jus when i thought spore is not an exciting place to shop, i discovered it seems to be rather otherwise during this GSS & this GSS onli.. GSS jus ended and i realli spend loads.. in 2 mths, think i spend some 4 digits, including sprees but excluding food and transport.. shit la, like $$$ veri easy to come like tt.. seems like im becoming more and more spendthrift.. not a good sign..
& i got some samples from Fr3b.com not exactly a pleasant experience right from the start cos one of the sample i requested came in a much smaller size than i expected and their explanation didnt convince me too.. oh well... sianz...
anyway this is what i got..
1. Eucerin Sunblock SPF50 2. Dr G BB Cream 3. Cest Natural Mud Wash 4. Waston Green Tea Mask 5. Beauty Credit Aloe Pack
finally i got my HTC phone repaired, it was being sent to my home this afternoon =D. not easy to find a person to exchange battery with.. lol.. & got quite a big shock when i got the service care report.. cos according to the report, the LCD screen is spoilt so they change the whole screen.. not onli that, the camera is also spoilt so they also replace it.. so i now literally got a new phone.. =P & no wonder the repair fees is close to $200.. speaking of this i realli pek cek.. HTC customer service can actualli lost/misplaced the proof of purchase i passed to them.. =.=" n tts why i got the $200 bill.. luckily i asked Singtel to email me the proof of purchase instead of snail mailing to me.. if not i sure cry..
& recently i progressed from watching dramas to playing online games n participating in forums.. & din realise that it can be fun plus addictive.. right now logging on to the games and forum site everyday.. need to know how to control liao..
this book has been lying around in my house since it was 1st sold in spore (my sis bought it then) and i onli 1st touched it after i watched harry potter 6.. *diaoz*
& my reading speed surprises me.. cos i tend to read quite slow.. shit, upon typing, i realise i tend to be slow in wat i do.. read, eat, bathe.. jialat..
anyway back to the book, i guess why i read fast is cos i now master the art of speed reading.. lol.. i was skipping on the lengthy descriptive parts and start to read when the plot becomes exciting again.. & frankly speaking, the book is rather boring..
the pace initially is so slow.. until i was telling myself im not watching harry potter 7 pt 1 in cinemas.. then the story does picked up but at a too late timing and everything thereafter seems to end in a rush..
quite a far cry from the first 3 books which captivated me right from the start..
now, one to-do-thing done and now i realli need to sleep.. =P
quite a num of stuffs happened this week n last week tt i feel a need to voice out my thoughts..
first up, the riots in Xin Jiang, China.. wonder if its influenced by riots in Tibet last yr.. =P from the limited info i've read, it seems like its e native of Xin Jiang against e Chinese there.. seriously, after thousand of yrs, the Han Chinese today is hardly the so-called 'pure' Han tt existed 2000-3000 yrs ago lor.. take South China for example, in the Han dynasty at around 6 BC, Hokkien province and Canto province are not part of the Han terriorty lor.. they are seperate countries on their own before they were defeated by the Han and incoporated into the Han region so strictly speaking, are the ppl living there Hans prior to their defeat? i also dunno cos not well versed in History.. but dont these ppl descendants see themselves as Hans now? for Xin Jiang, with the Han Chinese moving over and with inter racial marriage, one can say that the Chinese have alr blended into the native's way of living and also part of them.. hence why the hatred?? & now the Chinese in Xin Jiang is seeking revenge.. 冤冤相报何时了？？
next is the response to the death of Michael Jackson.. when i first heard of his death, im jus like "what? he died?" then that's it.. but seems like millions more have more reactions than me.. =P perhaps im not grown up listening to eng songs ba, tt's why i dont get the big hoo-ha.. anyway when the media is still speculating about his real cause of death, about how he will distribute his wealth, digging up his old news/scandals, i dun think its respectful to the deceased la.. jus let him RIP..
& MAS has banned some banks/financial institutions in selling structured notes ranging from 6 mths to 2 yrs... frankly im quite surprised at the 'punishment'.. instead of looking at the real cause of the probs which are lapse in internal check/ misrepresentation and hard selling etc and tackling them, the banning seems more like a publicity telling the whole world that MAS has 'nabbed' the guilty parties and have punished them.. & since they are punished, end of story and let's move on.. WTH??!!
is it really the end of the story?? does these financial institution really know their mistakes and now make an effort to improvise their operations eg stop 'targeting' those elderly who merely went to bank for veri simple transaction?? onli time will tell though..
