Last entry for 2005

Initially, I wrote a lenthy blog entry. But, alas, think its just too long and drama.. Hence decided to cut short - my last entry for the year 2005.

Like what all of you would have concur to : i am not exactly an expressive person.
This year , i did be more vocal but think it backfires ten folds. Not going to try this next year. Just want to stick to being more of myself.

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A month back, i tried to pen down 5 things that make me happy. I have so much diffculty scribbling , even three.

So next year :

I just want to feel fabulous. Want to find more things that truly make me smile. To make me happy.

Merry Christmas and a great New year!

God Bless !

Rosie jumps into my luggage..think she wanna tag along to HK..heh

Island in the Stream - Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton

Baby
when I met you there was peace unknown.
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
I was soft inside
there was something goin' on.
You do something to me that I can't explain.
Hold me closer and I feel no pain
Ev'ry beat of my heart
we got something goin' on.
Tender love is blind
it requires a dedication
All this love we feel needs no conversation.
We ride it together
makin' love with each other.
Islands in the stream that is what we are
No one in between
how can we be wrong.
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other from one lover to another.
I can't love without you if the love was gone.
Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one
And you did walk in the night slowly losin' sight of the real thing.
But than won't happen to us and we got no doubt
Too deep in love and we got no way out and the message is clear
This could be the year for the real thing
no more will you cry.
Baby
I will hurt you never. We start and end as one in love forever.
We can ride it together
makin' love with each other . . .
Sailing
hey
you can sail away with me.
Islands in the stream that is what we are
. ..
 

Today, i 'd better start packing. Its tricky to pack for HK. I tend to bring too much for my own good..I need to minimize my wardrobe and still look Fabulous at the same time. My target - 1/4 luggage full when departing.

Need to get money changed as well..and argghh the greasy barbecue pork for my HK pals ..yuck

I am so bloody peeved with Kinokuniya that i just shot a letter of complaint to their management. First it was bad gift wrap for Shaun's present. Now, Grace 's present has its price tag unremoved.

They are SO going to get it from me.

Since Trace has done it, i am doing it as well ..heh

[ Babe and Tracy, if there is any book in the following lists that you wanna borrow, just give me a shout. ]

Books I have read this year 2005

1. Kafka On the Shore - Haruki Murukami
2. Birthday Stories - Haruki Murukami
3. The Zahir - Paulo Coelho
4. Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wyne Jones
5. The Christomanci Series [7] - Diana Wynne Jones
6. Botochan - Natsume Soseki
7. Last Chance Saloon - Marian Keyes
8. Shopaholic and sister - Sophia Kinsella
9. The Fuck-up - Arthur Nersesian
10. Sightseeing - Rattawut Lapcharoensap
11. The shoes of salvation - Edward Monkton
12. No one writes to the Colonel - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. One hundred years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
14. To Live - Yu Hua
15. A Father's Affair - Karel Van Loon
16. The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats - Jeffrey M. Masson
17. Strangers - Taichi Yamada
18. Angels and Demon -Dan Brown
19. Tokyo - Mo Hayder
20. The Giving Tree - S. Silverstein
21. A Light in the Attic - S. Silverstein
22. The Birdman - Mo Hayder
23. A letter to Jennifer - James Patterson
24.50 facts that should change the world - Jessica Willliams
25. Taboid Tokyo - Schreiber
26. People Like Us - Chris Binchy
27. The sister's keeper - Jodi Pocoult
28. Garden of Beasts - Jeffrey Deaver
29. Never Let me go - Kazuo Ishiguro
30. THe Magic Faraway series [3] - Enid Blyton
31. Music of Words - Haruki Murukami
32. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter - Kawabata Yasunari
33. Village by the Sea - Anita Desai
34. The Outsider - Albert Camus
35. Penguin 70th anniversary series [38/70] - Assorted Authors
36. Korea - Simon Winchester
37. Kiss the girls - James Patterson
38. Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murukami [ The third time]
39. The Half Blood Prince - J.Rowling

Books that i am currently reading or Books that I have bought and yet to read :

1. How I became stupid - Martin Page [Currently Reading]
2. The Rule of Four - Ian Caldwell
3. Thirteen Steps Down - Ruth Rendell
4. Salem Falls -Jodi Picoult
5. THe Pact - Jodi Picoult
6. The Buddha, Geoff and Me - Edward C .Dumas
7. Memories of My Melancholy Whores - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8. Slow Man J.M Coetze
9. The Mercy of Thin Air - Ronlyn Domingue
10. Moments of Reprise - Prima Levi

Tagging :
1. Babe !!
2. Anyone who are avid readers, who happen to pass by this blog-site

Skipping lunch out as weather is overbearing.

Reading this article on Bill Clinton : I like what i read - Here goes


The Greek Adage : " Those whom the gods would destroy they first make angry.

"It's not good for a person to have unresolved anger. It makes them do nonrational, destructive things. We always look at reality backward, but we live it forward. And once people reach the age of acccountability, no matter what people do to them , that is not an excuse for any mistakes they make. On the other hand, only a fool does not seek to understand why he or she makes the mistake they make."

