Are u a NATO??

Went for dinner with LM n Joven yesterday and LM was asking me what NATO stands for. Apparently, a lot of people doesn't know what NATO stands for cos LM wasn't the first to ask me. Well folks, NATO stands for:

No
Action
Talk
Only


And I have effectively classify these people as the NATO citizens. And how do I classify NATO Citizens (NC)? Let me give you a scenario...


NC : Clatzz, I will go outer space and pluck the moon down for you.
Me : Really? But its a tough journey. Are you sure you want to do it?
NC : Yes, I will do it for you.
Me : Thanks. :)
NC : But this month I’m more tied up at work. I shall present the moon to you next month, okie?
Me : Okie. Thanks.

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One month later

Me : Hey, how’s your work? Still busy?
NC : Nope, the projects are over. So now is the lull period. :)
Me : Good to hear that. BTW, are you still going get the moon? Cos I need it for moon tanning and its really OK if you can’t make it. I wont be upset or anything. I will hire professional moon pluck-ers to get it for me. I’ve been thinking of engaging their help anyway. :)
NC : No, I said I will do it and I will! Trust me ok?
Me : Okie. :)
NC : Just give me some time. Cause my pet dog just gave birth yesterday and I need to be at home 24/7 to take care of her, cook and brew tonic soups for her during her confinement month.
Me : Alright.

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One month later

NC : Hey Clatzz, I have got my space gear ready. Im going to space to get you the moon next week!!
Me : Ok, be careful and take care!!

(one week later)

NC : I’m sorry Clatzz, I didn't make it to outer space to bring the moon back to you. I really wanted to!! I left my house with my space gear, went into my space rocket, we about to start the journey, when I remembered that I forgotten to off the gas stove in my kitchen, forgotten to water my plants and scrub my toilet bowl before I leave. And I had to return home because its dangerous to leave the gas on, and my plants will die if I never water them and I cannot leave my house with a dirty toilet bowl.

But TRUST me, I will get the moon for you next month

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One month later

NC : Clatzz, I didn't managed to get the moon last month because my house water pipe broke and my house was flooded... But I promise, I will get it next month.

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One month later

NC : I will definitely get you the moon. But it will have to be next month cos this month my mum had a gigantic pimple on her fore head and I have to tend to her pimple. Next month, I promise, ok?
Me : You said the same things MONTHS ago.
NC : I’m sorry Clatzz, the timing was always bad. But I will definitely get you the moon, alright.

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Ten years later

NC : Believe me, next month I will no matter what happens, bring you the moon.
Me : its alright. I’ve got the moon myself a loooong time ago.


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The above scenario is purely fictional. Any resemblence to anybody or anyone is strictly coincidental. :)


But if you guys find NC’s dialogue and actions are somewhat familiar and you have done something similar before, CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU BELONG TO THE NATO TOWN!! YOU ARE A NATO CITIZEN, TOGETHER WITH THE 97% OF THE HUMAN POPULATION!! ** throws confetti in the air**

sunday...

Not feeling too well today. Headache, slight flu, eyes slightly swollen and swollen gums. Think I am too heaty (热气). :(
I will be well and feeling fabulous by tomorrow because tomorrow is QQ’s ROM!! YAY!!


Yesterday had a hell time at home. A group of people were singing KTV at my blk. And they started singing from morning all the way non stop!! After lunch, max tah buleh tahan the horrendous singing and asked me and sis if we wanted to go gia gia. But me and sis were in the nua mode so we dilly dally till... One lady started singing... And her singing sounds like 杀鸡!! Especially on the high notes and she will stretch her voice to reach into a faultisso. Wah lau, Her singing makes me wanna bang my head against the wall and shaft an apple or a durian into the singner’s mouth so that she will stop singing. Yes, its THAT BAD and it has the effect to make people GRUMP.


