especially for ting...
Answer to the quiz.. did you get them all?
1) Moscow, Russia
2) Manila, Philippines
3) Budapest, Hungary
4) Bogota, Columbia
5) Canberra, Australia
6) Santiago, Chile
7) Kinshasa, Congo
8) London, England
9) Ankara, Turkey
10) Wellington, New Zealand
11) Tripoli, Libya
12) Ottawa, Canada
13) Cape Town, South Africa
14) Kingston, Jamaica
15) Helsinki, Finland

we should make a resoultion to go to all these places by the time we are 30!
heh.. just a thought.. okok back to underwater tunnels!

oh ya.. i whacked my head on a taxi door on saturday.. ending up with a huge bruise on my forehead. makeup won't cover it up. so i put on a nice plaster to cheer me up!
why couldnt i have banged the other side of the forehead instead? my hair would cover it then!

Friends can be terribly unsympathetic once they hear that the explanation that i walked into a taxi door.. well.. "threw myself" is a more apt description. Poo! No one gets into a taxi in a calm, slow and controlled manner! you take a taxi precisely because you are in a rush! so you throw yourself into the back seat.. its the same theory as..... jumping into bed! no one actually just sits on the bed and lies down! we all run and jump or flop or even dive into bed. see my point now? walking into a taxi door could happen to anybody!

Report on Cold and Hot water system.
water is essential to life.(photo of stream) it is life itself.(photo of people) life bites.(photo of tiger) therefore, water bites.(photo of water with teeth). put in more pictures to fill up a 10 page report and submit.

honestly, i thought i was gonna explode in yoga lesson today. Have you ever had a situation where you really really really want to laugh but you are simply not allowed to laugh? In a bid to keep the calm and peaceful atmosphere in the class, i had to clamp my mouth down to stop the snorts of laughter thus emitting strange strangled whimpers.

there's this lady in the 7 o'clock lesson who over exerts every darn postion we do.. For example, the teacher will ask us to get into one position. after a few deep breaths,we would stand there to breathe / relax a while .. but the crazy lady will ke kiang hold it a while more.. even if she can't make it. During the initial part of the lesson, it was okay.. but then her panting gets louder and louder.. her face gets redder by the minute.. and there's some vein threatening to pop out of her neck.. You know how yoga has peaceful soundtracks to accompany it? Well.. her loud panting is similar to a woman giving birth and that is not a peaceful sound. heh.. so there i was.. holding my laughter in.. just looking forward to the end of the lesson so i can go outside heehee a bit.. and i was doing well! till the last part.. the bow position.. basically you lie on your tummy and hold your legs.. and bend your body.. it's honestly my favourite position but today.. i was on the brink of laughter and my tummy was heaving with the effort to hold the laughter in.. you know how you use your tummy to go HO HO HO! ? yeah.. so my bow was kinda rocking like a bloody boat. and i caught christine's eye in the mirror just as the lady gave an extra loud pant.

That was the limit man.. i exploded with a very un-dignified snort and christine had to follow. and we collapsed into a shivering mass of silent shaking. good gawd! i was so embarrassed coz everyone cud see us..(we sat at the back but it was a position requiring everyone to face the back so everyone could see us in the mirror and in real life) that i was desperately trying to swallow back laughter. it was terrible to want to go HA HA HA! but not be able to! while the rest of the class did the postion again, i had to bury my face into my hands and try my best to lower the whimpering.. i could hear christine by my side snorting and moaning away too so that would set me off..My shoulders were quaking so much that i had to summon all the depressing thoughts i could tink of.. but the lady was still panting! i bet the rest of the class must have wanted to kill us!

after that big explosion, i daren't look at the lady next to me coz according to christine, she was shooting daggers with her eyes when we attended last week's 7 o'clock lesson. man.. just cause we giggled a bit during the 8 o'clock lesson when everyone's knees popped.. doesnt mean we don't take yoga seriously. we do.. just not as seriously as the lady who pants.

today's presentation was pretty boring. after 5 mins of listening, i decided to give up pretending that i cared about their water systems and finished my book. come on.. it's kinda obvious they are just looking at the professor who is at the front of the room. and the only burning question i had was whether the 2 presenters in the 2nd grp bought their identical jackets together. still! 2 projects over! 2 more to go!

