Tissue Lady's Journey

we are going to seoul!

2011-05-03T18:06:00.002+08:00

jx has a business trip to seoul from 6 june. so he asked if i would be able to take leave from work and go with him. so i checked with my sis, who always sweetly tries to say yes to my requests.

so tada! we will be going seoul from 4th june midnight to 12th june.

and...

i'll be flying business class!

it is my 1st time, and i'm uber excited. we have miles from SIA, and coincidentally, there were only business class tickets available for me when he wanted to book. so we are only paying 300 for taxes :P i think it is such a great deal though he keeps saying thats a hell lot of miles used for 1 pax :P

for the trip, he'll be at meetings most of the times but we have time to shop around together during the weekends. anyway... i'll be walking around seoul myself and i hope i'll enjoy it!

can't wait! :)

the wedding

2011-05-03T17:46:00.005+08:00

so happy that i (we) no longer have to think and plan and worry about wedding prep :)

thanks to our lovely and fantabulously helpful and capable friends, everything went smoothly and i don't think there were much hiccups (if any) worthy of mention.

the day went passed quickly with so much fun. the dinner finished early, at 10.30pm and everyone could go home and rest well for the next day's work. fullerton was fabulous and we had lots of compliments about the food. I didnt fall down the stairs during march-in, although i could almost hear everyone's bated breath as we took the scary steps. :P

if there's anything i wanna pick and tear apart.. i would say...

if you receive any invitation to a wedding, you do not simply ignore all the facebook messages, emails and smses. if you genuinely cannot make it, (or really just don't want to go for whatever silly reasons), let the couple know so they can plan and make arrangements. so that they dont have to stare at the wall and wait for your reply before they can do anything else to get things going. i simply do not understand how these cases can happen, especially when we invite people whom we think have a good relationship with either of us, and would really enjoy the invitation.

or, if you have accepted the invitation enthusiastically (and even asked if your husband can join), you do not wait till the wedding day, at 5pm even(!) to sms the couple and let them know that you (and your husband) are unable to attend. you have no idea how much of a headache this creates to everyone in the wedding party.

fortunately, our superbly super wedding party was able to resolve issues and told us to relax and leave anything to them. so grateful and thankful for these people in our life, really. :)

ok, rave and rant over, for now. so tempted to post this on facebook so that those anonymously guilty people mentioned above can read and feel bad! :P

2 and a half months and going..

2011-05-03T17:15:00.002+08:00

hello!

ooops, it has been quite a while isnt it? was only updating the wedding blog ever since we set it up and (ahem) i have also neglected it after the wedding happened :P

how's life after the wedding? well i guess i'm still getting used to it :)

it ain't bad at all but i do miss living with my mum - not being able to sit beside her every night, with her watching the tv and me using my laptop. i think (and she has obviously told me) that she feels lonely at home after her work, with my bro being often away, out at sea or taking trips. but i do make it a point to go home every monday when i dont have work and she has her off day. so i sort of hope that this makes up for my absence and that she wont feel too deserted.

other than that, and not feeling the morale at work, life's been good :)

Wedding Blog

2010-12-23T00:58:00.002+08:00

www.20-02-2011.com

:)

less then 2 months to go! yikes!

chanel earrings

2010-07-15T12:48:00.003+08:00

i want!

Mayday

2010-06-18T00:11:00.009+08:00

when i was 17 or 18.. i worked part-time in a CD shop. it was the time when mayday released their first album and my colleague was playing the CD after we received it in the shop. the same year, i had a chance to watch them live at indoor stadium.

lo and behold! that was the beginning of the i-love-mayday spiral.

1st rows during autograph sessions, mini concerts.. most expensive tickets to every concert.. recording every tv appearances, even if it was just for 30 seconds.. going to the airport and hotel.. going to their supper places... anything you name, the fan-girl did. :)

their record company staff even regarded us as "第一排霸主"!
(but we are too old now to protect our fort, so 霸主 no more :( )

it is the spirit of the songs, encouraging us to carry on dreaming and loving, the wonderful lyrics and melodies, the extensive musical arrangements, the enormous talent, the hardwork they put into each & every song and performance and the very real personalities that i love so much about them.

throughout these years, i have always wanted to attend their concerts overseas (yes, singapore no-enough!). money and timing were always not on my side. however, this time, i had a short break from work which coincided with their hong kong concert. so there's no holding me back this time.

i went, conquered and loved every single minute of it. :)

and here's to more mayday-ified 10 years for me, the proud mayday fan-girl :)

new template :)

2010-06-18T00:08:00.002+08:00

after talking to woman 5.0 today, i got tempted to change the blog skin too hehe.
so.... tada! nice lah! :P

death by internet?

2010-05-06T17:37:00.003+08:00

was talking to a friend just now on the msn; ranting to her about the wedding preparation.

how much reviews and homework we have to read/do online whenever we are trying to make new decisions such as deciding on the hotel, bridal studio, photographer, videographer, bed, lighting, wardrobe, this and that, etc etc..

yes, these reviews help.
very much, in fact.

but these information can get so overwhelming that it frightens people.

in the past, there were no internet around to help.
people rely on word-of-mouth, advertisement, or just by pretty shop decor.
like my sister for example.. during her time of wedding prep, there were no internet information available, but i can still remember her wedding being so perfect.

nowadays.. we even rely on reviews for food. whenever we decide to try some new restaurant, internet is the 1st place we check for bad comments. even so, after all the splendid comments that we read, the restaurant might still not end up to our liking.

so are we wasting too much time on the internet trying to get reviews for everything we do?

well, i'm not taking chances. though i'm absolutely tired of information overload.

now excuse me, while i go read up on which brand of mattresses are the "best"..

blue..

2010-04-06T01:33:00.001+08:00

haven't been feeling really happy recently..
not that things are bad..

just blue.

prep work!

2010-03-29T18:12:00.005+08:00

have been reading and researching on the bridal studios.. such a difficult decision to make!

read some not-so-good comments on di gio so guess i'll skip them (i was really impressed by the huge range of gowns that they have though!)..

considering the aisle or my bridal room now...

we have more or less finalised the hotel, just some final clarifications about the contract and we'll be done!

gonna use......

some lil updates :)

2010-03-12T12:11:00.005+08:00

haven't been to work these few days cos my mum had her cataract surgery & i'm staying at home to take care of her.. but i ended up having a fever & so had to stay at home another day. not that i'm complaining. no work is always a bliss :) going back tomorrow though!

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yikes, my mum just told me about my kitchen having lizards & there are always some rubber bands being brought to a corner when she wakes up in the morning. huh, didn't know lizards are so playful...

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some updates about our wedding plans :)

- met up with a fengshui master to do our wedding dates calculation. he is actually really young but definitely pro. gave us a few dates in a simple report format, coupled with detailed explanation of some traditional chinese customs like what is "guo da li", "an chuang" etc. he even emailed us some templates which are very helpful after the consultation! apparently, he also does home & office fengshui so let me know if you need his contacts in the future :)

- chose a tentative date & the hotel to view the place! made a tentative booking with them. haven't sign the contract but we were rather happy with them :)

- thinking of taking up either di-gio or the aisle for the bridal package! advice anyone? :(

- still taking our time with the other things :P

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bought a kate spade recently :P

We are Engaged!

2010-01-25T21:13:00.009+08:00

for once, he was totally successful in planning a surprise - without me suspecting anything at all :)

we had planned to go for a stay somewhere to relax and to take a little break. little did i know that it wasn't relaxing at all for him! :)

goodwood park hotel suddenly became a special place for both of us.

a place where i had surprises after surprises.
a place where i had the ultimately perfect proposal
a place where i teared happy tears one round after another
a place where we shared our blissful joy with both our families right after the deed.

with a polaroid camera to capture instant moments,
a scrapbook made with love and sleepless nights,
a ring bought after endless reading and research,
a proposal which touched me till no end....

...we are engaged. :)

i LOVE the very bling bling-bling!

badminton!

2010-01-19T12:50:00.002+08:00

whee, we have started on our new resolution to play badminton every saturday!

last sat was the 1st session and boy was it shiok! it has been such a long time since i've played (or did any form of exercise) and it was very fun!

we were exhausted by the end though and hopefully we will be able to build up our stamina soon.

looking forward to the next session! :)

New Year New Look!

