nothing in particular

have you not heard...

2008-05-08T16:27:40Z

... that the WAG strike ended a while ago, and new episodes of our favorite TV shows are now available?

... and my current favorite show is Gossip Girl.

Bitchy TV is therapeutic.

currently coffee table book

2008-05-04T14:41:01Z

"If you want to be free, be free. If you want to feel at home, feel at home." - Buhro & Dreher.

Thinking, dreaming, escaping. Escaping. Elsewhere.

heartburn

2008-05-03T18:28:18Z

I've been feeling like shit the past week, even shit sounds like such an understatement.

I couldn't breath literally, and have to wait a week to see the family doctor. I just pray that I'm still alive to make it to his office on Saturday.

hitch!

2008-04-29T05:35:47Z

Singapore made in on the world news! - A different kind of homework for Singapore students: Get a date

"The EQ here," said Chan, referring to an emotional quotient of social skills, "can be appalling."

"Three 20-year-old graduates from last year's inaugural course at Singapore Polytechnic still seemed imbued more with kiasu than romance."

Wahahaa... and it's so cool that the word "kiasu" is officially an English word, or so it seems.

v power

2008-04-25T16:53:05Z

Strangely enough, reading a man's magazine got me motivated to do so much more.

On another note, staring at counters are so nerve-wrecking. Will it go up? Will it go down? What exactly will the numbers be?

fringing awesome!

2008-04-24T17:33:16Z

For those with an iPhone, lucky lucky you!

Coz.... *drum rolls* Fring has brought SKYPE to your iPhone!!!

And have you not read the news that Skype Unlimited World Calls costs a mere $13 per month?

I tried and it works! I'm so totally flabbergasted! I love love love technology.

Maybe it's time for me to call Italy for a pizza delivery! :)

show me the money already!

2008-04-23T16:52:13Z

The itch on my palms are driving me crazy. So if the myth is true that if the right palm itches, money is coming, and if the left palm itches, money will be flowing out.... what happens if both my palms itch?! And when exactly am I getting the money?!

I must have looked like a complete kuku these days, sporadically clapping my hands like an orang utan to stop the itch.

some finds from the archives...

2008-04-20T18:01:01Z

Ikea - Our favorite Swedish store!

square grid notebooks

2008-04-16T10:05:30Z

My attempt to study today failed miserably. I have barely two months to cover everything, and I'm nowhere near the finishing line. I'm so very screwed and I so want to throw in the towel.

What have I become lately? A quitter? Why can't I follow through? ARGH!

So pissed with myself.

i've to constantly remind myself to think of something beautiful

2008-04-16T07:39:00Z

Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.

Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

the lomo movement

2008-04-12T18:22:39Z

BBC documentary on the Lomo and how it all started.

This is one of the seven parts on Youtube. Click through to view the rest.

jay chou world tour 2008, macao

2008-04-11T18:39:10Z

I did sneak into the Piaza Club to catch a glimpse of Jay. I'm probably too old to do such a thing, but I really didn't care all that much then. So he was there, with Nan Quan Ma Ma, and a couple of security guards. I was too shy to go near their table and didn't have the guts to ask for an autograph on a poker card. I did have the urge to go up to him to ask him...

"Was the shower in your suite out of order? Why didn't you take a shower, change out of the clothes you performed in, remove your makeup and clean the wax out of your hair, before you start playing cards?"

Tsk.... dirty dirty boy.

boo hoo!

2008-04-09T19:01:39Z

Shame on you, Flickr! Shame on you.

I'm obviously not the only one cheesed off when Flickr recently announced the introduction of videos onto the site.

So, they said video-sharing has always been part of the roadmap? Nice try, but try again.

Is Flickr trying to become a Youtube? No, they said. Their defense? They don't want to become a Youtube. They merely want to allow users to post 90 glorious seconds of "long photos".

