1088: food woes

went to bugis area today.

was supposed to meet edwin at 3+ today but when i was already on my way out, he told me he can oni meet at 5+. argh, 2 hours diff, wat was i supposed to do??

i walked around sim lim for a while. got a new network adaptor, all because we lost the installation disk to the old one at home. ouch. had wanted to buy a webcam for Ryo but i didn't really know which to choose from and i didn't buy in the end. hah. there was a bit of a scare when i forgot my PIN number to my Atm Card and i ran all the way to the bank at Fu Lu Shou Complex but they could only tell me to call the card centre. luckily, i tried the other numbers i remembered and it worked. phew. else no more cash for the next week.

drats. i'm falling asleep as i blog. finish this tomorrow. tata.

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edit: 8.33am

ok.. to continue. i managed to remember my PIN, phew.. then i went to Bugis Junction and had wanted to go Kino but they were doing stock-take. (T.T)no place to go for the next 2 hours!!! so i wandered around Bugis, saw nothing that interested me and decided to sit in Simply thai and get my tom yam noodles. i dunno wats wrong with me, but i couldn't finish it. it didnt taste as great anymore. i couldn't finish it. :(

so i sat there for an hour plus. staring into space. thinking bout wat i needed to do still in the remaining time.

when i finished, i got up and when to Orchard at 4pm where i was supposed to meet edwin. wandered around and lucky, kino there wasnt doing stock-take. heh. walked around reading picture books with funny poems (like Tim Burton's The Story of Oyster Boy) and i was so tempted to buy books but i decided to go to the library to curb the seductions of the books. when i reached the library, it was bout 5pm and there was no word from edwin yet so i was thinking i would leave at 6pm if still nothing. i would admit, i was kinda pissed off at him for being so late since i had been very much looking forward to meeting up with him after so long. :(

luckily he did turn up. (=^-^=)

we had dinner at the pasta cafe and i intro-ed him to the Sambal Marinara. like the tom yam noodles, much of my old preference for this dish had suddenly without reason, thinned. and i couldn't finish the dish. (T.T) it was a weird feeling. i got to meet his best fren in the midst of dinner though. heard alot bout him b4 and finally got to put a face to the name. :)

after that, we caught the Yoyo champion Yohan(?) at the Taka square and he was really pretty amazing with the tricks. i had never seen the yoyo tricks b4 so it was a major eye-opener. so fast and so cool but i didn't really see the point. haha. the yohan thing reminded me of matsuzawa-san buying the Coca Cola yoyos in odaiba. wonder if he can do any tricks now. heh.

there's a really cool chill-out roof-top bar that oversees jubilee Hall (raffles hotel) at Odeon towers. we went there for drinks after dinner & i must say, my alcohol tolerance was almost zero. had a martini and felt giddy liaoz. then i had a beer and i kept on yawning and yawning. :( so weak!! by 11pm i could barely stay awake and i opted to go home. :x paiseh winni dear, it was a great evening and thanks for the dinner and drinks. i still dunno why i was so tired. but thank you thank you. missed u alot in Japan heh.. and so it's always one of the highlights of my holidays when i meet up with u (^-^) see u again when i come back ok?

and my night ends at midnite.

1087: food fest

okie.. i better remember wat i ate liaoz these past 2 days :
1. hum
2. rice dumplings
3. chicken rice
4. seafood / chilli crab
5. wedding dinner food

not alot hor. and dun look very much like things i been craving for. only chicken rice and hum actually hehe. things i still die die must eat:
1. simply thai tom yam noodles
2. sambal marinara at Pasta cafe
3. Thai express -> with jaclyn on wed for lunch
4. curry fish head
5. hor fun -> maybe supper. get dad to buy
6. duck rice -> lunch on when?? hmmmmm..
7. duck soup with salted veg. <-- where?! better remind my mum..
6. genghis khan oysters. heh..must eat as much as i can b4 i go back to a place without cheaper oysters.

walked around with my sis today, mainly taka. i had many things in mind that i wanted to buy but it turns out that i actually didn't need those things or else i couldn't get them le. Prescriptives magic powder was wat i wanted but apparently, prescriptives closed down liao. i wanted to get a new phone and start signing the 2 year plan so that start early end early but didn't see any phone i liked at all. hmm. but then my sis is supposed to buy a phone she likes first.. hmm. any phone recommendations? i look at all the phones and i don't feel any excitement for them unlike in the past liao. and i changed money at lucky plaza today, the exchange rates really very lousy for yen :( but at least my singapore bank accts are not empty again. hah. went to kinokuniya and saw many books i wanted to read but bu4 she3 de2 mai3. abit off. i think i am back to the sg mindset again, sg prices are low but feels ex. heh.

i received my ds lite charger from playasia! now i can play whole heartedly without worrying if my DS will run out of batt.. :p

1086: X-men is still X-men

watched X-men after a long long break from going to the theatres. it was sooo exciting!!! although Scott _______ stupidly (i still dun really understand) and i still can't believe Professor X is ______, the action and seeing all the mutants do all their stunts is still great. the new additions and the fighting showed off all their powers,but it was pity all the mind controllers had to _______. hehe i can't wait for the next X-men. the title is a farce.. it's not the last at all!!

the wedding. the wedding. the wedding. i dunno how to describe. it was a tiring affair. i am really happy that she got married, i teared many times, but i am feeling a little sad that my best fren is not one of us anymore. haha.. sounds like she was mutant became human. hmm one of us, one of us single girls in their childish lives anymore, some one who's moved on to the next phase of life liao.. boo hoo! all my photos are stuck in the camera still. but in the morning, we ran about like mad chicks.. in the evening we also did. the guests were late (the majority) and we had to coordinate the timing with the restaurant people. it was confusing and a major headache but at least i learnt wat to do at my wedding liao.. haha..

my grandma made rice dumplings today. i missed it last year. but this year, i managed to eat her delicious dumplings. yay! the size shrinked abit, and the sauce seems to be a little less.. but the taste of the love and hard work in the dumpling is all there lor. happy to see her, happy to be back in there just watching tv and doing nothing and be fussed over. haha.

