Loud MP3 Music on Handphones

This morning, met a group of people on the MRT, playing loud indian MP3 music on a handphone, which they took turns to hold. I was really turned off by this. Its my 2nd encounter. The first time, I had 'tolerated' the entire journey. Not this morning! Got rather peeved and in the end turned to one of them to tell them to lower down their volume. They did, and it was less irritating.

I was thinking if they want to bash me up ,I would just scream out loud, or else I would fight back. In a fighting mood today

Vibes Restaurant, Meritus Negara

I am lazy with photos. In the end, I only took 1 photo of my mushroom soup... (if my handphone also comes with good camera, maybe I would be less lazy!). The buffet is good, true to brazilian tradition. Too bad they didnt have chicken hearts tonight..But there's a good spread of salads, cheeses, pastas, and cute brazilian waiters would go around, serving up different cuts of meats like beef, lamb , chicken and even pineapple carmelised with cinnamon ! At 50% off for ladies,its really worth it, and they have chocolate fondue at the buffet line too. Yummy! Also saw some really thin Brazilian ladies having buffet.. We were all wondering where their weight went to! Its fully packed today and my friend had made a booking 2 weeks or so back. Gotta book early, its highly popular on Mondays.

As usual we had a good time, laughing at silly jokes, etc. My friends have comic timing, especially YK. He just cracks us up! I am already looking forward to the next dinner! Indeed, nothing beats good company with great friends and laughter to destress a blue Monday.

Weirdo

made a call to middle east today ,looking for speakers for my program. called this chap up, conversation went like this.

Mideast chap: We wont be able to send any one there (keep laughing)
Me : But could you try to see if you could participate? I could send you the brochure . What would your email be?
Mideast chap: But its a central email
Me: Its ok, I could just send you the information in case you change your mind about participating.
Mideast chap : (laughing) But I am married
Me : ....

The whole idiocry of the situation struck me as funny. Had a good laugh after I put down the phone. What a day!

蓝 调

Its been a long while since my last post. Life has been busy. Alot of work.. making a living, so to speak...

This is one of those days when I woke on the 'wrong side of the bed'. Woke up hearing myself talking in my sleep about some issues and realised I had a bad dream. Came to work and met with some snags.The day didnt start off well. Hope it will get better as the day progresses.

One consolation for today is I would be meeting my friends from spanish class tonight. We are going to Meritus Negara in Orchard, supposedly some brazilian grill. Think ladies get 50% discount as its ladies' night today.We would be celebrating a friend, yk's,birthday. Would update more later

My friend's dogs - Cooper & Teddy

Got this some time back. Just thought my friend's dogs are too cute... Just want to share...

Copper is the Jack rusell, and Teddy is the other dog, but I have no idea what breed.

Dilbert and joke..

wah telling me to update. Oh well, not much that I could think of. I do have some pics I want to load, but havent the time to do so. will do that soon.

Anyway, check the following link.

http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20060920.html.

Got this from Wolf. Cheer me up considerably as currently I am cursing and swearing over my project as deadlines are pressing. Does this sound rhyming?! I am babbling and mumbling as my mind goes racing.

anyway, will hope for the best. Enshallah, hope I finish up in time.

Speaking of which, Neko sent me another joke, which i thought is funny. see the pic.

"Blind" Saturday

Attended a digital photography workshop today. Alot of theory , and stuff. Benefit out of it is I finally understand what is ISO, white balance, etc, etc, etc. Though still takes practice before I come up with decent pictures. I have been told my pictures suck and its true. :p. Gotta work on it!

After the workshop, went for a 'blind date' with my gf , Jo. This was arranged by our common friend. At first was wondering if it would be awkward and strange. But surprise, surprise, the night turned out to be fun. Our friend and her husband stayed around, and it didnt felt too strange during dinner. Helped that the 2 guys were friendly and conversations flowed. We stayed up singing karaoke after dinner. I was dead beat when I got home at 3am. Good thing we all had fun.

Godma ?

My good friend, neko, wants me to be her baby son's godma. I am thrilled at the honour, but at the same time, wonder what do 'godmas' do and if I am up to it. I cant wait to see Baby Ethan. hehe. So many friends having their first or 2nd kids this year. Looks like its the year of the babes. or 'gasp' , I am not getting any younger?! I still feel like a kid though. Call me '老 顽 童'.

My family in brazil

Took this when I went to Brazil for holiday in Dec 2004. Thats a photo we took at a resort in Forteleza. With no offence to anyone, but honestly, the town we saw wasnt very pretty, with loads of graffiti. The beach was nice. We were all wondering, why is Forteleza "The Place to go to"?What were we missing? Why the fuss? Were we at the wrong side of town? Every friend my sis knew told her Forteleza is really fantastic.. Unfortunately, I think those sentiments were not shared. (We still had a great time though!)

Has it been almost 2 years? The holiday felt like yesterday though. How did I have a 'family' in Brazil? To cut the long story short, my sis met her husband on the plane when she was an air stewardess, they fell in love, they got married and the rest they say is History. Hehe, Romance does happen in Real Life! Now, I am the proud " 二 姨" of 3 nieces and 1 nephew. :D. I could still remember the times when I helped to change their diapers, and now, they are so tall, and taller than me! Not that I am biased, but I think they are a good looking family and would turn heads wherever they go. :D

My holiday in Brazil was good, and took a little adjusting to at first. I havent meet with them for almost 4-5 years before that trip. Its strange when you dont see your loved ones for a long period of time. But in this time and age, the distance didnt feel that massive. Technology has made keeping in touch wonderfully easy, though it certainly cant replace meeting them 'face-to-face'. I love the times we spent together, joking, laughing. There's always something funny or some trick someone would be playing. Really fun. I miss them.

I definitely want to go to Brazil sometime again (but I gotta go Europe first!) and the next time I go, I want to go to the Amazon or the Pantanal. Hope it would be soon. Maybe my beloved friends (jessie, susen, amy?) can make a trip together next time?:D

Oh well, Who knows what the future holds?

Pretty A.B.C.

Am v 'free' today, thats why you can see me writing my 2nd posting today. Listening to Wang Li Hong's song. For the uninitated, he is a pretty ABC (aka American Born Chinese) with loads of talent in different music instruments. He can sing pretty well too though personally I think he sings slow songs much better.

What a Day!

My first posting, after reading countless blogs by friends and strangers alike. Not a budding writer though. Just want to record some of my musings. Maybe due to my narcisstic nature? or because I am self centred? Whatever you call it, I suppose this is a good release for me, to 'scream out my thoughts silently' , in a world that is becoming more silent as more communication becomes text messages instead of voices.. in a world of images , of blogs, instead of close interaction. See, there I am babbling again. Perhaps this shows how my mind is. Chaos. Just like how our world is..