And that was the last straw. I ran out of my room and told sis: 我受不了了!! 我要出去!! Seriously, if I were to listen to such “beautiful” singing any longer, I will go crazy. So I went to bath and get ready to go out but by the time we finished bathing and all, they stopped singing le. So the desire to go out is dropped by 50%. But I have already changed and all!! So...i decided to use my master of persuasion skills... :)


Rule no. 1:

If I can influence anybody...

Sis was using the computer. Max was watching TV. Ask sis if she still wanna go out and she said: waiting for you lor but never budge a single inch.


Rule no. 2:

If I cannot influence that person, I will influence the person who can influence them.

So I shifted my attention to max since he was the one who said he wanna get out of the house since morning.


Rule no. 3

Ask questions, find out the needs of the person you want to influence. What is their hot button?

So I started this conversation with max:

me: u still feel like going out??
max: dunno leh. I anything one. Up to you sisters lor.
me: y u keep insisting to go out just now?
max: cos of the KTV lah. I cannot stand it. But now end le so im ok le.
me: later we go shopping then where u go?
max: I’ll go to thehk café and drink tea while u sisters go shopping
me: ok, then we can have dinner outside as well right??
max: yeah
me: hmmmm... (thinking... What food is there at TM that can entice max?? And suddenly I tot of it!!) we can go cartel and eat the viking ice cream!!
max: **eyes suddenly widens 10x and lit up**
me: (but I still need confirmation) on a scale of 1-10, how much you wanna out now? 1 being the least and 10 being the most.
max: 5
me: what about just now before the KTV ends leh?
max: 8
me: what if we go out and later go cartel eat viking ice cream aft dinner?
max: 7

BINGO. I raised his desire lvl to get out of the house.

me: then u ask my sister hurry up lah. I can leave the place anytime le. :D


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So eventually we went cartel for dinner. And I wanna complain!! The 3 of us ordered forest of mushroom pasta, mushroom crepe and nachos. And prior to the order, we told the waitress not once but more than 3 times that we are vegetarians and we got her to confirm that all the 3 dishes we ordered are vegetarian safe, especially the nachos. And she went and came back and said yes, all are vegetarian safe.


So our food came, and we began to tuck in. I was happily eating the nachos when I saw something that looked like minced meat sticking out from the bottom of the stack of chips. We got the waitress, she went to ask the chef and she came back n told us its chicken meat. DUH??!! Which part of “we are vegetarians” did she not understand?? But the waitress was very nice, she kept apologizing and she said her manager will see to the problem and she took the plate of nachos away.


We continued eating, and I noticed one of the suff came and took our bill away and returned with a new bill. The nachos was omitted from the new bill. Minutes later, the manager came and just told us matter of factly: we have removed the nachos from your bill already. And walked off. No apologies, not even a smile on her face. Wah kauz, this is not what I expect from a manager. Where is the service?? And they just removed the item from our bill without asking if we would like to exchange it for something else or not. What kind of service is that? It is obviously their fault because prior to ordering the nachos, we did ask the waitress specifically if the nachos is vegetarian safe, if the sauce used is vegetarian safe. And max even said: just omit out any ingredients that has meat. And we got such attitude from the manager. KNN.


Luckily we ended our dinner with the viking ice cream. So that salvaged our dinner a bit but the service of the manager is simply unacceptable!!

pictures...

the long awaited pictures from bowling 101...





after a strnious bowling competittion, its time to go fill our stomaches.... adjourned to Quality Hotel for buffet!! yay!!!










after dinner... its....













so no more pics liao... i'll load all the pics in my multiply when i am more free and in the mood... :p

do you have what it takes?

This is interesting... Some anon guy (I presume should be guy lah), after reading the last post, left a comment asking me what it takes to be my SO?


