ramadan

well well, it's that time of the year again...

selamat berpuasa people, and have a great ramadan!

sadly this year there will be no open house cos we are finally moving! good thing we had one last year then. this means that i will not be doing any baking. will be spring cleaning and packing up instead. bummer...

since i'm lazy here's a quick look at what's been going on:

- a whole bunch of us went to womad. it was a great night out!
- i finished the shape run. not that great a time lah, will have to do better next time. one down, 2 to go! great eastern 10km and stanchart half mara... why do i put myself thru these things. why. le sigh. and i look terrible in a running tee. note to self, work on upper body. like, seriously.
- still don't have that much to do at work. it's driving me nuts. which is why i'm job hunting more seriously now. absolutely desperate to leave.

other than that, same old same old. been feeling pretty tired lately when i get home from work. i wonder why. can't even be bothered updating the blog sia. haha. oh well whatever.

here comes the brett all dressed in red

so yesterday i brought home my latest gadget... meet brett, the samsung u600/10.9

isn't he gorgeous? had to pay 100 bucks extra cos apparently my contract wasn't up yet and i had to pay to renew it early. bah. paid up cos i wanted the phone soo bad. err and it's a birthday present from the parents anyway. hehe. the bf and i had gone on a hunt in vivo for it without any luck, so we headed to the hello shop at orchard. asked the dude if he had it in red, he went to check, then said there was a last one that was actually reserved, but the person didn't come so i could have it. i was like, yes ahhhhh! i pretty much told him the whole story about how we went all over sg (exaggerate a bit ah) to look for it then he was like ok ok u lucky, here got. i asked, confirm plus guarantee right? then think he got a little scared cos he went behind again to double check and reserve it for me. wahaha. i like. good service. the bf pointed out that his nametag said that he was still a trainee, and maybe he'll get into trouble for giving me the phone. i was like, urhm, mebbe his name is trainee? haha. i got what i wanted so i'm good! like that U2 song says, just gimme what i want, and no one gets hurt... lol

in other news i have spectacularly blown my budget this month. on what, u ask? two words- massages, endowment. i see them both as investments, or so i tell myself just to assuage my guilt. wahaha. somehow i doubt this is gonna stop me from getting new work shoes tho. hmm. ok ok next month have to tighten belt... both literally and figuratively.

i have 4 weeks to my shape 10km run. i haven't exactly been training hard (or at all for that matter) so i'm a little worried. hoping to beat my timing from last year's stanchart. seems like i have to die die start bootcamp tomoro. argh! need to incorporate paying back puasa also... damn me for procrastinating. lucky only 4 days. so yes, wish me luck people. i know i've done it before but i think i was in much better shape last year than i am now.

on the job front, same old same old. skipped work on fri after making a day trip to kl on thurs. yay long weekend! haha. this brings my annual leave balance down to a mere 6 days. some of which i will probably be using if the vietnam/ cambodia trip in nov goes as planned. hopefully it will go as planned ah. was looking thru recruit yest and damn, there's a lot of jobs out there. still window shopping ah, cos if i'm gonna make a career out of it, it absolutely has to make a difference in some way. can't spend every single day doing something mundane. can't do it anymore mans. doesn't help that most of my close colleagues are tendering lor. makes me wanna jump on the bandwagon. haha. of cos i'm not gonna do that lah, not without another job anyway. the search continues.

newsflash

we interrupt your special travel series to bring u... well, shorter bits of news that are easier to write than trying to capture the essence of your travels in 1000 words or less. so without further ado...

transformers is bloody freaking awesome. really. go watch it!
really sucks to be back at work. urgh. block leave and travelling should be compulsory once every 3 mths at least.
will be starting at my new dept tomoro. wish me luck. happened to meet my future colleague at a course i was attending on thurs and fri. he's pretty alright.
caught dollhouse with yasmine a couple of wks back and guess who was in the audience? se.ni.or. mi.nis.ter.!! we were like, wah, he has a life! haha.
signed up for both the shape and great eastern women only runs. 10km. interested parties, please join in! lemme know!
went for a job interview. they are very keen. i'm not. kinda crappy and not exactly what i'm looking for. that is attractive how? dude is setting up a 2nd interview soon. hmm.
cousin is getting married next wkend and i still haven't finished editting the wedding speech for her sisters. die lah die.
saree and dinner gown outfits are ready. saree blouse a bit short leh! top for the gown needs to get taken in and still need to hunt for earrings.
seem to be coming down with something. headaches and throat getting sore. dang it. hate being sick.
got my credit card bill already. thank god i have euros to change back to sgd. haha.
damn you, gst hike. damn you.

work is a 4 letter word. and other biznez.

