Current Specification Label

Current Mood:

Tired. Stressed. Unhappy. Cheesed Off. Anxious about assignment. Grouchy about warm & humid weather.

Wants:

Sleep. Slumber. Snooze. Nap. More sleep.

Needs:

Retail therapy. Skinny Lattes. More retail therapy. To travel badly.

Experiencing:

Withdrawal symptoms from lack of sleep, lack of skinny lattes, lack of shopping, lack of relaxation, lack of laughter.

Action Needed:

Pray, finish assignment, sleep, have a cuppa skinny latte.. listen to chill out music, swim, stay focus.

Pepper is Priscilla's Favourite

Went to Irving & Tze Yee's parents' place for dinner. Had a lovely meal and it was really nice of this sweet couple to invite me over for dinner and for Aunty & Uncle to cook and wait for me before starting dinner. (Cos I had project discussion earlier mah) Met their loveable and oh-so-adorable cat Pepper!!! Too bad I don't have pics.. of her...she's an oh-so-pretty ragdoll cat!! *I better stop my "oh-so" nonsense* Did I say I had not much compassion for animals earlier in my previous blog? Now I am a new convert!! She's the only cat I really fancy ! Never was a kitty person. Dogs still ok.. (Note: I do like animals.. but those that people can't keep as pets..E.g. Koala Bear, Wombat, Panda ...basically.. anything round and fluffy.) (Note2: Again I say I do like animals [for people who know me and go YAH riight!! when reading the 1st note above] just that I don't really dare carry or touch them!!) (Note3: I gotta stop talking this way!!)

Was afraid to carry her when Irving wanted to passed Pepper to me.. I looked at Pepper and she looked at me.. we exchanged fearful glances, and she gave a cat-like purr which basically translates to human version of "Oh no!" Think she was afraid of me as well..afraid I would also drop her.. When I carried her.. she was very still.. but still soOoo cute!!!! Tze Yee said Pepper is a cat who behaves like a dog.. haha.. cos she used to live with a dog previously. I gotta play with her more often!!! (Only her.. not any other cats or animals.. especially anything rubbery or reptile like - terrapins..!!)

Went to Holland Village and had cheesecakes at NYDC... And guess what cheesecake I had? See pic below..

Hahaha... Yup.. we ordered Priscilla's favourite cheesecake as one out of the 2 to share. If you thought that I had some others... pls deduct 5,000 points for yourself, for not knowing me well enough. Hahahaha..Saw that on the menu after Irving pointed that out.. OF COS WE'LL HAVE A SLICE OF THAT!! The pic is a little unclear cos its taken from my mobile phone. Anyway, Priscilla's favourite cheesecake is an original slice of cheesecake with a scoop of chocolate ice cream topped with chocolate bits and it comes with nice, warm chocolate sauce to be poured all over both! You would expect it to be extremely sweet but it wasn't which was really lovely!! This was a recipe shared by Priscilla from Panama (Who was a real sweetie... EH!! I'm not self-proclaiming.. go squint at the pic!! Its indicated there!!)We shared another slice of cheesecake which I can't recall what it was but it was also lovely cos it had a little alcohol in it!! Delicious... nice cool cheese cakes on a hot evening..little pleasures on earth..

So thanks to Priscilla from Panama... Priscilla from Chancery Court Singapore (I must be specific.. can't say Priscilla from Singapore cos there are others out there you know..) can taste the cheesecake that Priscilla from Panama who is a real sweetie (Have I mentioned that already? *grins*) introduced to the world and made the rest of the other Priscillas in the world who tried it, happy! haha.. C'mon!! How often do you find something named after yourself? So cool!

This is hazardous to health..

Email from Client.. She is a lovely client to work with.. and she's funny.. telling me she's having a headache cos of the string of emails on a busy day ...She's only being CCed leh..Imagine ME!!! I am involved in the email as in I have to reply reply reply reply reply...some people just DON'T READ INSTRUCTIONS and SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T READ!!

Ever had one of those days where EVERYONE wants a piece of you? I have been experiencing that lately. Since last Sunday.. I have been VERY busy with getting my school assigments done as the due dates are all lined up after one another and in fact I just handed up an individual assignment just now. *PHEW* Relief... one down.. another minor group assignment to go. Due date? 1st March 05. Can die.