2010-01-11T01:46:00.002+08:00

well... not that i wanted to change the skin voluntarily. it has been a while since i visited my own blog and when i did come in tonight, i was shocked to find that the cookie monster skin was no longer working.. :(

anyway...so i did some changes here and there and tada! not so satisfied but i suppose this will do since i'm not updating this too often anyway. heh :P guilty as charged..

happy 2010 everyone!

resolutions..?
i've never done this before because i know i will never ever follow through with whatever i set. but hey, why not do this for fun and see if i've achieved anything one year later when i come back to read this..

let's see.. i hope to:

- keep to our aim of playing badminton at least once a week
- walk.... a bit on my rusty threadmill at least once a week as well :P
- improve on my processes at work!
- fulfil the australia trip with farmz
- update this dusty place more often
- procrastinate lesser

now.. let's see how long it takes for me to post again next time.. heehee

happy 1st day of the 6th year together

2009-03-17T18:22:00.002+08:00

16th march. 5th anniversary!
17th march. 1st day of the 6th year together!

thank you mr porky for being the most wonderful pig to have ever graced my life. :P

my 1st post of 2009

2009-03-17T17:58:00.006+08:00

.... is actually in march!?

ok, i'll admit, i've been neglecting my blog ever since eversince. :P
well, i really don't have much to share and to rant about since i left PC. (that's really a good thing i suppose)

work's been fine..nothing much to update about except that i've met my fair share of really nasty and unbelieveable parents. i really pity those kids sometimes, having to live with those kind of parents their whole life; getting their heads being nagged off all the time. i swear i'll never become such a parent in the future!

mr porky and me have been planning on having a short trip and we've decided to return (for the 3rd time together) to Bangkok on the 9-13th of apr!

silly us were rather impulsive and booked the air tickets immediately seeing that we've finally managed to squeeze some time for a short trip. little did we know that our tickets are so expensive ($750 for 2 pax on jetstar asia) cos it's the period of the thai songkran (water festival)!

damn... i hate getting wet.

the festival is from 13-15 apr and i hope they don't stretch the holidays and start splashing the water earlier.. :(

anyway.. i think we'll skip into a cab as soon as we leave the apartment and try to avoid walking on the streets if possible..

nevertheless, i'm really excited about the food..
somboon! (curry crab.. tomyum soup.. peking duck.. yumyum)
coco walk's $5 buffet!
fuji jap food!
room service!! (lol)

i'm also really looking forward to attending keng keng's wedding in penang in may! this is the first time the whole "clique" of PC oldies will be going overseas together. it's gonne be a really short trip but i'm sure it'll be all sorts of awesomeness combined. :)

and.. who would have thought that keng keng will be the 1st getting hitched amongst all of us? :)
i'm really very very happy you keng keng!!

goodbye 2008, hello 2009

2008-12-31T19:16:00.003+08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2009 will be better!!

happy birthday tissue lady!

2008-11-14T00:03:00.001+08:00

yippee!
happy 26th to myself!
i feel so loved this birthday :)

wheee~

2008-11-10T23:53:00.004+08:00

yes!
too much hassle to lock, even i myself need to login everytime to access my links.
and since i'm no longer under the scrutiny of evil prying eyes... tada!

i have much to update but laziness overcomes everything. however, we were taught how to write summaries in primary school which is definitely still useful till date unlike silly equations. ;)

the girls gave me a great farewell with a very sweet powerpoint presentation done by justina filled with pictures and lovely wishes by the people. i also had handmade cereal cookies & necklace from Noormie, handmade postcard from Shu'en, farewell "booklet" which everyone took so much effort to write & beautify plus an agnes b bag charm which is so pretty :)

i miss them so!

went taipei for a 7-day holiday with mr porky and had great great fun! food was great & hotel location was soo ideal. bought back lots of cosmetics & skincare. didn't buy any clothes though. went to watch the recording of Guess*3 and it was definitely memorable.

two weeks after coming back from taipei, both of us decided to go KL for a 3-day short trip to utilise his free apartment stay. no words beside "shiok" can describe the apartment! transtar 1st class seat was fantastic too! lots of movies on demand (can choose, pause, forward, rewind), including english, chinese, japanese & korean movies (like around 16 eng & chinese movies each!), plus various concerts & games to watch & play.

been working at the new place for almost a month now. getting the hang of it :) i don't have to work on mondays now cos no classes are scheduled on mondays but once the new academic year starts in dec for us, i'll have to work mondays - saturdays and longer hours... :(

besides this drawback, i do appreciate having this job at my sis's place. candy, my bro-in-law's sis who has been there is very patient & helpful. (and she stays in yishun too so we can share cab to work and back from time to time :P) it has been rather stress-free till date and i have the flexibility of taking leaves or leaving earlier if i have things on, without needing to count the days of leave i have left. i also have more chances to see my nephews & niece whom i adore.

the centre will be closed from 15th - 27th nov so no work on those days :D
i think my sis is gonna book some rooms in sentosa for a few days during that period.
will drop by shenton way for lunch one of those days when i'm off!

birthday is coming in a few days time & i've already had some surprises and celebrations. thanks 38 gang for the angbao & great day singing + outbacking! thanks mr porky for the crabby dinner, gigantic popcorn jar, sweets, chocolates, yummy cake, macarons & the agnes b key ring!

wow.... that's a long summary.
well, till the next one!

freedom awaits

2008-09-23T15:46:00.002+08:00

after 2 and a half long years of complaining, bitching and wanting to fly away, I've finally done the deed on 8th Sep.

was supposed to be already gone by 19th but i'm staying till 29th to do whatever i can to clean up the department's mountain of templates

i broke down when i handed the letter. haha. quite silly considering how much i've been wanting to leave ever since "ever since".

but there was just a gush of emotions at that moment.

how i'm really comfortable with the people here, with my seat, my computer and the executive toilet. (hah)
how this is my first job after graduation and i'm moving to a totally new industry facing totally new challenges.
how the bosses are sometimes tolerable.
how she is able to finally recognise my abilities and had been giving me more and more new responsibilities.
how i have to leave noormie and keng behind..
how i wont be able to have weekly lunches with xer xer anymore.
how i wont be having my gigantic inbox with emails all the way from 2006.
how i will have to ditch the irritating emails sent by them which i kept till today.

but ever since throwing the letter, there were many instances where i thank goodness for being able to fly away soon. like when she comes up with even more extensive and time-consuming meaningless templates, like when there are people here with asses on their heads instead of the brain, like when one single newspaper article can make the whole company change their business model instantly, like when i have to sit in for 6 meetings in a day, like when i have to answer stupid questions daily from assheads.

i'm thankful.

oh yeah. she asked the welfare team to do a farewell for me. how shocking is that?! but of course it won't be a dedicated session. it has to be combined with joyful events such as 3 other people's birthdays. money is only well-spent that way, ya'know?

anyway, i'm appreciative.

countdown. 7 days to 29th :)

oh yeah. i've not forgotten the dream of flipping the table and breaking the laptop. the slow and sucky lenovo seems to be perfect. :)

control freak

2008-07-31T14:42:00.005+08:00

Wikipedia:

In Folk psychology-related slang, control freak is a derogatory term for a person who attempts to dictate how everything around them is done. It can also refer to someone with a limited number of things that they want done a specific way; professor of clinical psychology Les Parrott wrote that "Control Freaks are people who care more than you do about something and won't stop at being pushy to get their way.

In some cases, the control freak sees their constant intervention as beneficial and even necessary; this can be caused by feelings of superiority, believing that others are incapable of handling matters properly, or the fear that things will go wrong if they don't attend to every detail. In other cases, they may simply enjoy the feeling of power it gives them so much that they automatically try to gain control of everything around them.

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Such an apt term.

I'm wondering how it is to be living a life of a control freak. so unhappy, so hated by everyone, so unloved, so stressed. this control freak i know has been sending numerous emails to everyone in the middle of the night at 4am. what is she doing? does she know it is sleeping time? a time where she can finally relax herself and give everyone else a break?

Every single thing is under her control. marketing, production, database, even nitty gritty stuffs like stationaries, telephone lines, claims, telemarketing, temp staff etc etc etc etc etc. A one-woman-show. Where everybody else is falling under her control, as puppets. People who are not allowed to have their own ideas. Yes ideas are encouraged but when each ideas are faced with 1000 stupid questions by the control freak, no one bothers to try anymore.

It's so hard to live her life. Such pathetic life..

prank call

2008-07-22T15:16:00.005+08:00

received a call from a withheld number just now

i answered:

me: "hello"

kid: "hello"

me: "hello"

kid: *hastily* "anyone f**king?" *hangs up*

hahahaha~
what's wrong with the world!?

peek-a-boo

2008-07-10T18:15:00.005+08:00

*peeps*

anyone still checking out this house of cobwebs?

yes i know! i haven't been updating!
i've either been too busy or too lazy
heh

Some quick updates:
- Night safari is fun fun!!
- Chong Qing Hotpot is still as delicious as ever
- Idiots are driving me mad at work (lots of them around)
- Me &; Keng are the new 2-Bs at work (Bitches :P)
- I've finished the whole Sex and the City series!
- New Kate Spade wallet from EvilBay at a great price

nomophobia?

2008-06-19T16:25:00.006+08:00

do u have nomophobia?

it is a new term by UK experts which means literally: no-mo(bile)-phobia

i think i am one, my mobile phone is on everyday 24 hours, and i feel lost if i forget to bring my hp out. it is also my alarm clock, my watch, my torch. hah! :P

I AM NOMOPHOBIC!
read more here, it is really quite interesting :)

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i'm meeting lijuan tomorrow night for dinner
i miss her so much! my primary sch "frenemy" turned best-friend.. haha
why frenemies? cos she was in the TALL gang and i was in the short gang =.=
so we had different cliques in class. so duh! :P but hey..kids... that's how they behave..

she told me it's been 2 years since we met up (besides the occasional bumping on streets)
i didn't even realise it's been that long!
but whenever we meet, there'll be countless things to say..
primary school crushes.. how ugly they are now..
how we never ever manage to see her crush ever since graduation and other little girl talks

can't wait for tomorrow night! :)

what's worth?

2008-06-11T20:42:00.002+08:00

i was watching a program on tv where a taiwan man is living his life in a way i so envy..

he is working as a consultant for NGOs over the world and he travels around the world 335 days per year, going places such as eygpt, saudi arabia, africa, myanmar and even alaska to work on community based projects to improve the living conditions of the less-fortunate people.

i don't want to be away from home so often of cos.. but he got me thinking about what i am doing now. 9-6 job.. slogging so that my bosses can get a bigger garden, greener grass patches (& tuition lessons for their children at the lear/ning lab) . is it worth it?

maybe i should look into options such as volunteer work.. working with charitable organisations full time or something (u know some of these actually pays well... *points at NKF*).

hmmm...

:(

2008-06-09T11:27:00.002+08:00

goodbye jo mama

may you be happy in heaven

blessing over your loved ones during this time and always..

Jo..

