end point) & clocked a 2hrs5mins. We accounted the extra 5 mins delay to our dilapidated bon bons & the stretching. Still it was a rather good run & definitely gd pacing (Pat meself on the back)!

We figured we had clocked shy of 19km... probably 18.6km

Calculations as such:
55mins divide by 8.5km = speed of 6.47min/km (accurate as we did 1hr50mins for 17km),
since we had ran 2hrs, means (120 divide 6.47min/km) we covered abt 18.54km this wkend.

Every 5mins we add to our training, we will be increasing by abt 772.8metres.
(1000metres divide by 6.47min/kim multiple by 5mins)
& since we are adding 10mins each week - our distance will increase by approx 1.54km! =D

If you are wondering why I am so into Maths recently, I think it's about time I take training seriously.
Utterly inspired by the "Dr.Ben Tan" book that Ellen gave me! YAY!

Until now, I still awe at the distance I am doing... i never... NEVER tot it would be possible for me to achieve such milege... 18.6km...1 shot.... no joke! Before May2009, I was still struggling with a max of 8km... it's only Nov now... wow!
"Soya, 你行的! 你做到了!YAY!"

Ok, for those who have already done ur Ironman, Ironwoman, Marathon, Ultra marathon, Half Marathon etc.... I know this sounds like a rather simple feat to you... but can give me some credits!?! It's not easy for a 57kg-since-secondary-two girl (now still at least 54kg lah!) to run on those size 5 feet... that's alot of weight to carry around leh! Poor Mrs.Left & Mrs.Right(that's what I call my feet)!

For now, I think I am ready... for Standard Chartered Half Marathon 21km on 6Dec09... Bring it on!'

Kudos to my training buddy, Ellen, for making it happen! Cheers Buddy! =D

My 屁屁 pain pain! *OUCH!* Plus my 心酸酸....

Havent play badminton for ages liao! Today went to kena thrashed by Ellen's friends at Civil Service Club (Tessensohn Road)...

After the 2hrs game, we went to City Square for dinner! my 1st time there! Nearest MRT is Farrer Park (NEL)!WOoooow! This place is HUGE!!! Really big & spacious mall! Cool! Then again, all the malls are the same, they always have the standard shop fronts.... G2000, BYSI, World of Sports, MacDonald's, Swensen's etc... Dun think I'll go back there again - just visit Tamp Mall also the same wat! Except that mayb it's newly open, the crowd was still bearable for me on a Friday nite!
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Piang... I really suck at games that require Hand-Eye coordination or Foot-eye coordination.... play basketball will end up having my hands "freezed" in the air, ready to catch the ball but the ball would have landed on my nose &bounced away....
Or end up dribbling the ball till duno which is the right hoop to shoot.... soccer is the same for me... I will end up crashing into the goal post if I just focus on tackling the ball....

Needless to say, i ended up in the "aiming to hit" shuttlecock position, only that the shuttlecock had shot pass my sight & land 5cm away from where I am standing! Chuiz...

Damn chuiz... cos this morning woke with with my 屁屁 damn aching lah! I expected the usual right forearm to ache & alittle from the thighs lah... but the ache in my buttocks is screaming! *OUCH!*
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To top it off... Mr.A was there too last nite.... he was there with his students for rock climbing! Wat coincidence! Yes, that means he saw me at my most chuiz moments....I wanna kill myself lah!

Anyway, he bot over Ellen's D&D prize of the KRABI package & is looking for pple to go with him. Thru msn in the mornin, he already asked me if I could join him... I asked him how much etc.. he said I'll probably hav to pay airfare $250 (incl Taxes), hotel stay is free (cos with him mah! Wooohoooo!!) - so all in all, i concluded that it will take abt $450 -500 for me. So I told him I am not ready to spend so much lah! He said can dun dive lor, just rock climbing... but for me to go KRABI for the 1st time & not dive?! Crazy ah! I am not so much of a rock climber also.... so it's out of the way man!