I think studying is very bad for health. I think working is also very bad for health. And having the combination of two at the same time right now is extremely hazardous to my health.hahha.. Not been getting much snooze time lately... Sunday: Slept at 2ish am. (woke up at 7 for work so only about 5hours of zZzZ). Monday: Slept at 2ish again (woke up at 7 also for work and again 5 hours of sleep)
Tuesday: Busy day at work... phone calls kept POURING IN .. I couldn't even write a single email and complete it in peace. So much to do and each time I wanna write a new email.. my phone goes *RiinG!* I go >_< (Uuurrgghh!!) But the minute I pick up the phone its "Hello, Good Afternoon, Priscilla speaking.." (sounds sweet right?.. but in actual fact my face was like -.-!!!)

Met Soo Guan, Tze Yee, Joel and Irving for my first Tuesday prayer lunch meet and we all sat down and pray for everyone's prayer requests. Right after lunch.. shortly... Irving and Tze Yee managed to get their prayers answered.. they found a great tour package! And as for me.. I got mine answered too! (Scroll down below to see what my request was la..don't be lazy..be a lil patient.. hahaha..) God is good and He is listening!!

Rushed out alot of work and felt very productive BUT after work dashed to school for my class. After class, dashed back home to continue with my assignment. On the way back home.. something in me kept telling me how I should or approach my assignment and though I was listening to my MP3, was dead tired, and mind slightly drifting away.. the inner voice was audible.. Went home.. prayed before I started my essay and next thing I know.. *Voila* Typing at my notebook vigorously. While I was typing the ideas I had for fear of losing them and stumbling onto another writer's block... my mum was talking to me. And not sure about you guys.. (Or am I the only one??) Do you get annoyed or irritated when you are working and concentrating real hard at work or something and someone talks or disrupts you and you get annoyed?

I am guilty of this. The strange thing is that I only get annoyed when its my blood relations...I am not llike this with friends. I feel very very bad because of this. I was doing my essay when my mum talked to me right? Here was the conversation:

Mummy: Ah girl ar..
Pris: yeah?
Mummy: Girl..
Pris: yeah?
Mummy: U still wearing your contact lenses ar? So late already.. better take out.. later you sleep in it.
Pris: Ok..Mm
*Next 10 mins*
Mummy: Girl..
Pris: yeah?
Mummy: Girl ar.. you eat already not?
Pris: Huh? Don't feel like eating.. wanna do my assignment.. urgent.
Mummy: Oic.. not hungry?
Pris: Nope..
Mummy: Girl ar..
Pris: yeah? (Abit annoyed already)
Mummy: er.. aiya.. nm..
Pris: ?????? (continue typing)
*17mins later*
Mummy: Girl..
Pris (now my face is like this again.. -.-): Wat?
Mummy: Is this your last semester?
Pris: No
Mummy: How many more?
Pris: 2..
Mummy: When your exams?
Pris: end April to early May for this sem. Tsk.. mummy.. I need to focus on my assignment la.. need to hand up soon.
Mummy: Oic..
*Pris thinking to herself.. Mum.. plsplsplsplspls...PUH-LEEEASE don't launch into a parliament lecture..I don't need this right now.. at least not at 12ish am where my body is SCREAMING for me to head to bed*
Mummy: U know.. u paid for ur course.. u better study hard.. especially if its just 2 more semesters.. i know studying and working isn't easy but you better study hard and (trails off..) *NoOOOoOOOOOOOOOoO!!!!! Too late..*
PARLIAMENT IN SESSION already.

Well when I think back I felt bad cos she was just showing her concern.. and peole like me take that for granted.. as in I do appreciate it but not at that point of time cos I was really dead tired. Mummy.. if you ever read this.. I am terribly sorry and I know you care.. love you lots! Don't be like me, folks.. really.