Remember that your
loss is shared
by many friends who care
and that you're in our
thoughts and hearts
and in our every prayer

dolphins & whales

2008-06-05T20:45:00.004+08:00

someday....

i want to go to a place where i can see dolphins and whales swimming playfully & blissfully in the sea.

someday!

where dolphins fly and whales fart water.

:)

bellydance divas

2008-06-03T09:56:00.003+08:00

looking for memorable performances to bring a zest to your corporate event, weddings, social functions? look no further!

the Bellydance Divas is a group of belly dancers who share a common passion for belly dance and are dedicated to spreading the goodness of this oriental dance to all. They are well- trained in traditional belly dance forms such as drum solo, veil, zill, (finger cymbals), cane, folklore and various fusion including bollywood, Chinese dance, pop, tribal gypsy and broadway fusion.

depending on the nature of your event, they can work with you to come up with the dance style that fits your theme!

short getaway?

2008-05-27T17:05:00.002+08:00

work has taken its toll on me
feel so burnt n exhausted though i sleep well and get ample rest at night..

feel like having a short getaway..
cheap one definitely.
suggestions?

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the cat in the hay has rejected me.
if such is the case, why gave me such high hopes during the 2nd meet up?
anyways... a better one will come along :)

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*praying hard for jojo's mum to get better!*

the dramatic fall X_X

2008-05-12T16:53:00.004+08:00

Bye.. Xer Xer & Jo Jo

2008-05-06T11:00:00.008+08:00

I love these 2 women. We've been through so much shit and gunshots, so much fun and maniac laughter together and now they have left the shithole to THE greener pastures.

See how my "favourite people" are laughing at my plight - at how I'm left with Keng Keng & Noormie and the others. so sweet! %$^#%^$%^

I'll miss the whispering in office, msn sessions, rubberband shooting, cam whoring, eye liner exchanges, shopping sprees, lunch-outs at vivo, advisory sessions, bitching times, diggings at the nose digger, rocher-cravings, and many many more times with Xer and Jojo..

and i'll be here.. wishing both of them all the best and to soar the skies with their new career :)

回到地球表面

2008-04-27T23:10:00.004+08:00

昨晚沉浸在搖滾與吶喊的我
真的是快樂的
遠離了厭惡不已的現實
忘記了所有煩腦的大小事

看著擁有一切的你們
心裡是羨慕的
能夠充實的過著每一天
能夠用自己小小的能力與才華感動每個人

工作上人性的貪濫自私狂妄自大一覽無疑
實在是把原本充滿希望及熱忱的自己縮小了一百五十八萬倍
[生活] 這首歌也不再能激勵自己

真的不太喜歡現狀
哪裡才是我的那片天空?
那個能夠讓我發自內心的快樂的地方?

生活

2008-04-27T23:04:00.002+08:00

有场战争　就在眼前　斗志斗不过温暖棉被
水龙头里　流出眼泪　又是残酷的美好一天
眼前有一千件事　正等着解决
Everybody　想要改变
Everything won't be OK
七点的一杯咖啡　八点的红绿灯　斑马线
A busy game

Everyday　活在疯狂世界　活在美好的明天
重重考验　来到今天
不知不觉改变　远离每个昨天
那些笑和眼泪　没有时间说再见
喜怒哀乐　苦辣酸甜（梦的边缘　我在徘徊）
终于了解　这就是生活的滋味

生活太近　梦想太远
午餐是吃饭还是吃面
喜欢忙碌　搞得很累
电话吵醒的星期天
珍惜的浪费时间　换来了的生命的缺
理想划过天边　爱情呀与我擦肩
分不清东南西北　分不清我的地　我的天
A crying game

是不是会有答案　在终点后面
当初的我的信念　现在的我又是谁
狂奔的每个白天　寂寞的每个夜
慢慢发现 I'm superman

-----五月天

Launch of Treasured Trove

2008-04-24T12:09:00.002+08:00

A treasured trove brimming with treasures and past loves sure to delight and please your exquisite shopping senses! With 5 distinctive styles thrown into this blog-chest of vintage and modern apparels, fun and quirky accessories, you will definitely discover something for yourself! So, go on and pick out a treasure from our trove today!

banner services

2008-04-22T16:19:00.005+08:00

have a blog but don't know what to put for your skin? think your blogshop look too uninteresting?

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check out my new portfolio!

and so i realise.. if we have the authority to do our own brochures at work, our brochures would probably look 100 times nicer.

keke, this is so fun!!

i-glam queen

2008-04-22T14:17:00.006+08:00

hey!!

visit i-glam queen now!!

guaranteed good and prompt service with excellent quality items!

heehee :D

jittery

2008-04-18T09:49:00.000+08:00

something is going to happen at 5pm later and i'm all jittery

may everything go well and smooth..

*crosses fingers and toes!*

True Blue Tissue Lady

2008-04-10T13:45:00.004+08:00

This morning, a lady tapped my shoulder and asked me for a piece of tissue!

Why?? Are the words "Tissue Lady" imprinted on my face??

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為什麼為什麼為什麼
為什麼天空會有雲
為什麼飛機會飛行
為什麼月亮有時圓有時又不圓
烏拉博士來說明
十萬個為什麼告訴你
（十萬個為什麼）

為什麼為什麼為什麼
為什麼孔雀會開屏
為什麼螃蟹要橫行
為什麼海水有時低有時又變高

為什麼為什麼為什麼
歡迎小小朋友作貴賓
可愛動物陪伴你

Oh man, I love this song. :P

Bimbo

2008-04-08T13:21:00.001+08:00

Xer said during lunch today that Hazelnut is a Fruit.

LOL

Bimbo manifested

:P

:)

2008-03-27T09:38:00.007+08:00

i was telling my mum yesterday about how mr porky is having a hard time in camp, field trip n all.

cant bathe for 4 days.. rain & sun & rain.. mud all over.. pervert officer dont let them sleep & rest.. and all bad things..

mum was so worried about his asthma and was asking if parents can complain.
she questioned about how others can have a good & slack time but yet he's suffering shit.
she also said she wants to treat him to a good meal when he's back on monday.

i told her he'd be happier if she'd cook instead and she agreed without hesitation.

i went on to sms mr porky immediately about this to cheer him up. :)

soo sweet la my mum! :)

Longchamp 'Le Pliage - Bande Dessinée' Tote

2008-03-19T17:17:00.003+08:00

aren't these cute? :X

beginning of the 5th

2008-03-17T10:04:00.006+08:00

happy 4 years mr porky!

today marks the beginning of our 5th year together and thanks for everything!

heehee

porky is the best! :P

i ordered a cake from The Pattissier and had it delivered to his working place with the message "Porky is the Best! :)"

it was hard trying to keep the secret from him..
from plotting how to get his working address from him, to how i encouraged him to go work even though he wasn't feeling well, so that my cake doesnt go to an empty desk on friday..

of cos..he was surprised when it happened and i was absolutely delighted when he called me and the first thing he said was
"what are you up to??"

wahaha

surprise worked!

i wanted him to share the cake with his colleagues but he decided to share it with our family and friends instead.

(& of cos i'm secretly glad he didn't share with his colleagues so i get to have a taste of it!)

the double chocolate praline is oooooooh-so-divine!

mr porky is off to dig trench holes for 2 weeks now

i certainly hope it doesnt rain anymore so it's easier for him..

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vantage point is a good show!

高潮迭起绝无冷场! haha

shall not spoil it for u by saying too much, go watch it! :)

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thanks for the support my dear peeps!

i'll work on it.. on flying away to a bird-flu-free & mutant-free-zone.. :)

pissed

2008-03-13T15:48:00.006+08:00

i need to rant badly..

#$ #^%*&I&*(^@#$@!#$@#%$^%^&$%^&U*(O^&
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#$%^&(*())_(+_)$%^&##$%@#$%#^(*&^%$$#@(*

people want to ask for media pass means it's relevant to them!! why the hell does the irritating shithead still think they are irrelevant! your signups got 500 people isit, not keen this, not keen that, no wonder your business is not doing well!

every single thing also must discuss with you, when we ask you things, you complain that we are not initiative enough. go please yourself.

i'm truly pissed.

asshole.

attacked

2008-03-12T14:08:00.002+08:00

ps: if my fellow comrades are observant enough, u'd realise that the colour of the bird is the colour of what she's always wearing now.. :P

Spelling Monster's Lifesaver is Here!

2008-03-03T17:26:00.004+08:00

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Taxi Commuter's Rant

2008-03-03T16:50:00.003+08:00

"From 1 March 2008, taxi drivers can no longer stop to pick up or drop off passengers along all public roads within the CBD between 7 am and 10 pm from Monday to Saturday, other than a public holiday. They should instead do so at taxi stops, taxi stands and driveways of buildings in the CBD.

This measure, which was announced by LTA in November 2007, will help improve the safety of commuters, taxi drivers and other road users as it will reduce the number of taxis driving into bus lanes to pick up passengers or indiscriminately stopping along the roads and disrupting the flow of traffic. This way, public buses which carry more passengers will enjoy a smoother and faster journey."

sheesh... *rolls eye*

as a frequent taxi commuter who probably spends half of my salary (ya lah, slight exaggeration) on taxi fares, i'm darn irritated by this new measure. hey, we have to pay so much and cannot get our taxis wherever we want, and cannot drop off wherever we want as well?!? if i want to take a taxi, it means i DON'T WANT to walk right?!

now if i want to take a taxi from my office, i'll have to cross the irritating overhead bridge over to DBS building for the taxi stand. the ~~fucking~~ %^#$%$%^ overhead bridge's escalator stops after lunch time loh..

promoting road safety? seriously, i think there will be an increase of road accidents due to more people jay-walking to get to the nearest taxi stand. thanks LTA :)

#$%^#$%%^&U%@*

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i absolutely detest birds

(both real birds and the one in my office)

animal farm villains are chasing all old comrades away. i guess i should stop procrastinating

but i really ~~am scared of~~ hate interviews.