Hell I had to say NO! I already said NO to going AUS (he's going for Ironman) in Dec & I have to say NO to KRABI?! Mr.A ah Mr.A, why are u tormenting me this way! I so wanna say "YES YES YES! Take me with u Baby!! I will follow you wherever you go!!" but HELL No, not now....

1st: I dun think I wanna spend that extra $$ on a trip at this moment....
2nd: I am afraid I cant resist the Temptation.... same room.... mayb only 1 bed.... just u & me... argh!....  + I cant sleep in just my panties n go braless in the room!! (Kidding kidding)

Anyway, we chatted awhile at the rockwall while waiting for the badmintion gals to come... i told him to ask his goodfriend, CJ to go lah! He said he already asked a few pple liao (BOO BOO No.1-Of cos I am not the only 1 he had asked lah! Wat was I thinking!?! But still!), then he said: "Actually I can always go alone again like last time. Actually I just need a Belayer for the rock climbing part..." (BOO BOO No.2 & most OUCH! So this is what it is all about! "Need a Belayer!" C'mon! Pay some boys a fewThai Bahts & u are settled!) Boy, this guy knows how to break a girl's heart, except that he doesnt know he already took it away from her! *Double Triple OUCH*

So it was a BOO BOO evening to start with! Haiz... Anyway, i concluded that a Single, Only child and Aquarius man will probably tend to behave like this... alittle more self centred , really not in a lousy or bad way, but definitely not the best way. They are so focused to achieve that dream of theirs that they may forget the little pple around them....
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At 11:27pm, just as I was dozing off.... sms came from Mr.A like this:
"Yo, I reaching causeway soon.Hows ur game? Can sleep tonite? :) "
(He was leaving for MYS last nite for a race this wkend)

then at 07:47am, i was stil in dreamland...
"Yoz! I arrived at the hotel, got breakfast waiting! Yippie! :) "

At this point, I am starting to wonder a few things:
1) Are these msges sent to other pple also, or only me?
2) Are these msges sent to me cos I will always reply him?
3) Why are the msges always Informative... usually telling me what's up in his life... when i replied abt my life, the msging correspondence just stopped there....?
4) what does telling me all abt his life means to him? why is he telling me?

Anyway, i have made a conclusion after last nite's Super OUCH "Actually-I-just-need-a-Belayer" incident... "Expect NOTHING from this man, Soya - u deserve to be some1's universe! Not some gap filler or rope handler! Get a grip!"
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Anyway, brought Creamie n Nugget for a walk on the leash.... it's Nugget's virgin walk outside... rather excited! Had to bring them out individually - Single mum me cant handle 2 extreme characteristic kitties...

Verdict: Nugget is the dare devil (as expected), he really dares to walk but will keep close to the wall parapet for security! With more training, can consider leash train him - since he is quite a glutton, treats will do gd!

Verdict: Creamie will always be the Ice Queen.... observing the "little kiddos" do their tumbling & exploring! kekke!

Had to bathe them both after the walk cos else will I have rashes from all the dirt on my bed!
Clipped their nails too!

Nugget sleeping after the morning exercise!

 Ever heard of KUNGFU KITTY?!

Have a Great weekend!

Bloody Hell! I wanna complain!

So fed up with the mobile broardband signed up last week!

Damn!

Anyway, managed to cfm the cancellation / termination plan WITHOUT Penalty! YAY! Without musch fuss made as well! In the end, I signed up with the service provider that promised "Fastest Broadband & best coverage"... i figured that since they recently lost out on a BIG deal to AhGong's company... they will be spurred to offer better Service, Plans... and of course price!

Unfortunately, once u are IN the plan, you are IN. No upgrading like Handphone sets (which I dun understand why! I'll be paying more per month for the subscription & they are using a SIM card "dial up" technology)!

Anyhow, since I discovered something else doing my "research online", I pose this question to the staff at the "Milky way"! He agrees with me that it's "silly" (actually, I was daring him to say that it is "Stupid", I will record it & podcast it)! We were just chatting & he admits that this is the 1st time some1 point this out to him & it makes no sense to him too!

