Aelynna

Word of the Day

2008-09-02T23:02:00.002+08:00

UPBLOG

New word invented by my boss and it's supposed to mean "Upload to the blog."

This is what happens when what comes out of the mouth does not follow what is in the mind. She spoke too fast and the words turned from "Upload to the blog" to "Upblog".

So, boss, do you mind if I "upblog" your pics?
:P

Never Laugh at Others' Misfortune

2008-08-29T23:13:00.004+08:00

Why do I say that?

Recently the government announced several incentives to encourage Singaporean couples to have more children in order to stop the declining of the birth rate. Initially all the incentives are due to commence on 1st Jan 2009. However, due to feedback, they suddenly decided that the changes will take effect on 17 Aug 2008 instead.

Boyfriend and I was talking about it yesterday.

He said "Wah. Suddenly change the implementation date forward. Those poor apps people supporting the affected systems sure very cham, change system until siao liao, no lead time at all."

"Yah lor yah lor! So poor thing hor! Hahahaha." I replied.

We laughed and then I forgot all about it.

Today, I received a nasty shock.
I totally forgot my system has a portion on CHILDCARE SUBSIDY.

TMD.

I am one of those very "poor apps people" whom we were laughing about earlier!!!!!
Arghhhhhhhh!!!!
When the service request comes in, I am so going to die.
*bang head against the wall*

Stupid boyfriend still had the audacity to go "hehehe :P" when I complained to him about it in MSN.
Hmmph! :(

So....... What's the moral of the story?

Never laugh at other people's misfortunes, because what goes around, comes around.
It's karma.

T_______________T

Blogging from everywhere

2008-08-28T19:41:00.004+08:00

Small portable notebook + mobile broadband = mobility everywhere!
I'm blogging on the MRT right now.
:p
Wheeee!!! New activity to do on boring train and bus/cab rides besides the iPod, NDS Lite and PSP!
Hee.

Finally settled the important stuff after much procrastination.
Ring designs settled.
Venue found.
JP found.
Now all that's left is filing the notice and getting pretty ring pillow + shoes.
And to invite our friends to the ceremony.
Yay~

Why do people assume I will buy the 3G iPhone just because I have the earlier version?
My first-gen iPhone is good enough for me.
I need to save save save!

Fairytale Ending?

2008-08-11T21:00:00.001+08:00

"... And they lived happily ever after."

A fairytale ending.

Does it really exist in real life? Or is it just that, a fairy tale?

Marriage is supposed to be built on the foundation of love.
When does the tedium and the frustration of daily life chip away at the foundation until it teeters on the edge of collapse?
All it takes is a slight temptation from outside and the whole thing collapses.
Why?
Why are there people who would throw away a perfect family that they've built for years, for someone else?
Boredom?
Excitement of a new relationship?

Do the wedding vows mean nothing anymore?
I really wonder if there is a point in getting married anymore.
So many examples of broken marriages, extramarital affairs.
So many of them happen at work.
Can you resist the temptations at the work place?
Can you trust your spouse to resist the temptations at his / her work place?
Can you trust his / her colleagues?
When does camaraderie between colleagues become something more?
Can it be prevented?

So many questions.
No answers available.

PS. Merely musing after hearing some stuff from friends recently.

Line After Line After Line

2008-08-06T23:28:00.001+08:00

Finished implementation in The Morgue.
Data Centre is now The Morgue because temperature keeps dropping and dropping and dropping.
In boyfriend's office waiting for him to solve his system problems right now.
Bored.
In fact, very bored.
Hence the blogging.
Have my own system problems to look into but don't feel like working right now.
I have only 50% battery left.
No power supply.
No DS Lite or PSP.
No idea when we will leave for home.
Thank god I have my iPhone and iPod as entertainment when battery goes flat.
I want Photoshop CS3.
Must learn to enhance digital photos.
ROM dress selection tomorrow.
Fat fat fat.
Regret the lunch and dinner today.
I need to survive on plain water tomorrow.
No venue, no JP.
Procrastinators should never be together.
Nothing gets done.
IT life is unhealthy.
He's free, I'm busy.
He's busy, I'm free.
He's busy, I'm busy.
There never seems to be a "He's free, I'm free" day.
Not even weekends.
Someone told me prolonged exposure radiation in server room causes health problems.
Like rashes.
I have rashes on the cheeks.
Never had them before.
Is it the radiation?
Am I mutating? X-men? Heroes?
I wouldn't mind Matt Parkman's powers.
Listen to people's true thoughts.
What are they really thinking?
Is that voyeuristic or just self-preservation?
Sign of hope!
Boyfriend seems to be finishing up.
Home is beckoning.
I shall end here.
Tata.