1085 almost dead

damn tiring day. waiting for my hair to dry. big day tomorrow.

but too tired to churn out proper sentences/words. will speak more when my brain is coherently thinking. zzz

nite nite

1084: Over-reacting & travel prep

maybe i overreacted a little in my last post.

but wouldn't anyone get angry if some drunk bugger tells lies or outrageous untrue stories bout you in front of the boss? basically ruining the boss' impression of u?

i asked her that directly but its always ignored, or she pretends not to hear. it's ok. i noe who is the real culprit and spreader of lies. it's only one more month. i will not succumb to her stupid games again. May 2005 was a hellish month last year and it was her fault. this year, i shall be avoiding her mind games.

on a lighter note, (heavier>>>>>?) my luggage is currently 19.3Kg. i better list down the things i have to pack still... from head to toe first i guess:

- shampoo, conditioner, repair essence, curling water, curling iron, styling spray?
- makeup (have to remember to trim eyebrow tonite) / perfume -> all travel sizes..
- nail polish (have to buff all my nails tonite oso, both hands and legs!)
- erh i guess i better rem to shave legs too then -.- and to bring the razor as well.. darn..
- contacts case and solution
- toothbrush? (or buy new one in sg. )
- more clothes. (oh no i have to do laundry tonight....)
- specs. (i forgot to bring specs when i travelled once and it was a torture. nope, i do not have a spare pair at home.)
- laptop & power cable
- PSP and power
- NDS
- wallet (must rem to withdraw money today oso!)
- rice cooker.... (haven pack into box even...)
- PASSPORT!
- buy the goodies for family from Hankyu

i can't think of anything else. anything else i missed out???

i still need a small whitish purse/handbag for the wedding.. dun have anything nice for that purpose.. the prada bag abit dirty and its suede too.. not really suitable.. how how how? maybe will go take a look today. argh. so mafan.

1083: super dulan

wat was supposed to be a fun get together with my colleagues turned out to be a "Let's attack Jocelyn" session.

one of them spouted some rubbish and obviously lies about some mysterious guy meeting me in the canteen (WTF? company canteen somemore?!) last year blah blah and i was like wat the shit u talking? the boss was there, the newcomers were there and my boss even asked me, "u had so many bfs in japan?" LIES ALL LIES!!! I was so pissed off. knn. what were you trying to do, make me look bad in front of everyone? i been having no social life in japan, being true to one person, coming home and stare at the tv and the PC everyday, and u say lies bout me being a flirt (ANOTHER WTF LIE!) (and this sounds an awful lot like it came from peiling last time who kept saying i flirt with robert just cos he was one of the only persons who actually asked me to go dinner after work together UNLIKE HER?) u think i will be dulan or not? since when u see with ur 2 eyes u see me flirt? no guy on the street here has even been entertained when trying to get my number, not like the rest who leave themselves open for old men to follow them and to talk to them by going to seedy places to drink.

then comes the 2nd round of attack. suddenly my hair and my makeup comes under attack. another one of the girls suddenly said my hair's too brown for work. i was thinking wtf? my boss said my hair's nice even! and who are u to talk when i dyed my hair black the whole last year and u had quite brown hair. and u too. and u. and what my atmosphere isn't matching with the office. you jealous u cannot wear jeans and sneakers to work ah? and wats with the persistent comment that my make up is not appropriate? ur gd fren has on thick make up everyday lor. what i have on is just basic foundation, light pink eyeshadow, mascara and no gloss even. if i find out who are the rumour mongers i will so cut their tongues out.

1082: Pac Man!

i got a pac man souvenir from E3 2006, courtesy of Ryo!



damn cute right?

i have the evil blob from the game too but i haven't taken any pictures of it yet.. so more to come later.

all plans to USA have been put on hold. because plans between edb & capcom seems to have come to a standstill. there's no more time for any more discussions becos the boss is busy and he seems to have not allocated any time for this matter on his schedule liaoz. haiz. give up hope and just prepare for going home liao. we are just pawns in this stupid game between them.

oh .. and here's the 2nd pic of the surprise:



a box. hehehe..

and yesterday, it was a rare occasion that all of us sg girls met together for dinner. very rare since dunno eons ago. i actually had leftover soup and did not plan on spending any money this week but haiz, for the good of relationships and all, i went and just chatted with them while i ate abit. went home and conked out at 11pm cos my nose was running again.

my stupid luigi & mario game came to a standstill when i tried to go backwards to get some part in the game and turns out that i went to save the game at a point where there was no proceeding nor going back. it was supposed to be an event spot, but the event had occurred b4 le so it didn't happen again and i was stuck there not able to move. damn off, cos i had to start the game ALL OVER AGAIN! (T.T) very off..

counting down to the wedding.. i wished that i would stop having nitemares about it though..