Question: The 2 Mbps plan promised Downlink/download speed of 2Mbps and uplink/upload speed of 512kbps. Then why is the device given "FREE" has a hardware limitation of uplink speed 384kbps (though the max download speed it can support is 3.6Mbps)! WTF!

I decided to do it the Singaporean way.... I wrote into ST Forum last nite:

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Mobile Broadband Plan signed up with promised of uplink speed 512kbps!

But free device given allows a maximum speed of only 384kbps!
So why are we paying for a plan that does not deliver its promise?


Dear ST Forum,

Last week, I signed up a Mobile Broadband with one of the main service providers.Thereafter I met with some hiccups trying to upload a file. A quick online search showed that three main mobile broadband service providers (namly Singtel, M1, Starhub) had similarly promised an uplink/upload speed of 512kbps for their “2mbps plan”.

However, the USB Device given “free” together with the plan has it’s limitations. To my horror, all the USB Devices had a maximum downlink speed of 3.6mbps and a maximum uplink speed of only 384kbps! It is specifically the “2mbps plans” that had this discrepancy wrongly promised the uplink speed.

So why are we paying for a plan that does not deliver its promise?

Shouldn’t service providers be providing us with the correct or at least adaquate USB Device for a plan we had paid for?

Service providers should review this discrepancy and allow subscribers to do an exchange for a new USB Device that delivers the speed promised of the plan! Consumers should also not be penalised with early termination cost for contract; since the contract did not deliver as promised.

I hope to hear a response from the various service providers and also other consumers’ views.
Thank You.


*Attached is a pdf file of some service providers plan information.

Warm Regards,
Miss Ng Sok Mui
Blk 272 Tampines St 22 #07-22 S520272
Mobile: 94383071
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*Finger crossed!*
Hope they will publish my letter on the forum... hope it will spark a Price war btw the service providers (they suck!)... hope they will contact me & offer me a free LIFETIME subscription plan for the Broadband, EPL, Movies & Woohoo a NEW HTC Phone!!

*Other than being chubby, I have rather Fat Hopes though... bleah
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Anyway, since it was raining damn heavily the whole of yest... Creamie n nugget spent most of their time in bed....
Awww....

When I am "On leave..."

Still having insomnia… 5th day liao… haiz…

Since “on leave”, I packed my bag, loaded with Newspaper, book borrowed from Ellen (Title: Undress for success – the Naked Truth About Making Money at Home), Lappy WangWang.

Undress for Success!

1st stop: Hearty BF at Market!

Includes:

Nasi Lemak + Half Boiled Eggs +

Toast Bread + Teh

After I "cleaned" the plates!

Sat with this uncle… he smiled at me when I sat down… but when I returned with my food… he asked me…or rather he told me:
“Girl, you really can eat hor! I have NEVER seen a girl eat so much! & you are not FAT!”

“Oh… this is nothing!” (in my most nonchalant tone)

“What do you do to burn all the food?!”

“Oh well…. I’m just started to train for Half Marathon & triathlon…but just started only lah!”

“So are you going for the race this weekend?”

"Nope, but I m going for my 1st Standard Chartereed half Marathon this Dec!"

This Uncle is the modern n fit fit kind! I later learnt that he visits the Tampines Sports Complex Gym every 1, 3, 5 (Mon, Wed, Fri).. plus he is very aware of the races happening as he could tell me the race details, dates, distances etc…. Cool! We ended up chatting abt Sports & Diet.

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Headed for TP Pool thereafter… still having problem loading the Video Clip I did…. Argh!
Anyhow, met Chris to go Chinese Sinseh opp TP – Strained neck…OUCH! Hopeful she will recover soon enough for the River Regatta Time Trial! Go Girl!
Ended up fixing the video loading problem at her place… tried various combination.
Problems could be:
1) Video Clip suitability for Youtube.com
2) Wireless connection

After various tries… concluded that it’s the wireless connection that is intermittent….argh! M1 Mobile Broadband 2mbps sucks BIG TIME!! Gona try to cancel the plan WITHOUT suffering any penalty! Will try to call the Customer Service hotline later….

