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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
End of Muddy's Phase
I've been away for quite a while, caught up in my stagnant life, but I think it should be time that I pick up the pace again!
Though graduated a few months back, I haven't done anything constructive at all, except you consider being rejected by the local universities thrice in row. :( Oh well. There's always the private and overseas aren't there?
Remember I was working at Muddy Murphy's Irish Pub? Well it was my final shift last week! Can't believe I was there for almost a year! It started as a part-time school holiday casual job and then it dragged on. Hur hur.
There were of course great times and bad. One of which I'll remember:
I was doing my dumpster duty, so we were lugging bags of stinky garbage and I got the shock of my life. There, laying at the foot of the huge bin, was a erm, real raw leg's lamb. I don't know which restaurant (or even Muddy's!) it came from, but it was very, very disturbing. There's not proper discarding of animal's parts meh?!
*shudders*
I think I'll stay away from mutton and lamb chops for now.
Then there was also St. Patricks day where the staff and management wee super duper busy that night. It was insane. We had a great Irish band playing traditional Irish music, and fake tattoos was a must! I started the whole Guinness trend that night and customers followed suit (oh it was free to get yourself painted, as many as you want!). :d
Heh. I also had a glitter clover on my face. We held a little celebration afterwards with champagne and beer, and only went home at 7AM. That was one of the days I went without sleeping for almost 24 hours. Power~
I'll be missing some of the buddies there like Kumz, Zar, Cliff, Eadie and Don.
It's funny how some only start contacting you only when you leave. Keeping a professional boundary? Hmm, odd.
Anyway, I'm currently busy with the weekly performances at the National Day Parade 2009. Yep, I've resumed dancing at People's Association. I really had to push myself to catch up, and I know I still am not doing enough yet.
Though I must boast, I've mastered some "stunts" back. :D
I have a new dance partner, Clement. He's very hardworking too, making speedy improvements and swinging me despite my weight.
The costume looked really horrendous this year and did I mention last week we were dancing finale on stage and it rained down so hard on us but all performers were to remain where we were! We were utterly soaked, not helping too when the skirt's damn heavy.
I absolutely love the music compilation this year. And me being me, the semi-pirate, I'll always find my way to get them! Now I already have most of the songs! Tee hee hee.
Okay, so I HAVE to sleep early tonight considering I have a bloody long day tomorrow.
* Oh, pertaining my personal life, aye, I've loved and lost, laughed and lamented. He was once a darling to me and quite a darling himself, but now he has chosen the taller one from his past as his darling. All is fair in the game of love; As much as it gets underhanded, somehow they were forgiven. At least I have some memories that I'll hold on to. :')
For updates and photos, please go to my Facebook and/or follow Plurk (yes, I'm on it again!).
Though graduated a few months back, I haven't done anything constructive at all, except you consider being rejected by the local universities thrice in row. :( Oh well. There's always the private and overseas aren't there?
Remember I was working at Muddy Murphy's Irish Pub? Well it was my final shift last week! Can't believe I was there for almost a year! It started as a part-time school holiday casual job and then it dragged on. Hur hur.
There were of course great times and bad. One of which I'll remember:
*shudders*
I think I'll stay away from mutton and lamb chops for now.
Heh. I also had a glitter clover on my face. We held a little celebration afterwards with champagne and beer, and only went home at 7AM. That was one of the days I went without sleeping for almost 24 hours. Power~
I'll be missing some of the buddies there like Kumz, Zar, Cliff, Eadie and Don.
It's funny how some only start contacting you only when you leave. Keeping a professional boundary? Hmm, odd.
Anyway, I'm currently busy with the weekly performances at the National Day Parade 2009. Yep, I've resumed dancing at People's Association. I really had to push myself to catch up, and I know I still am not doing enough yet.
Though I must boast, I've mastered some "stunts" back. :D
I have a new dance partner, Clement. He's very hardworking too, making speedy improvements and swinging me despite my weight.
The costume looked really horrendous this year and did I mention last week we were dancing finale on stage and it rained down so hard on us but all performers were to remain where we were! We were utterly soaked, not helping too when the skirt's damn heavy.
I absolutely love the music compilation this year. And me being me, the semi-pirate, I'll always find my way to get them! Now I already have most of the songs! Tee hee hee.
Okay, so I HAVE to sleep early tonight considering I have a bloody long day tomorrow.
* Oh, pertaining my personal life, aye, I've loved and lost, laughed and lamented. He was once a darling to me and quite a darling himself, but now he has chosen the taller one from his past as his darling. All is fair in the game of love; As much as it gets underhanded, somehow they were forgiven. At least I have some memories that I'll hold on to. :')
For updates and photos, please go to my Facebook and/or follow Plurk (yes, I'm on it again!).
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
A Little About Travelling...
This year has been a fruitful year for me in terms of travelling. I think I'm just lucky I get to travel to three different countries within 3 months.
Other than the normal sighseeing (because we signed up with the tour package), I like to explore more than just the very "popular" and common things people do.
