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Sunday, April 13, 2008

<-- Taken by either GUAN/JON during my birthday celebration at Billy Bombers at The Central.

Firstly 对不起(Chinese), Sorry(English), Désolé(French), Συγγνωμη(Greek), Spiacenti(Italian), ごめん(Japanese), 죄송합니다(Korean), К сожалению(Russian), Lo siento(Spanish) for the VERY late blog updates. Cause it's either i'm lazy or i don't have the time to update immaculately. Haha. Excuses excuses i know. At least i took the time to find the many languages of the word "Sorry" okay. Though it's only a few clicks away, it's still clicks afterall. Haha. Thus i'm FORGIVEN!

The photos which i'm gonna upload soon are in Photobucket and those i think which are AWESOME PICS i'm gonna upload in Flickr. Trust me, there's a difference. MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN QUALITY. Alright, as i was saying...


WEDNESDAY (9th April)

YES, I'M FINALLY EIGHTEEN! Finally i can club officially. Finally i can flash my IC to the bouncer. Finally i can watch M18 movies. Finally i can drink alcohol legally. Finally i can....... and the list goes on. But does being 18 of age means all borders are offically ommitted off my dictionary already? Hmm...

Went out with JUN JIE in the afternoon to walk walk and find the things that i wanna get. Dolce and Gabbana was the first stop and saw this sneaker retailing at a whopping 865 bucks. Jaw dropping price indeed. But i realised that the collection in Singapore's outlet at Forum Shopping Mall and Hilton Hotel Shopping Gallery, it wasn't all the collection that i've found on their website. As much as i 've guessed and told, only some were selected to ship to Singapore. However i still found the sneakers that i want. But at a hefty price of 860+ bucks, it'll take a VERY LONG time for me. Probably by then i would've taken a likening to another sneakers. Hopefully...

Next stop we headed to St. Regis Hotel to have a look. At first i didn't know that that's St. Regis Hotel until i saw its label/sign. But what i know is that, on the exterior it's really awesome. I'll upload the pics in the next post. Well, all i could say was that it's really worth 6 Stars and though the hotel is quite small the staff service are excellent. When we went in, there's this staff asked if we were looking for something. So i told him that i'm looking for LaBrezza, a poolside bar/restaurant. Immediately he showed us the way to the lift and press the level button for us. Pictures next.

Went to Palais Renaissance which is opposite Forum Shopping Mall. Didn't know DAVID GAN's hair salon was there. So we went up and took a peek. Woah... his salon is really like a fashion paradise, macham like it's taken straight out from a Fashion Mag. There's even a section segregated for interviews to be held i think. Then we saw DAVID GAN, talking to a customer. DAVID GAN LEH... Aiya, big deal la hor. DAVID GAN only... Not as if he cutting my hair like that...

Met up with gang, GUAN, DEREK, JON, IGNATIUS & GF, at 7++PM at Outram Station before finally deciding to head to The Central Billy Bombers after much deliberation, cause firstly Outram doesn't have anything to eat and secondly Clarke Quay is just nearby. Saw SAM LEONG at Tung Lok Restaurant, just 2 doors away from BB, talking to someone outside the restaurant. When we reached Billy Bombers, immediately GUAN and I were shocked to see ANGEL(our manager from ex-job at Billy Bombers) as she said she has just finished work and we assumed she'd be at Bugis outlet but we were wrong. PEBBLE(ex-colleague from BB) too was there still working. Didn't know she'd last that long, as in still continue working.

Had some fun and chit-chat after ordering our gastronomic food & beverage. Then suddenly GUAN & DEREK asked to be excused to the loo. I KNEW IT LA... So damn obvious. Before long, after about 45 mins - 1 hour later, both of them sprung up with a 'cake' but i was visiting the restroom at that time. Haha, bad timing. Well, it wasn't a cake but they did spent alot of time and effort(could tell from their unkempt hair) finding a cake shop but in the end couldn't find any. So they've gotten an ice-cream tub instead. A Moo's ice-cream. Then i found it weird. Of all brands, why Moo's? Finally GUAN told me that he knew my 'nickname'. MUST BE MAVIS OR WHOSE BLOG OR WHAT HUH.

