Today, a sorta colleague of mine mentioned that he thought i’d gained weight. In that really affronting, self-righteous way that really pisses me off. Bearing in mind he’s still a colleague, though, I played nice and said something along the lines of,  “Well, my weighing machine doesn’t say so but I guess your myopic vision and judgmental nature are probably more accurate.” In other words, I smiled and nodded politely, while he went on saying how, “really, you’ve put on weight since you’ve joined us. Really.”

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not me. hehe

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Anyhoo, I thought of the perfect comeback 5 hours later when I was showering. I should have said, “Oh really? My 5 boyfriends and 37 suitors would like to disagree. Really. ”
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While technically he didn’t call me fat, and he could just be mistaking my menstrual bloat for extra weight, I gotta say I still felt offended enough to want to make him PAY. (Ok, really, he’s a nice person.. I don’t interact with him much but still a colleague so yea..)
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So I was lucky that it was actually a nice colleague (sorta) who’d said that to me. What about people who are mean and say things in an attempt to make you feel bad about yourself? Here’s an effective way to turn the tables on them (or at least, in my head, I think it’s an effective way)
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To fight off people who say mean things about you, make them feel as awkward as possible by employing TMI (Too Much Information)

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person: you’re gaining weight
you: oh really? my view is still unobstructed enough for me to shave my nether regions.

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person: you’re fat and ugly
you: i still get laid more than you.

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person: i get laid more than you
you: i have less of a chance of contracting STDs than you

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And the list goes on! Basically, think of anything that would make someone uncomfortable and use that to your advantage. Some simple suggestions include bowel movements, STDs, hygiene, sex stories, eating weird things, fetishes, animals and any combination of the above. If you ever need help, ask me. I’m the Queen of TMI, as all my friends probably know by now ><

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Speaking of being accused of being fat, I gotta say, I just LURRRRVE it when people tell me, “You’re not fat, you’re just big-sized!” As if I didn’t know.

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A Stick Insect. Did you know stick insects have tiny tiny weenies? Oh wait, you'd probably know better than I do =X

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Also, the people who have outrightly called me fat (ok, all 2 of them) are, oddly enough, skinny stick insects (really, one of them literally looked like a stick insect. How he ever gets/will get laid is beyond me) who are, imo, in no position to label people “fat” like it’s a bad thing. Gotta tell ya, I’m pretty sure chubby girls are a lot more fun between the sheets (and legs) than bony chicks will be. Like seriously, what are you working with on a skinny chick? Now, (here comes a bit of TMI, be warned) when I, for want of a better word, analyze myself, I realize that my ‘nicer’ parts are the parts with a bit more meat; namely, T&A.. I’ll admit. I want to lose some weight so I’ll look better in clothes (because in Asia, we don’t have sizes 0-10. We have sizes -12 to 0) But when I think of the softness I’ll lose when losing weight, I kinda want to focus my weight loss efforts on those parts that could stand to lose some meat (tummy, maybe).

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Btw, due to the TMI in the above paragraph, I deliberately left it as one whole chunk to make it tougher to read =P Anyhoo, the issue brought up in that paragraph is one that I’ve explored in one of my upcoming pre-written posts so don’t anybody steal my idea now! All it needs are some pictures!

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Ok i’ve ranted a bit and feel better. Off to bed now. Happy Monday everyone. It’s shit indeed. I love you all =D

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anyhoo, i got off my busy butt and made a new vlog… here it is =) (BTW it’s 15 frickin’ minutes long!!!)

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yup. Let me know which song you prefer =)

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At the same time, I’m really pissed that in xiaxue’s latest post, she blogged about not having had the chance to enjoy the typical American high school life with all its drama and the magical yet scary feeling of attending prom and stuff.. I was pissed coz I wanted to blog about that and DANG she did it first. Oh wait, did I already blog about it in one of my previous posts? I’m not sure now. >< But yea, I feel the same.

