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"stepping out on my own"




Monday, January 31, 2005
i hate school

I hate having homework... i hate having to spend such long hours in school... i hate having to attend school functions and events...

I just can't wait to graduate...

But then again, i still have no idea what i want to do...

Maybe i should do something brainless... like serving people in a restaurant... i can be brain dead and still carry out my tasks... come home and relax, not having to think about anything regarding work... sure the pay sucks, but at least i do have an income and much less to worry about... no? i can leave anything regarding work when i leave my workplace and go home to enjoy... isn't that great? sure the pay sucks but it beats having to work overtime in the office and even bringing work home doesn't it? i guess we all have different takes in that... i guess i just aim small... it's so i don't fall hard...

Sunday, January 30, 2005
my achey breaky body

Caught on with the bball craze once again... had a friendly on Tue against Tampines East CC, then on Fri against AJ and trained at Yuhua on Sat... an exercising-full week huh?

Well, i'm glad to announce that a new team is born! hehe... can't go into much details but i'm quite excited by this... hope it's a brand new beginning for all of us...

Went fishing with Dan and A.J. on Thurs night... was at Clifford Pier this time... really nice place cos it was dirt-free and there was even a toilet very near-by... and i even got to sleep on the hammock that my dear brought for me... hehe... managed to have a very cold and windy sleep then... it was so cold i woke up... even managed to have a sweet dream on that unsteady swinging bed... haha... but while lying on the hammock, i was reminded of our camping trip in Pulau Ubin... something i miss dearly and so wanna do again... maybe after i graduate i guess...

Tuesday, January 25, 2005
meet the fockers

I don't appreciate people who say things when they don't understand me that well enough to say all that... don't make what you perceive into what others perceive, pls...

In this decade, females can think and retort, refusing to do anything they don't like or want to do... perhaps it wasn't like this years ago, but this is a different century, a different generation... we're brought up differently... to think that we're all equal, guys and girls...

Isn't it a good thing that we girls are no longer subdued and seen as inferior to guys? We're creating a revolution now and we're having enough difficulties from guys who complain about this, we still have to face the elder generation females who perhaps have a little bit of a saddist in them and want to see the future suffer as they did - that it's only fair... well guess what? WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT ERA NOW. FACE IT.

Females are gaining more power... they are taking on managerial positions in the workforce, they are taking charge in relationships... they no longer do what they're told quietly and blindly... finally, they've been given a brain, as well as a voice... even more apparent, we see them taking charge in bed... u seldom hear of a guy who refuses in bed, while the female can make a male beg and whimper just with a simple "No, i'm just too tired today."

Forget it... i won't let something as trivial as this get in my way and dampen my day... had a great day in fact... just this little glitch that prevented it from being all fun... haiz...

Sunday, January 23, 2005
my goal in life?

As the days pass by, i've suddenly come to grips that i'll be graduating soon... no more craddled and protected by the 'for education purposes' excuse... no more stupid mistakes allowed... no more protection and guidance from lecturers... it's into the real world...

As i look around at my fellow-MCMers, i've realised that some have already found themselves a good job, or at least good prospective jobs... free-lance writers, photographers, working with people in the media industry, making important and very useful connections... as for me... nothing. i dun even think i've got what it takes to be in the media industry... it's one that requires good communication skills and great networking helps... i'm just not that kind of a person... a little too late to realise this huh? yeah, i think so too... maybe i should have gone to JC... then i'd still be in the arms of the education system... in Uni studying and it'll be another 2 - 3 years before i start worrying about what i'd like to do for life... or for the moment at least... life's full of 'maybe's and 'what if's isn't it?

I look at all those around me in sch... i can see where they're going, what they want to persue... i can see the potential actresses, the potential DJs, journalists, editors, tv personale... and me... i see nothing... what lies ahead for me? the future is bleak, going by how it is now... and how i see it now... i have no plans, no nothing... the time where 'let's just wait and see' is no longer applicable... maybe i'm just not cut out for this industry... perhaps i should just sign on in the military or police... a guaranteed job for years with a reasonable pay... great for people with no ambitions, like myself...

I feel like i'm letting myself down... i dunno what it is that i want... they say if u know what u want, then go for it... i dun have the courage to do so... i'm afraid of rejection... that alone is one huge barrier, isn't it? i have no goal, no purpose... doesn't that make me a failure already?