Made a wish, blew the candle(which is so coincidently placed on every tables for BB's alfresco dining), and began the 'cake' cutting ceremony. Finished part of the ice cream with some extra ingredients and kept on lamenting "THIS IS SO DARN SINFUL!" Imagine the calories built up. Well, birthday comes only once anually so i guess i'm forgiven. Haha. They treated me dinner and soon we took the train back. Thanks for everything guys. Greatly appreciate it. Though i know i should act dumb when you all went to get the 'cake'. Haha.



THURSDAY (10th April)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM! Yes, my mum's birthday is so coincidently after my birthday. Thanks for tolerating my non-stop hits nonsense all day/week/month/year long!

Went to school as usual and during the first breakout, CI HUI & XIU ZHEN called to ask me what class am i in. It's a little obvious too huh... Haha. MAVIS msn-ed me asking if she could borrow money from me and when she reaches my classroom block she'd call me. Now, that's really unexpected. After 15 mins, saw my group of friends outside my classroom door window and asked me to go out. Then i was led to this pantry area where they celebrated my birthday.

After they finished singing the birthday song, then there was another birthday song being sang by a different group of people. MAVIS, GUAN WEN, XIN ROU & LYNETTE was the other group. I was totally taken by surprise. Imagine 2 prong 'attacks' and you're being surrounded. Now now... It's 2 cakes at one time. What's more, both were chocolate cakes. OH MAN! Didn't let them down so i ate a slice of both cakes.

I sort of let the latter group of people down cause i didn't really entertained or host them well as it was too sudden and too many people. So i'm really sorry if i've let you down in either ways.

Went back to class and my classmate asked whose birthday was it, when he saw me holding a birthday card. Haha, my classmates were taken by surprise too i think.

Thank You for all the things that you people have done for me. With 2 cakes 'attacked' together, i really appreciate it! MAVIS and i still have to finish the 2 slices of cake left after school, in Foodcourt A. I think everyone must be wondering why there're 2 goons sitting over there eating cakes. It's weird. It just feels weird. JESSICA, ELLIOT & JERALDINE came over to wish me belated birthday on different timings when i was at the Foodcourt with MAVIS.



FRIDAY (11th April)

School as usual. Today is the first day of JERALDINE's work in BRUNCH. Pretty excited for her as well. Haha. But we're having a high flow of guests having BBQ tonight. It's FULL HOUSE. Wonder if she can cope since she doesn't have any FNB experience. BRUNCH also hired quite a few new staff. When i was at work, it was busy like hell. Even after my hosting hours ended and helped out at the station, i can sense the business too. I can also see that JERALDINE's quite lost but then it's just her first day. Ended work at 11.15PM and i asked her how was it. The next thing i knew, she was cursing and swearing at my assistant manager. HAHA! It was natural reaction la. I didn't really like _____ when i worked with _____ but now it's rather alright. But afterall my assistant manager is just doing what he/she suppose to do. He/she is not supposed to help out in operations but oversee only.

When i asked JERALDINE if she felt like quiting she said abit, but then can't blame her ma. First day of work already then so busy like hell what's more kanna by my assistant manager. But she told me she's alright. What she needs to do is just to whine and complain abit then she'll be alright. Haha. Okay then.


SUNDAY (13th April)

Work. Went to Banquet area to get lots of stuff for TUESDAY's event. Saw that it's around 130+ guests, private function. WHAT THE? Alot of staff are working on that day though so i think it's gonna be alright. I also can't work on TUES too cause i've plans on already.