1081: groggy sunday. oops! monday liao

had flu last night so i conked out at 9pm. and woke up intermittently at night. i didn't know how long i had been asleep for and i suddenly just woke up with a start. the sudden waking up because u feel that "there is someone in the room!" kind of feeling. i don't know why i felt that way. twice in the night i woke up that way. i would wake up and stare into the darkness, with fear in my heart that there was someone in the room. and my mind in circles. it took me a while b4 i could sleep again. i think the first time was about 10+pm.. the 2nd time was 12 plus. partly cos i was expecting Ryo to turn up, but he called at 12+ past midnite to say he was still stuck at work. so i went to sleep and had some nightmares, couldn't remember what and woke up in cold sweat at about 6am today. too early. so i went back to sleep and woke up when the alarm rang at 6.50am. i remember checking the alarm, but i didn't realise i had fallen asleep, cos i had one of those dreams that you are already awake and getting ready for work. so i got ready for work in my dreams until my 2nd alarm rang at 7.04am. woke up with a start and was quite disoriented when i realised only 15min had passed? was feeling very giddy and headachy but couldn't stay home today cos had a mtg with the sg edb people. so i mo2 mo2 hu2 hu2 went to work and just struggled to stay on my feet.

i watched xin1 dong4 last night.. tempting heart if you remember it. the show by gigi leong and Takeshi Kaneshiro in year 2000? or 1999.. but i didn't feel so much when i watched it this time. i remember when i went to watch it with benchiek and hailiang and after that we had curry fish head for lunch at bukit batok and then went for lion dance practice. just like yesterday those memories. but last time when i watched it, i could feel the full emotions of the high school sweet romance thingey. but now.. i just watched it like a movie. without much thoughts. hmmmm... i guess that's one of the signs of maturity? or just the loss of that innocent naivety and the faith is puppy love liaoz.

1080: wedding nightmares

had a horrific nightmare last night.

i dreamt that i was back in sg for the wedding but i didn't know the venue, and i was just rushing around like a mad chicken. then i was wondering how come xinhuan didn't call me. and it was already evening and i was like oh no oh no where am i supposed to go!! even my jap boss knew where the venue was and was already there but no one wanted to tell me where i was supposed to go and i dunno why but i called xq. then his sis picked up the phone and told me he was in US not in sg. and after that i got so frustrated i woke up. -.-

and when i walked along the road today, a woman stopped me. i was wearing a t-shirt with a red peace sign and she was like "oh.. i support peace too!" and she started a strange conversation about how hiroshima and nagasaki was a mistake and peace should continue from now on without war. ....... interesting .. but a bit weird. i'm not really used to people stopping me to make random conversation on the streets.　

so i packed up last night whatever i wanted to bring home (mainly books) and guess wat. its just books only, not even any clothes and i weighed the luggage it was already 20KG. Ouch. so heavy!! how how! liddat i haven't put in my clothes and all yet! its terrible...

i dlded this show Grey's Anatomy, drama of hospital interns. very interesting and the lead is a 36 year old lady in real life who still can pass off as 20s.
wahhhhh! season 1 & 2 has already ended, i just finished watching season 1 here.. but all the other characters dun look very hot. but the content is not bad although after a while, i was beginning to feel like they were just chopping up meat on the kitchen counter when they were doing surgery. hmmm.. yah .. and almost all of the resident/attending doctors were having affairs with the interns as well. -.-

1079 DS Lite again!

i received it today! hoho.. the DS Lite i mean..









the power button has shifted to the right side instead compared to the old DS..

anyway.. US has announced launch on June 11.

and guess wat... the surprise! hoho.. will drag this as long as i can... guess wat this is...



hee hee.. catch part 2 and part 3 tomorrow...

i finally got the perfect dress for the wedding!! yay! was anticipating a long shopping trip today to search but i found it in the most girly shop possible. hohoh! its really sweet, halter ribbon with a bit of puffy chest area, and high-waisted. finally a relief...

now just to get ready for the trip bah.. yay..!

1078 Yahoo Auctions

my eyes are about to close. i am having a super boring day at work & I'm glad its friday. dunno why, this week seems to be very long and tiring. just have no focus to do anything.

so i purchased a DS Lite for myself. on japan's yahoo auctions. there are so many people out to make a quick buck, by reselling their new stock for a profit. so all Nintendo is doing with this shortage is to let some consumers make more money. .... while others who really want to play are forced to fork out a higher price. like yours truly. i bought the Ice blue colour.. due to the abundance of free time, i looked for any availbility of the DS lite in online shops and i got the yahoo auctions instead. a full day of looking at auctions did me in. argh. but i managed to get it in the end, not too ex (in yen everything dun look too ex (T.T) ).

and yesterday i said i had a surprise but i didn't manage to take a pic yet so i'll post it tomorrow hopefully. heh.

i still have not managed to find any dress for the wedding. there is no bridesmaid customs in japan and my colleague say no one wears white at weddings except the bride so that no one upstages her. argh. so shops here dun really sell white semi-formal dresses.

i'm now refraining from buying games until i reach SG so that i can get the English versions. I saw that games in sg cost an avg of $50? and it sounds very ex to me. but here, we buy games for 4000 yen and we think its cheap. it sounds cheap doesnt it? when 4000 yen is actually bout $60-$70. hmmmm...

and i remembered i did not follow up on the crush thing. well. i think i dun have a crush anymore. after the day trip (& i am glad that so many people joined us in the end), i am closer to him as a friend but also see alot of irritating things about him. heh. so.. i'll stop with crushes and just enjoy friendship from now on.. :)

1077: i'm alive!!

i'm still alive! yay!

actually the wound hurt like mad when i washed my hair last nite. and i can't wear a cap too. and i woke up with a headache on the whole left side of the head. it subsided so i guess i'm alright.

did i show this before ? ( i cant remember liao...) there's a station named tmd in japan. tamade!



jaclyn and me had a good laugh over this when we saw it. one of the subway station's names.

