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I'm hooked onto the recent Channel 8 drama, "995". While I was working OT the other day, my sister texted me, "Ou Xuan is angry at you." haha =P Now that LG has moved to hostel & mum only come back home as & when she likes, Qiqi & I are the only permanent resident of our house now. I don't like leaving her alone in the hse just like she tried to stay home whenever I am. However, the dept is running low on manpower now & I'm still not very stable on the current position I just took over. So, I needed more time to adapt & adjust. There are many times I rejected family members' & friends' request for a meetup/dinner/drink after work. I wish I could be out there with you folks to enjoy & party like before too. But well... I believe Buddha heard my wish for this year end & is helping me work towards the goal. But I hope he has not forgotten on the next but not any less important dream of me wanting to get...

It decided to went on a retreat before I leave for my Taiwan trip. Ironically, it's a Taiwan phone...    When I first went to the M1 store in Jun'2011, I was all set out to just get an iPhone 4. I brought 2 friends along with me who were non iPhone supporters. (I'm not blaming you folks, coz every1 has a choice & I'd make my own. You didn't put me at gun point.) The sales personnel there recommend a few other phones too. Samsung was my first choice but it was out of stock and have to wait for 2 months. But my hp back then was about to die any moment, so my next option was HTC Sensation. Within 1 mth, the rubber insulator for the USB cable starts to crack. Had wanted to go for a 1-to-1 exchange, but didn't know where the service centre was. Since it was still sort of usable, I didn't bother to find out either. After using the hp for 6mths, it started to act cranky. It always restart on its own & has become more frequent recently; at least on...

When I was comparing the improvements month against month, I wasn't very pleased or motivated. However, when I click on the graph page, I think it's quite an achievement. =P For the period 20/03/10 - 20/10/2011, (I've missed taking in Nov & Dec 2011), it was a total of 7.5% fat lost & 3.6% muscle mass gained for me. That was before I started Mike Chang's program. ARGH! -_-" I started his program in Oct'11 & I actually forgot to take my measurements for 2 mths after that! Who's Mike Chang? Well, he's a personal trainer whom I accidentally saw his video on YOUtube & find them really useful for fats burning & muscle gaining! Then I got hooked on working out & motivated in becoming fit like him! Check out his Facebook page here ! Alternately, you may want to try out his videos by searching for Mike Chang's Six Pack Shortcuts in YOUtube. He has uploaded quite a number of useful workouts. =) My top fave recommendat...

For those who have not heard; yes, I went to do my first tattoo. =) I did a temporary one when I went Melacca for my company's annual outing as I've wanted to know roughly how it would look like. Well, I think that it looks pretty nice so I finally decided to go do a real one. Tadah! The first day I went back to BP in preparation for the long CNY holidays ahead, I visited the local tattooist my cousin & cousin in law goes to. The real one - I feel that it looks AWESOMELY GREAT! =D Most folks around me are not happy or seem agreeable to it. But, it's my life, my arm, you think I bother how you feel? I am rebellious, it's a fact I do not deny. I am stubborn & that's my unofficial middle name. Some said I did it because of her. I'm telling you the truth now. Yes, but not 100%. The most 10%! I've been wanting to get one since a long time back. I tell you, getting a tattoo is painful coz my endurance for pain is not very high. So, re...