i hope the group members know that i added in tons of stuff to their report. They told me all i had to do was compile the report.. that everything was done and i was horrified when i saw their report. the question was about the cold and hot water system of the building and there was like 2 paragraphs on that.. there were 7 questions to answer and they had only answered 3 and half.. man! this is the second time i felt appalled when i saw a report.. do people really hand in substandard work like that? the worse part was that when i asked one grp member whether he thot the report can make it (that was before i saw the report).. he said "yes". omg. i nearly broke down on sat but thanks to hanwei and peio, my sanity was saved.. together with loads of chocolate!

in other news.. pearlyn has sent out her official invitations for her 21st party. what does "glamour chic" mean? i have a feeling everyone is gonna wear jeans and some skimpy top plus heels. do the presents have to go with the theme? how do you make blank CDs glamourous? im feeling pretty apprehensive abt going though..sure hope jinyu and hanwei go! if not i be some social moron wandering around like an outcast.. worst come to worst, i'll just eat lots of food.

neela! are we still on for thailand? just tink of all the shoppin! and we have not been together for ages. i really really really miss you! like how we will be talking and you will crack some hilarious shit with a somber face. and ur raised eyebrows.. and how u always listen.. there's no one like you. and! i wanna hear all about the times you got pissed.. a drunk neela wud be interesting! peio! u hafta come too! i dunnoe abt mel .. wonder whether she will be free.. and how abt rebecca? oh shucks she be in usa right? i wonder whether ting can swim back...



they say a friend cares. so why is it when i reach for you, i grasp air? let it go. it goes down the drain not because we can't do anything about it but because we no longer want to do anything about it.


good deed of the day: helping a blind lady up the bus.

when we are struck at without a reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.
- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre -


Our vitrues are most frequently but vices disguised.
- Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld-


Quotes taken from "The Perfect Match" by Jodi Picoult

This is especially for my dear. She cant rant and vent on her blog so TADA! i shall bitch for her.. Im her active voice!

This is the story of Mr Gayloard. Now, Mr Gayloard is very evil. He doesn't kill. No, no , no, he does MORE than that. He constantly batters and butchers his victim. His methods are so powerful that many brain cells die trying to fight him. His victims suffer excruciating pain before being let free.. till the next time...
People are appalled when they see his work. How can he be so mean to do this?

Now, you might wonder what makes Mr Gayloard evil? How can a mere pot-face be so powerful? You see, he wields a great weapon. Never has mankind seen such a hideous weapon. Not even the ring from Lord of the Ring can compare to it. Darth Vader cowers in fear of Mr Gayloard's works. If his weapon is made public, there will be serious consequences for the World.

You see.. Mr Gayloard uses TERRIBLE(you'll understand the CAPS in a min) english! Now, i don't mean to say i am good at english, but Mr Gayloard actually butchers the language to such extent, he kills. People cry out of despair and ask the sky "WHY WHY WHY? WHY ME?" You may dismiss this seemingly harmless weapon as getting dramatic over a small issue. But remember.... the best hiding place is right in the open.. He may seem harmless.. but....

In order to allow you to further understand the seriousness of this situation, Channel bitchaholics brings to you LIVE, the UNCENSORED works of Mr Gayloard!

" The existence of SAM(Sleep Avoidance Mechanism) Pill could create some serious complications upon mankind. In this section of the report, we will discuss what are some of the negatives implications that we may face is this pill is to be marketed. We will be looking at it at 3 different levels of time frames, i.e. Immediate, short-term and long term effects."

"As all of us know, Mother Nature has the power to nurture and destroy the EARTH. Every single existence on the Earth surface is here for a purpose and reason. Therefore, by going against nature may incur her wrath; we may have to face some serious consequences that are beyond our imaginations. For example, trees are here to purify our land with oxygen and to balance the quality of the atmosphere air in order to ensure our survival. Due to our need for resources, extensive deforestation takes part throughout the world and this results in retaliation by Mother Nature. The mildest of all is soil erosion as the roots to hold the grounds are no longer there. In the next level, the quality of air worsen due to increased pollutions and decreased purification. Therefore, sleep is a part of our life. Natural mechanisms that help one restore our energies and to recharge us for another day’s of challenges. By doing away with this, although we may be able to supplement the physical lack but we may oversee and neglect the mental/ emotional changes or benefits we derived from sleeping."

