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"stepping out on my own"
Monday, August 31, 2009
Snowing in Singapore

The current state of my house can be described as such:

an asthmatic's nightmare.

Kino's shedding an unbelievable amount of fur now. For a dog that looks relatively un-pouffy, she does have tonnes to shed. Really wonder where all the fur comes from.

Imagine my horror - just minutes after bathing her and cleaning the house (a super tedious effort that took me almost 2 hours), I spot clumps of fur rolling on the floor already. Reminiscent of those days, sure. But having fur in each bite of your food isn't fun, trust me. I'm surprised how I'm not coughing up furballs like cats do.

TE was uber fun today. Despite doing sports which I normally won't associate myself with, the activities carried out really did help me get more comfortable in playing the sport and did increase my participation. If only they would work on our own students when we go out teaching.

Am looking forward to the upcoming ICG. Our last year peeps, let's give it our all.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Bringing out the worst

I think I've finally gotten it out of my system. The constant sacrifice of sleep for a few hours of pleasure.

One table. 4 people. I just love the feeling of the smooth tiles and the beautiful sound of a tile hitting against another. Noise to some, music to my ears, I say.

I think I can hear the cheers of my neighbours, and those whom I have constantly bugged to play with me. Is that a collective sigh of relief I hear?

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Anywho, Kino's finally neutered. Poor girl, but it has to be done. No more worries about horn-dogs infiltrating. Trips to the dog run will be so much less stressful since we won't have to be on constant lookout for virile males.


Now she has to wear the ultra wind-trapper - the ultimate tool to keep cool (albeit looking totally uncool)





Friday, August 14, 2009
Culture X

Caught Culture X on Okto tonight:

Episode 5: Food
What some cultures consider to be delicious, others might find grossly disturbing. We find out why the Balinese love Nasi Lawar, an unusual festive dish that's spiced up with fresh blood from a pig. In China, some locals show us how dogs are commonly bred, slaughtered and cooked. Also, we travel to the Philippines, to see why gastronomists there are so enthusiastic about monitor lizards, as a local delicacy. Who knows, you might be tempted, too.

It's a great documentary, especially for someone who hasn't watched any quality TV, or in fact, any sort of TV prog, in quite a while. Extreme graphics and interesting topics. Was actually wondering if it is a Singapore production, cos it's so good!

The part on how they killed and butchered dogs was the grossest for us. Doesn't help when we were having dinner then either.

Watching how they strangled the dog to death, and then plunged and soaked the poor soul into boiling water before pulling it out to remove its fur was heart-wrenching. Then they torched the poor dog with bare flame (not that it's still alive anymore by then). Watching them bring out the dog from the freezer was damn gross as well, and I just can't get the chilling image of the 3 decapitated dog's heads with their faces showing utter pain and anguish - their faces were just so heartbreaking - teeth clenched and bared, eyes shut tight and a deep frown etched in their faces.

There goes the story of how pple in China used to breed and rear dogs and it sometimes got to a point where they had too many dogs, so they decided to slaughter them and eat them. Thus began the eating of dog meat. I wonder if the day will come when they have too many children and decide to slaughter them for food as well.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009
the week passed

The weather did turn for the better on the rainy day that we decided to head on to Sentosa. Chilling at the beach without the burn. Sweet.


The babe (Aisyah) and I



Squint and you might just see the 2 'chio bu's in this pic



UFO descending on Sentosa?!




Freshened up and ready to head on back after a very chillaxing day



10 Aug 09 - And so we went fishing cos school's out - get the pun??
The 3 fish-mongers



A prawn for a ragged piece of cloth - what a nice trade-off



The pirate and I


Fishing right next to the jetty



A very handsome pic of Mr Tin Tin, just cos it's a sillouette



Farewell, audieu, it's time to say goodnight


Since the guys had their fun fishing for rubbish (well, they're really nice boys, doing free CWO and all), the girls were rewarded with a great shopping spree at Nike Factory at West Coast Shopping Mall (the old Ginza).

That was the first time I've seen a queue at a Nike store, with people emerging from the store with humongous plastic bags of Nike items, gloating at those still queueing to get in (aka poor us). Imagine scene at Paragon Gucci or LV in Taka during GSS.

But once we were granted access, we combed the area for surviving good buys and the result? 3 very contented shoppers. Superb sales with decent goods at undecent prices. Undecent cos they were so damn cheap.

Total damage? $230.

Guess we'll be eating home-cooked noodles (aka noodles from a packet) for the entire month. But it is sooooo worth it.


$50 for this sweet and patriotic pair of sneakers.



And here's the best buy - $30 for this awesome pair of old-school canvas shoes

Dan bought a pair of grey Jordan 11 for the unbelievable price of $89.90. That's a $100 slash from the original price of $189.90. Swooosh!

And of course, nothing completes a Nike sale for a lady without bagging some sports bras, for $30 each. Oh sweet mama!

Friday, August 07, 2009
Misfit

I'm living in a different dimension - I speak at a different frequency, I see with a different mind.

I feel like Adrian Healy at times, watching down on myself as I sit in a group of people. And like him, I feel like I'm a liar.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Gloomy

The big guy up there must hate me.

On the day that I decide to go to Sentosa in hopes of some sun, sand and sea, he decides to stash the sun away for the day.

So I decided to check online for the weather forecast. It predicts that it'll rain for the entire week and next. And it was so sunny the days before.

There goes my island getaway, there goes my fun in the sun. FML.

Ion Schmion

Headed to Ion with my shopping bud, Aisyah, today. Huge mall, nice exterior and spacious interior - 4 levels of affordable goods and 4 levels of goods I can only dream of affording. So basically, the top 4 levels were deserted whilst the bottom 4 were packed.

It's off to chill at the beach tmr. As usual, my popularity wanes but thankfully, Aisyah's gonna be there to accompany me. Thanks babe! I had a great time today and I'm sure we'll have a good time tmr too!

Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Toys 'R Us kid

I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys 'R Us kid.

If this is what growing up is like, I really don't wanna grow up.

The mundane concerns of life really shackles one down. I need to get away from it all. Pple, please, help me.

Monday, August 03, 2009

TP's over so the doctor ordered week's worth of chillin'

Caught my first play a couple of weeks back - Own Time Own Target. Sorta comedy about life in the army. Great acting, great show.

Came back from JB a while ago with Hakim. Not much to shop but ate and ate like no one's biz. A&W of course, plus Cinnamon Sugar pretzels and baked sweet potatoes. Food galore - the best.

I'll just let the pics do the talking, cos I'm lazy to write more.


Chill out at home

Here's the gang, minus QCie and me


Kino, the Yoga master


Someone's comfy



Meet QCie! She stayed over for a couple of nights. Sweet darling...



Ever seen a dog burp? Here's the face. Pls imagine the smell and sound and put it together.




Meet Shan!



Then there were crazy nights at Chevron:

3 stooges



Man on man rough-housing




Songs and drinks



My honey and me


The dogs chilling and home:



Intoxicated?



Doggie face-off


Saturday, August 01, 2009
The Pug Head Tilt