Maybe things will work out somehow... i won't know... no one will... hoping and praying just isn't good enough now, is it? i wish it was...

Saturday, January 22, 2005
night clubbing

Went for a wonderful dinner yesterday... a treat... hehe... great meal at this place on Amoy Street... Dan couldn't go cos he's at Pulau Hantu... hai... won't be able to see him till Mon... sobs... it was quite awkward actually... first time hanging out with them without him around...

Anyways, we went to this night club after that... it was quite an eye-opener... saw the girls working there... woah mama... hot girls in there actually... some not so pretty face-wise but body-wise... wee-ou-weet! they just sat next to the guys and talked to them, some resting their arms on their laps and some leaning on to the guys and holding their hands and all... and they get tips of abt $100 or more just like that... easy money eh...

It's really quite a wonder how guys can stray like that... well, stray's not the word but i mean, how they can pay another female to touch them when they're already maried... don't they get enuff of that with their wives? is it because they're not satisfied with their wives, sexually? hmmm... it really set me pondering... i was also reading this article in Female about people having affairs with their colleagues... i can understand that better somehow, cos they interact with one another over long periods of time and things happen, u know... the temptation sets in... but paying someone whom u dunno to accompany u... is it cos they can't get to spend time next to a pretty lady otherwise? oh wells, i'll never know... i just hope that Dan won't be like that in the future... hmmm....


Saturday, January 15, 2005
bad day

Had a bad day today... i'm suddenly thinking of this song... haha...

Anyways, i really did have a bad day... and i could feel it coming b4 it did... went to Causeway Point to service my 7250... the one with the faulty keypad cos my 8850 is dying on me... the 'no reception', faulty no. 4, disappearing screen... had it with it... well, basically, i have to pay about $40+ for the keypad, something which i've serviced for b4 in fact... if Nokia phones are so good, then why are so many people servicing their phones? Why's Nokia Care always so full of people, so full that i had to wait almost 1 hour for my turn...

At work, i got $15 in tips for last month... which is good... but i think i returned all that when i broke the salt and pepper shakers at Table 21A... argh... i turned around and i hit the table, knocking both pepper and salt shakers off the table... today's my colleague, Louis' birthday... had Blackforest cake and poor her was creamed by Patrick and Aisha... haha... poor girl... i dun think i'd be working on my birthday though... definitely not after what i've witnessed today... haha...

Friday, January 14, 2005
CNY shopping

Went shopping for new clothes for CNY on Thurs... ended up buying only 2 T-shirts and one Jordan T-shirt for Dan. The Jordan shirt very nice... it had all his shoes in the front, stacked up... the shirt's white and the shoes are in blue... haven't seen it anywhere else b4, so i'd call it limited... but b4 i know it, everyone will be wearing it.

Anyways, i was looking for a simple khaki skirt... that's all i really wanted to get... but i cldn't find any nice ones... and they were mostly of the same price... $32.90... why are all skirts priced that amount? so outrageous... maybe wanna get a nice pair of pants too... i shld go Bugis Village to shop... cheap and possibly nice... just what i need...

I think i'm getting old... went for training today and i'm acheing all over now... haiz... too old for this now... met Dan at Batok after that cos he told me that he had bought something for me... for V-day... it's actually a Full Metal Alchemist memorabilia... it's got the watch and a chain with a booklet... very nice... thanks dear...

Will be having a very boring yet busy day tmr... will be completing some assignments and then got work in the evening... haiz... bored...

Monday, January 10, 2005
what's the world coming to?

I was watching Super Sunday yesterday and there was this segment where they compared the parent with his/her child, whom they brought to the studio...

There was this one boy, 5 years-old... the host asked him if he had a gf and he actually said yes! what's more astonishing was that she was there in the studio too. The boy then went about performing his act, which was a dance... he danced to Backstreet Boy's 'Get Down', an ancient song to many of us... he actually unbuttoned his shirt before going onto his act...

Somehow, it seemed a little disturbing to see a 5-yr-old with a gf and dancing with his shirt unbuttoned... when i was 5, i think i was still playing around with my Barbie dolls and the only thing i knew abt love was probably that Barbie loves Ken, Mom loves Dad... call me a traditionalist but i still think 5 is a little too early for something as complex as love... perhaps this is what they call puppy love?

hail the queen of shit!

All hail the Queen of Shit! The one who never stops pooping... and yes, i'm talking abt me... At least that's what Charles calls me now... and i think the nick will prob stick for some time... Here's how it started...