Anyway, bought an Anti Glare (Matt finish) screen protector for my WangWang…. Thanks Chris for being such a dearie to come all from Pasir Ris to my place to help me fix it! By now, she has “suffered” the “Geeky-Soya-at-Work” syndrome for the past 10hrs45mins…. OMG!

Poor Chris... Pity her leh... waited so long for me..Paiseh leh Chris dearie!

I told Chris that it used to be that my ex-es complained that with me, it's the other way round... Instead of their gfs waiting & complaining that they spend too much time in front of the computer, I m the Geeky one who made them wait or became totally oblivious to their presence; when I am buried in some IT resolution... I have always replied: "That's cos I am very special Baby!!" =P
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Took photos along the way while cycling yest & did a mini clip for Ellen... rough work & having so much problem loading it on youtube! Argh! Tried till I almost give up! I suspect it's due to the intermittent wireless mobile broadband transmission... help!! took me 1.5 days to load it! Somehow finally managed to! PHew!

Esp For you, Ellen...

Received a wonderful gift from Ellen last nite! Cool! It’s a Book on training : “Run for Your Life” by Dr.Benedict Tan (Ex-national Sailor). According to Ellen, it’s so inspiring that she must buy it for me, for X’mas but decided to give it to me early cos of the SCB race coming up in Dec & the lotsa Sports related Question I always ask her! She said all the answers to my questions are inside this book! WOW! Thanks Pal! I will treasure it!

Oh oh! It is even autographed by Dr.Ben himself! Way too Cool!

It’s kinda telepathy, cos I made the video clip for her to thank her for inspiring me to run & she bot me this book to inspire me to run! Totally Awesome! COOL!
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I drank some Baileys on the Rocks.... hopefully can sleep better tonite... it's way past my bed time.... tmr Off.... so Goody!

我可以的!

Still having terrible nights... insomnia again... Sat till now... it's the 4th day liao!

Was so fed up with trading that I shut down the computer & told Wangwang that:
"Let's take half day off from work today!"

It was 11.30am then... the Sun was bright & burning! Told myself that it's a Great day to go for a swimming, even a dip would be good to relieve me of the lousy feeling inside of me...

To go to TP pool, I have always preferred to ride my bike there! But since I am gona bring 战马out, i might as well go "measure" my running distance at ECP. Have been running for the past 5weeks at ECP to changi & never really know the distance... we went by timing... not milege... so i packed up & left the house... it was 12noon & boy was I in for a ride!

Kena "fried" of cos! Shoulders burning sensation!
But the ride was Great! Have always love driving/riding/cycling from Bedok Camp to along Upper East Coast road (passing by the Bedok Camp Hawker centre) & down the stretch of beautiful houses... one day I hope to stay somewhere along this stretch of Singapore!

Anyway, the distance as such!
- Home to Start of Water Venture East Coast park = 10km
- Water Venture East Coast park to Start "Mirror"(Changi coastal road) = 4.5km
- Start "Mirror" to Lamppost number I-5-35 = 4km

Meaning to say that for me & ellen's run on last Sunday was 8.5km (55mins) X 2 (return trip) = 1hr 50mins for 17km! That means an average speed of 9.27km/hr! WWOoooohooo!

I was totally Blasted knowing the distance we had accomplished & built up for the past 5weeks! COOL! no... it should be DAMN F**KING COOL LAH!

Anyway... the ride was great! Rode back home & stopped at Bedok Camp Hawker for the Famous Cheng Teng! Yumm! Overprized but to reward myself! 40km done! By this time, sky got dark & decided not to go for swim liao.