If I can present an award to this question, I will present it the most over asked and N.A.T.O question of the year. Haha. After experiencing all these NATO citizens, I truly understand and appreciate the phase action speaks louder than words. Now lets see if that anon guy whom claim himself to handsome, smart, romantic, rich is a NATO citizen or not. :p


Anywayz to Mr anon: you will definitely be a catch (if you are really like what you claim, handsome, smart, romantic & rich) if I am just looking for a boyfriend (or steady... Wahaha). But yours truly here is looking for a lifetime partner ah. So too bad lah. Keke :p

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Met CL ystd. He happened to be around town and I was at suntec and so we decided to meet up for some catching up. It has been quite sometime since we met and in the past when we liase, its always regarding work issues so its actually quite a weird feeling that we were chatting about ourselves, about our lives. And he gave me a disc of oldies. I wonder what it meant. That im getting old??


So we were chatting and we were talking about travelling and holidays and he suddenly asked:

C: have u been to europe?
me: nope
C: I want to go europe tour one of these days. Has been thinking to go there for a long time but didn't have the chance and time to go.
me: which part of europe u want to go?
C: the whole of europe. U thought of going europe before?
me: of cos!!
C: want to go with me??
me: hahaha (change topic)

10 mins later

C: im still waiting for your reply. Want to go europe with me?
me: cant lah. I need to save money
C: don't worry, if I invite you along to the trip, it will definitely be all expenses paid
me: no, no, no...i cannot accept (change topic again)


If he ever asks me to go europe again, Im gonna reply: sure!! But I need to bring my mummy along cos I need her to pat me to sleep at night and without mummy’s smell at night, I cannot sleep. Haha :p

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Lastly, if you are reading this, whether I kno you or not, please leave a comment leh. At least let me know there are people reading lor then I’ll be more motivated to write. And if you comment, please dun be an anon hum zhi gia. At least have the guts to leave your name behind lor. ;)

ready, steady, go

Ever notice how the terms we use for our other half changes as we grow older?


All the way back when we were still in sec school, when we were in our teens, where we were young, sweet and innocent, the common term use was STEAD (short form for steady).

Frens will term their boyfriends or girlfriends as STEAD (short for STEADY). Like...

“MY STEAD SAYS THIS, MY STEAD SAYS THAT”

Or

“DO YOU WANT TO BE MY STEAD??”

or

“要走STEADY吗?”

or the classic will be

“AI GIA STEADY MAI?? WO AI GIA GU GU EH, STEADY EH”

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After some years, when we get past the teens stage, as evolve from an ah lian into a swanky young adult, we stopped terming our partners STEADY or STEAD. I guess that sounded too childish. We called our partners my boyfriend/girlfriend or my boy/my girl for short.

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And after some years, when we enter the quarter of the century, we termed our partners our SO (Significant Other). I guess it because at this age, we are more or less looking for someone whom we can settle down with, and hence so we termed our partner as the SIGNIFICANT OTHER.


In my definition, in your life, you can have a lot of steads, a lot of BFs/GFs but only 1 SO. Cos you SO will be the one who will spend the rest of your lives together.


Till now, I still cringe when I listen to radio and some juvenile call in and want to dedicate the next song to my stead. Ewwwwww...

good movie, good year

Caught the movie a good year on Sunday. Initially we feared it would turn out to be a very arty farty show but thankfully, the movie turns out to be quite a nice show. I actually quite enjoy movies by Russell Crowe (a beautiful mind, the gladiator, the insider).


Anywayz, 2 phrases from the movie left a deep impact on me...


Winning is not everything. Its THE ONLY thing.

Yes I truly agree with the is the only thing. I believe that the moment you enter a game/competition, your mindset is very important. Are you there to WIN? Or are you there to TRY to win? Or you are there to TRY NOT TO LOSE? If your mentality is just to try to win or try not to lose, then you will definitely lose the game/competition. And the problem with people nowadays is that they only play not to lose, they don't play to win.