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Hmm. OH yup. Over the previous weekend, I managed to meet up with Dayna and Brenda and we had ourselves a roaring good time =D Brenda has one of the coolest jobs imo and Dayna looked totally corporate kick-ass =D Here, I’ll let the pictures, taken by the AWESOME Brenda, do the talkin’ =D

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"Spot the Cherlynn" - according to Brenda's FB caption =P

loving the anime waitress =)

three of us in one picture. it's a numbers game yo. (ps. our initials - cbd! wahaha)

lookin' up at the Empire State Building =D

our dedicated photographer got down and dirty for picturetaking and subjected herself to kicks! =P

SPLAT (like Brenda captioned) - and dayna blends in totally! =P (PS this is a very unflattering dress of mine =( )

LOVE THIS PIC - like some poster for some indie love flick =P

LOL Dayna and Brenda and their weird love =P

lol we love the toilet

Awkward Poses 2010 =) (LL&P )

so cute!!!!

once again, Brenda and I display our love for each other =D

ish awesomeZ!

Frisk and Spank =P look at dayna's awesome ass =PP (again, my dress is soooo unflattering =( )

because group shots are important =D

Brenda hates people who pose like that and wishes to see them dead and rotting =P

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Ok I guess that’s enough pictures for now, heh. I have been really busy lately, what with getting my skin fixed (y’know, my keloid problem, which is something I’m gonna blog about soon), going on holiday (which i have not blogged about ><) , packing up/cleaning up my room (i.o.w. organizing it and getting rid of stuff), going out and meeting friends, oh the list goes on.. >< So yea, till I next blog, miss me =D

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And feedback on vlog greatly appreciated! Should it be shorter? hehe ok love all ciaoooo!

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Anyhoo, i couldn’t stand leaving my blog so empty and sad looking, what with that angsty-sounding entry being the most recent entry.. So I thought, hey, let’s blog about something fun!

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I actually had 3 topic areas to blog about but  right now, I can only remember one. However, to make things a bit livelier, here’s my latest vlog update which you’d have seen if you were subscribed to my channel on Youtube, or if you were my friend on FB.

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Ah yes. A very interesting video as usual!!!!!!

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Anyhoo. Here’s the thing I wanted to blog about. It’s one of my usual “thought/opinion”-type entries…

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Opinion.

I recently did a meme on FB that required me to answer about my “Current Relationship Status”. My answer was “-”.  I don’t know if you guys have ever wondered why I choose not to display my relationship status on FB, but while it started out as simple ignorance for me, it slowly became an active decision/choice not to display that status.

Uh in case you didn’t know, it’s “single”.

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Why?

I think a lot of the reason behind my decision has to do with the stigma associated with being single. That said, though, there’s a myriad of reasons behind my decision. While I don’t like being labelled “single”, I don’t see the need to display my relationship status let’s say IF there was a change. Also, it’s such a hassle having to change relationship statuses. Unless you are pretty sure about it, there’s not really adequate reason to change it.  I’m pretty sure FB and other social networks came up with this thing just so we could mindfuck ourselves on a whole other level.

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I mean, there are so many stories about people quarreling over FB statuses, girls doing silly things like marrying each other on fb (which is ok if it’s all in the name of fun for awhile but gets old really quick), people changing their relationship statuses every time something happens, people not being on the same page when it comes to relationship statuses etc.

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Statuses like “Married” and “In a relationship” and even “Single” are totally fine by me. It’s statuses like “It’s Complicated” or “In an open relationship” that make me think, “What’s the point?” If it’s complicated, why complicate things further by putting, “It’s Complicated” up? If you truly are “in an open relationship” with someone, why declare that you’re in a relationship with that person? I mean, if it’s an open relationship, there’s no need to stake claim, right?

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I’m not going to lie and say i’ve never contemplated using those statuses… But every time I think about doing it, the rational, sensible side of me steps in and goes, “WTF who are you kidding? Why waste your time?”

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The only time I will display a relationship status on my FB profile is if/when I am in a relationship / married (*GASP**) and my partner asks me to (kinda like peeing all over my FB to stake claim, but i don’t really mind that i guess). Otherwise, I don’t see a point to displaying my status. The people who ought to know know and the people who don’t can jolly well assume whatever they want. After all, they can choose from “Single”, “In a RS”, “In an open RS”, “It’s Complicated”, “Engaged”, “Married” or “It’s gay rainbow donkey balls”

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As an ending note to this section, just a disclaimer on some of the other stuff I do show (because I do tend to overshare sometimes). I decided that there was a NEED for me to display that I’m interested in MEN. Not WOMEN. Because my profile and whatever shenanigans I get up to can lead people to think otherwise. Yup.

