I'm such a feminine queen!

Terrible, terrible... but I do love to dress up! Ha ha ha!

Blame it on Charlotte Chen's birthday party. She set the theme as "Blair Waldorf style"

Yeah, if you were like me, you would have gone, "Who?"

So I did a little research (not hard since it was all on her Facebook invite) and discovered that Miss Blair W is a character from Gossip Girl, which I'll never watch, and has all the money to buy all her high-class ritz dresses, which I'll never have.

Fortunately though, I love her style. Well, "style" as in dresses and more dresses and more girly things in between. Like hairbands. Lots and lots of hairbands. And chignons-like Ash did that night. Very nice.

I think we did pretty well, didn't we? Photo courtesy of Jerms. Gave me the perfect opportunity to wear that dress I bought 2 months ago, but never found the right occasion to wear for.

And I had to post this up. This was the cool empty shell of the birthday cake. Oh you could cut it and eat it, but the cake was such a disappointment. There was too much cream, the cake itself was not-very-good butter cake and the icing on it was hard. Too bad. It's still a cool shell though. I read about it but I never thought that I would ever have a chance to eat one.

So here's to being invited to 21st birthday parties, held at nice places (like Cinei's level 6 preview lounge) that serves fruit punch in mock wine glasses, and dressing up like it's a high class party. *cheers*

Ooh the fun of "acting" rich!

Yes, life is just so funny

"Funny" not as in "ha-ha-hilarious funny", but as in "what the... (eyes wide open shocked) funny".
I just heard the news:

MICHAEL JACKSON

is

DEAD.

Just last week we were reading in the papers about another scandal that had hit poor Jacko again regarding his upcoming concerts. But at least he was alive and breathing.
And today, he is dead.

It just goes to show you that life is to fickle to miss a day. Live like it's your last day.

Anyway, although I'm not a big fan of him, I still feel sad because he was undeniably the King of Pop, and he had so much influence in the areas of music and dance- he changed our concept of them. He may have been eccentric (to the max) but he was a legend and we still mourn his passing.

Some random thoughts about the weekend...

ABISH IS BACK!!! Oh I'm excited! It's just not fair how come she gets to be so pretty and skinnier, while on the other hand had to come back much rounder (ok fine, blame it on my weakness for pasta and cream sauce...) and not any prettier. Her accent isn't thick, although like Myra says, it comes and goes.

She is staying at home for the next few days though because she wants to rest, so don't ask her to go out just yet.

Last Saturday before Abish returned, Myra and I went to my Aunt's house for dinner for family gathering. And guess what was delivered to us after the dinner? DURIAN!!! Oh dear beloved lovely durian durian durian, la la la la la... ah ha ha ha! This was good grade top quality durian from somewhere in Balastier area. They also bought some mangosteen to go with it, and we had a lovely fruit feast. Oooh! :)

On Sunday, I had a combined lesson with the Mia Maids and while I couldn't get done with my lesson (not for the lack of trying- I really wanted to share this particularly touching story with them but they just wouldn't let me continue on after the first 5 mins), I ended up having to teach a lesson or two (or attempt to get it into their heads) about gossiping.
1. What goes around comes back around
2. If you want to gossip, please at least make sure it is true. Don't go around spreading the wrong things, or... see point 1.
*Sigh* those girls ah... I love them though.
And it is quite interesting what things they tell you when you get close to them.

YOUTH CONFERENCE 2009!!!

Yes yes, I'm remiss in my posts now, but I have been very busy with my work. However in case anyone is wondering how did YC go (for me), here are my personal thoughts.

The GOOD:

- Being able to spend time with my YW, and get to know them a whole lot more better. Just as I wrote on my Facebook "wall": I fell even more in love with my calling and the YW in my ward.
- Service projects- my group had to build a soccer goal post using PVC pipes and thick strings (for the net) for the indigenous Malay aborigines. This has got to be one of the most meaningful and enjoyable service projects I've participated in (instead of the usual visit old folks home...). Kudos to whoever thought of that idea!
-Getting to know the Malaysian saints. It was quite an experience. There was so much miscommunication initially that everyone (on both sides) were a bit "angsty" in the beginning, but we made up and (on the part of the leaders at least) and had a good time.
-The Dance. Oh yeah! I haven't participated in a dance for a long time, and while I had to chaperon for most of it, I was given the green light to dance with them for the last 2 songs and it was fun!
-The hike. While it was a slight disappointment that we didn't get to do the waterfall hike, it was still quite enjoyable just doing an easy 2 hour long hike. Did you know that Fraser's hill was named after the poor English man Fraser who lived on this hill a long time ago, went explorin one day and never came back? The joke of course, was that if any of the youth got lost there, well, we'll always remember him...
-Dunkin donuts, the smell of durian... even neighbouring countires have some tastes and smells that Singapore (currently) doesn't have. Mmm....

THE BAD:

-The food. It wasn't that bad, but as the camp progressed, my portions became smaller and smaller
-The journey there- blah! It wasn't as bad as I thought, but being cooped up anywhere for 7 hours is no joke.

And... the U-G-L-Y

-The drama. When you put more than 50 teenage girls together, duh...
-The toilets along the way there and back. 'Nuff said
-Some of hte the toilets at the resort itself (yes, I'm VERY picky about my sanitary conditions)
- The last hour on the ride there up the winding winding winding hill (which I timed by the way, and the winding thing was for about an hour no kidding!). Let's just say they should consider renaming the place "Fraser's Mountain" instead of "hill".

I still think it's great to be on the other side of the games line cheering people on, instead of being the one participating and being tortured. :)

Overall though, I REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME AND IT WAS A NICE HOLIDAY

I'm such a weird person aren't I?

You know, when the Lord wants to give you something, everything just falls into place!... I landed this job like... PLOP! I found out about the job on Wed, sent in my resume on Thurs, had my interview on Fri, and officially started work on Mon. So I've been working for the International Airlines Transportation Association (IATA) this past week.

And I love my job. Unbelievable.

Even though I'm about to go blind soon.

C'mon, where do you get a job where...
- You get your own private laptop? I'm only a temp ok, and I get a private laptop and my own screen. It's one of those dual- laptop-computer screen sytems, where you can look at both screens and do work on both... SO COOL!

- There's free cookies and juice in the fridge. Plus free fruits every Fri. The perks are sweet.

- The office layout is really cool. The managers here don't have a private room. It's the new age "open concept"you know...

- The pay... oh yes, the pay. It'so nice to be able to sit in a nice air-conditioned office the whole day (and yes, of course the air-con is set to sub-zero temps when outside is like, burning hot), and still be paid to be comfortable- more than $8/hr. WOO HOO! And even though I'm only working 7 hrs/ day (9am-5pm), it's nice because it still gives me sufficient enough income.

- The other day my colleagues and I went to the Tiong Bahru market to eat fish head curry. Ooh la la! SHIOK!

- I'm kept busy the whole day. Yes, this is the real part where I'm down right weird- I love the BUSY-NESS! It's so fun. We deal with very important documents and everything, nad everything hass to be accurate and filed away and so we are kept on our toes, and I love it! I rather this than be BORED OUT OF MY MIND.

- It's at sommerset, so there's a direct train for me. I simply hop onto the train for a 30min commute, then walk 3mins (sheltered walkway furthermore) to my workplace. Can't ask for anything more conveniant.

-AND the fact that I'm just so thankful to have a job in this economic situation.