Slept at 3am cos finally can get the BODY of my assignment out.. thanks to great pals like Irving, Tze Yee and Annie who helped me and gave me inspiration.. :) Also, thank you Lil Bro.. for always smsing me even though you are in LONDON to encourage me on my assignment. Thanks guys! And because the body of my assigment was able to be "formed".. my prayers were answered! Thank God! I had a writer's block since Sunday as I was not able to have a smooth flow in the begining of my assignment to link to the BODY and then the ending.. so then my assignment was only HEAD and ENDING.. no middle.. (Slept at 3am .. woke up at 6am cos my mind was still in overdrive and could not sleep..3 hours of sleep..)

Wednesday: Zombified the whole day. Brought my notebook as well as my yellow pages thick kindof textbook along to touch up on my assignment during lunch. I was working really slowly today. Because I am zombified..I had to focus doubly hard and ensure I know what I am doing to prevent mistakes. After work.. Lugged the heavy bag that nearly dislocated my shoulder to school to meet coursemates for project work (Assignment 2). It was so heavy that I could not jay walk. Imagine the cars were like 30-40metres AWAY. Can brisk walk across the road right? NOPE. Not when my bag was that heavy. A snail could have jay-crawled faster and beat me in getting to the other side of the road. It was that heavy.. Went back home from school late after discussion and did the fianl touches to my assignment. Slept at 2am (woke up at 7am again so again 5 hours of snooze).

Thursday: Zoom past.. stayed in office for conference call though I had classes that night as well. Reached home.. dead tired. O.O stone in front of TV and my notebook..looked through my assignment for any errors. (Slept late still and had about 6 hours of sleep)

Friday: Finally its friday.. love them.. yet I am too tired to enjoy it .. at least this week and I foresee more to come. Have to continue with my priject work after this.. Hmm.. maybe not.. maybe sleep first and then wake up tomorrow and re-edit our core article. This is really bad for my health. All in all I only had 19 hours of sleep from Mon-Thurs, as compared to the average 8 hours per day rule which is about 32 hours for 4 days. I only had 19!!!! Can die!!! I don't understand why I pay money to torture myself.. pay money for something that is hazardous to my health.. to get a piece of paper which supposedly meant to help me in my future in terms of better career prospects ($$, career advancement / standing) when with that I would have more responsibilities and more emails.. more phone calls (perhaps..) more meetings, more work and end up with being stress and then because of the stress as well as the changing and advancing of times that a degree is no longer sufficient.. end up going for another course to upgrade myself again and again I pay money to torture myself and ra ra ra ra ra.. you get the drift. And its a VICIOUS CYCLE!!!! I suggest that we should ALL go be farmers or something.. less stress and its a simple life.. though I can't foresee myself cleaning up after animals since I am not much an animal person. (My colleague say I have not much compassion for animals.. and notice that I have more compassion for old people.. HOW TRUE!)

Anyway enough procrastination for a week.. I hope everyone have a good weekend cos I know I wont be.. I would be meeting my coursemates again for my project.. at the same place.. the same bench.. the same topics to talk and discuss till we submit our project. SIGH!!! oh well.. at least its PAY DAYYY for me already!! *CHINK CHINK*

14, 16 and 17...

14th Feb 05: Valentine's Day... Hmmm.. was a lil dreading this day.. didn't had a date.. and on my way to work.. I received a call from office. Huh? This early.. what could be the reason? And couldn't they wait till I was in the office to tell me what was up? Answered the call and it was our office receptionist (what the...??? How did she get my mobile??) Fauziah went: "Priscilla Tham? Are you in office yet? When you are in office, don't go straight to 26th floor.. need you to comeby 18th floor reception first ya?" "Huuuh? Whaaat? Hmm.. Alright.. see you in awhile, Fauziah."

Reached office and went to 18th floor first and Fauziah said.. "there's a collection for you.. over there" I was thinking in my head.. "What was so important that she had to call me on my mobile even before I reached the office?" Walked to the DHL courier parcel I saw and tried to pick up the document and Fauziah went "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! That one!!" She pointed to a bouquet of pink tulips... For me??? Can't be! Wonder who could it be from.. As though Fauziah saw the thought bubble above my head, she said "From Bryan Tan.. and you are the first to receive flowers today! So nice the flowers...hot date ar?" I smiled and thanked her but.. I ain't dating Bryan. We're purely platonic.. but it was really a nice gesture of him to surprise me.. So Bryan.. if you are reading this blog which I doubt you ever will cos if so you wouldn't be the Bryan Tan I know.. Thanks for the lovely flowers.. real sweet and you made my day.