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Actual personal life bloggage

WELL. I met up with Da Jie and Er Jie (Jen and Shirin respectively) from PRIMARY SCH last night!!! We’ve not seen each other in almost 10 years!!!  Massive catching up session. While I was initially apprehensive about meeting up and kinda worried about whether we’d have stuff to talk about, turns out my fears were unfounded. We had a great time chatting and catching up on our lives… 10 years worth of catching up! We’re sooo grown up now though. haha.

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There’s other stuff I want to blog about but I’m going to just save it for next time. It’s pretty deep stuff actually.

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Random note: My birthday, apart from being Mischief Night (night before Halloween when everyone dresses up trick-or-treatin’), is also, apparently, Victoria Derby Day. Horses, anyone?

<3 =)

We want the lapdance

If we were all truly honest with ourselves, we’d recognize that all of us somehow hope that good things in life would simply fall onto our laps, kinda like a lapdance of all the things we want. Sadly, this only happens for all of 1% of the people in the world (I USED A STATISTIC! I am (in)credible!!) so the remaining 99% of us are.. fucked..?

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This is a graph. I am ultimate winzez.

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Just over the past few days/weeks, I’ve had random bouts of contemplation, thinking about what my life COULD be. It seems there are two lives for everyone – the life they COULD be leading, and the life they actually lead. I think about the former often enough, and in that life, everything seems perfect and wonderful and I’d wonder why the hell am I not leading that life.

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I’d always think that if I really tried, I could be doing everything I wanted to. Be a fashion magazine editor, work in an upscale environment (maybe New York? =)), see important people everyday, mingle with VIPs, become a world-famous singer, model (no thanks to my recent ANTM marathons), actress, Broadway star, etc..! Yet despite having all these dreams, I have never actively tried to achieve them. I’m simply sitting around, making the slightest effort to perform, search for opportunities, then sit around waiting for Life to perform its lapdance for me. There isn’t enough of the carpe diem mentality in me to prod me to do better. Secretly, I wish someone who knows me will find me some amazing opportunity and recommend me to try it and tra~la! My amazing journey will begin!

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"Thank you Lord, for mommy and daddy.."

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Count your blessings..

Granted, many would argue that the life I lead now is pretty perfect in many ways already, and I agree. In many ways my life is extraordinary and there are so many blessings to give thanks for. I also know that there are many MANY people out there who wish to live my life (oh trust me, I know) and oh how they get on my nerves lol. It is probably this knowledge that makes me so content to sit on my ass and be happy with the life I’m leading.

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As I’ve been discussing with a friend the past few days, I believe I have a pretty strong coping mechanism that helps me get over rough times pretty well. Because of this, I find myself very thankful most of the time and not really in a situation where i “want” a lot. This mentality and ability to give thanks is one of the reasons why I’m not leading an even more fulfilling life.

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Afraid to try

Another reason why we don’t go all out to go for the life we want is that we’re afraid of trying and then failing. At least, that’s probably true for me. I’m afraid of or discouraged by failing. When I don’t get a response after trying, I get discouraged and disheartened. I slowly lose hope and my coping mechanism turns itself on (not that way!), helping me feel better about my life at its present situation.

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And so, thanks to all this and the recent revelation that there’s a lot more I want from life, I’m starting to feel kinda stuck in a rut. I’ve had so many wild ideas that I’ve been “sure will get me noticed and rocket me to fame and fortune”.. What crazy dreams and wild fantasies I’ve entertained of going to The Ellen Show and getting talent spotted (for I dunno, picking my nose or amazing breathing skillZ)… Or of running into Tyra Banks on the streets while strutting my stuff (yea when she’s in Singapore of course)..

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I know I should tell myself to stop waiting for the lapdance and just grab my chances by the balls (what an amazing metaphor this is turning out to be) but it feels so impossible to me that I don’t even want to try..! What do you think? Have you ever regretted not trying anything? Is it better to have given it your best than to sit around wondering what could have been? The answer seems to be “YES” but it’s a lot easier said than done.