Dan and i had our breakfast in Canteen 1, waiting for Charles... he came and after which, they left for class and i promptly left for my morning poop... i was bored in the loo so i msged Dan, telling him how i was shitting then... apparently he showed the msg to Charles... he then replied that i have 'fat shit', whatever that is... anyways, i then replied... erm, kinda disgusting lah so if u have a weak stomach, pls stop reading here... anyways, i replied that mine was 'watery'... haha... :P

Actually, i think the idea for the nick prob started long before this... cos during the Thai trip, by hook or by crook, i'd be in the loo every morning clearing my bowels... i'm actually surprised it took so long for them to start calling me this...

So now you get the idea, all hail the Shit Queen! Now pls excuse me, i'll be going for another one of my royal trips to the lavoratory...

Sunday, January 09, 2005
ponderment....

i) The value of money

I'm glad that i understand the value of money... i've been brought up to think that money is essential and it doesn't come along easily... you have to earn it... equivalent trade, they call it... you do something for something in return... that's one of my principles in life too...

I've learnt how i have to control my own spending, after an expensive $4,000 lesson... if you splurge, you lose... now i know... a little too late though... haiz... it's just heart-breaking to see your account balance rapidly decreasing as your passbook updates keep increasing... irony eh? geez...

It's never a bad idea to save up and only get what we truly need... but then again, thanks to consumerism and great advertisements, what do we really need? a shampoo that tames our unruly hair? some facial foam which costs over $10 to clean our face, when soap works just as well? i dunno... i myself am struggling with the 'truth'...

ii) What do i mean when i say no

Well, it's back to the theory that men are from Mars and women are from Venus... men just don't get women, right? the female species is complicated and difficult... they can cry, laugh, scream, become hysterical, all in a matter of seconds, no? unpredictable as they may be, i can only say this to guys - pay more attention to them and you'll get what they mean and want... it's like with babies... they can't talk and all they do is cry... but u pay attention to them and u slowly come to realise what exactly it is that they need or want...

SO here's a lesson to all guys out there - THE FEMALE SPECIES NEEDS ATTENTION, ALL YOUR LOVE AND ATTENTION, SO GIVE IT TO THEM!

Anyways, back to 'What i mean when i say no'... here's a tip... this applies to me, mostly, but i guess this goes for some other girls too...

When u see me eyeing something in a shop, briefly glancing at it then commenting, "That's nice." that means i don't want it...

When u see me eyeing something and sticking my nose up to the glass, staring and scrutinising it for some time (well, 1 min is more than enuff) it means that i want the thing... u see me eyeing it and then u ask, "You want?", i may say, no... but i might not mean it...

If it's cheap, i'll say no... then consider and still stand in front of it... still eyeing it even after i've said no... then it means i want it and i'm just not telling u... i want u to telepathically understand my meaning, kapish?

If it's expensive and i say no, yet i'm fiddling with it and looking at it, it means it's expensive and i'm too embarrassed or shy to ask for it... but i really really want it!

If i see something i like and i say no when u offer to buy it for me, and u pick it up and attempt to approach the cashier, and i snatch the thing away from you, it means that i want the thing, but i want you to surprise me with it and not just buy it like that!

As i said, the female species is complicated... i don't think this clarifies matters in any way, right? hah... men!

iii) Solely about me...

Here's about me... i love to be surprised, but in a pleasant kinda way... i don't need you to buy stuff for me to make me happy, i just need to spend good quality time with someone and i'll be happy...

we can have nothing, but as long as we talk, have fun, i'm fine with it... even if we're stuck in the rain and have nothing but each other, i'm fine... i just want you to realise this - i want nothing more than to be with you... i enjoy your company and all i want is your 100% attention... i want you to listen to me and talk to me... and i'll give you the same attention... without any interruptions or distractions... a world where there's only you and me... no one or nothing else... we just need one another... money is just a figment of imagination... u think it brings u happiness, it brings others happines, when u use it to buy something someone wants... but it's just materialistic happiness... what i want is something much more than that... a contentment that not only hits deep in your mind, but in your heart as well... something that'll you'll remember for life... that one moment when the two of us are together, when time stops for the two of us, no one else, nothing else... just you and me...

thanks dear for trying to make me feel like a princess... i guess now u understand why i didn't really feel like one... but i really appreciate what you have done for me... thanks dear... love you...