Worked till very late that night and everyone who passed by my desk asked if I had a hot date that night. Nope.. No one believed me.. oh well. I did had a rather hot date that night.. In fact, I dated 2 men simultaneously that night! They worked me real hard I tell ya.. Their names? Ernst & Young.. Haha.. Went back a little late that night.. tired. Reached home and my mummy said there was a bunch of really pretty pink lilies (yes.. i know .. pink is my fave colour) with a sweet little card.. since I thank Bryan, I better thank this friend as well.. Thanks for the lovely lilies, Ryann. Hmm.. Bryan & Ryann... sounds like a conspiracy theory though they aren't friends of each other at all. Love is in the air you say? Hmm.. I really don't know.. and I don't wanna think about it at the current moment. I'll let God decide my path for me since He knows what's best for me.. I mean, yes.. I do wanna get married and settle down for sure.. but I guess the sermon last sunday lingered on my head.. Would rather follow His plans for me (since His plans are def greater than my plans) than to rush into a marriage and end up in a shaky marriage. I looked at the flowers and the card I received .. unwrapped them and placed them in a vase.. He makes all things beautiful in His time.
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16th Feb 05: Took a day's leave to chill out and relax. Well, Darryl was in town and he asked me to accompany him to shop for some of his friends stuff and I figure.. yeah.. why not? Since I needed a day to just rejuvenate myself. Woke up at 10am and went to Heeren.. arrived at 1130am sharp and didn't see Darryl around. Hmm.. alright.. shall sit near the fountain since they were featuring MTVs then. One Mtv.. two Mtvs...three Mtvs... *Pris raises her eyebrows* Hmm.. glanced at my watch .. 1141am.. Alright. No biggie.. Darryl's probably a little late. four..five..six.. seven Mtvs.. Hmm.. making me worried.. Called and text Darryl and no reply or any response from him. Did he forget? Is he ok? Hmm.. text him again and no response again. Gosh.. wondered what happen to him or if he overslept. Called him and again there was no answer. Left him a voicemail. Half an hour passed and he called finally.. Pris.. will be there in a minute.. Ok, I said. Time checked: 1215pm.. Hmm.. okie.. so Darryl said he will be here in a minute. His in a MINUTE turned out to be another 40mins later!!!!!! Gosh!!! The nerve of that guy! What an idiot! For making me wait over an hour!!! I was fuming mad when he arrived grinning from ear to ear.

I have not lost my temper for a few light years already and even when people annoyed the heck out of me.. I have not been active in my temperaments since goodness knows when. BUT.. I just snapped when I saw him arriving with a grin. He sat down beside me and said 'Sorry LAH' while grinning. UUrrggh!! That snapped my nerve. Call me princess, call me prima dona, call me making a mountain out of a molehill, call me anything you want for all I care but that "LAH" at the end of his apologies ignited the dynamite. I just kept quiet and he kept on laughing while apologising till I couldn't stomach it any further and told him "If you ain't sincere about apologising.. please don't. Cos it just makes it worst and it irritates the sh*t out of me with that smug on your face." He dropped dead silent. And next thing I knew.. he went "My shout for lunch ya?"

Its not about the lunch!!! Man!! Doesn't he get it?! I could have been in the comfort of my bed sleeping on my lovely off day and could be sipping my wonderful apple juice with aloe vera while listening to my music and chilling out.. reading my books.. and heading out to town only later. I made the effort to wake up earlier cos he asked me to accompany him to get stuff for his friends and it isn't as if I needed to do shopping on my own at all! Darryl, even if you are reading this..eventhough you are a super close bud to me, I would still say you're an idiot for blowing my fuse. Sorry mate, but you made a lady wait that long for you!! Anyway, after he sincerely apologised and pacified me .. I relented. We went to shop for his stuff and he wanted to get perfume.. asked me what perfume is good for a girl.. Hmm.. I like lots.. I like gucci envy.. gucci envy me..ralph lauren's romance.. guerlain's champs elysee... so many!! Darryl said to me "watcha wearing now? smells very good actually and I wanna get that." Oh.. Can't do. It's not sold in Singapore. Its Maybe Baby from Benefit. Oh well.. and he ended up getting some perfume that I don't know what it is cos while he went to shop for the perfume, I went to colour my hair at my uncle's salon.. ended up? Cutting my hair even shorter as well. Quite like the hair cut.. cos its so much lighter and I'll def use less shampoo and less time maintaining it.