"To view generally, every aspects of our life are doubled, be it work or play. When this happens, our wants increases but not the existing resources. Therefore, with an extensive increase of demands, natural resources will be depleted at a much faster rate than of present just to satisfy our demands. If our civilization is destined to end one day, with the introduction of this pill, may imply that we have just bring forward our doom day."

"Finally, with this pill as a social norm, no one needs to sleep anymore. Therefore, this will definitely impact upon the bed linen industry. It may even phase this entire industry out of existence."



Yes, my dear bitchitzens.. i kid you not. The campaign for bad english continues. Are we now in agreement that Mr Gayloard should be prosecuted for slaughtering the good name of English? Nobody can be that bad. All in favour say "D'ACCORD!"

- based on a true story. Any name, statements or references to personality is
purely intentional. -


Bitching time over.. let's fast forward to quiz time!(Ben waited like an hour for this!) i love this quiz.. everytime i sit down in a MRT, i whip it out to see how much more i can do.. it's a brain teaser honest! I had so much fun doing it that i decided to post it here.. Enjoy!

Reader Digest challenge by Will Shortz
How's your geography IQ? Each sentence below conceals a world capital, spelled out in consecutive letters. Only a true globetrotter will find them all.

Example: TV execs announced their September lineup (Berlin, Germany)

1) Captain Nemo scowled.

2) It was a doorman I lacked.

3) We gave the rosebud a pesticide.

4) Lt. Columbo got all mixed up.

5) With less violence, the film can be R-rated.

6) Here is the pheasant I agonised about shooting.

7) The tarp over our pumpkins has an opening in it.

8) The Red Cross will call on donors for money.

9) Don't yank a rabbit by its ears.

10) Population is swelling to new heights.

11) You must strip olives of their skin.

12) Peace activists boycott a war conference.

13) Would you consider Eric a pet owner?

14) Kicking stones can hurt your toes.

15) We returned three bushels in kind.

Have fun.. it looks simple but it ain't! answers come 5 posts later..

first things first:
Congratulations to dear pei! She got her internship! i've a good feeling in my tummy abt this job.. trust the tummy!

is it a sad testnament to my life when i get excited about finally finishing my to-do list?

is it a sign that im growing old and boring when i give up the chance to go clubbing? choosing instead to stay home and watch reruns of sex and the city?

is it okay to eat half a pint of ben & jerry's in one day?

is it okay for my dog to run out again? is it okay if he is expanding horizontally despite the many walks?

is it okay for me to add more mundane stuff that i have already done to my to-do list for the sake of crossing them out?

so many questions, so little need to hear the answers.

in other news, last monday, pearlyn pointed out a poster to me. after much laughter, i got her to take pics of it.. stole the pics off her blog.. here u go! enjoy!





in case you can't see where he scribbled the words.. its next to "Find out why NUS is one of the top 25 university in the world."







he's as useful as a kettle with a hole at the bottom.

i feel that my building services lecturer secretly wans to kill us. Nobody could be that boring. I swear, he is doing it on purpose. seriously! he is such a nice person in tutorials. i dunnoe whether to feel insulted or bored when while presenting, people read off the slides.. like give us some credit la.. we can read.

my law teacher is funny. today, wen ai and i were whispering and giggling between ourselves during tutorials.. I tink our tutorials are the highlight of his life la.. he derives great pleasure at attacking the slides of the varius groups presenting that day. i swear.. his face actually lights up when he spots a mistake.. i was moaning to wen ai that it's so weird how he takes such glee in thrashing points. ah wells.. it's fun sitting next to wenai in tutorials.. besides moaning during intervals, it was dang funny to see a potential couple behaving in front of us.. the guy was being irritating asking all kinds of useless questions while the girl was looking at him admiringly.. does tt warm your heart right up? i shall not go into details to bore u but i wud say the girl and boy belong together.