Actually I have been procrastinating abt starting for swimming again.... Painful lah! Sure muscle ache & all! Faint! Must start somehow already also... else come next yr I will "suffer" again!
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Ran today with Ellen at bedok Res... 8km & we did it in 49mins17secs! Managed to maintain a very good & wide striding for the last 1km & did a burst! So gdy! WOW!
At this rate, mayb we can do the SCB Half Marathon 21.1km in under 2hrs20mins... no lah, target is 2hrs30mins... YAY!

Ellen says she wanna do marathon till she is 80 yrs old. She asked what abt me? I kept quiet at first, then I told her I only wanna live till 65 yrs old leh! Kekek! She said God's Plan for us is to live till 120yrs old!

Well, I think God's plan for me is to Impact as many pple as I can within the limited life span He has planned for me! & Doing the maths... it's more difficult to achieve cos on the average, I will have to impact more pple within a year & if I really break it down... that's more work God has planned for me!

But the Question is this: Have I impacted your life already?! What are you reading this blog entry... Have I done something for you? If not, tell me how I can do so! Quick! My life is too short! Kekek!

Anyhow, have been feeling damn lousy abt work... it's a tough week to work... I think I will declare a full week leave... lotsa news coming up after the 3rd Quarters earnings announcements, market volatility... etc... losing lotsa "Mock Money".

I remb some of the stuff a few close friends told me recently....

"Soya, I really believe you can do it... you know... I have faith in you!"

"Soya, i know it's tough, but that's what you are best at! You are a tough nut!"

"Loveling...你可以的!"

I really hope to live up to the expectations...
maybe it would be good to take a break away from work this week... "sharpen my saw" abit...

I'm a 黄脸妈妈 who does Home Improvement DIYs!

Repaired my sliding wardrobe door finally!

The door has been creaking & the roller is no longer smooth!

Wardrobe exposed!

Took apart the wardrobe door & realised it's due to a crack in the roller wheel... took it out & went to the hardware store to get a new 1.

Culprit of the creaking noise!

Crack on the roller wheel!

Fixed it back & VIOLA! Smooth operator again! Cool! Now the Door with the new roller is even smoother than the ok door! Kekek!

I love doing these DIY Home improvements! YAY!

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Have been having insomnia since Sat… gosh… desperate for some help! Very tempted to pop the sleeping pills I have in my cupboard…

so I popped the cock… of my beloved… have been saving this for a special nite… guess tonite is the nite… it was waiting for me nite after nite, I lingered for an extra moment every time I lay eyes on it… & I finally decided to do it! Heck it’s a $110 (price before tax) Chabot Ice Wine 2005! I so want it NOW! It uncorked with pleasure with a orgasmic “pop!”

It was YUmmilicious Good! *Slurp*Slurp*

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I feel like a 黄脸妈妈(Yellow faced mother) sometimes… have to clean up after my babies… everyday I have to repeat this multiple times… pick up the toys, let the kitties mess up the toys, pick up the toys again… haiz… my room is like a playroom… toys all over the floor…

Actually knowing meself, I will get really fed up having to clean & tidy up so much… but surprisingly… I have never lay my hands on Creamie & Nugget becos of the mess they created during their play…

nor have I hit them when they conduct their morning PT exercise & SOC (Standard Obstacle course) ard the room at 6.30am in the morning – weekends included… I really surprised myself… Maybe this is gd training to be a mother! Hahaha!

I cant even take a proper shot

without Nugget messing it up again! Haiz..

Nugget's a terror sometimes... tries to eat Creamie's expensive Adult food formulae... snatch the treats from her, & her fav blue rubber band toy... But when he is at his sweetest... he is really loveable!

When he sleeps... awww....

很有Feel的歌s...Plus 很有Feel的Nite...

Today I "you- tube-d" Elva's (蕭亞軒)songs....
Love these songs... 很有Feel的歌s...

Esp like this one:
不遠 - 蕭亞軒

最熟悉的陌生人 -蕭亞軒

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Wanted some company tonite... kena rejected by a few pple liao - sianz...
So I msged him: "Mr.A, r u taken for dinner?"