& as if MAS does not need to shoulder any blame.. i know they did send ppl to financial institutions to conduct random checks at random interval, then how come during such checks, they cant find anything amiss? or issit 道高一尺， 魔高一丈？
realise i tend to watch movies during this period of time.. issit cos May/June/Jul period got more interesting blockbusters than Dec period? anyway watched 4 movies in 18 days and 3 of them i watched it FOC.. & not watch online but in cinemas.. =P its all e latest blockbusters & realli need to thank all e sponsors can even use free tix to hold a gathering.. lolz initially thought this idea of mine wont materialise.. but then it happened tt its cos the sys super lag such tt we were only informed tt we got e tix in the morning when e show is supposed to be later in the evening!! =.="
anyway jus came back from watching Harry Potter 6 n since its gala premiere, u can see ppl dressing up in wizard costumes and cameras flashing.. i cant imagine tt e whole Lido is booked for Harry Potter screening.. & wonder how all e ppl who attend got the lobang aka free tix from.. for me i got from a mag contest.. secret? cant tell la.. haha
anyway cos we collect e tix quite late, we ended up sitting in e 1st row.. hmph.. no free seating.. but its not as bad as i thought it'll be, i jus lean lower into e seat and find a comfort zone and i can watch e whole screen le.. =D then our phones and laptops had to be 'confiscated' before entering the theatre as a security measure to prevent leakage ba since US time is 12 hrs behind us.. but me n one fren realise we got another phone each inside our bag which we forgot to declare when we are alr inside.. oops.. but my tt phone is spoilt anyway..
not a bad movie, and there are some realli funny moments even though the theme ought to be dark.. good for us la cos if its too dark, some ppl esp kids may not take it well since afterall harry potter is more meant for tweens and teenagers.. but towards the end, i cant understand and link up the different parts and the ending kinda sucks.. then my frens cant believe book 7 still got part 1 and part 2 cos tt will means we will take 10 yrs to finish watching the whole series!! e 1st movie is shown in late 2001 ba.. so now im starting on e book 7.. hope i wont get bored n gave up jus like LOTR.. heez
& its official, i din make it to the Sudoku finals.. e organiser is kind enough to notify me thro email even though its stated tt only the finalist will be informed.. may decide to drop by the finals next month to see the contestants pitting their skills against one another.. ^^
to fall in love is always easy to start a relationship is always simple to build it, is always tough to maintain it, is 'better said than done' to break off, is 'easier said than done' to remain friends after u broke off, is never possible to forget the memories is 'always doing but never succeeding' to heal the pain within is hard and tough and never near simple but one has to try to heal your own heart..
just watched AYG swimming and bowling live on AYG website.. quite surprised that AYG comm knows how to make use of the internet well.. lol.. well, im quite a fan of swimming and bowling.. & its certainly fascinating to watch the teenagers not losing in any way to their older compatriots in terms of the fighting spirit etc.. the bowling game is jus so good!! in terms of scoring, i seriously dun think they are in any way inferior.. their mental, their focus/concentration, their desire to win even though its only AYG & congrats to Basil Low! at least he din let the Koreans dominate both the boys n girls Master champion ^^ & i guess New Hui Fen is either tired or going under the stress after all these days of competition.. but still, good one & jiayou!! equally salute the swimming team!! lay a good foundation to our pursuit of the Olympic dream..
moving on to international sports, Federer did it again!! & this win makes him the greatest male tennis player!! admire him man!! at 27/28, he shd be slightly over his peak but he won his 2nd Grand Slam this yr to dispute talks of his decline.. frankly speaking, I thought the new up-and-coming players like Nadal and Djokovic will pose a serious challenge and overthrow the dominant Federer.. this is esp so after Nadal won the Olympics gold medal in singles and also beat Federer in the Wimbledon and US Grand Slam finals to emerge as champion last yr.. but it seems like Federer is fighting back, hard, this yr.. & poor Nadal.. having to suffer from serious knee injuries at a rather young age.. recover fast k? tennis fans are looking forward to your showdown with Federer again ^^
for soccer, the most jaw dropping news for me is Michael Owen going to Man U!!! OMG!!! why he went there?!! betrayal to Liverpool fans man!! & i guess Man U manager also desperate to find a decent striker to replace Ronaldo ba.. But why Owen?? realli goes on to show that in battlefields, there is no such thing as enemy forever or friends forever...
so right now i'll see if Owen can get back to his prime days.. his age and old injuries doesnt realli bode well.. & i do hope that Liverpool can goes on to win the premier league this yr, esp when Man U strength now weakened and unable to play good players cos of Real Madrid!! but they realli needs to be more consistent!!
& i shall also sit on the fence to see if the show-hand purchases of Real Madrid is going to wreck havoc in Champions League as well as Prima Liga..
hmm writing until here, can see tt im quite a sports fan.. swimming, bowling, table tennis, badmintion, tennis, soccer, volleyball, beach volley, basketball & gymnastics are my faves.. can play a little bit of everything mentioned above except gymnastics but master of none..
realise im more of a breadth than depth person in almost all aspect of my life.. took interest in an array of stuff but the things tt i can do well is realli limited.. not cut out to be a genius.. =P
stupid father passed me his coughing virus to me.. initally i was on the way to recovering le but right now.. sian leh...
this flu tt i caught is far more persistent than i thought.. but luckily no sore throat and fever.. its just running nose + headache + cough.. but e headache and running nose is alr a big headache.. it jus wont go away n instead exhibit some 'sine curve' behaviour.. *diaoz*
have been meeting with astro ppl for the past week..