what's the deal with singaporeans nowadays? i never noticed this but recently, it seems like singaporeans are trying to go against the courtesy campaign. For example, if you wan to get out at a mrt stop, u see so many people trying to squeeze into the train while u are coming out.. man.. like if they dun get on fast enuff, the train will evaporate. and everyone has the smelly face.. u noe.. It's as if they smell something really bad all the time. And have u noticed the increase in road morons? Today, all my good karma flew out of the window when i shook my fist at a car. knn. i was crossing the pedestrian crossing..Now, a car had stopped for me on one side, so i was lookin to the other side to see whether any car wud be speeding. sure enough! some bloody moron was speeding towards me. and blasting the horn all the way. as pearlyn would say "hello auntie! my right of way!" it's a fuckin pedestrian crossing.. The indians have a saying tt goes something like "if i believe that you are right, i can fly aeroplane already." or "hope you said a proper goodbye to your friends and family". what a bloody moron. stupid auntie with her beehive hair. but seriously, such an incident can sour your day. hope useless stupid auntie has had a lousy day too. now, must do more good deeds. tamade.

i may be seeing mean fat girl soon.. so rub some luck here! need all the grit and strength and stamina and stomach.. u get the picture..

perfect people are boring

the bouts of depression, self-doubt and frustration are often difficult to get through. everything can be okay.

thanks to pearlyn...thanks girl..
for asking me whether i was okay
for letting me type out my frustrations
for giving me the superb idea of a hard disk!

how amazing it is for just 3 words to settle the tempest down!
"Are you okay?" offers more comfort than any other 3 words during misery.

t'was a pity some people are born too perfect.. ah wells.. you cant have it all!

i tink it kinda sucks when you have been looking forward to something and then be doused in cold water at the last minute. It's like jumping about in anticpation for candy.. doing homework for an ice cream treat later and then when u are just about to get your reward, you get smacked instead.. and people laugh at you calling you a loser for actually believing it would happen.

For an instance, i was dang excited with this fengshui map that i discovered. and the whole way home i was so engrossed with it that i dropped off at city hall and took the wrong train.. went back the way i came from.. by the time i reached home, i was hoppin with excitement and happily hugging my fengshui books. how was i to know that my suggestions were to be received with indifference and stupid jokes? then when i tried doing it by myself, i got mockery and scorn. it really sucks to find something im interested in and get completely ignored by my sister, mocked by my dad and an amused/half disbelieving mother.. i miss my younger sis now.. pity the lucky brat is in china! well.. so much for family support.

then, its like with the load of work coming my way all the time, it's safe to say i feel a little pressurised. what with assignments and projects due, new stuff coming up all the time and the need to research more into my lecture notes plus some bits of events management(thank goodness im playing a small role in the events company) coming my way, i love to work one whole week with a little titbit to look forward to. an enticement if you will. to spur me on in the same way a kid is looking forward to playing computer games after her homework. imagine the anticipation, though small, yet a great incentive. being abruptly taken away.

sigh. had a really lousy day as Neela can testify to. im sucha loser la. cant even find my class in SDE. poring through books to find stuff about sanitation does not a great day maketh. the only thing pullinh me thru is the hope that hanwei's textbook can shed more light on air handling units.

and u noe what really sucks? a few days ago, lester made a comment about how my life seems to be so full of troubles.. he got tt impression from my gloomy blog so i decided to get a more positive outlook on life.. u noe.. doing a good deed everyday, smiling all the time and trying to cheer pple up.. but it really makes it so much more difficult when the determination to be nice and cheerful gets stomped all over by incidents.. some how i get this impression someone/something out there is going "HA HA HA! you fool.. how can you change night into day?" man alive, i do sound clingy and whiney.. not to mention loser-fied!


ahhsss.. dun mind me. i just hate disappointment.. especially when i count on events to be my reward. i guess in a way, i deserve all this "pang seh"ing la.. since i did it so many times to jianxiang.. to jianxiang.. im super sorry!