Musing

2008-07-18T20:05:00.004+08:00

Life is transient.

Here one moment, gone the next.

Would anyone mourn for me when I am gone?

Would anyone still remember me in 10 years time? 20 years time?

If someone did, what would be the memories? The good? Or the bad?

I wonder.

A Burst of Creativity...

2008-07-13T18:50:00.003+08:00

... is something I need desperately.

We've decided to go to Fairy's Inc to custom-make the wedding bands, and now we've been tasked to do our homework, to come up with our own ideas for the design before we go back to them for the next appointment. (Btw, Minou, Evelyn said to tell you and k3 hi. ;) )

The fussy one wants a design unique to the two of us. So now we're cracking our heads for something unique. Or rather, I'm cracking my head over it while he's cracking his head over workworkandmoreworkproblems.

I hope I can come up with something unique and meaningful to the two of us.

What's with the rain?

2008-07-10T19:12:00.002+08:00

It's popsicle time.

Recently I discovered a disturbing trend: every time I make plans to go to the data centre, it will definitely RAIN.

And rain heavily.

Like now.

For those lucky souls who have never and who will never step into a data centre, it is an enclosed area where cold air blows from the top, from the ground, from everywhere, to prevent the numerous servers residing there from overheating. Even on ultra hot days, it is freezing inside. Add cold external weather to the equation, and it becomes unbearably cold.

And also, freezing fingers + electronic equipment = major Ouch!
Try touching electronic equipment with very cold hands. You might just get what I mean.

I hate the data centre.

My Newest Toy

2008-05-18T00:41:00.003+08:00

I'm a happy gal! :D
Why? Because I just got a new toy to play with this Thursday.
Meet my newest toy~~~

I'm been lemming for this phone ever since its launch in the US. Finally it's mine!! Yippeee!!!

And nope, I didn't buy this phone. I'm supposed to be saving hard now (stupid ridiculous property prices out there *grrrrr*), so no more gadgets for me for the next couple of years. My uncle gave the phone to me cos he bought it but found that he didn't really know how to use it. Thank you uncle~~~!!!!! Best present ever!
:D

The Best Laid Plans...

2007-11-20T22:03:00.000+08:00

... do go wrong.

Sigh.

The shops that sell everything in a bundle don't carry the Metallic Rose color. The shop that DOES carry the Metallic Rose color doesn't sell the most important accessory. DS gamers, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Then I saw the Metallic Rose DS in real life, and... it just doesn't look as good as shown in the photo I posted in the previous post. Don't think I'll be getting that anymore.

Sigh.

Guess I'll settle for the normal baby blue one instead.

Evil Intentions

2007-11-19T21:54:00.000+08:00

I'll be getting a Nintendo DS Lite for an early Christmas present!! Yippee!

Lemming for this pretty Metallic Rose color, but went to two shops and both say they don't carry it at the moment. Plus, it's an import set, so there'll be no warranty even if they bring in the stocks.
T_T
I don't want to settle for the normal pink one...

I've decided to generously lend my PSP to my boyfriend once I get my DS, but shhhhhhh...... don't tell him, but it's actually a plot to get him hooked on PSP. Once that happens, I'll have a chance to get the pretty pink PSP Slim...

Muahahaha.

Fat Post

2007-11-14T21:27:00.000+08:00

I am horrendously fat.
*wails*

I spent the entire weekend searching high and low for 2 dresses for my bestie's wedding this coming Saturday. And guess what? 99% of the dresses I tried do not fit me. Seldom am I able to pull the zip all the way up cos it always ends up getting stuck at the chest, even though I always try on the largest size available. When I actually am able to zip up, I see myself looking at a dumpling in the mirror. NOT a pretty sight.

Darn the back fat.

Can someone tell me how to get rid of the excess fat on the upper back~!

I eventually managed to get my dresses, but don't ask me what's the size on them. I WILL CRY.

Wahhhhhhhh!!!!!

Feel so down, should I get a DS Lite to cheer myself up? Hee.

During Implementation Time...