And


Failing is OK. Just DON'T make it a HABIT. Yeah, failing is ok. If you cannot embrace failure, how do you embrace success? But LEARN from your failure and make sure it never happens again. :)


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My IT guy is so cute lah. I was sort of on an apple craze last week so I went to the super market below my office and bought a lot of apples. Thereafter every time he complains he is stressed or hungry, I will ask him: want apple?? Then yesterday I was commenting that my apples ran out liao and I have to go to the super market to get some fresh supplies. And this morning, when I came to work, I see 2 big red fuji apples on my desk. Haha. So cute hor.


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The pics for sat bowling/dinner and KTV has been downloaded... Will post them up when I have the time and mood to do so... Keke... If u were present on sat and do not wish ur pic to appear here, let me know before I posts them up. Cause once I posted the pics, im not going to remove them. The earliest I might post the pics is tonight, the latest might be next year december. Muahaha. So let me know ah if u wan ur identity a secret. :p

bowling 101

A lot of people commented that my face and my voice don't match, especially over the phone. When I asked them how so, they are unable to tell me why. They just say my outlook and voice don't suit each other.


Anywayz, now there’s a chance to hear my phone voice everyday. Just call my office line and you can hear my “automatic voice operator” voice. Initially I successfully siamed and got them to get my other colleague (IL) to do the recording for them. But the next day the management wanted to change some of the settings and IL wasn't in office that day and so the job landed to me. Yeah, so if you have my office number, you will hear me asking you to dial the extension number of the person you are looking for or press 0 for operator assistance. I told my colleagues I will never call our office number again cause I cringe at hearing my own voice on the other line but my colleagues all said that I have a very sweet voice, sounded very professional, definitely better than the previous colleague. And one of them even said I speak like ang moh sia. :p


Last sat... I managed to breakthrough!! Went bowling with dreams inc people. 1st game, I faired horribly. Only managed 50+ points. 2nd game, with the motivation that winners get to play the game for free, and what I had learnt from THE SECRET, I scored 101 pts on my second game!! This is the first time I actually scored more than 100 lor. I actually set myself a goal to get 80 points and in the end I not only achieved my goals, I surpassed my goal!!For those of you who knew me, I SUCK at bowling big time. In fact, I don't even like to bowl because when I bowl, 8 out of 10 times, I will end up washing lanes for the bowling centre. So I never liked bowling. With this I would like to thank my team mates, JO, ZY and YL :D. I think we won because of our high spirits and morale and never ending encouragement and cheering for each other. Anyway I never had so much fun, laughed so much or cheered so much in a bowling game.


After the game, we adjoined to Quality Hotel for vegetarian buffet!! I simply adore the dim sum!! Its so difficult to find vegetarian dim sum, other than Ling Zhi (going to eat that later... With my TNT team... Wahaha). And after the buffet, we went KTV with JO, JON, REB, RAY, WY and S. REB, RAY and WY left early so the remaining 4 of us had the mics all to ourselves. Was damn funny cause we will stand on the settee to sing and sometimes dance and all. And the last 10 mins was dedicated to SCS dance and songs. Wahaha. I left the KTV sweating. S must be thinking: goodness, I come KTV with a bunch of ah siaos!! But he was very sporting n joined in the fun also. Kekeke.


Will be posting the pics for sat real soon. Have to wait for sis to upload the pics into the com. We I took so many pictures that the camera batt died on us. :p


And very soon, my blog will be loaded with tonnes and tonnes of pics, especially pics of me cam whoring. Haha!! Cause I’ll be getting my camera soon!! Have already settled on the model and brand that I want and now im waiting for SITEX to come. Woohoo!! I was still lamenting earlier that there are no more PC shows coming year end and I dunno where I should get my camera from and I really got what I asked for!! Its THE SECRET again!! SITEX is opening 30 Nov to 3 Dec, at EXPO!!

bestest snack

I have uncovered the bestest, cheesiest, yummiest, tastiest, most delicious-est, most 好到吮手指-est snacks of all time... And its soy based, low in saturated fats, so its the healthier choice (definitely healthier than potato chips)!!