5 Feet Round Tables, 6 Feet Round Tables, 140 Chairs, 1 Easel stand with frame, and 30 'magic' cloth. Imagine that and the amount of trips we had to make. NAJIB, KENNETH(new staff) and me took almost 2 hours to completely unload all those stuff from 1st level to 4th level(where BRUNCH is located) and after umpteen times of maneuvers made. Phew... Was kinda shagged after that, but i can still take it! WOOHOO!!!



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[TOP: Busy man.] [BOTTOM: Getting ready to blow the candle.]

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[TOP: Blowing the candle.] [BOTTOM: Cutting the 'cake'.]

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Seriously, my mouth isn't that HUGE!

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Munch, munch, munch...

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[TOP: Before.] [BOTTOM: After.]

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[LEFT: 'FEED ME FEED ME'!!!] [RIGHT: "Hmm, it's not that bad afterall."]

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[TOP: "OHH HORR!"] [BOTTOM: "Hmm, i saw something..."]

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[LEFT: "You say somemore!"] [RIGHT: "Hey hey! A pretty babe!"]

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[TOP: 5 mins ago...] [BOTTOM: 5 mins after...(focus at IGNATIUS, HAHA!)]

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Happily _____ on the phone.

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GUAN's lame enough to shoot this...

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Everlasting friendship.

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Thanks for the presents!

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Yesterday(MON) was the first day of school and was pretty excited about it. Whether are my new batch of classmates gonna be as happening and interesting as my previous classes? Meeting new people means you have to start fresh from everything. But well, that's about making NEW friends unless you wanna stick to those few old friends of yours. Expanding your social circle i would say.

What a way to start off a MON morning, with a boring faci from RPC. Not discriminating the country she comes from but she's really boring, slow, and sometimes she doesn't understand what we're trying to say. Well this is just the first day, i hope(crossing my fingers & toes) that the remaining weeks she'd be better or else i can't imagine surviving MONDAY's BLUES and probably i'll wear the "I HATE MONDAYS" tee. Haha. Mean sia... No la, i was just kidding but i really hope she'll improve.

Well at least TUES's faci wasn't as bad as the first day. At least she's more.... active? Lively? Of course this is in comparison of the MON faci. Hope the next few days the facis are even better. My classmates are alright but just that our engines are not that warmed up yet but when it do, i think it's gonna be a hell lotsa fun! Sadly, there're only 5 girls... SIGH!!!

I simply can't tolerate the morning rush. The bus ride! It's so CROWDED that there aren't any place to sit and people have to squeeze to get up the bus, some can't even board the bus. SBS really need to do something about this. I already tried to leave my house earlier by 10-15 mins but then it wasn't of any use either. IT'S STILL SQUEEZY! And what's even more infuriating is that i don't understand why some YEAR 1s wanna squeeze with the YEAR 2s and 3s for the bus though they know that they're starting school 30mins later than the YEAR 2s & 3s. NEH NEH MAN! WHY FIGHT WITH US SIA... Don't expect me to board the first 168, that would be utter madness! I don't wanna wake up that early la...

WED is off for us! So i can finally resume my usual routine when i'm having my off-days during the holidays. I miss going to gym BADLY. I'm gonna resume doing that for every WED. However tomorrow i can't cause i got plans on already, celebrations that is.

It feels rather weird and not used to when you've to disrupt your routine that you usually practiced during the holidays. Very uneasy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! I'M FINALLY 18! WATCH OUT FOR MY IC YOU BOUNCERS! YOU CAN'T DENY MY ENTRY ANYMORE!



Some random insect decided to invade my house.

The side view. It's being cooped up. Hallelujah!

The top view. Yes, it's bigger than a coin. FREAKING BIG!

Then my mum released it. BETTER NOT FLY BACK!

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

<-- Have you ever felt spasm(series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations) when you felt like you're gonna sneeze but you didn't? Haha. The classic of Mr Bean, during the 'church' episode where he only knows how to sing the "Hallelujuah" part.