2007-09-19T23:27:00.000+08:00

Ok, it's now 9.12pm and I'm currently bored and freezing to death in the server room patiently - or rather, very impatiently - waiting for the last users to knock off for the day and log off from the system so that I can commence my implementation. (Why in the world are they so hardworking today? Thought they were a lazy bunch. Why are they working OT?? And of all days, they must work OT today!! *whines*)

So now I've got nothing better to do and I can't do anything except wait, I guess I'll just clear my brain by letting it go through a good bout of mental diarrhoea. Hee. So that means the following paragraphs are probably not fit for human reading. You have been warned, so don't complain if you read on.

Vain, vain, vain

Lately I have been very, very vain.

Earlier on in the year, I got veneers/crowns done for 6 of my front teeth, which cost me nearly an arm and a leg. But I'm very happy with the results, and I think the money's well-spent. You see, I broke my 2 front teeth during a basketball PE session in JC, and since then had to make do with the ugly fillings that my dentist gave me. The fillings started wearing off and leaving me a very hideous gap in between my 2 front teeth. Urghhh. You have no idea how much I hate taking photos because of that horrendous gap. It didn't help that my other teeth also have little gaps among them. Bleah. Thank god that's all behind me now. =D

(9.31pm: One last user left. However, dear Mdm W*** is still hard at work. Damn. Someone help me scare her out of the office, please!)

I just started wearing make-up to work every day, the full works, mascara and eye shadows included, at the ripe old age of 27. Vain, vain, vain. Ok, it was more because there're so much pretty cosmetics which I've bought, so I had to find all ways and means to use them before they expire. :P And no, I am not trying to attract anybody in the office, puleeezze.

(9.41pm: Still working!!!! OMG ~__~ I just wanna complete the implementation and go home!!! Dear Mdm W***, your office is on fire!!! Run for your life!!! ............................... -_-;; )

Working in an office, especially one that requires lots of OT, is really NOT good for the waistline. Mine has expanded, and expanded, aaaannnnd expanded, and it's still expanding. I always think I need to put a stop to it, but I never did get round to it.

Recently, one of my friends brought this kewl-looking machine that's supposed to measure the weight, body fats percentage, muscle percentage, body age etc. to work, so during lunchtime we holed up in a meeting room to take our measurements. All of them had measurements within healthy ranges and body ages mirroring their physical ages, or even younger. (ok, most, but then my pregnant friend didn't count, since she's heavily pregnant and the stats are all skewed in this case) How about me? I had values hitting unhealthy ranges, and the body age of, get this, 41. Arghhhh!!! I am only 27!!! How did this happen?!?
T_________T

So now I'm starting on this meal replacement diet in a bid to lose weight and be healthier. For breakfast and dinner, I will replace food with some powder formula which can be mixed into a shake with any beverage. For someone who loves food as much as me, the sacrifice of DINNER is just tooooooo much. No more pastas, no more soba, no more pizza, no more everything!! All my favourite comfort food after a stressful day at work, gone! *whine whine WHINE* But, but, for the sake of health and beauty, I shall persevere!!! This meal replacement diet is touted to let a person lose 3 to 5 kg per month. It's been barely a week, so I still have some time to go before I can guage the product's effectiveness. Will I regain my pre-working life figure and weight? I certainly hope so!

P.S. Maybe this will also benefit my boyfriend, who's looking more and more like my pregnant friend in the belly area. :P Since he has no dinner kaki anymore, he will be eating less of the sinful food, I hope. Hehe.

(10.03pm: Ok, server activity seems to have stopped. Time to start implementation! Shall post this when I reach home. Bye!)

(11:20pm: Back home now. Damn, froze in the server room for nearly two hours just for 15 minutes of implementation!)

Cobwebs

2007-09-10T19:35:00.000+08:00

Yes, my blog is getting a bit - ok, very - stale these days. No posts for 3/4 of a year! I think that's my biggest lapse ever. But what can I say, I'm a lazy bum. :P

But but, let me clean up the cobwebs around here, it'll soon be hospitable again. Don't run away ok!

What? Posting rubbish just for the sake of posting something?
Who, me?
I don't know what you are talking about.
*whistles innocently*

Life in Another City

2006-11-25T23:49:00.000+08:00

I guess I should update about the various stuff that happened during the half year hiatus from blogging.