My new hair cut

Me trying to act cute..

Okie.. its me trying to act cute.. hahaha... and the lighting aint that great.. but here you go for people who have been asking me for pics of my new hair..So how? Nice not??? Anyway, not nice also too late..cut already

Departed from Darryl cos he's joining his army buddies for dinner and he gave me a tight hug cos he is heading back to Perth already. Time flies. Went to Tze Yee & Irving's place to cook fried rice and it was really fun. Glad I went cos helped me to recall how to cook fried rice again. Hehe.. Glad to catch up a bit with my shepherd, Tze Yee, too. Been sometime since we had a good talk and catching up session. Look forward to more of such cook-outs.. haha.. new terminology.. by me.

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17th Feb 05: Went back to work today and MAN.. I had 91 new emails in my inbox. GOSH! *rolled my eyes* and next thing I know.. hurds of my colleagues surrounded me and said "nice hair cut.. we like the hair cut.. very nice.. " but some of them do not like the few blond streaks I did.. it was just a few.. not alot.. really. But some of them liked it very much. Me? Honestly.. I can't really care much.. hair to me is just hair thesedays. Anyway my hair grow pretty quickly lately so whatever...doesn't matter. Grahame came out of his room and went "Wah Lau" (Yes.. note: he is an ANG MOH and he uses singlish) and the rest of the day, he kept calling me "Stripey P" (I used to be girly P till today).

Was busy clearing my emails and was thinking real hard on replying one of the assignees' emails when I felt something hovering above me. I was too engrossed in my emails that I didn't felt it earlier. Looked up and what did I see? Grahame hoovering above me with a cheeky grin and a YELLOW highlighter in his hands.. trying to colour some of my blonde streaks.. (Note: This is my boss we are talking about.. someone who have been promoted to Director recently..) *Ahem*! I went.. And what are you trying to do, evil one? He laughed and pointed to my supervisor, Lien, "Lien was the one who instigated me!" Lien's eyes widened and said "Riight.. it's not as if she would believe you, Grahame." *Busted* Grahame, you are pure evil..He laughed and walked away. 10 mins later.. he came back with a PINK highlighter and said "I like your hair cut Pris, but can I highlight streaks of pink on your hair pls?" GGrrrrrr.........Of cos you can't Grahame.. its not in my contract and I am sooo gonna join a union! U're EEEvil!! Haha.. okie.. so the rest of the day today.. my hair was the highlight.. (hmm..that sounds funny since grahame tried to highlight my head) of the day.

Chinese New Year 2005

Gong Hei Fatt Choy!!! Well, CNY this year was okie. I am not talking about the collection / harvest of red packets here that I collected. Perhaps its from my Aunty Susan (Ah Mee's) birthday bash few weeks back in Jan that made me very eager to meet my relatives again.

Went to my granny's place on the first day of CNY and was so excited that I woke up early, dolled up, and was all ready to head down to HQ (Granny's place, where all my relatives would gather). Here's one lady I am so proud of..


My Beloved Granny & I

I love my granny very much. She took care of me when I was younger and its from her that I grew up loving teochew porridge (I can eat teochew porridge - with peanuts and cai sim "preserved pickles" all day without foaming) and I grew to love coffee and enjoy and treasure the simple things in life. Why I am so proud of my granny? Well, I heard from my mummy that gramps was the eldest of her siblings and when great grand-dad passed away, she was only 12 and looked after a bunch of siblings on her own under the 'authority' of a step mother (I reckon from stories I hear.. Great Step-Grandma (?) was pretty tyrannical though she was impartial back then). And not only that, when my grandpa died when I was still a small girl, my grandma had to 'run' and look after the whole family's welfare on her own though most of her kids were already married and grown up then but I think its still tough for a woman to look after the family herself especially when she had 9 kids!! She's one cool super granny to me!!