For example, I miss walking down the chilly street alongside my sister, hand-in-hand to a local bakery shop to see if we can pick a cake for daddy. However, since we're moving on to another location the following day, we did not get any birthday cake.
In the end, I bought the final tiramisu in the display shelf while Sis settled for the blueberry cake. We didn't bother about the melamine issue that was raging in China, we just indulge with our little snack. The feeling is so.....nice. It's like I blend into the surroundings at the moment.
On the way back, we also went by a convenience store, which I bought ice-cream (yayness, coz' they won't melt even if you leave it in the open for 15-30 mins!) and red wine potato chips. Yes, I like to try small things here and there that Singapore do not offer.
Also this time, I am of age to consume alcohol on flight! While looking through the dinner menu do I realise they offer a variety of drinks. Being the typical Singaporean that I am, I quickly think of making the full use of SIA. Hahaha. It was my first time drinking Bailey's in the air! Boy did that felt good. Heh. But the dinner sucked! *coughs* ahtiong feedback *coughs*
Then I began to miss 西湖, a place where it's full of history and culture, yet the essence of it still remain intact. The picturesque bridges were just like the illustrations of my Secondary school Higher Chinese textbook. Hahaha.
There's even litte shophouses that we can rent to spend the night, and proper tea shops to enjoy 吃茶。
I feel stupid to have the urge to start throwing out all the Chinese poems I learnt before as I stroll along the lake! What 李白 la, 杜甫la、白居易 la etc..
While doing my shopping, I do not only look at clothes (despite what you may think of me). At 7-11, I compare prices of condoms (it's like SGD10 for a pack of 3 over there, ex!). I also checked out the prices of film over there, which after conversion, cost about the same in Singapore. So it doesn't mean China = cheap okay! It depends on the items as well!
There were also these bun keychains that are selling at every corner of the streets. Out of curiosity (and because they look damn adorabel with the smiley faces and all), I went to touch it. It looked like it's made of those cheap plastic, but I tell you, THEY FEEL LIKE REAL BUNS, or even softer. They even smell like freshly-made bread. Very nice.
I also went through a funny experience of chatting with a masseuse while soaking my feet it 80 degrees hot herbal water. He just couldn't stop talking and went on and on about his hometown, class chairperson and Singapore.
I will also remember how my Sis and I bumped into a couple of dudes from Mumbai complaining about the poor service and attitude in China (and mainly because we can speak English), and eventually became our Facebook friend within 30 minutes. Hahaha.
Travelling is my favourite past time (literally man).
Other than the normal sighseeing (because we signed up with the tour package), I like to explore more than just the very "popular" and common things people do.
For example, I miss walking down the chilly street alongside my sister, hand-in-hand to a local bakery shop to see if we can pick a cake for daddy. However, since we're moving on to another location the following day, we did not get any birthday cake.
In the end, I bought the final tiramisu in the display shelf while Sis settled for the blueberry cake. We didn't bother about the melamine issue that was raging in China, we just indulge with our little snack. The feeling is so.....nice. It's like I blend into the surroundings at the moment.
On the way back, we also went by a convenience store, which I bought ice-cream (yayness, coz' they won't melt even if you leave it in the open for 15-30 mins!) and red wine potato chips. Yes, I like to try small things here and there that Singapore do not offer.
Also this time, I am of age to consume alcohol on flight! While looking through the dinner menu do I realise they offer a variety of drinks. Being the typical Singaporean that I am, I quickly think of making the full use of SIA. Hahaha. It was my first time drinking Bailey's in the air! Boy did that felt good. Heh. But the dinner sucked! *coughs* ahtiong feedback *coughs*
Then I began to miss 西湖, a place where it's full of history and culture, yet the essence of it still remain intact. The picturesque bridges were just like the illustrations of my Secondary school Higher Chinese textbook. Hahaha.
There's even litte shophouses that we can rent to spend the night, and proper tea shops to enjoy 吃茶。
I feel stupid to have the urge to start throwing out all the Chinese poems I learnt before as I stroll along the lake! What 李白 la, 杜甫la、白居易 la etc..
While doing my shopping, I do not only look at clothes (despite what you may think of me). At 7-11, I compare prices of condoms (it's like SGD10 for a pack of 3 over there, ex!). I also checked out the prices of film over there, which after conversion, cost about the same in Singapore. So it doesn't mean China = cheap okay! It depends on the items as well!
There were also these bun keychains that are selling at every corner of the streets. Out of curiosity (and because they look damn adorabel with the smiley faces and all), I went to touch it. It looked like it's made of those cheap plastic, but I tell you, THEY FEEL LIKE REAL BUNS, or even softer. They even smell like freshly-made bread. Very nice.
I also went through a funny experience of chatting with a masseuse while soaking my feet it 80 degrees hot herbal water. He just couldn't stop talking and went on and on about his hometown, class chairperson and Singapore.
I will also remember how my Sis and I bumped into a couple of dudes from Mumbai complaining about the poor service and attitude in China (and mainly because we can speak English), and eventually became our Facebook friend within 30 minutes. Hahaha.
Travelling is my favourite past time (literally man).
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