这一生，只有他才是那个真心爱你的男人！ 你往生的那一天，你的灵牌写着的只有林们张氏。 但无奈的事，送终的都是不孝的孩子！ 一个母亲坚持不顾儿女的反对，劝解与苦苦哀求，要嫁给一个仅认识两个月的男人。 对于他的一切，你了解多少？ 而她的回应尽是，"我很了解了，ok?!" 孩子为了不让自己父母用血汗钱，甚至自己的生命来换取的避风港落入来路不明的陌生人手中，提议要母亲割名给孩子。 为了那个男人与孩子吵架时，她既然能够说："我没想到我的孩子竟然那么不孝，叫我把屋子割名给他们！" 你说出那句话的时候，已经变成了恶魔，亲手把刀插入你孩子的身上！ 你以为我们很稀罕你的屋子？你以为我们要的是你的钱？ 我们要的只是一个能够活着看我们成家立业，有自己的家庭的妈妈。 被他洗脑，却坚持没有，还说："你们就跟你们的父亲一样，看太多垃圾小报，太多电视！" "不要让人说几句话就对妈妈失去信心。" 不晓得是谁因为一个男人所说的一切，宁愿放弃这个家，不在乎孩子的感受。 你的行动已证明了一切，不用说什么永远都是爱我们的。 当那个男人与我的妹妹-你的亲生女儿跪在地上时，你心疼安慰着的的是那个只认识两个月的男人！ 而不是你怀胎九个月，相处了二十六年的女儿！ 为什么一定要嫁给他？你说，做人说话要算话。 因为说如果他收拾他的房间，你就嫁给他。 听起来有多可笑，你去问一个十六岁的人都会笑翻! 曾经答应过孩子不会改嫁，当时应该只是在放屁，所以根本都不用算话。 "在医院时，他每天都来陪我，难道就不能证明对我的爱？" 是谁每晚呆在房门等待，祈祷，请假不做工，一直守候着？ 两个孩子的考试期，一晚睡不到几个小时，就是为了能天天在医院陪你，又能读到书。 关于这一切，你从不问津。 对你兴师问罪时，抛下一句，"你们都知道，我对你们的学业一向都是不闻不问的！" "没想到你们三个读那么多书，却不懂得尊重别人。" 硬上门到我家，口口声声说爱我母亲的人，看着一个原本完美的家庭因为两个人一个自私的决定而破裂，却不肯妥协；对于这种人，凭什么要我们尊重他？ 我们: 为什么一定要现在结婚，不能等一年让彼此更了解对方，让我们更信任你，放心把她交给你？ 烂人: 因为我爱她，我就是要现在娶她来...

I LOVE HAMMIES!! Most ppl should know this; but why, some may ask. There's no specific reason though and in fact, I love most animals! =P That's why I love to go to the Zoo Zoo Zoo! Yoshi has passed on & I'd thought of getting a new companion. Dearest Ah-Dai offered me her hammies! Originally, I only wanted 1 and let it be named Hei bi (Hokkien), 黑皮 (Chinese) & Happy(English)! But coz the 2 hammies she has are close like superglue, she couldn't bear to separate them. In the end, I brought i-Jia & i-Le home and bought a divider cage for them. (They still live under 1 roof where they can smell and "talk" to each other. Only thing is they can't get intimate.) To most, it seems cruel. To me, it's just being responsible owner. =) Breeding is not doing your pets good if you're not prepared to take care of too many at one time. Pets are not toys which you can just shelve them off whenever you're not interested anymore. Their w...

1 of the few readers I've left is making noise again! Complaining that my blog is TOO QUIET & cobwebs are all over it. I was busy, really too busy for the past few months. For those few who already know, I've took over my colleague's new portfolio with NO PROMOTION OR PAY RAISE. To your disappointment, no free lunches/dinners for you folks. Yes, I didn't ask my boss anything about that. Before you start commenting how silly I am, pls find out what kind of person she is first. But it's okay lah, I strongly believe she'll give me what I deserved. Throughout my 3 years of working with her, she has never ill-treat me with the staff welfare/benefits I should get. Let's just wait till next promotion period in July to see how, yah? My exams are finally over & if all goes well, I'll be CAT certified! Results will be out in Feb. =) *prays hard* Long weekends for Christmas were spent on gatherings & not even leaving me for spare time to...

Out of sight is equal to out of mind after all... Coz u said we were better off as friends, I respected your decision. We still keep in touch via sms/whatsapp/emails. No longer do I ask you out, not that I don't wana see you, but I need time to get over it. I thought I've gotten over you, till you informed me that you were leaving... U have had plans on this even when we were still hanging out tgt. I should be more or less prepared but you seem to be contemplating on that idea back then so I didn't think much of it either. Like I've said, at least I'm glad you kept me informed on your decision. Though I felt kind of lost when you told me abt it, I wish you all the best in this giant leap! It's good to have a change of environment; the outside world is big and you really ought to explore it while you can. We don't meet up as often now even when you are in Sg, now that you're flying off to pursue your career in another country, who knows when would...

It'd been a very long time since I last blogged. For the past one week, I was quite stressed as Mummy was admitted to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital ICU. My sisters stayed over at the hospital to look after her. For me, I'll head over after work every day. On usual days, I'm already not having enough sleep. So, with the madness rush, you can guessed how tired I was. It doesn't help when the exams period is here. Exams is a killer & revision is a real torture. I wondered how much brain cells were killed. To be honest, the paper was easy IF I'd read through ALL the chapters. Nope, I'm not being complacent. It's just that I simply hate school. Now I only wish for a pass so that I can successfully get the CAT cert for my boss. Yes, she makes me go through this 2 years of pain & suffering. Yup, I heard you. It's good to go for further studies, blah blah blah. It's just me lah, I think I'm not cut out for studies. I'm never gona ...