so, i shall whine about work today. had a hectic morning cos i had to settle quite a few things before leaving for meetings in the afternoon at 1.30pm. while i was busy running around, a colleague who shall be known as porky comes up and is like, hey, the leaflets in the trays outside for product x are all gone, need to be topped up. i'm like, yeah ok, in the meantime please print from g drive, they're all there. then she's like, customer walk in also must print from g drive meh? in all sarcasm. well excuuuuuse me u fat biatch, have u ever heard of the phrase 'using initiative'? if u see it's all gone, top up a little when u go make copies for yourself lah! so hard to do meh?? help a sista out here! knnbccb. it's not like i'm hiding the info in some dark secluded corner that only i have access to! basket.

then i went off for my meetings. signed up the first of many renovators. woohoo! it's about bloody time sia, been waiting to do this for the past 3 months but kept getting red taped. i'm hoping things will change for the better with our new ceo. apparently he sent an email asking the management to ask themselves, are u the bottleneck? also said something like, don't tell me the problem, tell me the solution. don't go looking for more problems unless u can solve them too. i liiiiiiiiike. he's also changed the approach to marketing and advertising (it's about bloody time!!) so everything looks nice and corporate and uniform. well, we're getting there anyway. yay!

i digress. as i was saying, went visiting renovators. took cab from office to ubi. then from ubi back to office to pick up my colleagues and onwards to jurong east. total bill? 30 friggin' bucks sia!! heart pain ok!! my monthly limit for claims is 30 bucks. i already spent abt another 20 earlier on for other cab rides to meetings. i don't get allowance for this shit lor. i'm not even claiming my rides on buses and trains ok!! cheebye. they're not paying me enough to do this. can also bet anything that the boss ain't gonna let us claim more than the amount determined. we're gonna write in and ask for it of cos, but our efforts would probably be wasted. either raise the limit or we're gonna spend more time out of the office to allow for travelling on public transport. take your pick, honey.

heart pain again when i was pretty much bullied into giving my mobile no. to the salespeople at the renovators. people are gonna be bugging me at every hour. they're not paying me enough to do this. u guessed it, i don't get allowance for this shit either. don't get me wrong, i love being out of office and on the road. all i'm asking is that they make it worth my while.

from thurs all the way to next fri (inc. sats), i will be stationed at 3 polys for roadshows. for the first days, gonna be there all day, then 2pm-6pm thereafter. my colleague was like, yay, cheap food for the next two wks! i was like, yeah, and expensive transport. this was greeting by a depressed silence in the cab. bloody hell, gonna drive from home for the first days man. can't be fucked forking out for cabs anymore. did i mention we'll be lugging around heavy, obsolete laptops and stacks of docs at the end of each day of the roadshow(s), so we can pass them over to the officers in charge the next morning in office?

oh ya, hakka was humping my bro's arm last night. he let him do it. wtf?? sick. time to sterilise him i guess. horny bastard. haha.

got home pretty early today cos last meeting was in geylang. went for a much needed run. gawd it felt soo good. should go do it more often...

8 days to payday 8 days to payday 8 days to payday 8 days to payday 8 days to payday

reinspired

so yesterday, kavi, sang, sarah and i went to an art gallery in chinatown. it was an asian pop art exhibit by an indian artist and i must say, it was wickedly cool. felt totally inspired after checking out her work. so colourful and vibrant! i like... most of the works were going for about $11k. madness right?

this outing made me realise that i could never go minimalist and zen. i kinda love having a whole bunch of stuff to display and explore. which would explain why my room is in a perpetual mess. then again, i also hate having to keep cleaning so many things that are left exposed to the elements. note to self: need to find a happy medium. just realised that i didn't put up a pic of my room after i finished painting it. so here goes:
only one wall is striped btw, the rest are plain (should've had flowers lah but oh well. i couldn't be buggered by the end of the striping. no, not that kinda striping. tho i could accomodate whoever is interested. wahaha). see lah, how to go zen like this?

anyway we headed to little india after that for some makan and shopping at mustafa. they have giant tubs of vaseline for like 6 bucks!! how exciting! i am so totally going there to stock up on stuff for my EU07 trip sia! little did i know that the next time i'd visit mustafa was that very night. haha. i think whoever designed the building should be shot lah. so confusing! exits and entrances all over the place sia! in the event of a fire.... i would not want to be there.

this week has also been very good, fitness wise. gymmed, jogged, swam, kayaked (at bedok res!). unfortunately i have 2 months worth of slacking and overindulgence to undo. it's a vicious cycle people! jangan marah lah. everyone has weaknesses... haha. battle on! got jp morgan run in 8 wks. argh!