Friday, January 07, 2005
when u feel at your best

People in love feel at their best... look their best too...

Was watching TV just now... was watching Kuai Le Yu... Double Happiness, i think... the storyline is quite twisted... wondering if that makes a good story or just an extremely full of crap show... but i like it though... kinda makes you ponder... there was this line where they say how a woman looks at her best when she's with the person whom she loves...

I was looking at photos of me and dan... and i guess what they say is true... we look so happy in our pictures together... i wish this happiness will last...

Was also watching a re-run of A Child's Hope... love the show... though i didn't watch the entire show... caught the final episode today and it was really nice, how they ended the show... too bad i didn't get to watch all the episodes...

I wish this happiness will last... tmr i will become princess for the day... princess to my dear i guess... haha...

Thursday, January 06, 2005
making up?!?!

It's ME day!

Well, not today... but Saturday, and maybe even tmr. My dear is finally going to spend time with me, and he's volunteered to do something that he normally detests - shopping. He has even kindly volunteered to buy me new stuff... Hmmm... should i be getting suspicious here? Nah, i think i'll give him the benefit of the doubt...

To someone in my Doc Pro class who irritates me to no end - the only person i wish i've never met in my life:

Come on, you tell me you couldn't finish it in more than a week? I finished half of it in about 2 hours! Thanks a lot, ya? I find myself regretting working with you...

Har har hardy-har

Har har hardy har!

I was at Guardian just now and bought my Vidal Sasson shampoo and conditioner (which i love! hehe). Anyways, i bought it and the cashier gave me a fortune cookie, in view of the upcoming Lunar New Year i guess. I got home and cracked it open... besides the lucky 4 numbers, there was a line that made me crack up:

"You might win a lot at the mahjong table."

Hahahahaha! This for someone who doesn't have the slightest idea on how to play mahjong! Haha!

Wednesday, January 05, 2005
yawns so boring

YAWNS...

Damn, it's such a boring day... not to mention a looooong one as well... having my break now... got Doc Pro later at 3pm... haiz... so sian... another boring class... anyways, had class from 8 - 6 today... no wonder i'm feeling sleepy already...

Got an email from Sonia! so happy to hear frm her again! but she's going to leave for UK... lucky her... but tht makes it even more diff for us to meet... and i guess it must be diff for her to cope with it as well, having to be away from her friends and family, esp her bf, for so long... she mentioned in her email how she and her bf had been together for 4 years already... seems so long ya? but they're really a great couple... got to love them... they're just so cute together... haha...

Dunno why but i've been feeling very sleepy these few days... ever since the New Year celebrations... i think i might be falling sick... argh... must be the weather...

A few days back i dreamt that i kept waking up in my sleep... so it was like, woah... i didn't even know if i was really asleep or awake... so guess what? i woke up the next day looking like a panda, and feeling a lot worse than one... even though i have no idea what it feels like to be one... :P

Got to go buy shampoo later... the one at home's used up... still wondering what brand to buy... L'oreal? or Lux? Or Vidal Sasson? argh... the difficult decisions that a teenage girl has to make...

Dan's asking me to go Bukit Ho Swee later... watch him play bball... but i'm so tired the only thing i wanna do is sleep... and sleep and sleep and sleep... i wish i can spend my fri sleeping... yawns...



yummy

Lunch was yummy!

I'm writing this during script class... so boring... yawns... anyways, had my salad yesterday and today... so nice! love the crabsticks... hehe...

I miss my dear... he's been so busy with work and sch... we barely spend time with each other anymore... haiz...

Monday, January 03, 2005
lunch for tmr...

Lunch for Tmr:

Salad made up of:

- lettuce
- chicken meat
- crab sticks
- carrots
- cherry tomatoes
- Thousand Island dressing

Cost of acquiring the ingredients: $16.35 (with other additional items)



The most compatible looking couple: Xie Jun and Qui Mei! haha... (no offence lah, we know she's attached already) Posted by Hello



Pauline and Dan Posted by Hello



Me, Dan, Charles and Xie Jun Posted by Hello



the IG's Heaven peeps! Posted by Hello



Our 'wedding' photo... haha... purposely posed like this... Posted by Hello



Dan carrying me into 2005! Posted by Hello



Dan & me... happy 2005 baby! Posted by Hello



Charles, Xie Jun and Pauline Posted by Hello



the three musketeers... Posted by Hello



Charles & Dan saying 'HI' to 2005 Posted by Hello



Charles and a very happy Xie Jun Posted by Hello



Hello Charles! hehe... Posted by Hello



Xie Jun and Pauline at Harry's Pub on New Year's Day! Posted by Hello



The X'mas gifts that Dan got me... the pink bear and the bean bag... Posted by Hello

the festivities!