1st for ktv which is like finally!! ^^ cos its been like 5.5 months since i last went to ktv.. but i went late cos got co event earlier on.. so din get to sing much also.. but at least i got sing enuff duet! =P
then went for movie with the same group.. & that's when the bizarre movie incident which i mention about happened..
lastly jus went shopping with 2 of them.. initially jus wanted to accompany them onli.. then become i end up buying some items too.. *dot* but the items are nice la.. lolz seriously, when it comes to shopping, it realli depends on your feel of the product which can be rather elusive.. so that's why i dun hav a shopping list when i went out shopping.. haha
& i realise that when i went out with the astro ppl, i will spend alot on food..
cos after ktv, went crystal jade.. for the movie, we went Mahanttan Fish Market for dinner (find the fish onli okay, Fish & Co serves better fish) and then went to Haagen Dazes for fondue as supper.. JN & YL cant complete theirs so me & JY end up helping out with some of the cakes and fruits cos we dun wanna waste food.. easily can gain weight from there man..
then for shopping, we went to eat Iciban Boshi..
dunno should i say we know how to enjoy life or spendthrift.. =P
at times i wonder how come Sporeans behaves in such a way tt its as if their granddaddy own the road/train...
incident 1: i was boarding bus num 851 last fri from novena to go to town.. time is 5+pm aka peak hour.. aft e bus wanted to move on aft me n a few passengers board e bus, e bus driver din travel far cos there is this car (car plate num SGX1160E) tt blocks the bus as it is parking on the same lane in front of a shop.. apparently e girl went to get some stuff n she noticed the bus before the car (cos she lifted her head) when she opened the car door.. thinking tt e car will move soon, the bus driver waited and did not change to another lane.. but the car didnt.. as i was standing veri near the front door, i can see what's happening inside.. when e girl went inside the car, the male driver went to peek on her lips and was touching the gal.. irritated, the bus driver horn.. BUT tt stupid driver still continues his lovey dovey action until he feels satisfied then he slowly drove the car away.. whole duration lasted for about 30s.. n until another passenger beside me got so buay tehan muttered some scolding words.. its was at times like this i hope i can take a pic of this stupid couple.. but at least i rem the car plate num: SGX1160E
incident 2:
yesterday there is this uncle who boarded the MRT from Sembawang station with me at ard 9+am and this uncle was came in with his friend. they stood in front of me and the moment the train moves, he started speaking to his fren in Hokkien.. sounds nothing right? i also think nothing much of it until.... this uncle is speaking on top of his lungs non stop for 25 min until his friend alighted at Orchard station.. okay la, he got pause for a while on 2 occasion and each 'peace session' i got lasted less than 10s.. n when he dun talk hor, the whole carriage is super damn quiet one leh.. but this uncle still buay pai seh and continue to talk at the super loud level even perhaps aft realising that he is the source of this noise pollution.. i alr hav a headache prior to this n this uncle simply aggravated my headache.. makes me wonder how come a 50+ yr old uncle got so much to talk one ah??!! im SO super glad when his friend finally alight at Orchard station..
2 ultra thick skin + inconsiderate ppl.. all my yrs of taking public transport, i've never been SOOO pissed before.. issit me tts getting more impatient?? or simply sporeans are getting more rude??
then even in cinema, i met weird ppl too..
the story goes like this: i booked tixs in such a way that there is only one seat each at either side so we practically have the whole row to ourselves.. =D but when we reached the cinema, i saw our row alr has 3 ppl.. WTH.. so i approach e person sitting at e side "Excuse me, this is our seat" and this couple (dunno if real couple or not cos cant see clearly), upon hearing us actualli leave the theatre! strange right?
but since we were alr late n e film has alr started, i din give it much thought n was telling myself maybe they need the light outside to determine their correct seats..
but then some 20 min later, this couple came in again and this time round, they came in to sit one row behind us.. & i was like 'huh? need so long to check one's seat meh?'
the guy was sitting right behind me la.. & dunno if he seek revegne or wat, apparently he got long legs and was stretching his legs until it reaches my seat n for countless times, his shaking of his legs rocked my seat until i cant concentrate on e film.. *KNS* until i cant tehan i turned back n gave e gal a angry look then e guy sort of 'tame down' his actions..
then strangest part of all, they decide to leave the theatre ard 30min before the end of e film.. & before they left, i heard plastic rumbling sound which means tt they were eating jus now.. wah, all e more i damn pissed cos the theatre is PICTUREHOUSE leh!! aka no food and drinks allowed..
what kind of human are they?!! 1st take other ppl's seat without any apology then only know how to irritate + trouble ppl (by walking in n out severeal times) during the screening.. & finally were eating/drinking when its prohibited..
seriously makes me think these 2 shameless ppl did not buy tix for this film and were someone who wanted to watch an extra free movie and decide to try their luck (that they wont be discovered and chased away) to watch a Picturehouse film..