When was the last time you received good customer service? And if you do, what would you do? Would you compliment the service staff on the spot or write a compliment letter thereafter? Most of us will probably do nothing about it or maybe just tell a few close friends. Well, perhaps I was in need of some nice things myself or I was simply in a good mood. I wrote the first compliment letter of my life. Recently, I received excellent service & I told myself I really must get home & write a compliment letter for the staff. And below was what I sent to the management of my fave fast food outlet, McDonalds. =) I've always been ordering fries without salt from McDonalds. A big lover of Mac fries but not a fan of salty stuff. On 15th Nov 2011, around 9 - 10pm, I ordered a small coke light without ice & medium fries without salt (as usual) at the McDonalds opposite Yew Tee Point/MRT. As I stood there waiting for my fries, I was observing the staff at work. Well,...

I've read 九把刀's books before & this movie has been highly recommended by friends who have watched it. Even a lot of Taiwan celebrities & 1 of my fave DJs, Xiao Jiao Hui said it's a very nice show. So since then, I've been waiting for it to be released in Sg. Having heard such good reviews, a full of high expectations me went to catch this movie with Ohana. My sisters gave it a 5/5 rating. I don't know how to grade it though. I like how the story goes but not the ending... But well, maybe at times, we need non fairy tales ending stories to remind us what reality is? Or perhaps, imperfect is beautiful in their own ways? Nevertheless, I think everyone of us need to go watch this show. Like the trailer said, "每个男孩心中 都有一个沈佳宜。" I think 90% of the guys or even girls out there had once met someone whom they wished they knew how to treasure them back then? Quite a lot went through my mind during the show... Sweet memories, sad regrets ...

Was at the crossroad & now I've chosen the path to take! Well, when I first heard from others, I was contemplating if I should or rather how to reject the offer. I thought I wasn't well prepared for the change. But nothing happened for the rest of the week after I was told of the news. So, I thought all was settled & I happily went back to my hometown. =D Spent wonderful times with my babies cousin & nephew! Back at BP, Mum & aunties wanted to go to this fortune teller, so being the all-time chauffeur, I drove them to the place & conveniently have my fortune told too. I didn't go there with a specific issue to ask abt, coz I thought it was just a tagged along thing. The fortune teller said, "You have missed out a lot of opportunities in the past. Simply because you stood still & refuse to move forward to seize the opportunity that came by due to your fear. There's a BIG one coming soon again. Go for it! For if you take this up, you...

Either blogging has gotten too boring/taxing for me or I'm too busy or maybe I'm just plain lazy lah, here's a pretty outdated blog entry... On 30th Sep 2011, the zhus celebrated Sy's b'day! Our dearest zhuzi aka yz aka 1 stick aka Manly (her new name) recommended us this steamboat place, "Le Le Pot (乐乐锅)". The owner is an actor from Mediacorp. (I duno his name, he always act as bad guy de). Once u reached the shop, you'll surely know who he is if you do watched Mediacorp shows, coz his photos are everywhere on the wall! =P Well, in my own opinion, I think the food is fresher & tastier than Chong Qing Steamboat. However, as we didn't have a "good" experience on our first (other than yz) visit, that's prob our last time there too. When we were settling the bill, they claimed that we have more than 4 balls (I think meatballs) floating in the soup & wanted to charge us food wastage of $10. So we said, "Alright, w...

7yrs ago, when Dad first left us, I thought, "Finally, no one to bother me & I have my freedom from now on!" However, it didn't take me long to realize it's not really as FANTASTIC as I always thought it woudl be when he was still around. Though I don't miss his nagging, bad temper & beatings when he get really fed-up with the full of attitude me, things didn't get very much better without him. In fact, there are quite a couple of times I wished he was still around. So, I'm not very sure if we get what we have been hoping for will really be the best for us. Recently, my friends received the news of their boss' resignation. In his times, he has caused a handful of his staff to leave as they can't stand the way he managed them. However, now that he has resigned, his staff are in a dilemma. They were supposed to be happy coz all these while some of them have been hoping he would leave. When he's finally leaving soon, mixed feel...