First, I went back to my old workplace after my friend asked me to go back. And now, nearly 8 months down the road, I think I should have followed the Chinese saying "好马不吃回头草". Different team, a better boss, but the work still sucks.

But at least I got a chance to work overseas for one and a half months. Nowhere fancy, just to Suzhou, China, but hey, at least I got to travel for free and experience a different culture. ;)

My colleague went with me for the first two weeks, and the first day we were there, we nearly wilted under the summer sun. I never thought summers in the northern hemisphere would be hotter than what we experience in the tropics. Boy, was I wrong. Not only was it hot, the air was also dry, and the sun felt like fire on the skin.

The season change took place much faster that I'd expected. I was there till mid-September, when summer ends and autumn takes over. Still the stifling heat at the end of a week, and then suddenly, the weather started to turn cold. And silly me thought I would be back home by the time the weather starts to turn cold and so I got my boyfriend to take back one of my jackets when he come to visit me.

BAD decision. I didn't realise how bad a decision it was until I was freezing in the rain trying to catch a cab after work. The wind was so cold and strong and kept trying to blow my umbrella away. Thank god I had another jacket with me.

Damn, the post seems to be getting drier and drier by the minute. Maybe I should just shut up and post some pictures instead. (Actually, I have soooo much to say but I'm too lazy to write them out. Hee.)

The hotel I stayed in for the six weeks in Suzhou. Situated in their city area, it was about ten to fifteen mins walk to their shopping area.

Guan Qian Street (观前街) - their shopping district, something like our Orchard Road. Bustling with people and activities on a Sunday afternoon.

An interesting sign I saw while walking around Suzhou.

Quite picturesque, don't you think? Credit for this pic goes to my trigger-happy boyfriend.

Food food food! My colleague and I have tried out many sumptuous dishes during his two week stay there, so when my boyfriend came to visit me after that, I took him to eat those especially nice ones. The first day I took him to eat Pizza Hut. Did you know that the Pizza Hut in China is much nicer than the one in Singapore? And cheaper too! (The Chinese name for Pizza Hut is interesting too - 必胜客. Well, it sure wins its counterpart in Singapore. ;p )

The second day was Peking duck. We ordered an entire duck and had a hard time finishing it, even though it was delicious. Swore not to eat peking duck for the rest of my stay there.

Yummy!

The third day we went on a one-day trip to Shanghai. So sad, I wanted to eat the famous Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao that everyone kept telling me about. But I kept getting the fake ones instead. And that happened both times I went to Shanghai.
:(

*pouts*

Next up on the yummy list was lobsters. Not those big ones, but those small ones that can fit on the palm. Very, very, very delicious.

Smells wonderful! A tray full of lobsters.

A single lobster. Taking the meat out of the shell is an art. Thank god my Suzhou colleague showed us how to do it the first time we ate lobsters.

The end product. Looks just like a prawn without its shell, but a thousand times more delicious. *Drool*

The restuarant serving great lobsters.

The last day was a sushi place near my hotel. It was an all-you-can-eat ala carte sushi buffet for a mere 20 Sing dollars. All their seafood was so fresh, we don't get that in Singapore. Not for 20 dollars anyway.

Spent my birthday alone in the hotel room in Suzhou, and felt so lonely. I got a pleasant surprise when the hotel manager came to my room with a birthday cake. They even sang the birthday song for me! Talk about great service.

I couldn't finish the whole cake alone.

Ok, ending off this post with a few pics taken in Shanghai. Actually I have loads more pics to share, but taking into consideration the bandwidth limit and the time needed to edit those pics, I think I shan't post anymore.

Raffles City in Shanghai! Overheard from the cleaner in the washroom that she had to keep the toilets super clean or else the "Singapore bosses are going to get angry". Hmmmm...

Cheng Huang Miao (城隍庙）- Famous temple in Shanghai.

They have many such statues on the top of the roofs.

This building is pretty.

I like this pic. Kinda proud of myself for taking this, haha.

Paper Pushers

2006-11-23T21:14:00.000+08:00

I'm not supposed to be blogging now. I have loads of stuff waiting for me to do right now, but but, I'm sick of working and I need a short break from work before I go crazy. Might as well make it useful and update my blog now so that I'll be one month free from nagging. Hehe. ;p

I'm wondering who the hell invented paperwork/documentation and the audit job in the past?

I would LOVE to push that genius off a cliff.