& in the land of cute things, of cos a huge soft toy would be used to attract customers:



pooh-san and the giant cone. yah.. winnie the pooh is known as pooh-san here. isn't it polite? heh..

anyway.. last night went to look at games. and to try my luck at getting a DS lite. i guess it probably wont be 2 times lucky such that i can heng heng get another one again so easily le. but can always try my luck i guess. thought of buying new super mario bros but it wont be out next week. think i'll go sg and get instead.

i still dunno wat to pack for the sg trip. our future is still uncertain.

today is a pretty boring post.. tomorrow will have a surprise for u all. heh. ^-^

1076： blood flowing from my head

i was an idiot today.

i walked to the first floor of the building, stood against the wall, bent over to adjust the straps on my shoe, and when i raised my head, i hit my head on the external aircon structure of the 1st-floor apartment. it was metallic. and i hit it very hard. you noe u usually raise ur head fast especially if you are in a hurry. that kind of strength and speed made the hit a very bad hit and the result was a loud *bong!* sound and immediate seeing of stars. incapacitated for a while. immediately doubled over and just started tearing / crying silently in pain. which caused my mascara to smear. and thats another problem later. but.. anyway.. it was soooo painful. and i reached out to touch the painful area and its just so dramatic when i saw my fingers smeared with blood. *faints*

nah.. i didn't faint, was still super painful but i was also thinking "wah.. drama.. got more blood" ?? was also thinking "more blood more blood then dun need to go work" hehe.. abit masochistic. but yah. this is like the first time i have had any injury on my head that actually drew blood. nothing so serious before, usually just bump on the wall or wat.. no sharp edges, just a blue black lump.. so i don't really noe how serious this is. the blood stopped after a while, i could walk to the station with my head still throbbing and my mascara a mess and i just sat thru the train ride with a throbbing pain at the injured spot. it still hurts now but i dunno if i'm supposed to see a doctor or wat.

ok if i dun post up anything or come online in the next few days u will knoe wat happened.

today the 2 newbies in corporate planning came around. for greetings. and they were quite pretty. feel abit sianz. that i might be forgotten by the corporate planning team after i leave. of cos its abit bad and its impossible for me to join in their activities forever.. but still, i guess i'm a little possessive in that sense about my frens la. hmm i don't really know how to explain.. but i guess i am pretty selfish and want to be the only one favoured by the team leaders etc? hmmmm.. or maybe its cause of my crush haha. i cannot touch no one else can too.. wahahahah

the knock on the head is showing effect

1075: depressed like shit.

okie.. the joy of the weekend trip has passed, and i'm back to this boring osaka again. bleahz.

and guess what, i forgot to bring my keys yesterday. i had already reached the dorm, had planned to shower and then laze around abit then go to ryo's. in the end, i reached the dorm, i could enter cos of the other girls had the key but i couldn't enter my room obviously. what a big boo boo. (T.T) & my DS was out of batt too. suay suay suay. i couldn't sit in the lobby with nothing to do so i went to peiling's room, played with her keyboard abit, waited for Ryo to call me when he was leaving the office. he finally did at 10.30pm and so i left the dorm. was already dead tired liao, yawning with every step i took. reached his home safely in the end while reading 金田一 comics on the train. yes in jap of cos.. hehehe..

reached his home, found the dumbo bunch of keys. argh. and i had not bring clothes for work today co s i had expected to go home last nite. grrr. so had to wear his t-shirt. and then guess wat, couldn't find my specs last nite. i distinctly remembered having left it on his table but it wasn't there. after we hunted high and low, still dun have, i gave up, went to wash up, took off my contacts and went straight to bed. hmm.

work up feeling super sleepy still. dunno why. i want to go back to tokyo.

yesterday was depressing. finally the big shots confirmed what we had expected. no Capcom in sg. sianz. and i dun want to be assigned a job in games, i am not a PROGRAMMER! i wan to go ahead with my own plans! so sad.... :(

1074: tokyo weekend

paiseh.. been in tokyo for the weekend so no updates until now.

It's been a taxing day, bad news since morning till now. granted, it was expected bad news, but the announcement of it just makes it very real. argh. feeling down now, in less than 2 months, this training will be over. this feeling is made all the more worse after the trip the past weekend. it was fun, these colleagues have become my friends, i don't want to say goodbye to them!


so the 4 of us (the 3 other people are colleagues from the tokyo office). we had Sg food, they enjoyed it, and we cracked alot of jokes, suan each other and just kept laughing and laughing. havent had such a good time for so long.

in the morning, i met Matsuzawa-san and he took me to Odaiba to the Fuji tV Building. hohooho..



the whole day it was raining like mad.. so all the photos look very dull. bleahz. aniway.. i got my wish.. i am part of the SMAP studio set!



and i took a pic with this children's cartoon character. she is so cute and sometimes duh. but she's my favourite .. :)


& the fuji TV Mascot is soooo cute!


of cos everything there was done with this character.. and this is my favourite pic of the whole place.



the men's toilet sign hahahahah... he looks like he's going to burst any minute.

we had sushi for lunch in Tsukiji. it was very very delicious.



abit ex but seriuosly fresh lor. had beer for lunch with sushi, a first for me. it got me abit drowsy.. but i managed to drink the whole thing up.

after that we went to Omotesando Hills, (表参道）one of the most affluent areas in Tokyo. (think jimmy choos, harry winston etc) its even more ex than the famous Roppongi Hills. it was still raining there at 4pm in the afternoon. as u can see in this photo...



at the omotesando hills shopping mall, Mz-san intro us to this heavenly delicious icecream shop. Natural Beat or something. one plate 2 scoops 800 yen? hehe.. but doesn't it look great? tastes great oso..



after that we went to have dinner at the Singapore restaurant and thats basically the end of the day. haiz... i also received my first bouquet of flowers in Japan from them on saturday..



it was packed/arranged nicely in a box.. very very sweet lor... (T.T) very touched actually... will miss them alot alot..



the group shot..

the 2nd day was a lonely day. it was drizzling when i woke up still, so i got dressed, lazed around abit to wait for the rain to stop. it was a super difficult task to pack all my shopping done from the day b4 to just 1 bag. but managed to do it aniway.. and i went to Shibuya to shop. i found a super big zara there! in the end i ended up taking silly pics in the changing room.. hahah



haha.. very boliao..

but anyway.. thats pretty much the whole trip..

more photos at Tokyo Weekend set in flickr..