5 songs I simply love this very minute :

1. Buttons - The Pussycat Dolls
2. Sway - The Pussycat Dolls version
3. Push - Madonna
4. 被愛的女人 - Kelly version
5. 垃圾車 (朋友版) - Mayday

Some of the flowers [Forgot the name] i bought at Joan road yesterday.

Just got home to rest a bit before rushing to town to have dinner with some chinese clients. Think i will be late again tonight. Am falling sick..all the late nights. I'd better recharge before my HK trip.

Time for a 20mins siesta..zz

" My name is Himbo-Licious.
I was born on 29/11/2005.
I am 29cm tall, 163g."





" My name is Umbro by Kim Jones.
I make you look fabulous and I can burn a hole in your pocket.
More than ever, I bite you whenever I am worn - To constantly remind you how expensive and beautiful I am."

快乐和爱都是试着放开才开始的.

Thats the aftertaste of watching Perhaps Love.

Results for himbolicious test

Ended the Himbolicious quiz yesterday. Surprisingly, the person who scored highest is nowhere near anyone i know. Or perhaps that's what he/she wants - to conceal his identity [??] Anyhow, congrats to Someone [ his nickname ].

For those who did not leave their email addr :

Answers to my quiz [ Simplified] :

My fave time author is Haruki Murukami. I am so crazy over his writings. I think, to date, i have read his Norwegain wood[Fave book] thrice, Wind up Bird Cronicles twice ..heh. And i wouldnt bat my eyelid to pay a hefty sum to get his autographed Norwegian Wood - Limited Edition.
Fave singer is Frank Sinatra. Heh..love Joey but no one could do "Stranger in the Night" better than he does. His voice, at least to me, transcends over time. Fully immersed in music - I can literally do it whlist listening to his number.

I love to go Tokyo or Hongkong alone. Cause anyone who tag along will get freaked out by the shopping bills i chalk up. I can literally shop from day to night without eating. Think my record, which dessie used to say unbelievable, was a bill of three hundred singapore dollars at Tokyo Pharmacy..I bought toothbrush , tongue scraper etc..You can just imagine how bad it is..heh.. I ever procrastinate buying the automatic toilet flusher back from there.

No one should enjoy the rich enigmatic beauty of Prague alone. If i were to remain single all my life, i would rather give Prague a miss.

My fave brand - actually, there is both. But i cant put the same amount of points for both. So, i choose Helmut Lang preceding over Commes des Garcon. Think clothes should personify our character, our likes. Henceforth, Helmut Lang for its sleek simplicity while Garcons for its rich warm colours and quirkiness.

Describe me..hah..That's a tough one. Cause i behave differently at different circumstances. If you see me at work, and off, I am a complete overhaul. So - All of the above, will be the most appropiate.

oh yes..of course i have the most friends in Hongkong.

Saw this while blog surfing..love it

世上的情感千万种,特别是初恋,让人欲说

还羞欲罢不能心在红尘身不由己

而我的初恋,事到如今连我都不知道从何开始.

他比我小一岁,家境不好一家四口全靠他父亲

修汽车的收入维持,而我家由于我母亲的能干

买了八辆汽车搞旅游,可以想象我家境很好,

可由于我母亲脾气不好比较暴躁,司机受不了

逃跑母亲很生气,正在犯难之际,那个男孩的

母亲遇见了,由于相同的姓氏,俩个人聊近乎了

提起自己的儿子会开车又会修车,于是这个男

孩也就成了我家最年轻的司机

当时由于他比我小一岁,母亲对他很亲热很投

缘,[我是独生女,母亲很喜爱男孩,比较重男轻

女,认了一大堆干儿子]母亲让他叫我姐姐,

他笑笑但从未叫过,只是很喜欢瞪大眼睛看我.

平时只要我在家,他出车回来总是往我家跑,母

亲由于很喜欢他,特地嘱咐我在家做饭,[很破例

因为我母亲总会带司机去饭店]就这样持续了

一段时间,由于我和他年龄相仿,相处倒也融洽

没多久在母亲的提议下,我和他母亲开了家饭

店,当然我母亲是幕后老板,他也就去的更勤了

当时饭店招聘一个女孩,跟他年龄相仿,对他也

特有心,总问我有关他的事,我说他没有女朋友

女孩挺开心,让我去传话,我也爱当红娘所以,

我问他;大民,你既然知道人家对你的美意,怎

麽也不表示啊....真木....我来给你牵个线.

;不...谁说我喜欢她啊...其实..我早就喜欢

一个女孩了,只是她不知道....

;是谁啊,我去给你说事成之后,怎麽报答我?

;她...难道你真得不知道吗?'

;啊!她是....'我当时的表现一定很傻,可我

当时的确没想到.

;离你很近..你也认识...关系很好..就是你'

就这样我俩终于走到一起了,而我也由当初的

红娘变成了女主角,幸福而甜蜜的初恋总是不

经意的发生.