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Saturday: Went to visit some church mates' houses and here's the links to the pics..

http://www.pbase.com/inkyneil/ec1cny

I couldn't load the pics here after some attempt and tried a couple of times and I still could not so alas...I give up.. you go to the link if you wanna see the pics.. Haha..

Surprisingly for the past few years.. I realised that I have not gambled at all.. Strange... I used to like it.. not gambling la.. not about the money either, I guess about participating in the fun.. not of late. Hmm.. still wondering if I am becoming domesticated which I most likely think I have to a certain degree.

Realise I didn't take any pics with my cutey nephew.. He remembered me at last!! Called me "Jie Jie" last year when it's supposed to be AUNTY! I like it actually .. (ONLY COMING FROM HIM.. NOT ANY OF YOU CAPABLE OF READING MY BLOG) And the best part of it was.. He called me Ah-yee (Auntie) and he kept asking me when will he be able to see me again before he left my granny's place. I didn't reply him as I seldom go to my granny's.. (will make it a point to do so more often) and he was so farny.. he kept following me where-ever I went and kept asking me non-stop like a machine gun rattling off.. "When?When?When?When can I see you again?" And he was orbiting around me like a satelite everywhere I went in my granny's place till I gave up and sat him on my lap.. and said "Wassup? Why do you want me to give you a date? You wanna date Ah-yee issit? Must ask your mummy first you know..you are too young.." And I grinned. The little munchkin was soOooO cute when he blushed and scuttled away... Wahahaha... Was just teasing him la.. and next minute I know, my cousin (his mother) came and sat beside me.. saying "Wah.. son wanna date you leh.. he says you are very pretty"

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.....................................................................

*Pri's heart melted* Such a sweetheart!!! Okie, will make a mental note to get him some toys next round.. Hahahaa...

94-100% Japanese/Korean

Tried the face analyzer webbie on Paul's website and it said I was 94% Japanese/Korean, 6% Chinese the first time round. Said I was a Beta Academic and had 1.0 gay factor (very low, excuse me, if you are thinking otherwise!) and 7.1 for ambition, income, and intellect. Can't remember the rest.

I can't possibly be Jap/Korean.. I mean.. C'mon.. I always thought I have a 100% cheena pok face. And should score at least more than 10% being Chinese. So being playful, I submitted ALL the pics I have of myself on my comp and even photoshoped some pics to make my skin tan..hopefully to be able to score some 'Eastern European' marks on the chart or something.. maybe even 'East Indian' or 'Anglo Saxon' (watever that means) hahahaha..

Turn out... from 94% to 96% and then 99% and then 100% Japanese/Korean! And subsequently all the times I tried later on just said I was 100% Japanese/Korean. Undeterred, I went to download Ayumi Hamasaki's pictures to save it on my comp in order to post up and see what was her results since she is Japanese! And a typical one as well. First pic of hers says that she is 69% Chinese and 31% Korean/Japanese. (What the ?!) Tried her other pics as well and I got 2 or 3 pics of hers that finally summarized that she was 100% Japanese/Korean.. the rest were saying she's 60+% Chinese. Hmm..I may have to trace back my ancestral roots now..And when my Mum who walked past me saw what i was playing with asked what was that, I explained to her and she said its a no wonder her Korean friend wanted very much for me to be his God daughter as he was daughter-less back then when I was a baby cos I looked very much like a Korean/Jap. I simply went -.-??!?! Things I never knew.

Went downstairs just now to meet Karen's boyfriend, Francis, whom we ordered some bak quah from for the Lunar New Year to give to friends and relatives. And he said to me "eh cut fringe ar?" And I went.. yeah.. sometime back already and he said "Look EVEN more like Japanese now" -.-??!! What a coincidence.. Chinese, Korean/Japanese, Indian, Ang Moh.. watever.. doesn't matter. So if you wanna know if you are 100% Chinese, Anglo Saxon (?), or ra ra ra... check this site out

http://www.faceanalyzer.com/default.aspx

Anyway .. playing with thoughts of colouring my hair... still contemplating.. Hmm..So anyway.. do let me know if you are 100% Chinese or not? Dun worry, I promise I wont laugh.. hee hee..