:(

bag hunt

2008-02-27T15:23:00.008+08:00

i'm officially on a bag hunt.

i'm looking for a bag (cheap one of cos) with a clasp lock/kisslock.. u know those purses lock, but a big one for the bag opening. i saw people carrying on the trains and i want one!!

found some images on the web....

some of the above are from marc jacobs so they are out of my league. so hit me if u see bags like these around!

Do not shop with VOLUME at Marina Sq

2008-02-25T17:34:00.007+08:00

Woman 5.0 told us of a very bad shopping experience with this above mentioned shop.
Read more about it HERE.

(this is called viral marketing - in a negative way :P)

my office building was shaking jus now.. another earthquake.. it's like the 4th or 5th time i'm experiencing this. so groggy now :(

thank goodness 1800 is coming in 26 minutes :D
yippee!

thoughts

2008-02-21T09:35:00.006+08:00

yippee! mayday concert is coming again!
row number 6 this time :)
the 5 rows in front all taken up by sponsors.. $%^#@$&

have u ever felt like you have many thoughts and things that you wanna express but you cant say it out loud truthfully for many reasons? it's like that everywhere isn't it?

work, friends, family, relatives, even on the public transport.

like i want to shout at the auntie sitting beside me on the train to stop moving and using her elbow to tickle my waist,
like i want to tell my relative to stop bugging me for what i'm not interested in,
like i want to tell my neighbour to stop smoking or he'll die sooner than his plants,
like i want to tell off the bird at work to stop pecking at everyone,
like i want to tell those narcissistic & egoistic people to be less inflated,
like i want to tell the irritating cab driver to stop talking and talking,
like i want to tell the snobbish reporter to eat his own shit,
like i want to tell the woman carrying LV mini lin speedy that she's making the bag look bad,
like i want to tell the sonic boy to stop eavesdropping on us,
like i want to tell people to stop having their weddings on weekdays,
like i want to tell the printer to stop calling us 8 times a day. each.
like i want to tell the guy who is sitting in front of me in the cinema to stop combing his hair up high and blocking my view,
like i want to tell the government that we hate the foreign workers that are killing and degrading our country.

like i have many other things which i cannot even list in my blog cos i can't say them!!

....of long weekend, fun & happiness

2008-02-17T22:07:00.017+08:00

yoohoo! updates about my long weekend! *warning: pictures galore!*

went to miramar hotel's ikoi on friday for lunch. sort of our post-valentine's celebration and my treat with my bonus. :) it was quite good! the best was the salmon sashimi.. succulent, thick and very very fresh.. one of the best i've had since a long time.

they served us a complimentary paper steamboat

and as we were finishing the steamboat, mr porky found a teeny weeny little small ant inside. so we asked the waitress to take it away and she came back with this.....................!

apparently, this unagi is not in the buffet menu so it's a special item. it's the best best unagi i've ever eaten! i had nothing but praises for this while eating it. thank goodness for the ant! haha...

halfway while eating... we saw the chef leaving his counter and was amazed. he came out through this little hole that i'm pointing at. poor man, his back must be aching from bending in and out every single day!

no lunch outing is complete without our favourite ACT CUTE TIME :P

^^see the watch i was wearing? it's a very sweet Baby-G watch that Mr Porky got as my Valentine's pressie. :)

after lunch, we went to catch the show "Jumper" by Hayden Christensen. it's a good show, but not good enough if you know what i mean :)

After the show, Mr Porky started his long long inner struggle of whether he wants to get the Wii or PS3. So he did what I'd always do.... ask friends and family for votes.. haha.. he had such a difficult time deciding, we even came up with an excel sheet stating the pros & cons of both machines. in the end, we decided to go to Qisahn's shop and got the...................

:)

look how happy Mr Porky is..
*oops, he's probably gonna kill me for posting his pics of him with his gay hairband*

we're pretty sure he didn't make the wrong decision cos it's ultra fun!! we spent the rest of sat and sun playing mario galaxy, wii sport's bowling, tennis, golf and boxing.

and my arms are aching baaadly now. i'm so gonna have arm muscles like madonna soon!

Happy Ripped-Off-by-Marketers Day

2008-02-14T14:39:00.003+08:00

:)

today is my friday! whooopeeeedooo!!
going miramar's ikoi for lunch with mr porky tomorrow, and to watch "Jumper" after that.
Cant wait for 1800.. as always! haha!

excited to watch the amazing race asia's finale tonight as well. i guess the singapore team will win! cos ah... they have been showing advertisements of 3 teams for sony handycam (sponsor). one ad features one of the guys from the phillippines team & one girl from the msia team. another ad features both the guys of the sg team... "coincidentally", these 3 teams featured on the ad are the final 3 teams vying for the $.

so ya, sherlock chee holmes thinks we'll win!!

happy cny

2008-02-11T10:09:00.001+08:00

the thing about public holidays is, they are gone faster than i can finish a tin of pineapple tarts.

:(

its monday and i'm in black from top to toe. i'm mourning for my lost holidays. a lot of my poultry zoo comrades are on leave (#$%^@#$%^#$%%^&*), making my monday even more delightful. =/

the best thing about this CNY was that i had a great great time with my niece and nephews. for the first time ever, baby roy came to me and called me "AH YI YO" out of his own will (simply because he wanted to ask me if he was going in the right direction for Mario Kart, but it made my day anyway)

watched CJ7 last week.. i thought it was beneath stephen chow's ability as i really liked his last Kung Fu movie. nevertheless, the little girl was really good and alien was darn cute. clever marketers should come out with the alien merchandise to cash in on its cuteness already

oh ya, i managed to master using fake eye lash within my first try. i am so naturally talented, can't help beaming at myself. haha :P

Bye Nuffnang

2008-02-04T14:32:00.000+08:00

For the first time in Tissue Lady's life, i decided to put an ad on this blog, just so I can generate a teeny weeny bit of side income while doing practically nothing.

So i signed up myself on Nuffnang and after 1 week, i got my first ad.. excited by how much i can earn, i got hardworking and began to start doing "PR & Marketing" for my blog. PR & Marketing as in signing up on bloglog, posting my blogs on Nuffnang's innit thingy, visiting people's blog etc.

So much work.

As my Nike Woman ad ran last week, I was damn excited to see how much i got in the end. My traffic is quite low, so i'm under "Band 1" in Nuffnang terms. From the ad last week, I've garnered a whopping S$1.68. let's say i have at least 10 ads per year. i'll need 3 years from now before i can finally cash out the $50. (their minimum cash-out amount is $50)

woooots! i'm rich. =_=|||

bye nuffnang, i'm removing you. i know i shouldn't expect too much but well.. i've decided to stop wasting my time and go back to be the "housewife-blog".. not the kind to step out into the vast worldwide web and earn money for a living. anyways, i think i'll still be visiting some blogs which i think are interesting to read

goodbye nuffnang :)

RIP Mr Rat

2008-02-01T22:56:00.000+08:00

I just witnessed a fatal accident on Shenton Way while waiting for Mr Porky to fetch me :(

The traffic was heavy and I heard a loud and long horn. It caught my attention and I saw a car driving super slowly, blocking the bus behind. I'm not sure if the horn was from the slow car or the bus behind the car, but anyway... i saw a rat trying to run across the road and the car was driving slowly because the driver didn't want to run over the rat.

The rat finally ran passed that car but on the next lane, a cab (ignorant of what is happening), ran over the rat.

I witnessed the rat, half dead, making its final bit of struggle and eventually giving up.

It's 80% "Oh-noooooooo" & 20% "yikes!"

I'm disturbed. Can't get the image out of my head. Probably gonna have a nightmare.

when boredom strikes

2008-01-29T22:29:00.000+08:00

sometimes... boredom strikes at work.

so i'll whip out my trusty L'occitane Cherry Blossom Hand Creamand i........

"Mont Blanc" myself

"Butterfly" myself

"TV-fy" myself

"Heart" myself

"Tic-Tac-Toe" myself....

and my favourite of all...................

i "Dinosaur" myself. hey, fierce one, dun play play okays!!

Swissotel Merchant Court - Ellenborough

2008-01-27T21:45:00.000+08:00

went to Swissotel Merchant Court for buffet dinner with farmz at the Ellenborough cafe on friday.

the durian pengat was ooooooooooooooooooooh!! it was definitely the highlight of the evening. shared 3 bowls with friends :P however, we could tell that the first serving we had early in the evening was the nicest & thickest.. it became slightly diluted as the night goes on

black pepper crayfish :) it's literally "gone in 60 seconds" whenever the waiter brings out a new tray. it's not bad!

didn't take many pictures cos my battery was dying :P plus, i was too hungry la.. hehe

anyway, my verdict of this buffet is that the only thing worth going for is the durian pengat. the rest of the dishes were so-so only. was quite irritated by the staff throughout the evening. they have a tendency to attempt to clear the plates when we still have food on the plates that we want to eat. we were literally keeping our eyes on the staff's prying hands whenever we walked away from our seat or just talking to each other.

received an sms from mr porky's sis-in-law this evening:
Dinner at Merchant Court Hotel on this coming Wed, 30 Jan. Time: 7pm. Reserved under XXX XXX. Thank u and see u guys there!

*faint*

it's ok, i know what to aim for this time round already :P
durian pengat here i come. again!

Durian Pengat Later!