well.. if it's one thing i have learned.. never count on other people to be your reward! it's better to use items like food or a dvd marathon to be your "light in the tunnel!" trust me on this.


study alone. eat alone. sit alone. now.. shop alone. life just keeps on gettin better

I have reached my limit.
There are some people born stupid, some blessed.
some irritating, some with charm.
some boring and others just plain exasperating.
some make mountains out of molehills, some don't give a shit.

found an apt quote to describe what i wanna say to some people "and your whiney crybaby ass opinion would be...?"

sigh.. lately, been trying to make the best out of every situation.. but it's a downer when you have to listen to other pple go on and on about their minor insignificant "problems". maybe im hard but pls la.. there are people with worst problems out there than a pimple, not studying for a test or crush. i mean, sure i;m glad to listen to your woes and all.. but going on and on in excruitating detail about it is a bit too much. you choose the wrong audience.


Today, i realised what a sad life i lead. When asked by alden "What did you do over the weekend?' i had no answer save for "rush assignment". Jason mraz concert tickets have been sold out. Damnit

speedwing is useless. once they got your money, they dun give a shit about you.. honestly, i have never seen a company more indept. If they have been doing this WAT program for so long, why can't they give us a better idea of which tax forms to fill out. why would i wanna read the whole booklet of instructions for all Americans and aliens? the information given is extensive as it has to address the concerns of everyone like people with dependents and resident aliens. grrr.. and when i get to non resident aliens.. its one small paragraph telling me that i am a non-resident alien. Grrr... it's not i wanna be lazy but it makes sense that if you have been doing this for years, you can draw something from the experience and give it to participants.. thats why you raise your fees.. the dodo birds. so much money ($350 increase in fees) and lousy service.

i'm grouchy.


and i wanna thank you for all the enjoyment you have taken out of it

good deed of the day: not posing too many difficult questions to the grp that was presenting today.. even though i wanted to0 ask till the girl in white cries..

i'm waiting....

it's Happy Pei Week!

waiting.. la la la la im bored..

oh yay! hanwei says im hot too!.. looks like all my good deeds are paying off! welcome home good karma! ho ho ho!

funnily enough, i have never noticed that my tv area has a plant. it looks green so it should be new..

i think my brain has gone to mush. i cant write an email to majo, i cant understand what pearlyn is tryin to explain to me in another window (heh.)oooh! it's privacy not piracy! aiyah.. the two words look alike what..

i agree with jill. Some parents ought to be shot.

Line 'em up baby!

updates another time.

stop ruining my happy neela day!

isnt amazing how you can have this truly great day and then one sentence you make results in some reaction that you can't understand.. what's wrong with asking for ideas?

but it's okay.. sharon made my day by saying that i'm hot. holy cow! coming from sharon (a total babe), that is a high compliment! then jianxiang and friend made my day even better by treating me to free drinks at acid bar and a movie. i'm real sorry if i accidentally divulged certain information.. the whole conversation was rather funny with the three of us going "ermmm did i say something that i was not supposed to?" at different times. poor jianxiang.. but that idiot started quoting back stuff tt i wrote in this blog eons ago.. so my sympathies are rather limited. and laughin about toilet pump. tt was not cool.

word of advice:
dun watch munich.. yesh i noe its eric bana. but trust me, watch troy again if you wanna drool over him. munich is not one of his best works. when i realised they had to kill 11 guys and go thru them one by one.. i was thinkin "man.. this will prob take forever!"

good deeds for the day:
1) helping an auntie slam her taxi door coz she was taking too damn long to get in and i wanted the taxi after that
2) giving a service card to one cashier..

i declare today to be "HAPPY NEELA DAY!"









you might regret what you let slip away..i can save you from original dum-dums.. save me jason mraz!