1973: ご機嫌 Part 2

i am still in a good mood and it's after lunch .. hehe..

was thinking over why i felt so un-depressed today and i realised it was because i didn't have nightmares last night. in fact i had a great dream last night. i dreamt that i was already in tokyo ... having fun, shopping sightseeing etc. hohoho. (^-^)v and b4 i went to sleep last night, Ryo called from LA. a wonderful surprise! cos he nv called me b4 on his overseas trip of his own accord. and it was right after i sent him an email so it was realli coincidental because he has just woke up over there. hee hee hee... and only 3 more days b4 the money is in my acct. my pay i mean. and with the plans for the US trip coming along, another good thing to look forward to too.. and also the chance to be able to eat i am so happy! <- i think i haven't said that for a long time. hoho..

can't wait can't wait!

oh i'll be going to this Singaporean restaurant for lunch tomorrow.. check it out..
Sin Tong Kee
it looks quite good..

1072 : ご機嫌

i'm in an excellent mood this morning. will blog more bout it later

1071: あなたのpride が高いですか？

i been watching Pride on youtube.com recently during lunch. everytime i watch the 2nd last episode, i always start sniffling. the struggles of Yamato to recover in time to join the team for the finals and him encouraging Halu to get past the jail period and look forward, and the motivational given by Tomo to the team without the 2 star players.. boohoo!! (T.T) it's so touching and seeing my idol so dejected in jail on screen is just so heart wrenching. iceman or not, i will always support him!! (^-^)v

1070: Its hard work staying pretty in Japan

in view of the coming pay and the increment due to the strength of the S$ (i love singapore!!!), went on a shopping spree, hehehe.

i bought new shoes yesterday at Kobe..



after that trip to shinsaibashi, i was feeling the sense of despair that always hits me when i'm looking for shoes. my ugly long toes are always too long and sticks out of slip-ons, or are too tight in covered heels and become blistered badly. the length of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th toe are all about the same.. i think u can imagine how gross they look. besides that, my feet are too skinny. all the veins and bones sticking out when i arch my feet in heels (and visible and when i dun arch as well -.-) hence the hard time finding shoes that fit me AND look good. (T.T) but after the long search for 2 weeks, i finally found a perfect pair for now! yay! but i still have to find a pair for the wedding, something suitable for being a bridesmaid. darn.

wat else did i buy... hmm i bought underwear... at a Triumph sale i chanced upon that began today. its madness at sales, jap women are damn kiasu and fierce and rude. they push and jostle and grab at the underwear on display and rummage thru them like aunties at the market (?) and they buy underwear like there's no tomorrow. i see some women holding a bag of at least 10 bras etc. siao. and their sale is not that cheap. and jap underwear is all lacy i dunno why triumph dun have their normal maximizers and normal plain (non-lacy) underwear here. -.- but haha.. i wont show photos of those here. :p

bought a present for my team leader.. was his bday last week and sort of a thank you gift for showing me around this sat. dun really know wat to buy, he is pretty rich too. in the end i walked around and i think he said b4 he liked Paul Smith so i bought a coin pouch from Paul Smith for him. hmm .

of cos, i wandered around the cosmetics area of cos.. bought a moisturizing day cream.



been using the sample they gave me for some time le and it works great. so now i'm hooked... o.O and after taking a pict of this i realised.. that i am now a Clinique addict. look at the hoard i've amassed in the past 16 months:



from left, top to bottom, back to front:
clarifying hydrating lotion , perfectly real liquid foundation, turnaround concentrate skin renewer, superdefense moisturiser, gentle light highlighting powder, concealer, lip gloss, take the day off makeup remover, repairwear intensive night cream, repairwear super intensive night cream, high impact mascara.

woohoo. wat a mouthful. jialat. i did not realise i had become so high maintenance. hehe .. and since i was taking pics of that.. i decided to take pics of all (i mean ALL) of the cosmetics i had bought myself the past 16 months as well:



bobbi brown cosmetics: eyeshadow essentials, dark purple eyeshadow, cheek bronzer



Stila Lip gloss: limited 3-in-1 travel set



eyeshadow... : Bobbi Brown, Revlon, Maybelline, FF (by shiseido)
(#^-^#)

of cos, there has to be hair products oso....



i think the one on the left is available in singapore.. From Left:
1. Free&Free Damage Aid - not bad but when the weather got dryer it didn't work on damaged ends anymore..
2. Wella Liquid Hair - this acts as a spray as well as a treatment pdt for the day
3. Lucidol Shining Water - suppose to make ur hair look sleek but oso treats and i been using this regularly recently cos it also acts as styling water
4. Wella Repair Essence - a godsend. i can't do without this damage repair product everyday, totally smoothens and softens the hair
5. Lucidol Pre-Curl Water - b4 u use the curling iron, u have to put this so that the hair will curl nicely without being damaged/dried out

and there's one more.. but now i seldom use.



after i permed my hair last month, i used this Lucidol "romantic styling" wax to scrunch every morning but its quite difficult to wash off. it works, i just am not used to the hair being stiff feeling? luckily my hair has loosened to the nice wavy curls liaoz heh.

haha this has become an recommendation post regarding beauty products..but yah., the clinique stuff really works. i tried body shop and other drug store brands here as well but they just didn't achieve results as quickly as the clinique stuff when my face started peeling due to the seasonal change from Summer to Autumn. so.. when i recommend it really is good lor!! u must believe me!! ;p

have to sleep le. Beauty sleep. hohoho..

1069: air tickets headache

i'm trying to source for the best price for tix to US. to decide whether i can afford to go. i think i can.. but its a little steep still. which is the cheapest state to land from SG to ? i think it's san francisco, but i actually found tix to LA at S$960 b4 taxes. I haven't book any tours/ flights etc from Sg b4, so abit unsure to where got best deals.. any help? i'm hoping for Open Jaw tix actually, want to go in August, for bout 20 days i think, and i wanna go LA, Las Vegas, New York and San Francisco. hmm 5days per area should be good enuff, but i need to buy the tix to go there first. hah.