2008-01-25T17:31:00.000+08:00

a few days after the last post, and my status quo is unchanged.
i still feel like sleeping....

anyways.... i'm going to meet farmz for dinner at swissotel merchant court's ellenborough for buffet later! cant wait. i heard that the durian pengat thing is to-die-for..

wait for my pictures!! i promise i shall not be lazy this time round :P

ZzzzZZZzzzzz

2008-01-23T15:24:00.000+08:00

it's mid-day of a mid-week and i'm so super duper sleepy. i think i can just lie down on the office floor and snore away.

shall do operation 1810 later.

(psst, for the benefit of the ignorant, the few of us at work devised an operation 1800 - leaving office on time at 6pm. but me is paiseh to 1800, so i'll normally do 1810. and yeah, you're right, it makes no difference :P)

countdown: 9 days to payday and variable bonus. hurry! i need the moolahs! super broke this month - study loans, bills, online shopping, mum etc.. not forgetting the 1k to our "lovely home" savings account.
(special thanks to meanie's msn nickname for the countdown :P u go girl! SSC is love!)

really glad to finally send DIST to print. hate boring projects.. well, not like the others are not boring, but this is one of the ultimate ones. =/

can i say that i really don't like the brochure cover? i always prefer the sample ones that i do, but ultimately, the tortoise will always have his way. AND he always love to ask me what I think of his designs. i can only say "ok loh, not too bad la" and he'll say "you always ok one"... HEY LAO WU GUI, can i outrightly tell you that they suck? i'm not so stupid to do that and ultimately get shot by you loh..

Cloverfield

2008-01-20T20:23:00.000+08:00

Cloverfield - you either like it or you hate it.

and i like it!

It is produced by J.J Abrams, the big guy behind the TV series "Lost". Parts of the movie were shot using hand-held video camera, the other parts were edited to make it look like it was shot using a hand-held video cam. I was apprehensive about watching the show at first, cos i was scared that it would make me giddy. In the end, it made the usually yaya-papaya Mr Porky giddy instead of me. :P (oh yeah, he likes the show too!)

Mr Porky noticed that quite a number of people left the cinema and didn't come back.. i guess they couldn't take it. Honestly, I think it's really fine. The way the film was captured made it even more realistic.

The (viral) marketing for the movie is very interesting as well. They have very realistic MySpace pages for the characters in the show, with messages left by other characters in the show, such as the male lead asking the female to go for lunch etc. There are other websites which features YouTube like vids of their friend talking about their everyday life, etc..

I'm tempted to actually watch it again to catch those minute details that i missed. (pssst, wikipedia tells you so much!)

It is not an average movie that you'll expect to see. I shall not divulge too much, but I definitely recommend you to watch it with an open mind, and tell me what you think! :)

oh yeah, the babe in the show - beth is hot!!

tai tai prayer

2008-01-17T15:09:00.000+08:00

Lorrie forwarded this to me, as a lady put this under her signature in her email.

it's super hilarious!!!

The Tai Tai Prayer

Armani, which Art in Landmark, hallowed be they shoes
They Prada come, they shopping done, in Central as it is in Paris
Give us this day our husband's Visa gold card and have him forgive us our balance, as we forgive those who charge interest against us.
Lead us not into Mitsukoshi and deliver us from Wing On.
For thine is the Chanel, the Gaultier and the Versace.
For Dolce and Gabbana,
Amex

(i have no idea who came up with this, if you do, let me know so i can credit it.)

Bag Whore

2008-01-16T15:11:00.000+08:00

As an ultimate bag whore... if I ever have all the luck in the world to be the winner of a $100 million lottery one day, i would get these loves: (in any order)

*pssst... if i manage to save enough one day, i might not need to wait till luck hits me*

Miu Miu Bow Satchel

Miu Miu Coffer

Loewe Napa Aire

Balenciaga Motorcycle

Chanel 2.55

LV Mahina XXL

LV Damier Canvas Trevi PMLV Epi Speedy in Red

LV Onatah Leather GM

LV Mini Lin Speedy in 2 colours

Fendi Spy

Don't worry Mr Porky, this post is not meant to *hint hint* you :P

bad hair month

2008-01-14T14:08:00.000+08:00

I went for a haircut on Sat at "Belong" in Yishun. I went there previously to highlight my hair and I thought they did a pretty good job, which explains my return.

This time round, it's another person who did my haircut. Now, my fringe sucks like hell!!! I look like an idiotic winter melon with the short fringe. It's so short that I can't clip it up without spraying stuffs on the winter melon head.

It'll definitely be nicer when it's longer.

Grow hair, grow!!!

Tissue Lady & Comrades - Terrorised

2008-01-10T13:43:00.000+08:00

cookie monster

2008-01-08T21:34:00.000+08:00

after many many tries with different blogskins, i've finally settled for this cookie monster skin.
i like it because it's simple
i like it because it's plain
i like it because it's cute
i like it because it's cookie monster
i like it because it's a cookie monster who shits :)

i found an elmo blogskin in a similar template as this! who wants to be twinnies with moi?

had Häagen-Dazs macadamia nut ice cream & sara lee cake for dinner. yums! totally reward for my hard work today.
*in denial of my sins*

work tomorrow again. their faces still make me feel like puking.

i want to go singing!

Dream Home

2008-01-07T15:14:00.000+08:00

Was bored while bathing and started thinking about my future dream home....

My dream home consists of the following oooh-so-lovely aspects:

- a massage chair to relax in the evening after a long long day

- a swing sort of bench for fun times to chat with friends and family

- bean bags bean bags bean bags!! in red, blue, green, yellow, polka dots, stripes, leopard, zebra, all sorts of colours!!

- a round/circle designer chair as often seen on tv which looks like this:

- a 4 poster bed like this.. oooh so princessy..

- a wonderfully relaxing bath tub for a milk bath or rose petals bath filled with bubbles

- a set of nicely painted walls which is not only white and white alone. i'd love it to be creative! vibrant! cheerful!

- a nice & cosy kitchen where I can do whatever I like to it and hopefully it looks like one typically seen on Discovery Travel & Living

- a walk in wardrobe with a see through cupboard specially for my bags bags bags so it feels like i'm shopping everytime I step into my wardrobe (FYI, that's Carrie Bradshaw's wardrobe in Sex and the City)

I'm very absolutely aware that many of the above will probably never come true, or else, only when i'm 60 but well, such is life.... and I love to day-dream :)

Sunday Depression

2008-01-06T20:06:00.000+08:00

It's a Sunday & I'm having Sunday depression. I'm depressed thinking about tomorrow's work. About having to face the bird and tortoise. Their faces makes me puke. About doing work that I do not believe in myself. About having to go through the weekly staff briefing and being interrogated by bird on why is this like this and why is that like that. It's so bad that I have urges to cry every now & then. I find it hard to make myself smile on a Sunday. I hate myself for taking naps on a Sunday as it means shortening my day and making Monday come faster.

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Went to Yishun Safra KTV during New Year's Eve. The fun part was when me & Simin took out our cameras and started shooting around. :)

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Went to KS's new dessert shop at Potong Pasir yesterday to show our support for this old time band senior! Hope his business will pick up soon and more people will patronise this small but cosy place. The desserts are good! :)

After that, we headed to NAFA's Lee Foundation Theatre for a night of brass music - Symphonic Brass Plays "Theatre Music" presented by Just Brass Ensemble with guest appearance by The Tuba Powerhouse & ConCORdis. Old class & band mate Zhong Qing (who is probably the most talented young French Horn player in Singapore now) performed at the concert (which explains why we're all there). He had many solos that night and was probably the star of the concert.

Good job friend! You did great (except for a couple of wrongly pitched notes, haha :P) and I'm very happy to see your current achievements. It has been your dream since Secondary school to be a great musician and I think you are doing exactly that now. :)

After the concert, we headed to a steamboat place opposite Paradiz Centre for a "light" dinner :P

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Sometimes I have the urge to tell her that her actions are making many of us unhappy. Probably some of the things I said were a bit harsh but this is definitely not an isolated case of her doing/saying things that will spoil everybody's night so I couldn't bear it anymore. It is not often that we meet, probably 2 times a year and I do not think it is hard to compromise with everyone else to make things easier. Wake up from your world, please. It is not just about you and you alone.

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I've bidded for this cute Coach Taffy from Evilbay! Have to go through vPost as the seller doesn't ship to Singapore. It is a bit troublesome but definitely worth my time as a Singapore Yahoo! auction seller is selling it for $100 more. Cant wait!

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Ok, that spells the end of my very random post. Back to depressing Sunday.

Merry Holidays

2007-12-26T22:13:00.000+08:00

I'm on leave since last mid week and will be going back to work next Monday :) My break is going gone too fast and I'm already at 3/5 of my break! *moans*

The past few days have been eventful - not!

Fell down on 23rd and sprained my right ankle. It is still swollen and bruised and I've been limping ever since.. Mr Porky tried to rub the swollen part for me and it was so painful that I screamed and teared. Heehee, weak rite...
(Thanks Lorraine for the crutches on Facebook, asking me to go back to office with it despite my leave. Hey babe, stop dreaming! I'm free from the animals until next week! :P)

Went to an old friend's grandma place for BBQ on Xmas eve. The food was good! But the night was disappointing after that. We initially planned to go bowling and KTV after the food but due to some *urgh* reasons, we simply spent the night at the void deck and talked about nothingness... I've known this group of friends since Sec 1 (including Mr Porky) & I really treasure this friendship. We have arranged to meet again on the 31st with more people and I really hope it'll be more fun. :)

Watched 2 movies these few days - National Treasure 2 & I am Legend.

National Treasure 2
Nicholas Cage has really really aged. His hairline can let him act as those period drama's emperor or eunuch and he doesn't have to shave the front part of his hair at all.. The show's quite good but not as good as the first.