Introducing...

DIPSTIX...




my fav cheesey flavour!!!


Im in love with it. Sis, Max and LM are all in love with it too!! Its a shame it only comes in 200gm packing. Its so nice that LM went to buy 2 packs yesterday after I shared a pack with her on Monday night. Yep, its so good that we decided to forgo dinner so that we can walk over to millennia walk to get it!!


So far, I only know of 2 places selling this snacks... Isetan supermarket and Candy Empire. But Isetan is selling at a higher price. So get ur supply from Candy Empire. And trust me, u’ll love it, especially if you are a cheese lover. :)

Tried the honey mustard flavour yesterday... Very yummy too. me and sis still prefer cheese flavour but max thinks the honey one is nicer.


will go buy their 3rd flavour sweet chilli n lime later next time. actually im contemplating on contacting the distributor and ask them if there is any discount for bulk purchases then i'll buy a whole carton.. wahahahaha... ;)

recorded phone operator system

Wah lau.. Somebody commented that I made 4 mistakes in my last post and that my post very chor lor with all the KNNBCCB. Hahaha.


Anywayz, have you guys seen the xmas light up along orchard? Its beautiful. But I haven had time to slowly admire it though. This year’s theme is enchanted forest (if I remember correctly) and the whole of orchard is decorated with golden streamers. I personally think its very pretty, especially the glittering trees with golden leaves placed along the roadside. :)


My office just installed a new phone system and my colleague was asking me to vet through the script which goes something like:


Thank you for calling XXX company. We are closed for the day. Our working hours are from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. Thank you and have a nice day.


I read the script, found that’s its too boring so I added some spice to the it. Must be more innovative and creative mah. Right? ;)


Thank you for calling XXX company. We are freaking closed for the day. Our working hours are from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. Next time, before you call, please check the bloody time. We here at XXX company are a dynamic bunch, we work hard, play harder and we have a LIFE. So please hang up the phone, go grab a beer, have a shag, GET A LIFE and DO NOT CALL BACK EVER. Thank you and have a nice day.


Or


Thank you for calling XXX company. We are freaking closed for the day. Our working hours are from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. Next time, before you call, please check the bloody time. WTF were you thinking? Do you think we will still be in office? Even if we are, we will NEVER answer the phone. please DO NOT CALL BACK EVER. Thank you and have a nice day.


Or


Thank you for calling XXX company. We are freaking closed for the day. Our working hours are from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm. If you know the extension number of the person you are calling, please dial now. If someone answers your phone, you are a lucky bastard and you can go buy 4D. If not, then that’s too bad. Go get a life, stop working, go grab a beer, have a shag and DO NOT CALL BACK EVER. Thank you and have a nice day.


Muahahaha. I marvel at myself!! i am so smart and intelligent and creative!! ;p

kena complain

Sis told me that mum was complaining to her that she seldom sees me and have the chance to talk to me nowadays. Have been rather busy lately. By the time I reached home, mum usually is sleeping already and in the morning, I usually am rushing for time so no time to talk as well. She also complained to sis that nowadays seems that sis and max knows my schedule better than her. I protested to sis that im so busy lately not because I go out partying or go dating lor. 我是在做正经事.


Anyway, I think Im gonna take some time off and spend some time with my mommy dearest. I also realised that it has been quite some time since I have played with Ace and I missed playing with him, hugging him and carrying him. Though Ace is staying at my place now, but whenever I reach home, he is already asleep. And when I wake up in the morning, he usually is still asleep. So I guess mummy must be feeling the same way about me as I felt with ace ba.


Mental note: must spend some quality time with mum. Take her out for shopping or tea...

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Remember the quote: “ASK and you will be given”??


Well, since I decided to become a vegetarian, I’ve always hoped that there will be a vegetarian food store within my office building. So that on days when its raining, or when I dun feel like walking all the way to LP, I can have something to eat within the building. And my wish came true!!!