1068 : Katamari Damashi

i love this game!! Katamari Damashi that is... in jap its 塊魂　and Katamari means lump or block.

the story originated from the Japan-only PS2 version:



In the original title, the King of the Cosmos has a rowdy night out that led to the disappearance of the stars. Realizing his blunder, he sends his one son The Prince down to earth. The Prince is armed with a Katamari to roll everything in his path to create new stars.



The king in the centre praising the prince at the right corner for having completed one of his assigned tasks. apparently it was something underwater with him wearing a snorkel mask. hehe..

The story is neither logical nor rational but that's the fun of this whole game. just pure fun! with a great sales result in Japan, the much anticipated sequel, aptly named "We Love Katamari" (both in English and in Japanese) was borned.



"Yay!" all the fans are saying on the cover of the game.. :p with such popularity, how can there be just PS2 versions of the game?? of course there are more:



the PSP version entitled "Me & my katamari".. for the PS2 version, both the analog sticks were used to control the character in pushing the Katamari along, and it works just as if you are pushing the object urself. u push the sticks to push the Katamari, you press on the analog sticks to make your character jump, to stop moving you just stop pushing, to move left u just push the sticks to the left and so on so forth. wit the PSP, there's only one analog stick so everyone was wondering how the game would be still as fun. apparently.. it turned out great. it took some getting used to, one hand using the analog and one hand using the triangle, square, circle buttons to move the Katamari along. i got dizzy at first but after i got used to it.. i couldn't stop till i completed all the challenges of gathering strange things with the Katamari.

The katamari pretty much follows the law of gravitational physics. the more objects u have on the Katamari, the more and the larger the objects u are able to attract. so at first it starts with small stuff like stationery like erasers, pencils but it gets bigger to apples, then to watermelons, to small animals, then humans, then large animals like lions, elephants, then finally even buildings, pieces of land, even small stars. wahahahah! its pretty sadistic cos there are sound effects of the people screaming (in a cute way) in distress when u roll them up and they even run when they see u coming. (who wouldn't run if they saw a huge ball rolling towards them like an avalanche?) but of cos they dun get flattened when u roll them up, they just stick on the Katamari with their arms and legs waving around struggling until something else rolls over them. heheh.. like this :


picture courtesy of www.ugo.com

as u can see there are 2 humans at the right side of the Katamari waving their arms.. with more school children as targets in the room.. and almost all of the objects in the game are modeled after real world objects so the realism is there for sadists like me hehe.

and since there is such a huge fan base.. of cos there are fan toys!

tada!



the katamari puppet!



but i dunno how to work it so this is the best i can do....

anyway.. tuesday le yay! cant wait for the weekend when i be going to tokyo once again.. and finally my pay will be here next week. (still so far... ) but at least i can shop with a peace of mind w/o worrying if i can pay my rent next month. i went shopping last night for shoes for both the wedding and casual and my skinny feet are causing me so much trouble in finding the right shoes. grr.. in the end.. i bought a cd instead.. haha guess wat is it..



Katamari soundtrack! haha.. the music of the game is great too.. soothing, sometimes quirky music.. this is the 2nd one i bought, the first one i bought was not really soundtrack but orchestra music.. didn't suit my taste so i was abit irritated. cos i prefered the songs, not just tunes.. or sound effects. hmm but as a fan.. (like fan of Jay Chou) i must buy the first cd oso!!

oh back to the shopping trip.. i only bought a CD and a fashion magazine. while peiling bought shoes, and top and accessories. so today going to kobe area to hunt for shoes again. drats. why is it so difficult to find nice shoes on me!?

1067: mr curiosity

just got Jason Mraz's album and this song was very interesting:


Hey Mr. Curiosity
Is it true what they've been saying about you
Are you killing me?
You took care of the cat already
And for those who think it's heavy
Is it the truth
Or is it only gossip
Call it mystery or anything
Just as long as you'd call me
I sent the message on did you get it when I left it
See this catastrophic event
It wasn't meant to mean no harm
But to think there's nothing wrong is a problem

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
Love is a mystery
Mr. Curious...

Come back to me
Mr. waiting ever patient can't you see
That I'm the same the way you left me
In a hurry to spell check me
And I'm underlined already in envy green
And pencil red
And I've forgotten what you've said
Will you stop working for the dead and return
Mr. curious well I need some inspiration
It's my birthday and I cannot find no cause for celebration
The scenario is grave but I'll be braver when you save me
From this situation laden with hearsay

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
And love is a mystery
Mr. Curiosity
Be Mr. please
Do come and find me, oh
Find, find me, find me

I'm looking for love this time
Sounding hopeful but it's making me cry
Trying not to ask why
Cause love is a mystery
Mr. curiosity
Be Mr. please
Do come and find me

Love is blinding when the timing's never right
Oh who am I to beg for difference
Finding love in just an instant
Well I don't mind, at least I've tried
Well I tried, I tried...

curiosity personified. how curiosity killed the cat liao and is coming to kill him and he personified all the other emotions like envy, waiting, please etc.. heh..

anyway.. my blood is boiling now. no no.. not because of ryo again. but with edB. why? our pay is late. AGAIN. ok i think i mentioned it before, so i would say it is coming EVEN LATER. it's already one month late. they are giving us flake and a hard time bout receipts from the immigration department for the revenue stamp we had to pay to extend our visas. i'm sure all the other trainees in Japan from other companies have had to do this too. so why are they giving us a hard time about it? it is not cheap, each person had to pay near to a hundred bucks themselves to get the visa extension. we already sent them the receipt,. they dun accept, want us to photocopy and show them our passport. ERM...... it's not like our passport shows the sum of money paid lor. and if we didnt extend the visa, we are illegal immigrants liao?! wat the hell are they doing!? we need to get ready to go home, we need money to pay for shipping and stuff and oso survive? this is japan, the land where everything is expensive like hell and they keep on doing this to us. the pay has NEVER once been on time, no matter how early we send our progress reports. last time they needed 2 weeks to process the reports, so we sent 3 wks earlier. the pay came 5/6 weeks later. so we sent the next batch of reports 5 weeks earlier. the pay came 7-8 weeks after we sent the reports. wow they need 2 months to read thru 8 reports ?? and to process some bank transfers?? how fuked up is that! now can u see why my blood is boiling?