Why is there a need spend more time updating documents that will do nothing but collect dust and will never be never be read by anyone else except the "beloved" auditor?

What a waste of time.

If there's a fire, guess who's gonna be the first to perish cos he's too busy updating that "a fire has occurred at xxx place at yyy time"?

P.S. No offence to those who make a living as auditors.

Dead? You Wish (Or Rather, I Would)

2006-11-12T16:00:00.000+08:00

No, I'm not dead yet.

Neither have I suffered from any life-threatening illnesses that took away my ability to blog.

It was, purely, laziness that caused this blog to remain stagnant for more than half a year. And it would probably continue to remain stagnant if a certain someone has not been nagging me about it.

So here I am, back with a very short post because Sunday is fading away fast, Monday is rushing towards me like an out-of-control bulldozer and I have absolutely no mood to do anything except mope around depressively.

Hopefully, hopefully, this will be the first of many other posts to follow.

I wouldn't bet on it though.

Scared the Hell Out of Me

2006-04-13T20:14:00.000+08:00

I just had a huge shock of my life.

My dad left some gravy to boil on the stove after dinner, intending to switch it off in a couple of minutes. He went into his room and promptly forgot all about it.

I was lying on the sofa happily reading my CLEO mag when I smelled something burning. Looked up from my magazine and my heart nearly stopped! Smoke was billowing out of the kitchen in waves! I sprinted into the kitchen to turn off the stove. Thank heavens nothing has caught fire, only the pot containing the gravy was ruined.

When I saw the smoke, I really thought the kitchen was on fire. Luckily there was only smoke. If it had been untended to for a while longer, a fire would probably have been started.

I don't know why I continued to read in the living room after dinner, as my usual practice is to retreat and hide in my room after dinner, and then no one would have caught the problem until it's too late.

Maybe my mum's still watching over the family, even in heaven.
Thank you, mum.

WhY MuSt YoU TyPe LiKe ThIs?

2006-04-09T13:12:00.000+08:00

The title hurts your eyes, doesn't it?

I can never understand why people actually want to TyPe LiKe ThIs. I know many young teenagers think TyPiNg LiKe ThIs is cool/cute/fun etc., because at that age we do a lot of weird things that we'd cringe at when remembering them in our adult years.

But I cannot tolerate adults doing that. Do they think it's cutesy, or what?

Some like to do that in their MSN nicknames, email subjects, or god forbid, in their entire blog/email content itself. Everytime I see that, I get an urge to bitch slap that person. Kills my brain cells just trying to understand what they are writing.

So please, if you know me, don't do it, OK? Spare my limited brain cells from dying a premature death.

Swim Or Drown

2006-04-07T14:35:00.000+08:00

I feel like I'm drowning.

But I shall not, can not, go down without a fight.

Because I owe it to myself to, at the very least, try to survive.

Load of Jumbled Up Thoughts

2006-03-31T16:48:00.000+08:00

.... I'm suffering from online verbal diarrhoea. Bear with me.

Got My Loot!

Remember the last post where I mentioned I have the intention to order more OPI nail polishes? Well, My friends and I have ended up accumulating a total order of 83 bottles of nail polishes with a few other items like rhinestones and dotting tools.

We took a grand total of 4 hours to compile the list, and an hour just to do the actual ordering from the website.
-______-

But it's worth it!
The site shipped out our order this Monday, and yesterday we've received our loot. Yippee!! All the colours are so nice!
I'm aiming more now... Ooops! =X

But, blur me made a mistake when choosing a blue colour polish. I wanted "Glacier Bay Blues", but ended up ordering "Greece Just Blue Me Away" instead. So instead of having a nice dark blue, I got a light shimmery blue that seems like it's gonna take a thousand and one coats for it to show its colour properly.
-___-;;;

Oh well, I guess there's always the next order. After all, I am already aiming 3 or 4 more colours.
=X

Rainy Days

Rainy days are depressing. They never fail to make me feel blue, unloved and alone. Heck, I think even snails get depressed from too much rain. Why else would they painstakingly crawl out from their cozy homes in the grass onto the pavement, only to be squashed flat on the pavement by the bicycles?

When I walk to or from work after the rain, there will always be no less than 3 pitiful snails lying on the pavement, their shells broken into tiny pieces, their guts spilled out grotesquely.