I am Legend
is a horror movie! :P
It is full of suspense and Will Smith's acting is excellent. I like the show but I think the plot can be elaborated more..

I have lots of pictures to post but I'm procrastinating.

I'm THE procrastinator :)

PS: Shukkie, I'll email you the photos when I'm done procrastinating. :P

Blink Blink

2007-12-03T23:07:00.000+08:00

Tada!
I went for eye lash perming with Woman 5.0 today at Bishan under the recommendation of meanie :) Woman 5.0 did eyelash extension while I did eyelash perming.. (Don't dare do extension cos scared it'll be too heavy)

It was a queer experience, cos you don't really know what the lady is doing to your eyes. So I can only imagine what was happening in my head and of course clarify with the "auntie" who was doing the deed.

I opted for the more dramatic "rod" method instead of the supposedly more natural and newer "nano" method. I think the end effect is not THAT dramatic so I guess it was a good choice. If I opted for the more natural "nano" curl, I would probably be not as pleased.. :P

In layman terms, what she did was to "glue my eyes", put a "rod" above my lashes, push the lashes one by one up and stick against the rod, apply some special lotion (which was quite stinging), cover the eyes with cloth, press it lightly and wait for what I think was around 15 minutes, check the lashes and add another special lotion to "set" it, cover and wait for another 10 minutes and we're done!

It was a cool experience and I guess I'll be doing it again in the future... :P

Yet Another Story of my Cab Encounter

2007-11-22T10:44:00.000+08:00

If there's one Facebook Superlative that I should be nominated for, it should definitely be "Most Likely to Meet Weird Cab Drivers".. I have had countless encounters of the most bizzare cab drivers anyone can get and I'm gonna relate one more again...

Last week I had to run an event on Thursday so I was entitled to claim cab on 7pm the day before. So I stayed in the office till 7pm and called for a cab at 7pm sharp. I was told the cab would reach in 7-9 minutes, so I went downstairs with Noormie to wait for its arrival....

Waited.........
Waited..............
Waited......................

When it finally arrived, it was already 7.19pm (I checked the boarding time on the receipt after that).

The cab driver was extremely apologetic, saying he didn't expect it to take that long to get from Chinatown area to Shenton Way as it was jammed. I didn't get angry, as I could see that he was truly sorry for making me wait that long.

So this marks the beginning of another remarkable taxi ride.

Me: Uncle, Yishun Ave Three
Uncle: Huh, Yishun Ave What??
Me: Three
Uncle: Huh, Ave WHat??
Me: Three, Three... San!
Uncle: Orh~~~~ San... okok!

So he drove to the Chinatown area like all the other cabs would so that they can enter the tunnel and exit to CTE.. While in that area, it was quite jammed again so we were stuck there for long..

Uncle (in a mix of Singlish & Chinese): Just now ah, I took your call, then here jam until siao ah... Thats why I was so late. So many cars here dunch know why.. Super super jam ah... so many traffic lights.. (blahblahblahblahblah... and he repeated that same content for 5 times)

Finally, we managed to get through the jam and reached the tunnel area.. Surprisingly, uncle did not turn into the tunnel, which got me blurred

Me: Uncle, which way are you going by?
Uncle: Orh... in front (blahblah turn here turn there), den exit by Stevens Road and blahblah very fast one..

Thinking that he should know his way well, I didn't probe much.. and as we drive on, I saw Grand Copthorne and that means I was in Havelock road already. I was thinking this shouldn't be faster then the usual CTE which is a straight road all the way to Yishun..

Me: Uncle, how come we are here?
Uncle: Oh, you never drive by this way before ma? Many people like to use this way one leh!
Me: No leh, never before...
Uncle: Then which way do you go usually?
Me: CTE loh, although got jam but still vey fast one
Uncle: HUH! CTE?!? That's very far what.. Then after CTE which way you go?
Me: Huh.. after CTE reach liao ma
Uncle: Eh! You going WOODLANDS right??
Me: *exasperated already* Uncle! I told you Yishun leh!!
Uncle: Huh, I always thought it's Woodlands leh! That's why I go this way ma.. Aiyah, Sorry sorry! Just now that jam at Chinatown jam until i blur liao loh!!! Aiyah Sorry sorry, how come I make this kind of mistake.. 1st time leh! *starts beating his head*
Me:...........................................
Uncle: Aiyah, sorry sorry leh, in the end make you reach home even later..

*looks at the clock* (it's already around 7.40+pm...)

Me: So uncle, now can still go back Yishun way anot
Uncle: Can can... heng we discovered earlier... if not I really drive you to Woodlands liao...

So in the end........ I reach home passed 8pm.

I might have been faster if I took the train.

Free Rice

2007-11-21T14:53:00.000+08:00

We can now do our little part to help end world hunger even while having fun and improving our vocab! For each word you get right, they will donate 10 grains of rice through the United Nations. 10 grains might not sound like a lot... but hey, every grain counts! Furthermore, it's quite fun! Do check it out peeps! :)

Very Blessed with Love

2007-11-18T23:19:00.000+08:00

Had my 25th birthday last Tuesday. :) It is great to have so many fantastic friends, colleagues and family showering me with their wishes and love.

Here's a quick summary :P

Some of us from PC met up after work at Lao Pa Sat for dinner... and these lovely people secretly went to get a birthday cake for me. Everyone flashed their cameras and I felt like a SuperStar instantly. Unfortunately, I didn't bring camera that day and was looking super shag. So I shall not post pictures of that. Wahaha!

Went to Waraku with Mr Porky on the Deepavali holiday to celebrate. See how act cute we are. hohoho...

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... delicious la!!

After Waraku.. we went to Tiffany & Co to get my long awaited stuff.. I went there with the idea to get a necklace... but after trying the necklace and charm bracelet, I fell in love with the charm bracelet and the locket charm. In the end, I decided to get the bracelet and an additional locket charm, so I can use the charm as a necklace pendant anytime. Thus effectively, I've gotten myself both a necklace and a bracelet :P (psssssssssst.... and I went to Perlini's to get myself a silver chain necklace after that at $9! heehee)

Using the ang bao money I got from my family and friends, I had $400+ to subsidise my purchase, so I only paid less than $100 myself :)
Ms Keng was so thoughtful and knowing I am a very lippie person, she got me a Natural Source Lip Balm in Wild Strawberry & Honey. It smells heavenly!
Meanie Alexis brought me a teddy bear with my name written on the feet herself. Sooooooo sweet la, meanie! :P
Noormie got me a teddy bear as well!!! funny her also got me a pen in the shape of a finger, which she says, is to remind me of the nose digging tortoise :P

Mr Porky's Sister-in-Law bought me this very elegant and pretty bracelet!
... and Mr Porky's sister and her bf bought this cute small safety box which coincidentally has a special PIN code in order to open it... and they actually put some money inside for me. Such a special ang bao :)

Lastly, Takeshi Kaneshiro to end this post :P
I absolutely KNOW that he was thinking "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TISSUE LADY, I LOVE YOU" when he was taking this photo :P

A Tribute to..... Highlighters

2007-11-06T22:57:00.000+08:00

Highlighters... are on the brink of extinction in my office. Just like how dodo is extinct from the world. Read more about why highlighters are endangered species here.

Here is my tribute to our beloved...highlighters..... :P

Sweet Mr Porky

2007-11-06T14:03:00.000+08:00

Last Friday, after dinner with Mr Porky in Yishun, we headed home to slack as usual.. As I was changing in my room, I just happened to glance at one corner of my room, where I put my boxes.. You know, those sort of gadget boxes when you buy HPs/MP3 Players etc... And so I spotted an odd looking box which I havent seen before and I went over to take a look...

Tada!! A Canon Powershot a570 IS camera box is right there in the corner of my room! I immediately brought the box out to show Mr Porky and to laugh at him that his surprise was busted.. but Mr Porky gave a look of shock and seemed extremely bewildered with why I have the box. He even asked me why I bought it before he could get it for me as a present.. Well, obviously I didn't buy it myself, so he said it was probably my brother who bought the camera and kept the box in my room and it's just coincidence that my brother bought the same camera that we have been eyeing. Also, the box is empty so probably my brother brought it out with him already. Mr Porky even apologised for disappointing me, as I thought it was a surprise for me but it actually wasn't.

After clarifying things, I went to the washroom in my mum's bedroom. As I came out of the washroom, I saw the camera placed on my mum's bed. :)

So, the story is... Mr Porky went to the girl's house earlier in the day before dinner to keep the camera after he bought it. He took out the camera and hide it under the girl's comforter on her bed and placed the box at the forlorn corner of her room, confidently thinking that she would never ever spot it. Unfortunately, sharp-eye girl spotted the box and he had to make up stories of how he did not buy the camera. As the girl went into the toilet, Mr Porky sprinted to girl's room to take the camera from under the comforter and put it on her mum's bed.

Mr Porky should really take part in Star Search or some acting competition. His acting skills will put the champions to shame..

Über sweet Mr Porky took cute pictures of himself in the camera and pre-recorded a video of him singing the birthday song.

He even got her a birthday cake :)

Playing around with my new baby!

Check out our tea time snack on Sunday..woohooo!

My new hair colour - Red highlights!! Yippee!! :D

Joining the Ranks of Bird & Tortoise..

2007-11-05T15:09:00.000+08:00

The 10am Deathroll

2007-11-02T09:20:00.000+08:00

The Bird wants to meet me and EvilJoJo at 10am.

*wails*

Who's the Evil One?

2007-11-01T15:58:00.000+08:00

Some people are unbelievable.... but I shall keep my bitching to just a few of us verbally.. Like what Mr Porky said - They are already being punished in one way or another for their low EQ.