Am I even hearing you correctly? What exactly do you mean by a "long photo"? You mean a panoramic photograph or a series of multi-burst photograph? How exactly do you measure long? I'm not even familiar with this unit of measurement when it comes to photography. When it comes to "length" in photography, only print-size (inches) and shutter speed (seconds) come to mind. So, Flickr, listen up - if "long photos" refers to photographs taken with a super slow shutter speed of 90 seconds, I'm all up with that. I once saw an photo installation at the MOMA in NYC where a camera was placed across the street with the shutter opened during the building's construction phase. The result was an amazing time lapse, showing an empty plot of land transforming into the building I was in, on a wall-sized black-and-white photograph. I was totally blown away.

Oh really, please just let Youtube do their thing. Flickr should continue to do what they do best. Seriously! Didn't Flickr know what's first-movers advantage? There's no way Flickr can beat Youtube when it comes to online videos with the kind of content they built up over the past years.

It'll be really sad if Flickr falls apart because of this. Build your competitive advantage, sustain it, and not follow go around copying other bright ideas. That's not what Flickr is about!

on the cotai strip

2008-04-08T16:57:01Z

After 2 plane rides, 2 ferry rides, many many car rides and one hell of an awesome concert later, I'm back!

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Before Jay's concert...

Daddy: "He was gambling in the VIP room this afternoon."
Me: "What? You gambled with Jay?! Why didn't you call me?"
Daddy: "Haha... I didn't think you are such a die hard fan."
Me: "I'm not, but I flew four hours here already and I was just a lift-ride away from seeing him in person and being in the same room as him."
Daddy: "Aiya... he's quite stupid though. He dealed with 15 points. Silly."
Me: "So he lost?"
Daddy: "Yeah, about 15K when I was there. He left at about 5.30."
Me: "What? He wasn't rehearsing? He was gambling? And he lost? Oh man..."
Daddy: "The dealer told me he was there last night too. He will probably be there tonight again. They reserved a table for him."
Me: "WAH! Can I go?"
Daddy: "Hahaa... okay."

More on Jay's concert and his after-party at the Piaza Club later.

portuguese egg tarts anyone?

2008-04-04T17:22:36Z

I'm such a groupie. Wahahaa...

love is...

2008-04-02T18:48:42Z

...when he sings this to you just to make you laugh.

And you know that behind his funny facade, he meant every word of it.

hao kao, siew mai, char siew bao

2008-03-28T19:00:25Z

HK is probably one of those places that I visit way too often; so much so that I've settled in so well into my comfort zone and no longer try out new restaurants. I mean, I still frequent the same restaurants that my parents brought me to 10 years ago and order the same dishes (because they are way too good).

I'm glad that this trip was somewhat different - I dined in new restaurants, explored new areas (tell me which tourist in her right mind would take the MTR out to Kwan Tung?) and roamed the busy streets of Mongkok in search of a back-alley dessert store which served a fabulous piece of gastronomic artwork - mango with coconut noodles.

Maybe reminiscing the trip in the middle of the night isn't such a great idea after all. My tummy is rumbling.

hotel wonders

2008-03-27T14:39:26Z

Just one of the many reasons why traveling is my greatest love.

老夫子

2008-03-26T08:53:02Z

@ The Luxe Manor

Funny enough, the chair gave me a flashback to my childhood days - I was sitting on the black leather salon chair, reading the black-and-white comic book while the hairdresser gave me yet another awful hair cut.

photo release

2008-03-26T07:37:35Z

Not just one, maybe two!

I really ought to clear out my dry cabinet and take more photos. Who knows how much money I'll be making just by selling photos?

shoes lovers' mantra

2008-03-20T15:57:04Z

:)

That's why I jetting off to stock up more shoes. And bags. And clothes.

And to the Chanel Mobile Art Exhibition.

Enjoy the long weekend folks!

blow me away to never-ever-land

2008-03-19T16:55:46Z

Day by day, I realize what a child I really am.

You know what, I'm a child. I don't even want to pretend otherwise anymore.

no. no. no.

2008-03-16T14:58:49Z

When will I ever learn to say "no"?

allergic to the office chair

2008-03-13T06:58:41Z

3pm. 3 girls in the office. Silence.

Arggghhhhh...

:)

2008-03-13T01:51:08Z

Approval granted!