A complete surprise.... above and beyond my expectations. I mean... i had wanted to watch it when i first saw the trailer but i sure did not expect it to be so life-like and not to mention most entertaining! The whole movie was brimming with cuteness (makes me wanna have a rat as a pet can!??!) and the effects were just fantastic! I had such a great time... am actually thinking of catching it again!

 

Murphy gets ready to go for road march! *LoL*  

 

Date: 17th August 2007

Time: 2300hrs

Location: Bus No. 67

 

It was a historical journey down memory lane as i take the bus back from upper bukit timah after a most delicious dinner with my fren. It's been like wat.... 10yrs since i took that route home (okok! I do take bus so ever occasionally) and i felt a serious case of deja vu... back in  my secondary sch days, i used to take that bus back home from that exact same bus-stop after i hang out with my sch mates at the shopping centre... Anyways, historical journey or not... this particular bus journey made me once again REALLY disgusted and further fortified my desire NEVER to take bus again! Sigh... if only life was that kind to me.

 

As i boarded the bus, it was rather crowded and the only available space was possibly at the front door so i just stood there and concentrate really hard on holding on to the bars in case i fall ever so unglamourously! And there was this woman sitting on top of the *gasp* area above the fire extinguisher.... and she propped her foot on the *gasp again* horizontal bar that i was holding (shoes and all ok!) and i was really rather horrified. Den at some point in time, i let go of the bar and took my hp out and all and *gasp again again* when i tried to hold on to the bar again, her stinking foot was propped at the exact spot where i was holding (with my bare hands!!!!) earlier! I wanted to yell and scream and push her off the bus but i swallowed all my fury back and tried to figure if i had touched my face, hair or anywhere with that same hand after i had boarded the bus! Can you imagine the HORROR!?!?! 

 

Thereafter, as the crowd clears out.. i mananged to get a seat and plopped down most unglamourously... still seething with anger. There were plenty of seats available and she continued to sit there being completely inconsiderate and i snapped...

 

Very amazed by the miraclous microwave oven.... in fact, i mean... I usually just use it to heat up stuff. But i realise it can be used to cook rice and all! My mum has been cooking rice with the new pot she bought from Coles in Aussieland.... and it tastes just as good as using the regular rice cooker....

 

Anyways, with that rice thing going on... my mum bought this new gadget, to poach eggs with! Imagine.... you get your sunny side up without splattering a drop of oil (on yourself!). Quite cool really... talk abt healthy living!

 

I've always seen those big branded shoes in those big brand boutiques... and always wondered wat kind of flamboyant people wear them. And to my (utter) surprise, I've got such a flambby fren can!?!? And i cannot even differentiate the coachies and the gucci-s.... sigh, such a disaster....

 

Anyways, couldn't resist myself and practically squatted down in public to take a picture of the shoe.... damn! Who in their right mind wears such stuff man? It's like lining your soles with money and den walk around in it... a big stack of money (depending on wat denomination la).

 

 

 

 

I despise men who lay their hands on their wives/gfs and in my opinion, such men shd just drop dead and die. But to me, these kind of bastards only exist in "real life" stories in magazines, or perhaps in the news. The closest i ever got to the reality of the fact that dese crazy bastards exist was when my godbro's mum was murdered (thrown down 10 storeys) by her psychotic bf...

 

That was it... until i had a shocking conversation with a friend recently. A seemingly happy relationship was fraught with dark secrets that will scare you.... a school mate whom I've inadvertantly introduced to another fren of mine was abusive. And as i listen to my fren, i started to think... which was worse? The abuse inflicted on her physically or the emotional abuse?

 

1) Trapped in a relationship she couldn't get out of.... (else he will kill himself), unable to meet her frens without him tagging along, having no "me time", being vulgarly & verbally abused whenever there's a quarrel..

 

2) Physically abused. No elaboration needed...  

 

I am glad my fren was brave enuff to stay firm and break it up eventually. I just worry for her safety... as he stills calls and hurls abuses at her every now and den... 3 months after the break up!

 

Been meaning to put this up but din have an opportunity.... my borse at my current job is a hongkonger who's been in sgp for a long time but still has a strange accent. Her often farnee and strange way of rolling words off her tongue has had me in stitches so very often. Here's a small preview of what is and what it should have been....

 

1) Eeeeeeee - leeeeeeng (aka Elaine! Thatz me... she calls me eeeee leeeng. Very disturbing to be renamed as such really...)

 

2) Eggs (aka X... we use X as a multiplier for the loadings we give to programs. For eg, Prison Break Sr 2's loading is 5.5x.. which means that advertisers who buy an ad within that program, their ad will cost them 5.5 times the base rate for the number of secs - base rate for a 30second ad is $1000. So an ad within a program loaded at 5.5x will cost the advertiser $5,500. It was most farnee when i discuss increasing loading and all and she goes asking "how many eggs is it now?" and me being so cheeky and all, i really wanna say, "half a dozen!"

 

3) A suming (aka assuming... I have a fren by the name of Suming and it was most disconcerting to hear my borse talk abt Suming like she's one of many!)

 

4) Toe-toe (aka total.... "what is the toe toe revenue for eggs program as of last week?" *faints*)

 

5) Por-por-tion (aka proportion... "what is the por porrr tion of the paid utilization vs the bonus utilization?" Makes me think abt my grandma really.... )

 

Despite the many farnee alternative words that she has, my borse is really quite ok.  

 

 

Due to the structure of his skull, Junlong's parents got abit worried abt his future development after being told by a doc that in time to come, his learning capabilities may be marred. As such, after much consideration... they decided to go for a MRI (aka brain scan) to make sure that his brain is growing normally.

 

I went off to see him straight after work as I was told he may be admitted after the scan... It sure was heartbreaking to see a kiddo being put on drip.... not to mention that the hand that the drip was on was the same hand that he burnt grabbing a hot iron. When i arrived at the ward, he just woke up from his sedation.... and was happily eating his dinner having being starved for a full day. But I am very proud of him! He was a very brave boy... very active n of cos very cranky at the same time!  

 

He also happily greeted me "Ng Ma"... he obviously din noe how to say "gan" yet... and he got abit lazy and so "Gan" became "Ng"... *LoL*

It was most lovely! hehehehe.... he was also really sweet at one point in time while i was playing with him and trying to make him calm down.... he lovingly looked at me, fiddled with my specs and den smiled super widely and den he touch my head. Sweet right????

 

Poor godson of mine... due to some pple's negligence, managed to grab a hot iron and resulted in blisters on his palm and thumb. Sigh... HEARTACHE  manz....

 

Honestly, these kind of incidents/accidents can be avoided. All the adults need to do is to make sure that such dangerous objects are placed above his reach.... considering the fact that kids of these age are really curious and now is the time for them to explore and learn.

 

But JL was a brave boy.... can take picture some more! *sigh again*