So ya.. I should just stop being so "evil" to those "very kind hearted souls"

It's hard.

Grrrrrrrrr....

The Auntie Cab Driver

2007-10-29T16:36:00.000+08:00

Somehow..... I always meet interesting cab drivers......

Last Monday, I had to be at Grand Plaza Park Hotel at City Hall by 7am for my event. As I was able to claim cab, I tried to call Comfort but couldn't get through no matter how many times I tried. So I decided to call SMRT and I got my cab almost immediately, saying it'll reach in 5 mins. Fine, so I went to the washroom first before heading down. When I was in my washroom, my telephone rang. Suspecting it was the cab driver, I rushed out, tried to answer and the person hang up. The ringing woke my mum up early in the morning 6.30am loh.. Guessing that the driver had called cos he's already downstairs, I rushed down to find no signs of it at all... (Then why call at all?)

After quite a wait, I caught sight of a SMRT cab behind my block. Naturally, cabs would drive nearer to the lift area to pick up the passengers but this one just stopped very far away from the lift lobby and I had to walk and walk to board the cab. (Slightly irritated already cos this driver woke my mum up, was late and had no initiative to drive closer)

So I boarded the cab and saw that the driver's a lady, quite young, slim and long hair. (Typically how our uncle's wife would look like, I guess)

Me: Hi, Grand Plaza Park Hotel please, it's near Funan at City Hall
Driver: Ok, which way you want to go by?
Me: I'm not sure, any way will do
Driver: (half shouting, another half reprimanding) HUH!! NOT SURE?? You never go before MEH??? CITY HALL WHERE GOT HOTELS??
Me: Ya, not sure, never take cab to that place from yishun before (urgh!!)
Driver: When you make booking, you never tell the operator where you want to go one meh?
Me: I have quick dial, so I just need to press 1 to make booking, no need to speak to operator
Driver: OH I SEE... then next time I dont take booking after 6am already. cos those booking that I take before 6 always got put which place they want to go one.

So we drove on and it started to jam....
Driver: WA SEH, so early already started to jam ah!!
Me: Ya..
Driver: Then why you don't want to take MRT??
Me: Cos I'm already late and I can claim cab fares
Driver: Then you should call earlier ma!!
Me: (%^#$%^#$%^@%)

Her driving skills were super lousy and I jerk badly everytime she brakes cos of the traffic jam..
Me: *jerks*....*jerks*....*jerks*....*jerks*....*jerks*....*jerks*....*jerks*....*jerks*....
Driver: You got wear the seat belt anot??
Me: ya =.= (auntie... of cos lah if not I already fly out liao)

Woman5.0 smsed me, asking if I'm reaching.. I told her I'm stuck in traffic jam and cab driver don't seem to know where the hotel is. So Woman5.0 smsed me saying it's Coleman Street...
Me: Erm, the hotel is near Funan, at Coleman Street..
Driver: I know where la!!
Me: (I thought she just told me there's no hotel in City Hall!!!........#$%$%^&)

Driver's Booking thingy started to beep and beep.. so she saw someone make a booking wanting to go Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Driver: EH!! This one got show where they want to go one leh
Me: (Ya lah, ya lah, my phone spoilt, cannot speak to operator, cannot show you where I want to go, enough!!)

Another beep...
Driver: This one also got show leh! Want to go airport! I like to drive to airport loh, can sleep and relax. Aiyoh, this jam ah... my leg want to cramp already. Tsk Tsk Tsk.. The ERP start what time huh?
ME: (gasps, is this just the 2nd day of her cab driving stint..) *jerks*....*jerks*.... I'm not sure..
Driver: The ERP too cheap already la, all these Singaporeans dont care one..

Reaches the ERP gantry
Driver: OH! ERP havent start ah! aiyah, thats why so many cars lah
Me: *faints*

About 15 minutes before we reach the hotel...the booking thingy beeped again.. this time someone wants to be picked up from Royal Plaza on the Scotts.
Driver: EH Royal Plaza!! *faster press to get the booking and she got it*.. AIYAH!! Royal plaza!! Your hotel is wat?? Grand Plaza ah?? AIYAH, press wrong la, I thought same hotel then faster snatch *HAHAHAHAHA laughs hysterically at herself*
Then her HP rang... she picked up and put it on loud speaker, so I could hear the conversation.. it was the SMRT call centre.
SMRT caller: Auntie, you going Royal Plaza right? Passenger wants to leave now.
Driver: HUH, I can only reach in 20 minutes leh!!
SMRT caller: So late? Then I cancel your booking huh?
Driver: *Laughs* okok!! *hangs up the phone and started to laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh*
Me: ~_~||||||||||||||

As we were about the reach the hotel....
Me: I think it's behind peninsula
Driver: Wat BEHIND!! IT'S OPPOSITE LAH! THINK I DONT KNOW AH??
Me: Ok loh.. (but i'm not wrong, i've been there, it's behind peninsula plaza)

And so we reached..
Me: See, that's peninsula ma, so it's behind..
Driver: Wat BEHIND!! IT'S OPPOSITE LAH! STILL WANT TO DEFEND YOURSELF!!
(She was actually refering to Peninsula Shopping Centre, while I was saying Peninsula Plaza.. 2 different buildings.. but i gave up... AUNTIE WINS!!)

I took down her cab number.. almost tempted to write a complain letter to SMRT... but I guess I should just let her go.. cos she'll be good entertainment to many people on the road.

Bags Bags Bags!

2007-10-24T16:42:00.001+08:00

I'm addicted to online shopping and these are 4 bags which are going to be my baby-to-be :P so cheap, so happy. woohoo!

Lost Notice

2007-10-18T10:00:00.000+08:00

Mr Porky's Sony Ericsson K800i is LOST!!

Last Seen: On Comfort Blue Taxi from The Heeren Shops Taxi Stand to Yishun/Woodlands

Reward: Eternal Gratitude from Tissue Lady & Mr Porky

Please contact Tissue Lady at www.tissue-lady.blogspot.com

The Tortoise Attacks

2007-10-16T14:22:00.001+08:00

Hong Kong 18-21 April 2007

2007-10-15T16:55:00.000+08:00

Ok, my job sends me to places like Hong Kong, KL & Bangkok from time to time. So i decided i should start posting pictures of my trips. So this blog shall also be my travelogue (I wish... if i'm hardworking enough to keep updating, or even be pro-active enough to start uploading my pictures to the com! :P)

Let's start off with one of the Hong Kong trips I went to with Ms Keng & Evil Jo Jo!

We were sitting in the middle part of the plane on our flight to Hong Kong. So Ms Keng, after seeing that the window seats near us were empty, went over to the empty seat, wanting to look at the view outside. And guess what? Ms Keng VS UV rays = Ms Keng had to cover her face with the blanket and try to peep at the view outside from time to time. She was hilarious!!

Check out our spread at dinner in this Jap Restaurant in Tsim Tsa Tsui! We were like pigs who haven't had any food for 5 months. The waitress even gave us the look like we wouldn't be able to afford it. Oh please, we are all Tai-Tais in the making, give us a break!

Gluttons at work. Check out the huge crab leg!! There's an embarrasing story to tell about this dinner. We have sukiyaki as one of the set and as the soup was almost about to hit the pan, we wanted to refill the pot with more soup. We didn't want to talk to the waitress and I saw a teapot that the waitress left on the table a while ago. So clever me suggested to the other 2 that it could be the soup base and we proceeded to add it into the steaming sukiyaki.
Tada!! It was actually...........green tea :P *shhh*

Lobster Teppanyaki that we had in Mongkok. *Drools*

Our bus ride back to hotel after a day of hard work, tedious shopping and shiok eating...

Life is good.....especially when good food is on the expense of our usually stingy bosses.

The Bird & The Tortoise

2007-10-10T10:58:00.001+08:00

We have new nicknames for Mrs Ju-on & Mr PMS. They are now also known as The Bird & The Tortoise.

my lovely and super short weekend

2007-09-11T17:36:00.000+08:00

met farmz last friday for dinner. it's amazing how 6 of us can stay so close even after years of graduation.. and our boyfriends are mostly quite familiar with each other as well, especially mr mountain dog n my mr chicken chee (he's normally porky, but in farmz terms, let's call him mr chicken chee) :P.. these 2 people are damn entertaining!

when we were in poly, our topics of interests would be school work, gossiping about people in school, ogling at guys and etc.. gradually the topic became about work, travelling and shopping after we graduated.. now we are all talking about getting married! my buddies in farmz are getting married turn by turn.. monkey pang is looking out for the hotels for her customary, mountain dog is so engrossed with her preparation for her ROM...xing fu de nu renS!! :)

goat chan is leaving us for australia this december.. will be sad to see her migrate to somewhere so far. :( she's my 38 partner in crime back in poly days.. now she got blissfully married last year and she's migrating to australia!! life's not gonna be easy during the first few months definitely.. i do hope everything goes well for her and mr goat!

slacked thru saturday as usual (i'mma slacker!!!) and went to the zoo with mr porky and his family on sunday..

the zoo has changed drastically since i last went there a few years ago.. it's even more of an "open" concept now, with monkeys swinging around right above u. be careful not to stand underneath them.. i saw one of them pee from up above. =.=
it was a fun but tiring day. ended the zoo with a ben n jerry's chunky monkey ice cream cone. how sweet! :)

Time to remove some spider webs!