Well, he was to attend a cousin's wedding but he said will end early, can meet for drinks... since he just got his 1st Teacher's pay - he will treat me supper.
Been a long long time since I had... well, Supper! Supper!!

I realised & slapped myself awake: I just secured a date with him.... cool... it was this easy! No harm asking what!

Waited for pick up at 9.30pm... ended up i warmed the living rm sofa for a good 35mins before the call arrives... haiz... "Rubber band timing" man (just like the Aquarius I know)!

Anyway, I was almost conned to make believe that I need to dress up cos he msged me to "wear nice nice hor, I'm still in my wedding dinner attire." Wake up call! 1st instinct was, "have I been real lousy in my dressing?! Why need reminder?" Anyway, I figured it's cos I always meet him in my PT attire or after PT activities mah... so always in my usual wear... Tshirt n Shorts...

Piang, so tot he's coming from a wedding, I went to put mascara n put a teeny bit of eye shadow... prepared to wear jeans in case. But then hor I duno where he's bring me to... gosh - feels like a young girl going for a date again man!

Anyway, decided since it's either East Coast Road or Siglap... I will give some face & wear my 1-more-wear-so-can-wash-liao denim skirt n a Tshirt. Then he told me he's wearing jeans lah! faint! cant be bothered to wipe off the eye shadow so left it as it is.

Left the house... saw his car... Mental Note: Lateness forgiven cos was Impressed that he remembers how to come my place without asking again!...=)

I "hitch-hiked" him to stop! =D The top was down, there he was, flashing his wide toothy smile at me signalling me with a "Hop On Barbie doll!" look - ok, exaggerated abit lah...
Anyway, he was wearing those Indian white Muslim top n jeans. Gel-ed his hair up... shaved... & looking suave... the white top contrast against his tan n toned arms... ok, it was Weeeeeeeee-yi-Wiiii! *Whistle!*

So we went to Siglap /East Coast Road - decided to eat at Cafe Cartel... I told him I duno if will run into some1 I know... in less than 10secs after I barely complete my sentence, HE ran into some girls he knows at Coffee Club next door. He popped in to say "Helo" while I waited outside...

we ordered some sundae, & drinks (my usual Blue Coral & him, Coffee stuff of cos)! Just chit chatted on safe grounds abt training, his schedule next week... told me he's going for a race over the wkend in MYS.

Teased me abt "why would I need a Queen size bed" & Me teased him "Cfm urs is single bed lah, so squeezy! Aiks!" But every topic we toked abt - Safe waters... dun wanna get grounded for no reasons...

We were on the topic of travelling since he always seemed to be travelling...
"So A, do u like to enjoy travelling alone?"

"YES!!!Errmmm...so wat does it say abt me?" (Concerned look)

"Huh... nothing."

"But You seemed to be thinking 'What kind of guy is he, likes to travel alone 1..."

"no leh, I was just asking myself the same question if I like to travel alone..."

"So do u like to?"

"I think I like to travel with some1, but I need the space to do my boring stuff alone - like going to the musuem etc..."

We left it as it is... shallow waters... easier to tread...
We have not talked abt our past relationships... except for 1 instance when we were cycling last week... it was happened like this:
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Imagine me huffing n puffing away to maintain HIS speed, alittle of headwind against us along the Never-ending-straight-as-arrow Changi Coastal Road with an occasion sound blasting effect of planes taking off & landing on...

Huffing & Puffing...
Cant remb how it started, but I was "panting" & he was chatting with me...cycling beside me...

"Nope, I switched to cycling cos my knee hurts... so try to exercise more... lose weight also lah! Actually I was chubbier sometime back... Aiyah, dating always become chubby 1" (mental note: Slap myself after I get down the bike!)

"Why dating will become fat leh?!"

"Movie, Nuaz, Eat, Movie, nuaz, Eat.... dating is like this wat - sure become fat 1!"

"Exercise tog lor!"

"I was too fit for all of them! Wuahah! No lah,kidding! But I lost some weight for the past 2 yrs..."