Last Friday, I went to buy some fruits for myself and I noticed this new café (alright more like kopi shop than a cafe) located on the basement. I went in because I saw that they have a variety of pastries on display and I was helping XZ da bao curry puff. So I went into the shop, bought the curry puff, make some small talk with the aunty, and suddenly the aunty told me: we also sell vegetarian. And immediately my eyes lit up. Good!! And some of their kweys are suitable for vegetarian too!! YAY!!


Actually I dunno why the aunty will suddenly mention that they sell vegetarian food. Hmmmm, maybe because I have the vegetarian look? Keke.


Anyway went down to take a look at the café today and they have vegetarian laksa and mee siam and lor mee!! Goody!!

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Last fri night, after my AC training (cos I was serving SPS on sat), I went to da bau (last Friday is a da bau day) chai tau kwey back for max and sis. Being the very good sister, I decided to explore other parts of the hawker centre to see if there are other CTK stores so they can try CTK from diff stores. I went to the row behind and found a CTK store. I remember my fren told me that the CTK from that store is nice. So I placed my orders with the uncle. While waiting for my CTK, I saw the aunty cooking adding which looks suspiciously like lard cubes. :s so the smart me quickly tell the uncle: uncle, my CTK dun wan lard cubes one. Then the uncle looked at me and say: cannot, add already. Then I said: but uncle I am vegetarian, cannot take lard. Then the uncle told me: but all our CTK is cooked with lard!! So I said: then very sorry, I cannot take le. Cause I cannot take lard. At this point of time, the aunty cooking said: no, we add a bit of lard only!!


Wah lau. The fact is that you use lard to cook mah. Whether you use a whole drum of lard or just one drop of lard, to me its the SAME. Seriously, I am shocked there are still people using lard to cook nowadays. Not that I have anything against it, but its super unhealthy!! Even if I were not a vegetarian, I will grimace at the thought of it. Of cos I have to admit that its my fault for not asking properly first before ordering. So in the end, I apologised, cancelled my order and went to the other CTK store. This time I make sure I ask clearly first.


Note to self: never ever presume that everybody used vegetable oil to cook and nobody uses lard or ghee to cook anymore. 大错特错!! Always ask before ordering.

bo curtain

KNNBCCB!! My room’s curtain rail gave way yesterday. The whole rail dropped out. Wah lau. Months ago mum’s room’s curtain rail also dropped. And we only installed the curtain rail not long ago lor. Wahlau sibeh lousy lor. Must ask mum which contractor she use. I gonna call and make a big fuss. KNN. Luckily no one was in the room when the it dropped.


So now my room is curtain-less, which is freaking inconvenient lor. Arrhhhhhh. Also disturbs my sleep cause cause the room is so bright in the morning. :(


Max was saying the guys staying in the opposite block got eye candy liao. Grrrrrr. But I have used clothes pegs to clip the curtain to the grills already.

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I think I sprained my neck cos it hurts when I turn left and right. :(

here i come!!

Months ago, I was very tempted to get myself a digi cam. But at that time, I tell myself that I will not buy a digi cam till I have achieved a certain goal I set for myself. Now months later, I have hit my goal, and I am going to buy a digital camera for myself as a reward. :D


So now its back to the “which camera should I buy?” question and the “where can I get the best deal?” question.


Actually I don’t need a very good camera since I just want a camera for my usual cam whoring :p. I am looking at something with the following specs:

6 – 7 megapix
Wide angle lens
With digital and optical zoom
Must be slim, easy to carry around in a handbag and the aesthetics must be pretty
Hopefully its not a model that my friends already have (yeah, I am mis-matcher)


Anyone got any recommendations? Any brands? Models? Shops?

Anywayz...

When I hit my next goal, im gonna get a pretty wallet for myself.

When I hit my next next goal, Im gonna get myself a lap top.