Promotees BBQ Party

~Promotees BBQ Party~

Assignment Services @Promotees BBQ

Well, there you go..the people I worked with at the Promotees BBQ held at Grahame's place. The promotees were - Grahame (Associate Director to Director), Kate (Asst. Manager to Manager), Angie & I (Expat Associates to Expat Representatives). Not the whole department were there that night but it was still fun. *Doesn't Grahame looks like Ralph Finnes?* Haha.. well he's apparently been told many times anyway.

Crazy Faces
Hahaha.. All of us trying to pose with crazy faces.. Look at Joel! He's hilarious.. What's he up to?? Aiyah.. Yilin's been blocked.

Groupies

Initially, this picture was supposed to be just Lil P & me. As you can see the rest of them who were standing nearby and behind us.. saw the opportunity and jumped on the camera wagon and participated. Hahaha... such camera whores.. I lurve these folks! They're great! Everyone of them..

Me & Angie (She's trying to pick her nose.. as you can see..hahaha)

hahah... crazy Angie.. purposely trying to pick her nose while I tried to take a snapshot of both of us. Angie's my partner in crime at work. We are from Anderson previously and were promoted at the same time and I looked up to her as my elder sis as she is the total opposite of me. She's calm and collected and super rational..but of late.. she's been rather high.. (we're all trying to figure out if she's got herself a man or what makes her so high lately) she have been VERY crazy of late. Coming to my desk and just simply laughing at whatever .... perhaps too much work have zapped her usual serious and quiet self. But I do like this aspect of Angie. :)

Us Again!

It's..Angie & I again! Haha.. we were servers that night.. Tending to the rest of the people who were there by serving food to them, drinks, ra ra ra..


Joel & I trying to pose as Ah beng & Ah Lian

This picture is cute! Joel and I were trying to pose as an Ah Beng & myself as an Ah Lian and judging from the response that I have been getting from people, I think I can pass off really well as one.. (not Joel though.. sorry mate! well at least not with 2 sticks of Otah in his hands!!) Everyone thought I looked drunk and wasted... When in actual fact I was drinking *SPRITE*!! Didn't touch any spirits or alcohol that night.. in fact.. I have not touched any for the longest time ever!!! I would gladly announce at least 1-2 years.. and if you are wondering.. NO I DON'T REALLY LIKE TO GO CLUBBING. (Since everyone's been having an impression that I am a clubster... hahha, I am getting domesticated. I like to bake and listen to music at home these days.. soothes the savage beauty.. hahahaha...nope.. sorry.. I don't qualify for beast... :P) Think I hit an 8 at least on the Ah Lian chart of 10.

Trying to be vain here

HB, Yilin & I were trying to pose a really vain shot here and of cos, Joel figure he qualifies in this picture as well since he is well known to be vain too..(e.g. $200 for a pair of zara shoes?! U gotta be kiddin me.. )

In the lift!
Well, we got a lil bored at the BBQ so we decided to venture around the condominium (We do alot of stuff together as always..)and we are really a bunch of camera whores I tell ya.. even in the lift, we seized the opportunity to snap a shot. Hahah.. and mind you, its only 5 floors!!

The boys & I @the playground

We spotted the playground!!! And while the rest of them went for a pee break.. We played at the playground! Reliving the childhood days.. Sigh.. isn't it fun to just play all day and come back home and sleep and need not worry about bills, work, exams, blah blah blah...*Oh yah, notice my nice pink havaianas? hehe.. lovely aren't they? Comfy and I'll still recommend to anyone who's in search for a pair of nice flip flops*

Me @playground!
This is me trying to be a kid again.. I lurve these when I was much younger! Other than swings (swings were my all time fave.. I could swing all day and lurve the wind blowing through my feet!) So fun! The guys had to tear me away from the ride since I was enjoying it so much.. hahha..

Me in Kiddy Prison

And because I was such a mischievious gal who refuses to leave her horsey ride.. they had to put me in kiddy prison! hahah.. Nah!! Just trying to dramatise and make full use of every aspect of the playground! hahaha..My mum saw this picture while I was blogging and loading it online and she said "U looked like a dog behind its cage" Hmm... hahaha.. quite true.. lolz..