2007-08-23T11:28:00.000+08:00

ok, it's been loooooooooooooooong since i last updated :P

some updates:
work's fine so far as marketing, except for the occasional PMSes from the bosses which still makes me boil when it happens.

have gotten tokidoki crazy recently, infected from company's woman 5.0. bought 3 tokidoki lesportsac bags from evilBay, tobi.com & lesportsac outlet. super pretty la!! will post pictures of them when i get a chance to take pictures :P it's really a lot cheaper to get them in US as compared to the prices locally.. anyway.. i've told myself that 3 is the max, unless i cant withstand temptations next time, but we'll come to that part in a few months time :X

also gotten myself a new toy - Nintendo DS lite in pink!

this baby is keeping my free times fun! train rides home are so bearable now with this time waster~ Ah jie *tempting u* now :P

applied for 3 days leave in October, going to Bangkok for a short holiday with Mr Porky. :) we both miss the shopping and most importantly, Coco walk's buffet which is heavenly good and cheap! also looking forward to Platinum Mall's mango glutinous rice which is oh-so-good.

Can't wait!!

Marketing

2007-06-11T17:16:00.000+08:00

someone said i've deserted this place :P

nooooooo, of cos i haven't~~ just being lazy to update.. hehehe

so my last post was about seeking greener pastures.. well, I have indeed switched to another job, but i'm still in the same company :(

to cut the long story short short short:

i tendered my resignation, boss offered me marketing job, i considered the offer, and took it up.

all of my frens were shocked with my decision, because many of them have heard of my endless ramblings in the past.

it was a tough decision to make.... i was seriously sick of the co and the bosses already, but yet this marketing position offers me a stepping stone to the marketing career that i want to embark on. i don't have prior experiences with marketing except for my certs and i'll require a higher pay as compared to fresh grads cos of my 1 yr working experience. Plus, another reason for wanting to quit was because i didn't like the past job scopes..a bit wasting my degree la...

so i had an offer straight in front of me, no need interviews, slight pay increment, good colleagues, 50% bearable bosses, and a chance to jump straight into marketing.

here i am, 1 week plus into the job. still a bit blur here n there and everywhere but i believe i'll enjoy this better then the previous one.

*crosses fingers* wish me luck!!!

Sick

2007-04-25T20:07:00.000+08:00

ooh it's been a month since i last blogged huh
no no no, i've not given up on this place so fast. it's too beautiful to be deserted :P

some updates:

- finished running one conf3rence last week both in Singapore and Hong Kong
- worked OT almost every night before the conf3rence
- fell sick the weekend before the conf3rence, visited cok doc (more stories on him later on), finished medication but still sick
- fell very sick during the conf3rence
- didn't enjoy my hong kong trip
- got shot by boss while in hong kong thru email (happens every other day)
- came back and had 2 days MC
- back to work today

seriously... i'm very sick of working in this company already.

let's name the co "P/C" for short now. P/C has these 2 very short sighted bosses namely Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On. They are husband and wife. Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On have gotten on my nerves so many times that i have contemplated throwing my heels at their faces and leaving the company on the spot. i have also imagined, for a thousand times, to flip their tables and break their laptops whenever they pissed me off. and as usual, i have cursed them to "lao-sai" for 15 years many many many times already.

Some examples of how they really made my blood boil.
- Mrs Ju-On can scold me for half an hour over a HUGE AMOUNT of S$20 which was incurred due to a speaker's fault.
- She has also scolded me for one hour due to a mistake in spelling, where I spelt "PR's" as "PR'S"!! (see the mistake? Aprostophe S should be in small letters....)
- Mr PMS would type long long emails "shouting" out our faults whenever he is stressed by his Mrs Ju-On (I say "shout" because he would end his sentences with "!!!")
- He would also send emails of only 1 sentence to ask you to do stupid things when he can obviously see that we are busy like hell

last week, as we had to fly to hong kong, we were commanded to pack our things into a cabin bag so that we can hand carry the luggages on flight, instead of checking in our stuffs... all these to prevent excess baggage. my colleagues had to fly to another country after hong kong and they had to squeeze all their belongings into a small cabin bag, just for the sake of minimising excess baggage. we came up with alternative plans and suggested to Mr PMS and was shot to death by a nasty email which rejected the suggestion. in the end? no charges were incurred as we broke our bones, stretched our muscles and torn our tissues with the handheld luggages for all that's not worth - bosses that we hate.

if there's one thing i love about P/C, that would be my lovely colleagues. times at the office would have been terrible and intolerable if not for these fun people. there are no office politics - only us as a whole, against Mr PMS and Mrs Ju-On.

as much as i love my wonderful colleagues, i'm seriously sick of this job and this company with it's terrible management.

seeking greener pastures?

soon............

soon.

The Phantom and the Ghostbuster

2007-03-25T21:52:00.000+08:00

I went to watch Phantom of The Opera at The Esplanade yesterday! Thanks to Shell, we had fantastic seats and quite a good view of the great musical. I've been wanting to watch this musical since I was in Secondary school.. but i was too broke to watch it last time and after waiting for 10+ years, it's finally back in Singapore!

The backdrops and effects were amazing.. Casts were perfect. I can now truly understand the magic that makes Phantom of the Opera tick. Oooh ya.. I've never clapped so long in my life before.. *sayang hands*

After the musical, I took a cab home from City Hall and I met the weirdest cab driver ever.

He started off by asking if I went shopping.. I said no, I went to watch Phantom of the Opera blah blah blah...

(Here are some snippets of our conversation. Those in (brackets) were my thoughts at that moment)

Driver: So have you seen the REAL phantom before?
Me: You mean..ghosts? Nope..
Driver: So is your inner spirit strong enough for it?
Me: (o.O) What do you mean? Like scared?
Driver: Ya!
Me: I think so! Definitely!
Driver: That means your inner spirit is not strong enough....

Me: (..........) Er....... so have you seen it yourself?
Driver: Of course! I've seen lots and lots.... Have you heard of Ghostbusters?
Me: In Singapore? Nope!
Driver: Well.. I'm one..
Me: Oh...... (Right....)

Driver: I've seen lady ghost, seaghost, Japan ghosts, black genie, ghosts with only head and intestines, no body....
Me: Oh.. so do some of them actually look like real man and woman?
Driver: The lady ghosts look like normal human.. but they cover their face with the hair.. only the LUCKY ones can see their red eyes.. *Laughs hysterically* In fact, I've driven lady ghosts before, one sat behind my driver seat that time.
Me: Erm... that's where I'm seating!! ($%#$%@%)
Driver: I've even had passenger died inside my cab before! He waited for 4 hours and came up into my cab then said "Bye Bye" and died.
Me: Oh my gosh, let me down now! Haha... (Someone save me please.... >_<)

Driver: Long long time ago, in another cab.. I had a passenger who dress like ancient martial arts master. He sat beside me and began to tell my fortune.. About 95% was correct! Then he asked me for my car number to help me with 4D.. but I rejected him lah, cos I don't want to win this type of money. Next day my car number really 1st prize! And you know where I dropped him? LIM CHU KANG! *Laughs hysterically again*.. and "poof" he disappeared in front of my eyes!
Me: (urgh...................)

Me: So you drive in the day time and catch ghosts at night?
Driver: No, I drive 24 hours! I seldom sleep lah, only go to the mosque to sleep 1-2 hours sometimes.. I don't sleep at home, cos I need extra protection.
Me: Oh... (Am I gonna get into an accident cos of his lack of sleep?)

Driver: Once I got into a curse! Someone from KL sent a curse, my right eye was blinded while I was driving.. Totally cannot see!
Me: Oh no, then how?
Driver: I drove the passenger home and went to the mosque to pray.. after 8 hours battle then my eyes ok.
Me: (1stly got ghosts in his cab before, then people died before, and he doesn't have enough sleep, and he might get cursed anytime? How safe is this ride?)

Driver: There are more black magic in Malaysia than Singapore. And they can send the curses all the way from KL, you know! Have you seen flying eggs?
Me: Flying eggs? No!
Driver: Nowadays Singapore no more...but Malaysia a lot.. Once they sent flying eggs to Singapore, with needle inside. This is very dangerous ah...we battled it for very long... because, if got 3rd party very strong also, he can intercept the egg and make it change direction!
Me: Oh............ That's very dangerous.. (speechless)

Driver: Next time when you see black snakes in your house, like cobra or python, don't catch it first! You ask it to leave..by saying "if you are evil, leave.. if you are a snake, don't leave"
Me: Erm... English or Mandarin it can understand?
Driver: The spirit knows what you want to tell it, so it's ok one.. you try 3 times to ask it to leave.. if 3 times it never leave, means it's just normal snake....
Me: ( =_=|||||)

I suspect he was really having fun with my reactions.. and mind, these are not all that he said. He added stories of his family being in curse before, his nephew being cursed in Malaysia and his numerous battles with the evil.

Phew... I'm only glad that I reached my destination safe and sound.

Tissue Lady...?

2007-03-22T21:53:00.000+08:00

Some people have been asking me, why name your blog "Tissue Lady"?

Once upon a time............

There was a young girl with sweaty palms.. The little girl would always carry a lot of tissue with her everyday when she was studying in her primary school.
Slowly, everyone in her class started calling her "Tissue Lady". Even her primary school teacher approached her for tissue!
And..the little girl grew up with her sweaty palms still sweaty and still carrying a lot of tissue with her wherever she goes.

.................and she lived happily ever after.

Up & Away!

2007-03-21T21:35:00.000+08:00

Tada!

Pretty pretty!

I like this skin.. there's an optimistic feel to it - which i like and need.

So, lets pin our hopes up HIGH!! Sky's the limit!

The Sweet Beginning

2007-03-21T10:20:00.000+08:00

Have been reading up a few blogs recently during my free time and got envious of people who own pretty blogs filled with photos and thoughts of their daily life.

So here I am, with my 567815263th attempt to set up a blog of my own. Alright, I'm taking in bets to see how long this blog will last.... :P

I will dress this place up when I have more time! :)