and golden week has ended. sianz. it ended with me quarrelling with Ryo again. he was damn childish bout going into the dorm with other people sitting in the lounge and i had to go ask them if they could go up because of this bugger. and he said, if they were there for too long, he would just go home after i pass him his stuff.. which made me furious. what, u treat my room like a hotel ah? wanted to move out cos of this damn problem of difficulty going in and out (which was again his problem not mine) yet he refused to let me. and after that.. back to the same old quarrels again. haiz. but aniway.. maybe he is the type that i have to nag 10 times and then he will absorb 1 idea finally type of person.. :(

photo(s) of the day: presenting.. the latest portable handheld game console....



the DS Lite!
when opened up, it looks like this..



a close up of the buttons:



the screen is brighter than the old one, and notice the buttons are not embossed.. those with Nintendo handheld (Gameboy etc) will remember that the buttons of A B XY are always embossed so that u can feel the alphabets, but this DS Lite has printed on letterings instead. which means they will wear off in time. bad... it feels too smooth oso.. heh.. the embossed wordings used to provide me with grip.

just to leave u with an idea of how smooth and shiny the DS Lite is..



yah kinda dirty, fingerprints all over.. cos its dark coloured too. this is Ryo's actually, i bought it for him for a post anniversary present as mentioned earlier. but of cos.. what is his will eventually be mine too ... wahahahah *evil laughter*

1066: elections fanfare

see wat i mean by no one tell us wat to do regarding voting? my friend oso encountered such a problem even though he's in sg. those who have no tv no money to buy newspapers how can they vote with no instructions?

according to my fren: (not that he got no tv or newspaper but he had not bothered to inform himself)

"anyway, today i wasted my vote. when it was my turn to vote, i found myself not knowing wat to do. i had not bother to see the segments on TV telling us how to vote etc. and when i acutally receive the voting slip, i was like "hmmm. do i cross or tick? if i cross, does it mean i want or dun want."

i flip the voting slip left right up down backwards etc but i couldnt find any instructions. so in the end, i just tick my selection (MY VOTE IS SECRET), and later i found out it will be a discarded vote. well, my discarded vote is still secret..

anyway, i was damm surprised the WP GRC in AMK got 49k votes(PAP got 96k votes). i think 2k in AMK was no-count votes(1 contributed by urs truely). the AMK WP pple are damm young leh. 1 52 yrs old, rest is 31 yrs and below.. one 24 somemore i think, and of low education level. not tat i have anything against lower educated pple, but i cant help thinking "wah lau, like tat i go run also can get some votes..." " -- hY

the thing is there are young people who are interested in politics and there are young people who are not. but most of us want to be part of any important decisions our country makes. like for example, running for president. there are maybe kids who aspire to be president but young people are not allowed to run right? and out of the old / experienced people who are allowed to run, those respectable figureheads in our community, no one runs for the post as well! its like, the adults are so bochup, how can they influence us to be more passionate bout the political scene??

1065: testing

today i finally decided to get down to registering for the business japanese test. i looked at the mess of application forms on my table and sorta gave up and decided to do online registration. and guess wat, they closed the online registration b4 golden week holidays! which totally doesnt make sense at all, they should close the manual registration earlier instead wat.!>! ...

haiz.. so i decided to try the sample test and surprise surprise .. ! i could do most of it except for the grammar portion (2-thirds of the test is listening compre) and hmm i dun think i need to go for the test this round, just go straight for it for 20% of the price in SG and the other JLPT test at the same time bah hoho.

today i finally woke up at a decent hour.. 10am. cooked breakfast for him (toast with melted cheese) using the frying pan but the mean guy spilt the bread. he wasn't paying attention and the toast slid off the plate and onto the carpet. i was quite pissed off cos i was already very hungry and he did such a thing (undermining all my efforts!) and the morning was off to a bad start. and then he ate up all the toast leaving me with no breakfast. ... wah liu... then found out from 2 friends the same morning they getting married at the end of the year. both are of my age. so fast!! congrats to them, though i can't help wondering how come my bf is so wishy washy..

-.-

anyway. polling day today. since i can't do anything being overseas and my area is a walkover, which is a relief i didn't think much about this whole thing. everyone asked me " i tot there's overseas voting??" erh.. there is but so wat? its like one polling station per country. Tokyo in Japan, Cambridge in Britain and so on.. u think it's like singapore, take bus / mrt can reach within the hour? and the thing is u have to register to be an overseas voter in Feb, which was way b4 we even knew there would be elections, how was we supposed to know where we were going to be when there is elections? in sg for holidays? or overseas still? and since there was only the tokyo polling station, i was not going to spend S$400+ on the bullet train tickets / return airfare just to cast that one vote. the progress package barely covers it even. grrr. and its not like ani one told us we were supposed to register as overseas voter or wat. as first-time voters, how would we noe wat to do?? edb is supposed to be in charge but no one gave a damn about us since we came. humph. how happy are we supposed to be as citizens of singapore representing the country overseas when we feel abandoned by the country?

haiz. enuff of complaints. photo today:



this kitty is a game character in Japan. it's something like a tamagotchi, except for a PSP/PS2, its a virtual pet friend that follows u everywhere. notice the expressions on its face. very cute right!? i think it's a male cat though..