Okie, free from prison.. play again!!
Hahaa.. from the comments on my pic, you know that its back to playing again for me once freed from kiddy prison. Scram guys..our turn!!! ;P

Kneeling for?
I have no idea why we are kneeling.. so I guess we are all getting a tad too bored and just posing in all sorts for fun..

Nice shot!

And a gathering shot to round off the night!!

WoOoHOooOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was a tiring day for me.. I felt drained of energy .. went to work as usual and supposed to treat Weeslee lunch today at where? Pasta Brava cos she has not ate there before and I promised to treat her. Supposed to treat her on Tuesday but cos I ate alot of pasta recently.. so I was thinking to myself..wish I could postpone it.. I am so sick of pasta.. but I can't postpone on Weeslee again cos its so mean.. said a quick prayer.. 'God.. pls.. not let me eat pasta this week.. at least next week or something' Next thing I know, Weeslee walked past me and said "Oi, lunch postpone to when I come back from Hong Kong on 14th feb okie?" FWAHHHHHHH!!!!! Impressive! Asked her how come? She said "I feel very bloated today.. don't wanna eat pasta ...when I come back la.. okie?" Pris grins and said SURE! Isn't God great? Even the little things in my life are being taken care of by Him. He heard my prayer.. and took care of it. That really boosted my day a whole lot.

At noon, my eyes were getting watery from staring at comp too long. My brains were fried and eyes started to cross already .. getting sleepy. Need my cuppa tea!! Was about to walk to pantry to prepare my cuppa when I received an email from a high grader expat ... his email to me widened my eyes..have attached the screenshot below for you to see.. (Deleted the names and email addresses for confidentiality) He really made my day.. !!!



I am posting it here not to showoff..(seriously) but really to share my undescrible joy. I am indeed blessed by God and I am very thankful. Another thing to thank for which I didn't add to this blog entry but with my new toy.. new hp.. initially I wanted that panasonic HP and went to M1 to have a look at their new hps with Eirene and Kirsten. The sales guy said if I trade in my current hp, I would still have to pay an amount before I can get my panansonic hp.. I cant remember whats the exact amount.. But at that time.. was quite broke then and I just decided not to trade in. Next thing I know, I received a newsletter from M1 stating that I can trade in my old hp for that panasonic hp and I was also given a choice of another hp model to choose from, for FREE! How great is He! So yes!! It's wooohoooo for me today.. though
right now my back is screaming for me to go to bed. So adios folks.. I have to listen to my screaming back since its nagging at me to sleep. Its a Friday tomorrow!!!! TGIF!!!!!!!!!!!

E is for ??

E = Eirene..Ms. Ong turns 26 today! If you are reading this (which I doubt it.. by the time you logon to internet.. would probably be on your next birthday..) haha.. It was really great seeing her so happy and joyous.. with her nice coloured redhead, new top that fits her well, new bag, lost weight.. Man.. she is looking good! Eirene treated us to a fabulous dinner at Moonfish and the food was great! Especially their fingerfood.. It was good to see Teresa and Jazle there as well after our last meeting which was really sometime back. We took some pics but were all on Eirene's friends' cameras... So till I am able to obtained some pics from them.. I can't post any up here. *But keep checking back!! You'll never know..*

E = EY Corporate Song? Was working half way when I received an email from my fellow colleagues.. titled EY Corporate Song.. Riiight. Was thinking .. don't tell me another junk email .. okie, decided to read it later since I gota leave earlier for Eirene's birthday. Angie came over and said "eh Pris, you listened to the song already? It's super farny!!" I shook my head.. Angie continued "Must listen!! Turn on your speakers now.. " Pris shook head.. "Busy.. later" Angie presevered.. "Now.. now now now now now now nOw!" Ok!! Clicked on the internet link in the email and turned on my speakers..

After that.. I burst out laughing with the rest of my other colleagues..
Check this out..
http://www.fightthebull.com/blog/2005/01/corporate-anthems_28.html
hilarious... Anyway .. its a good day today and I am gonna round off my day.. with a nice sleep! Ta ta!