Then came the Million dollar question! "So you havent been dating for the past 2 yrs lah?"

Pretended i cant hear due to airplanes flying over, except that there wasnt a plane trying to land somewhere to deafen us!

This question is now worth 2 millions! "So you havent been dating for the past 2 yrs lah?"

"Erm..kinda, on n off bah - nothing serious..." (all this while pretending to be cool abt it!)

Awkward silence... Ended the conversation there & then!
I could have slapped myself hard except that I have to keep both hands on the handle bar else I would have killed myself - intentionally or unintentionally!

So... conclusion: Still duno much abt this person except for what I have heard from his some1 close... I would rather hear it from the horse's mouth lah!
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A Hundred Thousand Dollars topic...
"So what do u do online last nite till so late?"

"Er... I chat with friends, surf boring stuff, blog, load photos..."

"You have a blog!? What's the address?! Give me leh!"

"Ermm.... (recalling me most recent entry abt "Devouring HIM"...) Dun wanna lah! It's Boring stuff, i paiseh...." (need to siam the topic quickly)

"Chey! Nevermind! I can go find it!"

Inside me I screamed.... "OHhhhhhhhhhhhhhNOoooooooo!!!" How how! My entry abt Leo WoMan Rocking Aquarius man... ok, sory, "Knocking" Aquarius man off his feet sounds nicer! But still.... WTFish!

Anyway, really - if I dare write, I dare pple to read it... then it depends on reader's maturity liao, can they take what I wrote?! Whichever the answer: SO WHY DO I CARE WHAT THEY THINK?!

So I decided to "Heck it!" - of cos, I did ask my best friend, google.com for his advice lah... trying a few combi... if really 有心 find. Easily can find lor... but if he 有心 really go find... it means something also right?! Unless he is just F**King bored... or curious - damn! I just rembed that google.com said that Aquarius man are Curious Beasts! Argh!! How?!

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Anyway, the 2hrs passes really fast & Cafe Cartel is closing... we lingered on a little longer still... I'm reluctant to leave his company, for him I duno lah - take it as that he had driven so far to come to the east, must make the trip worth while mah!

We listened to songs from his tracks... real old school lor... asked me to guess the singer... say his voice very very distinctive one... I'll sure know...
Bloody hell! I really suck at guessing singer's name & song titles... his male voice just screamed Wang Jie (王杰) to me but I was almost 98% sure he wouldnt get all excited over 王杰 lor! Really Old school!

Guess what, I literally winced at saying that it sounded really like 王杰 (half expecting him to say/think that I am an idiot!) & he was like "Wow! See! you do knw!" Wau like that also can! Must remb to 冲花水 (bathe in flower water) when I get back! Amazed! Really old school! But really cute! We sang 王杰's songs aloud on the way home (ok, I sang loudly but he "whispered", cos he say he's shy! Awww.... )
Anyway, this is the 1st time I questioned myself this:
"Soya Soya, Why on earth do u stay in Tampines! Why cant u be staying in some ulu ulu & far place away from ECP?!!! For tonite only lah! So you can linger longer in his company! Why Why WHY!"

Ok, kidding! I love staying in the east! This is the really 1 place i Love! Tampians Rules yay!

Anyway, I admit that I reluctantly bide my farewell & see you! I managed to suppressed the "So when are we meeting again?! When WHen WHEN?!!! " No, i'm kidding...I'm not so desperate lah!

The nite was nice... If only I could have "Dessert" after supper, Yummier! Wuahahaha!
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CAUTION: Conversations are Exaggerated & purely Imaginative in my peany brains, these are highlighted in Purple!

*Contents are not meant to cause hurt to anyone mentioned in this entry... Esp Mr.A... In any case if you are reading this (damn you found me!), just kidding k! For your reading pleasure only! Oh & Pls, dun run away - I promise I wun bite!

OH Darn! Why do i care! Heck!

* As you can tell already, working from home can be rather boring at times - must kill boredom by writing such any entry!