相处过程中,我由最初的热情,很快冷静了下来

首先他比我小一岁,这是我无法接受的最残酷

的现实,女人老的快,我无法面对将来......

其次他虽然爱我,可却很自私,出去玩总会说没

钱,总是我买单,即使我俩的照片,也是我掏钱

从未送过我礼物[我母亲给他开钱已经很高了

有一次,我妈刚给他钱,知道我俩出去玩特地多

给五百元,可他扭头就把钱全给他妈了,他妈说

给我们存着,等将来结婚用]

这使我看到危险的将来,也许我太理智

后来我又发现他的脾气不好,他对他父母很顶

撞,总是不留面子--即使众人面前

[试问他能够对他父母如此,更何况我呢将来

万一他欺负我,可就没人镇的住他了]

他还总是自做聪明,爱询问我的日常生活,老

咋呼我---他太聪明了我总是被他忽悠

当然他对我还算是好的,总是把他家好吃的让

给我,他妈做的两碗面各放一个蛋,他一个也不

吃全给我,还给我抄一碗鸡蛋,给我擦鞋洗衣

还好我们最后还是分手了,我没有被他的糖

衣炮弹击中因为我很幸运,我遇见一个好男

人,也就是我日后的好老公[我在参加[夸夫比

赛]写到的[女人最大的幸福]就是关于我老公]

有意思的是,事搁多年再相遇,他开上出租车

当然买车的钱是我妈掏的,他是我妈干儿子

那天,我3岁儿子生病了我老公很忙,我只好

一人带孩子去看病,看完病我抱着儿子刚走出

医院门口,看到一辆红色出租车,正要招手

;啊..天哪...居然是他..'我好尴尬的楞住了

只差一步之遥的出租车和他,看起来如此陌生

没想到他比我老练,在跟我对望以后,迅速把头

掉开,装做陌不相识,本以为这种镜头只有电视

上才会有,没想到我一下子楞住了,我的样子

一定很傻停顿了一会儿,我即刻抱着儿子快

步大走,几乎是在跑,当时我只想马上离开

我恍惚隐约听到,好象有人在叫我的名字,可我

当时真得好想立刻飞回到自己的家里,终于,我

拦到一辆出租车,逃跑了至今,我仍体会到当

时的自己,心好乱好痛......

tired. gonna sleep.

saw this while blog surfing..love this!

Tim Burton's work : Hangman

hangman hanged himself
nothing he did was enough
hangman's white christmas





hangman's story:

hangman has been trying very hard to balance his life. he just cannot seem to meet the expectations of many - his family, he friends, his loved ones. instead of becoming a rubberband man (all stretched out), he hanged himself.

I am not a girl, not anywhere near it..i think.

But i love the lyrics..take a look at it.

在鏡子前面　
我是個被愛的女人
他就在門外　
這個周末我可以依賴在他的胸懷

在情人面前　
我還是單身的女人
愛若缺了緣份　
我想我只能用情至深但不能太認真

為什麼被愛　有時卻覺得悲哀
為什麼我還是害怕一個人醒來
為什麼相愛　日子卻仍然空白
為什麼你　走不到我的未來

讓愛固定下來　
我不會永遠青春可愛
我的美麗要你的溫柔幫我保留下來

讓愛固定下來　
我和你不要不要分開
我不要愛一再一再綵排　

我不是每次失戀後都能重新再來

I am a certified diver now!

I got back on shores at 6.30pm. Fortunately, i was just in time to watch "Rent". Saw a fren there. He looks almost appalled to see me alone there, that makes me feel kinda awkward.

The test for all my pals

click here to find out how much you know me!

How much you know abt me?

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Did my kinokuniya shopping today. Got a couple of new books for myself. But spent most of the three hours looking for Xmas presents at Kino. Its a tough task trying to get books for gift for frens, Cause it has to be some author or genre that the receiver will like. Fortunately, i got most before the stores closes, except gifts for some of my hongkong frens.

think will get it next weekend. This sat and sun is gonna be packed with lots of rushing here and there.

....

I finally cleared my last round of diving today. My legs are now so wobbly. The BCD [ Buoyancy control device] + regulator + air tank = 20 kg.

With the flipper waddling my way to the pool for a test of dry run [ from the boat - stipulated to be 90m away from its edge ] step dive . It was darn heavy and diffcult walking. But managed anyway. In fact , i think i did farely well today. No more chlorine cracking up my skin or clogging my hair follicles! This sat is the openwater test at Pulau Hantu [ not sure of the spelling] . I have to get up at 6am. Hoping that the water will not be too chill for the test. In fact, from this two weeks of training, de facto , water temperature which coherently affects our body temperature will disturb the acuteness of our body and , of course, brain activity. We were warned , also , of the sharp corals and murky water. Hopefully, i can go thru it with ease. I am a bit worried about the pressure as well. But since i cant really do much about it now, so i will just let it be ..

another busy day tomorrow .. so looking forward to it :-)

Hope my body will be less aching tommorow. Have yet hit the gym for the whole week. yup..book shopping tomo after my a.m meeting.