When I hit my next next next goal, Im gonaa get myself a... ... man!! Haha!!


Yay!! Wallet, lap top, here I come!! I will own u all within 3 mths!!

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yesterday jon (aka DNN) was saying i kept eating and eating and eating and my blog is always talking about food and he always feels hungry after reading. hiaks. :p


well, rest assured, DNN, u wont see food posts for awhile here because im doing the just 5 program detox programme...


and on the first day, i lost 0.5 kgs... second day i lost another 0.7kgs... woohoo...


before anybody start to nag at me y i still wanna lose weight, let me tell ya, 减肥是女人的终身目标!! and also, 没有丑女人, 只有懒女人. so i am putting in effort in my diet, rest, facial products and everything lah to make sure that i will look good always!!

lalala mian

I have finally tried the vegetarian la mian in Hougang!! Have been hearing max and sis talk abt that la mian store for so long but I never had the chance to go there eat till last Sunday :). was there with net and JW.


And it was GOOD!! YUMMY!! The la main is good... The soup is nice and very tasty!! The dumpling was good... The roti john (comprising of toasted bread and curry) was good... Especially the curry. Tasted just like curry chicken. toogether with the combination of the toasted bread and curry, its is simply heaven!! Lurve it!! loved the curry so much that i actually dipped my la mian into the curry for a taste of curry la mian!! And the guo tie was good as well... But I didn’t really like the xiao long bao. Wanna try the siew mai, zha jiang mian and the yong tau hu and next time im there. :D


after that we actually went for 豆浆油条 at geylang. frankly, the tau hwey there sucks, but the 油条 there rocks!! i miss rochor tau hwey and circuit road tau hwey... speaking of circuit road... i miss circuit road food!! *sobs*

TNT

Woohoo!! Yesterday was the graduation night for TNT!! And our team, TEAM 5 WON!! WOOOHOOOOO!! My heart skipped a beat when the govt announced that the 1st runner is team 10 (cos there are only 9 teams competing). But when team 2 was announced the winner, we know we have won!! The feeling of winning is damn shiok!! 灵芝, here we come!! Must really thanks everyone in our great team cause it is the effort of everyone that we have won. I think we are a fantastic team. I am so fortunate to be in team 5, with JC as our great leader and such great members like Amy, YF, SY and the others. I really learnt a lot from this TNT. But TNT has not ended. It has just began. Remember the TNT feeling, clatzz. And use this feeling to do everything that you do :D


Am looking forward to the TNT celebration next month!! Woohoo!! And then the beach volley ball competition next year!! Woo hoo!!! Time to buy new bikini!! Anyone interested for a game of beach volleyball?

vivo city

Finally went to the much hyped about vivo city on sat. well, it was big, really big, but its not a place I will go back again.


Firstly, from the carpark to the main mall is like walking a through maze. There are no signage or whatsoever to indicate that we have to get out of the carpark to get to the mall building. I heard an award winning Japanese designer did the designed. Wah lau, some kind of design it is. Might look nice but its not convenient at all!! Not to mention its quite a bit of walking distance.


The much hyped about GV cineplex is such a disappointment!!! The seats are soooo uncomfortable!! The back rest are too straight. I was twisting and turning in my seat because I was getting a neck ache (also due to the fact that I was getting restless and the movie was boring). And we don’t feel any air-con in the theatre!! The lobby of the cineplex actually feels much cooler than the cinema theatre itself. I will never go there to watch any movie ever!!


I think the only good thing I like about vivo city is that there are lots of cafes and eateries!! Keke...


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Was mentioning about the boring movie that we watched. We watched Death Note. Its really boring. Very slow paced, no suspense, no hunks or babes to ogle at and it ended abruptly. When the movie ended, we were like “eh?? That’s the end??” so there is definitely a part 2 but in my context I wouldn’t spend $8.50 to go watch part 2.