Sometimes, I'd spy a snail making its way slooooowly from the edge of the pavement towards the middle, and I'd pray fervently for it to u-turn and avoid becoming the next victim of hit-and-run accidents.
But they never do.

I really wonder, do snails go to heaven?

Men are from Mars

Yes, I really believe that men are from Mars. Hey, maybe even from some ulu planet revolving around some ulu star from the ulu-est part of the universe. Why else would they be so incredibly ignorant of the neccessary things to be done to pacify someone? Hell, a sincere apology would have solved all matters. Flowers would have been a nice bonus. But no, they just wouldn't open their golden mouth to utter a simple "sorry". Probably don't even understand their previous actions HURT people.

Damn.

Disclaimer: This paragraph is targeted at the stupidest alien, not the rest. If you think I'm talking about you, then you have a guilty mind.

Once In A Blue Moon

2006-03-20T23:35:00.000+08:00

It's been a loooong time since I updated this blog.

It's not that I don't want to blog, but rather it's always a case of "I want to blog, but..."

I'm too lazy.

I can't seem to phrase my thoughts out coherently that day.
the topic I want to blog about is something I do not wish for a certain few people to read, however slim the chance of them stumbling upon my blog may be.

I'd rather use the time to play games, surf forums, browse online shops, paint my fingernails and toenails, read books/magazines, daydream, do nothing, etc etc, anything but update my blog. >.<

Nothing of interest has happened to warrant a blog entry. Yes, my life is that boring.

Why am I saying all this?
Just so that next time you'll know I probably am still alive, even though I have not updated my blog for eons.
:p

Wedding Bells

Wedding bells have been ringing left and right of me the past year. Friends have been getting married, getting ROM-ed, getting engaged. Amid all the wedding invitations, hotel banquet/HDB renovation/gown designs/auspicious dates/wedding packages/etc discussions, I find myself getting into the "marriage mood" too.

So, on the 19th February 2006, my boyfriend of six and a half years and I tied the knot in a simple ceremony, with Yue Lao as the only witness to our union.

In Maple Story lah.

Sorry to those people who have been waiting for a "red bomb" from me, you aren't going to receive it for quite some time yet.
No money, no marry.
Make do with my wedding screenshots below for the time being, will you? ;)

Friends in Maple Story, sorry for not inviting you guys to the wedding ceremony. We only bought 1 prepaid card and it's just enough for the wedding, but not the wedding invitations.
>.<

Online Shopping Is Evil

I've recently been buying stuff online, and while it's more convenient and certain products are much cheaper, I must say, it is evil. For me anyway.

Why?

It is very addictive, and it makes me spend more than I should be spending. Because the bill comes a few weeks after the purchase, I don't feel the pinch immediately and so I merrily select products I want to buy without much thought. Especially when I compare with the prices in Singapore and it is so much cheaper, I buy more things and try to justify it along the lines of "It is so much cheaper, might as well get it at one go with friends, and shipping might be cheaper too"

When the bill comes, then I go *ouch*.
>.<

To date, for the past couple of months, I have:
- acquired around 200SGD worth of Murad skincare
- ordered a pair of Birkenstocks (so pretty! I can't resist)
- bought 4 bottles of OPI nail polish for around $38
- the intention of ordering another 8 to 10 more bottles of OPI (a drastically reduced list - I actually wanted many more until I calculated that I would be spending at least 150 bucks on nail polish alone -____- )

It may not seem like much, but considering the fact that I had previously been bumming around without income for a couple of months, plus all the offline shopping Minou and I do... it really amounts to major vitamin M deficiency.
>.<;;;;;

NOTE TO SELF: No more online shopping for the next few months!

Current Favourite Form of Art: Nail Art

Like Minou, I'm crazy over all things nails and nail art recently.

Been experimenting with my nails, albeit badly (I have super shaky hands), and going gaga over all the nail art products available in the market currently. Especially the OPI nail polish, all their colours are so so soooo pretty, I feel like buying them all! But alas, I don't have a rich daddy, nor a rich honey, so I can only afford to buy those I really, really like. And that's still a lot of colours.
>.<

Have you seen the beautiful nails on the hands of the Japanese models in magazines? Uber kawaii, aren't they? My aim is to practise and practise until one day, I can create those kawaii designs on my own fingernails.

But then, my hands would be practically useless, because I wouldn't dare to do anything for fear of chipping my precious fingernails.
>.<
Bleah.