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S DAY!

Wow, all the festivities have gotten to my head... haven't been updating much ya? hehe... sorry... anyways, i had a great X'mas and New Year's Day... hehe...

X'mas was spent with my dear... just the two of us... Dear came over to my place to stay over on eve... we went to town for X'mas... oh, he loves the scrapbook that i made for him... so happy... he bought me this pink bear too... hehe... so nice...

ok back to X'mas day... we had ribs at this shop in Taka... not bad, quite cheap too... $14 for a whole slab of ribs... we then went to Lips for cake... i had the tiramisu... choked on the cocoa powder they put on the cake... geez... that's it... i'm condemning tiramisu... argh... we then went to Far East Plaza, in search of the ulu store that Charles recommeded, called Constant Craving... it was really very ulu... like in some secluded corner... i give it 2 month's more before it disappears from Far East... but the food is nice and the deco is nice too... i had the fish and chips while Dan had the lemon dory... both were nice... i guess i'll be going back there someday to try the pasta... recommended strongly by food lover - Charles! haha...

Went back to Country Manna and joined them in their celebration... Dan went fishing... hehe... we exchanged gifts and i got this hair dye... courtesy of Patrick... and he wrapped it in so many layers of newspaper... argh... u good... but it was fun... ok, note to self: not to get anything so boring as chocolates next time... because most of the gifts were so creative and fun! haha... no more boring and safe gifts from me now... ;P

After the gift opening, we had the drinks... hehe... Louise made us all some SIngapore Sling... it was belly nice... hehe... after which we played games... guessing the number... it was damn fun... another note to self: never consume wine again... EVER! we mixed 3 types of wine together, with sparkling juice... as punishment, one must down the drink in a shot... haha... shiok right? yeah rite! it tastes horrigible! and i puked a little out after downing my one and only glass... eek... we all played till the last drp of booze was cleared... we then left for home... now, the wine was powerful... i felt so tipsy after getting home... my head was spinning even when i was lying still in bed... argh...

Ok, now for the other festivity - New Year's Day... went to have dinner at Cafe Cartel, courtesy of my dear who treated his colleagues at IG's Heaven. i only had a cup of tea though cos i had KFC before going to meet them. Tried a bit of the ribs Dan was having... yummilicious! hehe... Charles and Xie Jun came to join us later and we headed down to Harry's Bar for the countdown. We played a couple of games... and of course there was booze involved... didn't drink much that night (what? after the lesson i got from X'mas day? no way! haha) practically sprayed each other to death... almost drowned one another in the spray thingie... it's kinda streamer like... dunno what it's called... heh... spent the next 5 - 1o min removing the gunk from our hair and clothes... took a couple of photos and left for Pauline (Dan's boss') home...

Didn't do much at her home cos we were all pretty tired... wanted to drink more alcohol but ended up not doing so... we just watched tv, talked, and had a couple of snacks. told ghost stories before we finally got too tired to do anything and headed for bed at 5am... we then left her place at 11 am and Dan and i headed to his place. took a nap at his place and we slept till 4.30pm... prepared to go fishing with Ah Tai... he came over and brought us over to his place... the guys watched soccer while i played with Ah Tai's wife's hamsters... so cute... there are about 10 of them now... haha... tooks a couple of vids and pics of them too... left to fish after the soccer match ended... turns out that we were fishing at Boat Quay... i didn't fish as usual... sat there trying to complete my assignments... but i got so tired that i slept in Ah Tai's truck at about 3am... Dan came and woke me up at about 4 plus... cldn't fall asleep after that so i went and watched them pack up... took the morning train home... home sweet home... really missed my bed and pillow esp... hehe...

Oh, i finally got to try the new chicken foldover at Macs... and the yogurt too... both were berry nice! hehe... i'd recommend it... and they're both healthy food too... not fried or high in fat or anything like that... heh... speaking of which, i've decided to eat healthy this year... or for as long as i can last, at least... hehe... will post the photos later... if i can... hehe... oh, and to those who left msgs on my blog - Merry X'mas and Happy New Year to you too! haha...