1064: I am a pig

i've been a pig and woken up at 1pm for the past 3 days.

nothing to blog about.. since i didn't do anything. re-watching pride, and in the quest to dl some obscure song for ryo, stumbled upon a humongous BT site from china that has the jap song. wahahah.

discovered a good website for anyone studying jap:
JLPT-Kanji.com

pretty well structured, just that if you dunno how to read the word, it doesnt help much in telling u the pronounciation.

cooked a chilli prawn and sotong with french beans dish today. 原来不需要放多少辣椒也会有味道。

心血来潮，突然想用华文字来表达心声。好辛苦。一年半只用日语和英语思考和说话，脑海的华文真是在吞吞吐吐。有时，会不知觉地华文从口而出，忘记男朋友不是华人，他一脸不明白的表情露出，我才恍然，用日语从新表示。

tiring. posting in chinese is tiring. i think like a snail in chinese after so long and my expressions in my head comes out in jap instead of chinese like it should. the kanji's right, but the sound is wrong and the typing is greatly slowed down. ... i better find someone to speak chinese to soon.

1063: movie thursday

supermarket day today.

advantages of going to the supermarket in the day: food are all fresher.
disadvantage of going to the supermarket early : no discounts like at the end of the day

cos we didn't buy any food yesterday wahaha. i realised today it was our 1 year 1 month anniversary yesterday. yay!

yup.. so i dragged him to the supermarket with me today. because i didn't want to pay for all the food he wanted me to cook for him. and because 4 days worth of food was too heavy for me to carry back by myself. hiakz.

okie.. boring stuff.. today was another goro (ごろ）day (which means zobo). was busy uploading all the old photos up.. think i'll put up links to the photosets updated:

- Tokyo 2003
- Osaka
- Sixoneders
- My Haven
- Capcom
- Before Japan

hmm ..
photo of the day: women's carriage



a godsend and a great move by the osaka subway. no need to squeeze with men (who are sweaty and smelly and perverts!) during peak hours. how i wish they would have women-only carriages on the MRT too. no need many, 1 carriage just for women is good enough!

just watched what Lies Beneath (michelle pfiefer <-how to spell?? & harrison ford) i was still screaming at all the scary parts like when i watched in 6 years ago. 6 years liao. and the feeling of when i was watching the movie is still like it was just recently. how time flies.

1062: golden week

finally able to sleep in today. i slept until 1pm actually. was having a fight with Ryo till the wee hours .. i think until 4am? cried until i sorta fainted i think. it was ugly. i still don't know what he's thinking. but i hope he finally takes in whatever's been bothering me. i don't know why i reacted that strongly though. it was pretty much the norm for me to be so alone so long liao. but yesterday i just felt uncharacteristically furious. almost threw stuff at the wall that kind of anger. so when he finally reached here at 1am (which was damn late and added to my already seething fury) it was just downhill from there. but everything is fine again today, just that there is of cos that underlying hurt after a quarrel and the slight awkwardness and stilted politeness.

yesterday, i went shopping alone after work. i was already in a bad mood and at zara, 2 caucasian bitches really pushed me over the limits. they were tall, looked like models and pretty. but their characters sucked like shit. there was a long queue for the fitting rooms and i actually reached the end of the line to join first. one of the bitches was like late one step but there was a space btw me and the girl in front so she stuck her foot there and pretended she was already there b4 me. ok lor, so cheapo u wan u take lor. i not so ngeow. BUT. later on a line was forming behind me as well. about 3-4 more people. and her fren came along. so the one in front of me was like telling her to come join her in some foreign language and she did. my already dulan nerves snapped.

after like a moment of comtemplation, i quietly asked "excuse me.." both turned around. i said, "are u two going into the fitting room together?" they look shocked (and i think they were very very stupid to not know wat i was leading up to.. "NO! NO!" and they shook their heads vehemently. then i became damn sarcastic.. "oh. i think there's a line behind me, maybe u should queue up?" they exchanged a look, i think they were embarrassed but they didn't want to lose face so they just muttered something to each other and one of them walk away to pretend to look at more clothes. at the end of that, my heart was pounding so hard i could feel it in my ears.i think i looked damn buay song and i just looked everywhere but at them. this was the first time i had told anione off for cutting queue in front of me and i'm pretty proud of me for finally having stood up for myself. yay!

in the end, i bought a knit dress and a top (thin outer shirt so that i can wear spag strap to work ) haha.. my original aim was to buy sandals but i guess i have to buy that next week liaoz.

so today was a lazy day..
schedule:
1pm : woke up
1.30pm: went to dry cleaners to drop off winter coat & jackets
2pm : cooked maggi mee lunch for Ryo
3pm : cooked maggi mee lunch for me
4pm : dlded desperate housewives season 2 episode 20
4.10pm: found out apprentice season 5 started liaoz!! already episode 10 somemore..
4.15pm: shifted files to my external hdd and found folders of old photos --> all in flickr liao go check out the sixoneders set and the Before Japan set..
5pm : watched desperate housewives episode 20 while trying to study Jap
6pm : checked recipe books to decide meals for the next few days
7pm : went supermarket --> bought only things for breakfast because everything was so freaking expensive. .. a radish cost $6.a quarter pumpkin cost $5. a pack of 6-pc ham cost $5. i don't think these are normal prices right?
8pm : had dinner at Kura-sushi.. --> there was roast duck sushi!!! ahhh.. the delicious juiciness of it.. of cos i ate the rice and the slice of duckmeat separately haha.. it seems gross to put wasabi on roast duck.
10pm: went to this hypermart called Donkey Hote (ドンキホテ）--> sells clothes, bags, branded stuff, anything and everything. they sold scented incense too, only they named it 淫センス wahhahah . gross sia. maybe the smell was suppose to turn u on?
11pm: reached home, had great sex, went to bed.. :p

picture of the day: blast from the past..


this was when i went japan with qunci, xiangqin, me and alex. the pict was taken outside Tokyo Dome in 2003. heh. the trip that changed my life forever and and led to the chain of events that brought me here to japan eventually. its strange how life can surprise u with the right events at the right time.