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Maybe I’m just plain lazy. Ohwells. Also, I know I spelt “lap dance” as “lapdance” throughout. It was deliberate. Sssh. CIAO ALL and till the next time, take care =)

PS: Special mention to Yarn, for her awesome interpretation of the gibberish in my MSN nickname. It was simply AWESOME.

ok so I took a long break from blogging/vlogging/anything vaguely resembling being alive online. As I’ve been telling people, I’ve just been busy busy busy.. It’s tough being me, really. HAHA.

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Anyhoo, I should have updated this long ago (Sunday, actually) but was lazy and tired from editing the vlog.. So yea, I VLOGGED and here it is! It’s been up on youtube since Sunday so if you’re subscribed to my Youtube page or have been stalking my Youtube channel, you’d know. Else, here it is!

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So yea it’s a bit different but I think it’s fun. I really love that app haha.

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Anyhoo, I had lots of fun on Saturday with the basketball girls – being declared MVP (by myself) – for those of you who aren’t familiar with bball lingo, the MVP is the Most Valuable Player. I have no real idea what that means actually, but I know it’s a pretty big deal. The biggest achievement that day for me was being declared “quite good” or “good” (I can’t really remember) by the bball expert herself, Ms. LIPEIJAYTEESHAN. haha.

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ahem. the shoes of an MVP.

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After the exhausting workout (no thanks to the swelteringly hot sun and hot bods =Pp), we all showered (together or no? hmmmmm) and went for SASHIMI + SUSHI BUFFET YUMMMS. It majorly defeated the purpose of playing basketball before that, but heck, it was for MELISSA’S SAKE!!! hehe. Happy Birthday MEL!! I think it was supposed to be a surprise for you lol.

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After the feast, (we ate lots of beansprouts OMG WIN RIGHT?!) we walked back to the hotel where the car was parked and were thinking of where to go next.. A bunch of us started perusing the tourist information brochures at the hotel lobby and we chanced upon this brochure for the Pixar Exhibition at the Science Centre, and on that random note, we all decided it’d be a fun way to spend the rest of the day.

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and FUN it was indeed!!

we were stuck looking at this guy for eternity

totally fascinated.. we're actually saying, "Eat my finger! Eat my finger!" in this picture

I... likebigballsandIcannotlie

spot all the little toys!

oh if you're wondering about the shades, I didn't have any makeup on and looked hideous. the shades were a remedy kinda

i love that elephant so much

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In short, we had a blast at the Science Centre, after which I had to go for a family dinner and they went grocery shopping like the swakus they are. HAHAHAH J/K you guys know I wanted to be there huh <3

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SUNDAY was MAJOR UBER FUNNESS with my dearest loves Nic+Steph! Like my facebook album says, Nic was back for all of 2 seconds and we had to grab her for a megaparsec and make it count. So of course we visited a sex shop. No kidding. And shopped like mad, changing in front of all the shoppers in Orchard Road and stuff. Yes I’m being deliberately misleading, twisting and exaggerating facts because it’s so difficult to describe the kinda fun we had.

the utterly lovely gorgeous ladies

sorry for spoiling the picture.. heh. i love them!

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I love them so much!!

So yea that was my weekend. How was yours? =)

So about 2 weeks or so ago I met up with a bunch of my girlfriends whom I love dearly.. Mich, sy and edna! We were supposed to meet up on Good Friday evening for dinner and a nice night out of shopping, walking around and whatnot..

However, our dear miss mich said she might have to leave early as she was going clubbing.. Eventually, though, when we actually met up, she said she didn’t have to.

We did all get into the mood for a nice night out though, under michelle’s influence.. We made an effort to dress up rather nicely, though I couldn’t really do much since I had to meet them right after church..

Anyway, we met up and had a great dinner at fish&co where Michelle managed to convince us to go clubbing after.. (Notice how I am putting all the blame on her? Haha) so after some frenzied shopping for clothes for me, we made our way to Zouk!