"AH-CHOOO!!!" "CLICK" With the 'number-clicker' on my hand, i guessed this is the 153rd time i've sneezed?

I have slight Sinus(i think), but it only happens sometimes and it always starts in the morning for no apparant reason. Wasn't that bad in the morning so i went to work. When i was working, it became from bad to worse. I kept sneezing and sneezing. Serving & entertaining guests seemed so difficult suddenly. A major leap from how i usually talked to the guest. My patience level dipped a little due to my consistent leaking of mucus where i had to suck it back so that it won't drip in front of the guest. I know this sounds gross but it's true, i don't have a choice. I still remember last time i had a terrible flu when i was working too. My mucus actually dripped when i was serving coffee to a guest. BUT LUCKILY IT DIDN'T DRIPPED INTO HIS COFFEE OR ELSE I'D HAVE SAID "HALLELUJUAH!" coupled with "HOLY SHIT!" What's fortunate is that i think the guest didn't notice it. So, phew...

When i'm having flu, i'll get very clumsy and very not bothered about what's going on. Alright so done with the gross and digusting flu thingy.

JERLADINE went to BRUNCH for interview today. So i hoped she gets in, and i think it won't be that difficult for her too. When i exiting the staff lift, i saw SAN SAN. Immediately she rushed for the lift with her 2 hands in front of her waving/shaking vigorously, macham using her hands power wanting the lift not to close the liftdoor. I laughed loudly on the spot. Cause her actions were simply hilarious! I don't know how to describe but if you were there, you'd laugh too! SAN SAN just brightened up my day.

I went up to the poolside to ask the guests if they wanted any food/drinks. When i was walking down back to the bar area, FRANKIE(Assistant Manager) told me that my fly was opened. WHAT THE HELL? Immediately i looked down at my zip, and it was still zipped. "APRIL FOOL!", shouted FRANKIE. Damn it! I was april-fooled! Anyway it a common sight that my fly is opened. It isn't gonna be the first and last time anyway, and i don't know why my zip would suddenly become unzipped. There were a couple of times i served/entertained the guests with my fly opened, only when i walk to the back area then i found out my zip was unzipped. Sighh...

He asked me to work until 11pm but with my condition do you think i still can? I pleaded with him not to let me work till 11pm because i would literally die if there were alot of guests during the night. Then you'll see more mucus flying around... I'm already half-dead when i'm there with my runny nose.

So finally he let me off at 4.30pm(my shift for that day ends at 5pm) and dad came to fetch me. When i was back home, mum told me that there's this 'statistic person coming to our home to do a survey about our expenditure and stuff(the governement thingy). When she came at around 8+ i didn't bother geting out of my room to greet her, neither did i show my face. I think she'd be scared off, seeing my zombie-fied face, with mucus leaking from my nasal hole profusely. Haha, not that gross la! I just don't want to show my face, that's all. I've become Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer.

*As i'm typing, i kept on blowing my nose. Fed-up, i used the tissue to stuff my nose just like a bull with chain on its nose.*

Ohh yea, i decided to joke with this ang moh couple when they went upfront to the bar to pay their bill.

Me: "Just to inform you, those 2 glasses of ice water cost you 20 bucks each."
Him: "Really?"
Her: "Wow, that's rather expensive!"
Me: "Yea, those are pure distilled water from Singapore River!"(i don't know why Singapore River came to my mind.)
Me and Them(laughs)

Wanted to pull an April Fool joke with them but didn't think fast enough due to my runny nose. I become all slow when my nose becomes runny.

Alright, i just had my BECAME(medication for flu) and i'm gonna turn in... Wanna cut my hair tomorrow too.

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY TO VIRGIN OLD MAID KRISTEL! HAHA!



"AH-CHOOO!!!"