playng scissors-paper-stone..my fav game to play with my young cousin. she's a doll but she always wins.
see what i mean?
but perservance pays off and i finally claim a victory! though my cousin was protesting that i cheated by being slow.. but still! :)


wheeeee... i'm so happy!
1) lester hasnt forgotten mee wheeeee
2) i got tze hai's number! wheeeeeeeeee. just msged the poor guy.. he would be glancing around in fear now.. like "how come this girl got my number?? STALKEr!" for the benefit for those who dun noe who tze hai is, he is this real sweet and innocent boy from my JC class. i mean, my heart literally melted everytime i saw him cause he was just so nice. But he was real frightened of me la.. sad case. when i told him tt he look like my dad, i tink he could just literally turn white and die of fear! i forgot about this incident till i talked to lester but there was once ting and i met him at the bus stop.. the poor guy was trying not to look at us.. he looked at anywhere but us! hahahahah! and we didnt take the hint and marched right up to him in glee to start talkin to him.. he could have ignored me since im not in his line of vision but ting was! HAHAHAHAHAH so he had no choice but to talk to us.. i felt dang insulted when he shifted away lah.

3) jill's blog post has lifted me to high heavens man! when i blogged about her, i didnt expect anything in return. yet i got such a truckload of compliments that my head has swelled up. geee.. am i really as good as you say? naw.. i'm the lucky one to have found someone that im so in tune with! and have her love me back as much as i love her! cant wait for thurs! u are the one person who can get me over my fear of driving and back on the road! i love you so much! in your own words "you rock my neh nehs!"



4) there may be a class chalet coming up soon.. well i dun tink i will be able to go if i go china with jinyu and cheeyen but still! thought it wouldnt be as fun as it wud be if ting and neela were there with me.. i will be loneeellyyy since pei will be a social butterfly flitting about while i sulk in a corner hahahaha!

5) a mani and pedi to look forward to at the end of the week.. that is always a pleasing thot to tickle the brain. wheee whee whee!

6) a presentation is over.. wheeeeeeeeeeee

7) im studying fengshui and it's interesting.. am planning to make a few amendments to the house to improve my ch'i!

8)im being nice... when a guy asked me to view this girl's friendster's profile and asked me whether she is hot. i said she was hot with make up on.. see? im a nice person. really. so good karma had better get back to me man! thta will be my good deed for the day. oops. i just told the guy that she looks like xiaxue and oops. obviously he doesnt view it as a compliment. not that i meant it as one but still!

9) i have plans to rent "The Godfather" from video ezy which means ben&jerry's ice cream. yum. it's always good to have purpose, plans and drive in life. :)

10) all i need now is a good book and i'm satisfied with my notch in the world.

here is a story for all you lovers out there.. originally planned to put this story in for v-day but ah wells!

Undying Love
Vacationing on their 50th anniversary, Frank and Helen stood with friends above the rushing river with its boiling rapids.

Helen slipped, fell, and was swept into the waters. Without hesitation, Frank plunged in after her. Both perished.

"He should have known he couldn't save her"

they watched the river roar.

"He knew."

- Arthur W.Coats-

For those hating love..
Booked on the weekends
"Why'd you do it?"

Asked that same question six months ago, Tom told friends, "I married Karen to free up my weekends. No more driving six hours every weekend to see her"

Now the detective asks, "Why'd you do it?"

Tom looks down at Karen's lifeless body.
"i wanted to free up my weekends."
- Laura Getting-

for those cynical ones..
Last words
the sucide note was brief.
To my friend, my lover, my wife,
Don't blame yourself.

None of them did.
-Rob Austin-

for a lark
Love, Here is thy sting
Fate decreed that these two people, blessed with beauty, brillance, charisma, and yearning for love, should be walking toward each other on the seashore this idyllic morning.

they noticed each other's beauty, but passed without speaking.

She didnt like guys.

He didnt like girls.

Fate giggled, then went gaily about her business.
-walter e.hopmans-

ReunionClearly, they connected. Each sensual rendezvous culminated in a new shared ecstasy. Their energy forged new passion in their seperate lives.

Daily, they met on-line in virtual anonymity. Identities were superflous.

"You are delicious:, she typed.

"And you are my sweet marmie". he gushed.

She laughed. "My son used to call me that."

"MOM???"

"DAVID?"
-Linda Kennedy Floyd-
All stories taken from the book "The World's shortest stories of Love and Death"
each story is just 55 words long. I highly recommend this book for pleasure reading.



good deed for the day: saying tt the girl looks hot with makeup.