We had quite a lotta fun, I must say.. In short, it was a night of booze, dancing, games ( I totally own “I have never”!) and lots of love and laughter.. Check out the pictures below to see how much fun we had!

camwhoring in the toilet..

vignette. i love it! 3 of us camwhoring while we waited for dear miss lsy to come out of the toilet

super major love!

outside zouk

inside the toilet at zouk! we are super good camwhores lol

before all the craziness happened! at fish&co for dinner!

sorry for the non-chronological arrangement of pics.. back at zouk toilet

trying on clothes fit for clubbing!

at zouk toilet

drunk in zouk after losing at cai1 quan2 (aka 5-10)

camwhoring in ion's toilet!

lovelovelovelovelove!

Gotta go now, typing in my dad’s car is making me wanna throw up!! Ciao all~

Story above taken from http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_508422.html

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Mmhmm.. Now, guess what my reaction was after reading this article? Those of you who follow me on twitter will know.. I said:

“hellooooo cutie!! why haven’t i seen you around my office?: http://sgBEAT.com/url/1151 “

followed by

“person mentioned in prev tweet is apparently an oil rig designer.. haha”

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“yes, that was d only thing that jumped out at me in that article. & d fact that he’s quite cute. i didn’t really care about the assault lol”

Yea…. I’m slightly embarassed by that. But you gotta admit.. Dude is cute.. Haha.

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What about you? What’s your take on this story or my reaction? Heh.

Ciao guys!

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To help you non-Singaporeans understand some of the context here, let me explain some laws we have in Singapore. In recent years, the government has moved to ban smoking in most public areas, most notably eating areas, bus stops, clubs and pubs, among others.

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I was really pleased at this development because i’m one of those obnoxious people that cannot stand cigarette smoke. If anyone within a ten metre radius of me lights up, I sniff the air like a blood hound and make annoyed faces and noises. Yea. So when the rule became more widespread, I started becoming very open about being disapproving of people who’d smoke at bus stops or other prohibited areas. I’d pretend to snap pictures of them on my phone camera (yes, Brenda, to pretend to send to Stomp! lol) and stare them down.

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go ahead, blow yourself out

About a week or two ago, I was at the bus stop near my house waiting for a bus. I was vaguely aware of someone sitting behind me after awhile, but didn’t pay attention until I smelt cigarette smoke. Annoyed, I turned to see who the culprit was. Apart from an innocent looking young(ish) guy sitting behind me, I didn’t see anyone else. I put it down to someone in a nearby house smoking out their window or something. I grew progressively more annoyed as time passed but couldn’t find anyone to blame it on!

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The bus soon arrived and I stood up and moved to the front of the bus stop. Then, I managed to take a good look at the guy who was seated behind me and lo and behold, he was holding a fag in his hand, enjoying the last of his smoke before getting onto the bus.

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At this point I had some major conflicting emotions. I was really pissed off at him for smoking at a bus stop (he was INSIDE the bus stop, sitting down!! as opposed to standing a few metres away!) but at the same time, I didn’t really feel too angry towards him..

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Why? Well look at the title of this post. Haha. He was… kinda cute, I guess. And it definitely made me less angry at him.  I was a lot more willing to let it go and not fuss too much about it… Until I realized how superficial I was being. Typically the offenders that get on my nerves are ugly, wrinkled old men at a different bus stop (that sees a totally different demographic of commuters altogether) and that, compounded with the smoke, just drives me nuts.

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How about you guys? Do you tend to go easy on attractive people? It’s natural, isn’t it? I’m sure i’m not the only one. I remember when I was in college we once read about a research project that looked at the relationship between a person’s attractiveness and the kind of punishment they are dealt when caught/tried. Mostly, attractive people were punished more lightly than not-so-attractive people unless they were deemed to have used their attractiveness to their advantage when committing the act.

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Cool, huh? =) Ok so let’s all try to stop judging books by their covers.. That’s the moral of the story today. Till the next time, CIAOOOO <3

There must, however, be some kinda compromise here. There will probably be less pictures in the posts (because that takes time to prepare dammit! even if all I do is run a google search and self-host them) and they will probably be shorter and more disjoined. Would you all like that? LET ME KNOW =))

In the meantime, check out my latest vlog! It’s kinda different from usual and has an “opinion” section so do let me know how you think! Watch both parts!! =)
FYI:

Dayna: http://amourchaleur.com

Terry: http://teddy-o-ted.com

Brenda: http://brendalogy.net

Ivy: http://nanyate.com

And part 2 here!:

So as usual, comment! =) Love you all and see you soon!