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Thursday, March 20, 2008

<-- Taken during a trip to Paris, family vacation. The previous day i asked my French Manager(FRANCK) to coach me French language. Haha. What audacity i have! But i treat him as a friend so i don't care. He's the manager of 3 restaurants in Pan Pacific Hotel. I wanna learn French language is partly because if in the future i have the capabilities i would like to call Paris my 2nd home. The old colonial buildings just call out to you to leave the buzz of modern highly technological-fied society and befriends with the romantic yet full of inspirations country.


Alright after calling FRANKIE about the guest's reservation and telling him what happened, i feel more at ease cause he said it's a small case and he'll call him up and reconfirm everything. PHEW! At last i wouldn't feel that tensed and worried anymore.

2 NEW MOVIES THAT'RE A MUST WATCH!
  1. Step Up 2(more of a in-your-face commercialised, as discribed by MEL) TRAILER
  2. August Rush(an ophan in search of his parents through various encounters with people & touching them with his gift of music, a modern Mozart) TRAILER

Suppose to watch these 2 movies today but since August Rush's timeslot and location of the cinema sucked horrendously, MEL(WEN MIN) & I decided to postpone it. And ALEX's(colleague) prepaid 'emptied', i think since i can't contact him at all, so i can't tell him where to meet & stuff. Was so fed up. Never mind...

So MEL and i decided just to meet up, as promised, at Changi Airport T3. I don't know what's so great about Popeye's but what you see on the photo SERIOUSLY ISN'T what you gonna get. They're bloody cheaters, of your money and feelings. Just think carefully, is Popeye's worth it? But still had that for dinner since MEL wanna try. And the counter person who served us literally looked like this tech whiz from the movie, The Italian Job.

We chatted alot almost everything & anything under the sun. From metrosexuality/homosexuality - tabloids, tampons - really explicit stuff, personal life - work life, and etc. And i have just found out in Dictionary.com, they describe metrosexual, or should i say LINK, to being similar to homosexual males. "Errr... Hmmm..." Not that i don't know what's the meaning of metrosexual but i didn't know it's being linked with homosexual males. Alright then if that's the case...

MEL and i basically have no restricted topics and she's quite open, and that's what i like about hanging out with her. We're frank with each other & etc. A great person to always hang out with.

P.S Ehh MEL, if you're reading this you ought to be TOUCHED OK!

She left at 8/9+ to send off a friend and we finally meet up at like 11+. Wow... this is how she treat me after my last outing with her 3 months ago. But never mind, i get to explore the newly opened T3 abit(but spent more time stoning) and found out that there're alot of JC students going overseas. Exchange programes? Then saw a dad saying prayers to his daughter, with mum, dad, daughter in a circle head facing down. GOD BLESS YOU ALL! Passed by a group of Japanese students and their cheeks are like super rosy. Haha. Became a 'freelance' photographer when this japanese ma cik(aunty in malay) asked me to take a photo of her with 2 other people(relatives/friends).

Bade MEL goodbye with a goodbye kiss(haha, as if) then i made way to my bus Berth at Bedok Interchange, and that's when i saw LU CHUAN. Catch up abit then he suddenly tell him he's not yet 18, then he looked at his watch(12am on the dot) and say that he's finally 18. I HAD A SHOCK! I WAS LIKE, HUH? YOU SURE ANOT? He even let me see his IC and no kidding... 20th March 1990. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was so sudden and random... Haha. Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LU LU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

YOU'RE BORN IN THE ZOO

WITH THE MONKEYS & ELEPHANTS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Since your name is LU

I've decided to dedicate this to you!

Since you're 18, no longer a playful youth

It's time you grow up & create a success that huge!

And he even told me that he's one step closer to death. -_-" Can i just slap your face? It's your birthday and you say this kinda thing. CHOY! But then... Life is very unpredictable. Who knows what will happen the next day. Who knows i might 'fly' to heaven earlier than you?

Life is scary, full of spontanous surprises, awaiting for you to chua tio and see how you apprehend & react to circumstances/situations.

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