Some ppl can live without love & some has never ever fallen in love for their whole lives. There's absolutely nothing wrong in that. Virgos are star signs of romantic characters, they totally believe in love & because of this, sometimes became victims of love. Love definitely plays a GREAT part in most Virgos' lives. As for me, I can't imagine my life without it. Wait a min! When I said love, it's not just about the love you have for a partner, it can be family love, friendship love or love for your pet. However, for this entry, let's just concentrate on the love for a partner. (^_^) You feel like you are in heaven when you fell in love. (Let's just assume the majority feels that way.) And it definitely feels like hell when you are out of it. Some went to the extreme into doing silly/funny/stupid/weird things, whatever you name them. Yes, I was one of them. But nah, that was history. =P For some, all they need is 1 - 2 mths to get ove...

Eagle Pan (more commonly known as 潘美) has recently formed a band with Joanna Moon.Their debut album "Eagle & Moon" was released in Aug 2011. A MV can either make or break a song; I came to realize that when I saw the MV for their song, "伤心神话" & "就是想爱你". I saw the two MVs just 1 - 2 weeks before the album is out; even as Eagle's fan, I was totally disappointed. The MV was quite lame & the mixingof the 2 wonderful voices was badly done, it makes the whole song sounded messy + crappy. However, when I bought the CD & played it in my car while I was driving, it sounded totally differently without the images from the MV. If one dedicates his/her 100% attention on just listening to the songs in the sequence it was arranged, you can actually feel the emotions by the Prince & Princess of the story. I'm not sure if that was the intention of the producers. However, through all the songs, I saw images of the story about a Prince ...

28th Aug 2011, Sun:- Grade A friend brought me to "Food For Thoughts" for brunch. They serve b'fast all day! I super love it! v(^_^)p But I heard reservation have to make 2 weeks in advance, so those who wana go can start making reservations or just head down & wait for a walk in table. Then it was shopping at JB's KSL City. The 1st time I went with my company, not many shops were opened. Now, it's in full operations & I would say there's quite alot to see & shop. =D But for guys' fashion, I think not very cheap as compared to Sg. Bugis Street (not considering the crowd factor) might be a better place for guys to buy fashionable wear! =P 30th Aug 2011, Tue:-  It's a reunion with my lovely daughters! Brunch at Vivo Mac! We attract a crowd watching us take photos. Hmm... Nv see a cute guy with so many pretty ladies taking photos in public before meh? Dinner at Newton Market! =P The food were TOTALLY AWESOME! =) The speakers I wen...

Had a few celebrations before my actual day. . . Canopy Garden Dining with zhus at Bishan Park! How did I come to know of this place? I saw it online, that was what I told them. But exactly where, right? Ok, from Sunshine's check in on FB. She frequent this place. =P The food & drink were not up to zhus' & partners' liking though I find it quite alright. But like Qiqi said I'm not in a good position to do the food review as sub-consciously I'll think it's nice since it's one of Sunshine's fave hangout. And it's Sabio with CL & my 女人！ It was recommended by 女人's colleague who said there are cute guys there. (1 of the ladies' motives to be there.) So, off we went to try out the food. Though there were no main dishes, most of the side dishes were nice. For cute guys, I think only 1 of their chef is kind of pleasant looking lah. A lot of ang mohs hang out there though. Oh! The wine was good! Can try! In the office! Thin...

As of 11th Aug 2011:- Fat (%) - 28.4 Body Age - 36 BMI - 24.1 Resting Metabolism - 1246 Muscle (%) - 26.5 Weight (kg) - 57.8 As of 25th Aug 2011:- Fat (%) - 26.9 (Drop of 1.5%! WOHOO!) Body Age - 35  (1 yr YOUNGER!) BMI - 24.1 (same) Resting Metabolism - 1254  (increase by a little - 8!) Muscle (%) - 27.4 (Increase of 0.9%! Yeah!) Weight (kg) - 57.8 (stays the same) Keep it up, Ivan! =D

"Where's your birthday celebration schedule this year? Are you not as popular anymore?" came the qns from 1 of my loyal readers. Okay, here is it. 14/08/11 (Sun) : Went Canopy at Bishan Park with the zhus with Mr Shane absent. 18/08/11 (Thurs) : Sabio at Duxton Hill with Yt & Xy. 27/08/11 (Sat) : With Ohana 28/08/11 (Sun) : With Serene 30/08/11 (Tues) : With KA 09/09/11 (Fri) : With 5G1U Other appointments :- 20/08/11 (Sat) : Gathering with bros. 31/08/11 (Wed) : Going back FPS to visit Mdm Norsiah. 03/09/11 (Sat) : Dinner with Mr Shah. 10/09/11 & 11/09/11 (Sat & Sun) - Back to BP for bb nephew, 小傑 baby shower.