Just a quick reminder to self about March:

1) Meet Ann! (first weekend for coffee meetup with S?)

2) 12th dinner with tnt

3) 13th- MJ with girls and check if any prior apptmts

4) first weekend with yarn?

5) 27th with sgbloggers

6) 26th play

Yea that’s all so far. Mannn, working really destroys my ability to hang out during weekdays.. I did meet up with val yesterday though and have discovered that Raffles City is a pretty awesome place to shop.. heh. I’ve also discovered that shopping alone is detrimental to the health of my bank account.. ><

Aaaanyhoo, this blog entry is supposed to be a nice meaty satisfying one for those of you who prefer my blog entries..

Photo credit Destination360 St. Peters Square

Most of you should know I’m Catholic and that my belief system is pretty much shaped by Catholic values and principles. Well, most of it, at least. I realized lately that I have an underlying belief that governs my whole outlook on life and yea, i’m about to share it! lol.

Basically, I feel that our life and everything we worry/care about can be classified into a few basic categories. They are

• Family
• Health
• Love
• Work
• Friends
• Money
• Spirit /Faith (in other words, religion)

Now, the basic principle to life relating to the above is this:

Balance.

Yup! Simple huh? Basically, everything will balance out. Religiously, I’d say I believe this because I believe God is fair. You could also see it in a very Zen-manner and believe in the ultimate balance of the universe.

What this balance is referring to is that everything is fairly allocated. For example, if you are doing poorly at work and thus also have money problems, then you probably have love, friends and family who care for you and are probably generally healthy and spiritually sound too. Alternatively if you excel at work, have lots of money, and have great friends and family, then you might just be a bit more prone to illness, or maybe not have a good foundation faith-wise.

I’m very fortunate to be blessed with good things on most of my “areas”.. I have a wonderful family and mostly we have peace (though I guess you can say my bad relationship with my brother is a dip in the see-saw here).. I have AWESOME friends, money isn’t too big a problem, I’m a normal, mostly healthy person and I’m spiritually sound.. So yea, it seems everything’s up up up.. So a while ago, I was sorta taking stock and really praying very hard about the last 2 categories (work had not happened yet and up till then it had been “school”.. love was… not too good. a dip for sure)..

Let’s just say I kinda prayed for 2 things that were sort of happening around the same period. And what ended up happening was this: God gave me a GREAT job and decided to even things out by giving me a $%^&#craphole of a love life..

I mean when I look back on it.. I know how relieved I was when I got the job I wanted. At that precise moment I knew that I would have been a lot more devastated if I had gotten the uh relationship-related thing and lost out on the job than if i had gotten the job and lost out on the relationship-related thing. I think I even told some people this exact same sentiment right at that moment.

And honestly, my job has got to be God-given because it’s just awesome. I’m surrounded by amazing people, learning lots of things, can get to and from work very conveniently… From the bottom of my heart I know it was in His plan (ok if i’m coming across too religious well, I’m sort of sorry but seriously, you don’t understand the whole story) and that the long wait was worth it because I feel truly blessed with a great job. When I hear about some other horror stories of first jobs, I can’t help but give thanks.

About the shitfest that is my love life… I don’t know if I can do without one (because it seems like to even out the balance of all the categories I need to have a shitty or no love life) but I know now that if/when it happens, it’s going to be amazing. Like my job. And I really believe it because I know my next relationship will probably be IT, coz I’m *cough* such an accomodating and wonderful person. lol. No seriously though. I don’t foresee myself getting into any arguments or anything because i honestly think good communication can resolve most problems.

Anyways, we shall not talk about this anymore lol. What do you think? Agree with my Grand Theory?? Love the entry? haha. Love y’all. Will blog about the amazing mahjong night with my girls Michelle Siying and Edna soon! Till then, CIAOOO