Till now all the movies that I’ve watched lately sucks. Or probably my taste for movies have gone up (keke) or probable I simply cannot stand sitting in the seat for 2 straight hours. So I think I shall scrape the idea of watching a movie alone. Hiaks ;)

everything should be so easy

Went to lao di fang (near shaw towers) yesterday. Their 红烧牛肉面 is simply da best!! And their chicken cutlet, really taste like chicken sial!! Even R who is non vegetarian, says that it tastes like real chicken. Yummy yummy!! Wanted to try more dishes initially but because there were only the 2 of us, so there are limited dishes we can eat. The boss actually stopped us from ordering cause he says we ordered too much. :p

I’ll definitely be going there again to try the rest of their dishes like the crispy toufu, salad bun and their mushroom herbal soup. **drooling**

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Remember the other time my office IT guy caught me msn-ing? Well, I have already build strong strong allied with him le and what is the advantages of building allied with your IT personnel??

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I got to use wireless mouse and keyboard!! So now I can sit cross legged in my chair, place the keyboard on my lap and work or I can sit at the far end of my table, relac one corner and type. Woohoo...

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I think I can finally take a breather next week. Thinking of going to catch the movie, The Departed. But I heard that its like not screening anymore. :(

Am thinking of catching the movie alone. Then this would be the first time I watched a movie alone. Till now, I have shopped alone, dined alone and im fine without company. But watching movie alone is something I have not tried before. Hmmmm, might be a good experience. ;)

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Lately, I have been repeating to myself countless times : 凡是发生必有其目的， 其结果必有利于我!! And I come to realise that yes, this phrase is so so true. Everything happens for a reason and the reason will definitely benefit me!! Yay!!

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Life should be this way... Life should be so free... Everything is so easy... :)

public apology

I owe someone a public apology here...


I, clatzz, of NRIC S8XXXXX5A, hereby apologise to Mr S for saying that he is a small eater here because he proved me wrong yesterday. Hookie, to do him some justice, he ate very little that day because he skipped his lunch, hence he has no appetite for dinner (actually i also dunno what warp logic is that. isnt it supposed to be the other way round??!!?? but anyway, this is his explanation la).


Last night S and I went indinine for dinner and because we I wanted to use the voucher, we ate a total of $40 worth of food. We had:

Waldorf salad - generous amounts of green apple, celery& rasins, sprinkled with generous amounts of grated walnut
Wedges with lots of lots of cheese dips - potato wedges with a slight herbal taste accompanied with smooth fragrant cream cheese
Mushroom alfredo - spaggetti served with cream sauce with loads of mushrooms and bacon bits
Braverol casserol - pene baked with assorted vegetables in tomato and cream cheese, covered with a layer of cheese melted into the pene
Chendol twist - chendol the ice cream way
Kudus to bananas - fried banana fritters with ice cream and chocolate toppings


And we finished all of them!! And S ate most of the food (did he?? Or did I do most of the eating?? I cant remember le). Anyway, I was super full after last night’s dinner because all the dishes are all very cheessy. But I like!!! Luckily I took enhancer before I took my meal and when I reach home, I quickly downed 2 packs of Fibre. And I can safely say that my dinner last night has been flushed out le... Kekeke...

FOCUS

Last weekend, although I only slept about 3 hrs per night, I spoke till I lost my voice by the end of Sunday, I clapped till my hands blue black, I rushed around till my whole body aches, but im glad I made the choice to serve.


Once again I reaffirmed myself why I want to spend so much time and effort to train, to be an AC.


As a translator, as I was translating what the speakers said, some of the words really hit me. Yes, they really hit me hard. I found myself staring at my own blind spots. Now its time to work those blind spots.


This time round, I really learned that FOCUS = REALITY. The power of what you focus on is so great. For that past 2 days, I really threw everything to the back of my mind and focused on serving and giving my best for the participants. And because of the undisrupted focus/attention, I am able to do so much during those 2 days.


Now I need to get back that focus for my own war... :D