I think I'd better stop rambling before people start dozing and drooling all over their keyboard.
Time for bed!
See you, err, the next time I update my blog, whenever that will be.
:p

P.S. ~~Lao Jie~~ Xiao Jie, see, I updated my blog! I didn't bluff you right? Heehee.

Crossroads

2006-02-14T07:23:00.000+08:00

I feel that I am standing at a crossroad now.
Which way should I walk?
Should I turn left?
Or go straight?
Or turn right?
Which way would lead to a happier future?
I honestly have no idea.
Can someone up there throw me a sign to point me in the correct direction?

Because, I fear that another wrong decision would mark the end of me.

Is Time Running Out?

2006-01-31T22:01:00.000+08:00

Happy Lunar New Year everybody~
Enjoyed yourselves so far?

For me, it was quite fun to be able to eat all those new year goodies, *cough*collectalltheangpows*cough* and chat with relatives I haven't seen for the longest time, getting to know the latest updates in everybody's life. But it's a little bit unnerving though, to realise that my cousin is already in Pri 5 and my niece is now in Sec 3. Goodness, and there I was, still thinking she is in primary school... how the time flies. Sigh.

Have you ever had the unsettling feeling that time is running out? Recently I keep getting that feeling, that time is running out and there's not much of it left. Weird huh? It's making me very restless these days, to feel the time ticking away second by second.

I'm weird.

But it's making me think. Think about the things I've wanted to do, my childhood ambitions. And then I realised, I never fulfilled any of them.

I wanted to be a researcher in the medical field.

I wanted to excel at everything I do.

I wanted to earn millions and buy a huge house with a beautiful garden and have my parents live in comfort for the rest of their lives.

I wanted to learn Japanese.

I wanted to visit Japan, France, Greece and all the beautiful places that I've read about.

But I never did.

I'm just a nobody in the IT industry, trying to find a good job amidst the fierce competition from all the talent - and I use the word in a very broad sense - flooding the IT market.

I didn't, and still don't, excel much at anything, no need to talk about everything.

I don't even have a five-figure sum to my name now, seven-figure and above sums can probably wait till hell freezes over.

I knew as much about Japanese now as I did at 13, which is to say, not much, except recognizing all the hiragana and katakana writing without understanding the meaning when they're strung into a sentence.

I never got to visit any of those places. In fact, my first plane ride didn't occur until I was 24, when I took a budget flight to Bangkok. I used to hate the incredulous looks I'd get from people when they got to know that I'd never been on a plane before. Some even told me not to bluff them. -__- Bleh.

Some things I can't change anymore, not without massive financial backing, the ability to go back in time, or transplanting a much much more brilliant brain than the one I've currently got. But some things, I still can try to achieve, as long as I'm still alive and kicking. Like learning Japanese. And travelling everywhere. I guess it's time to start saving every cent I can manage.

Alright, enough of the angst. It's intensifying the time-running-out feeling. Let's get on with more frivolous topics.

Dirge of Cerberus~~
Squeeee!!

I've been trying to dig out as many spoilers from the internet as possible since the game was released in Japan on 26th Jan. So far, I've managed to watch all the FMVs in the game, thanks to some kind soul who ripped and uploaded them in a forum. The graphics are gorgeous, almost equal to Advent Children quality. The war scene was FAN-TAS-TIC. Really. You have to watch it to understand. I'm in awe.

As for the ending, I didn't really understand, even after reading translations of the script that someone had posted in his livejournal. I think I'll really have to wait for the english version of the game to be released (if it ever does T_T ) and play the game myself to understand the entire story. There's a lot of speculation in the forums but not much facts floating around. Mostly speculating on G, the character Gackt plays in the game. And I must say, he really doesn't look out of place in the CG environment. Watch the secret ending if you wanna see him. And a sequel is all but confirmed by that ending, I guess.

Oh, and the game's theme song Redemption by Gackt is great. I think I'll go buy his albums with my ang pow money, heehee.

Dirge of Cerberus

2006-01-21T11:01:00.000+08:00

OMG, this is awesome.

Chaos is soooo cool, don't you think so? (for those who don't know who I'm talking about, it's the close up of the man/monster at the very end of the video.)

I want this game~~!!
Can anyone teach me how to understand Japanese and excel at shooting in under a week???

* link taken from AdventChildren.net