sleep & coincidences

Think you'll all be disgusted to hear that i've been clocking a huge amounts of sleep recently.
At least 8hours a day, despite having to rush for projects and all....
what's even more impressive, i slept 15 hours straight after SIMONOPOLY! hahaha

Definitely spaced out even when i reached school.
SIMONOPOLY was rather fun... i was assigned to be the station master at International Plaza.
Everything was closed there, not even coffee bean. So i settled down on a patch of floor outside the building.



Definitely attracted lots of attention with my colorful monopoly board, group flags, and simonopoly money. Where most couldn't help but be curious. One man even came up to me, and asked if i was promoting anything of sorts, or was it some new form of marketing gimmick?

"No, we're playing a game", i told him, and Michelle suggested that i should really have told him that we're test launching the new 3D Monopoly, while others said that i should really have sold my colorful flags for $5.

Haha, definitely amusing, but sitting alone for 7 hours, with occassional vistiting from groups who land at my station, and Allen the photographer. The consistent breeze/wind soon made me drowsy, and i actually fell asleep!!


Damn! With all that attention that i was getting, i should have brought along a begging bowl with me, who knows, i may be able to buy myself drinks! =p
Going to the loo proved to be troublesome, as i'll have to pack up everything, uproot my monopoly board, then lug them all to the loo with me...
then setting up my "shop" again, after relieving myself.
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Mommy and Ah yi's still not reacting well to Grandad's passing away....especially Ah Yi. Mommy's just teary upon occassional reminders of him...
Wonder if a trip to Genting would help?

Mommy's fifth uncle struck lottery by combining certain numbers related to Grandad's funeral, and several other grand aunties also won a few thousand or hundreds, depending on their stake and the numbers. Coincidence again? Woah..everything's getting alittle hard to believe, but well, a Genting trip is being offered to the 2 mommies! Hope they'll take it up, as it'll do them good.

I received my Progress Packagae letter, and initially gleeful about the $200 that i'm due to collect, i got a little upset to know that others are getting more! >=(
Just for completing National Service, you get $400 more!
It's also unfair how government categorise the pay out purely based on housing. Shouldn't there be a fairer way to determine who gets more? Bah! Definitely better than nothing though..

Yes i'll be $200 richer...

hello!

Yes we're finally finished with our Marketing Research case study assignment.
I've been catching up on my sleep, and i must say that i haven't been doing a good job with the catching up part.

Granddad's funeral on Tuesday was a rather grand affair.
There was the live band that sang songs in dialect, making it difficult for me to appreciate them, the cymbal clanging gang that "performed" for more than an hour (they were dressed in white and green cowboy shirt and pants, donning on white cowboy hats with green furry stuff at the rims of the hat) , that made 3/4 the cousins nod off while waiting for the performance to finally be done..while the cymbals and trumpets were at it, there was those hideous big headed puppets with caterpillar eyebrows flailing their arms around in unison...
when they finally ended... i was left sleepy and half deaf.

Despite being a rainy weekday, many relatives and friends still took time off to send grandad off for the last time. We had the funky lorry that was decorated with florescent lights, and gay banners, and we also had the cymbal people and my uncle's tuscani leading the gayly decorated lorry, while we had people to carry the coffin and a whole load of people trailing behind. We walked a good long distance, before finally boarding the bus. We managed to hold up the traffic for a really long time, while the procession went on, and my socks was wet and icky after the walk.

Yup.. It looked more like a celebration, rather than a solemn affair. But the definitely sad.
Too many coincidence happened during this few days, and i dont think it's purely superstition.
I do hope that mommy and ah yi will get over it and feel better soon, though i know it will definitely take lots time, before they can actually let it go.

On a lighter note, im enclosing pictures of my 2 fat babies... Here they are, eating in unison, posing for the picture!They look like scoops of furry icecream! Haha!




left: Princess Tiger Lily. Right: Mr Pebbles.








I've just settled on my new look for this entire season. Considering the fact that im only left with Black, White, green, Blue, Grey and Khaki colors to parade around until i am done with mourning, my new favourite colors are turquoise and mint green, and the occassional black and white.

Boy am i glad that i purchased 2 new skirts from mango with my birthday vouchers! A faded denim skirt and a navy lantern skirt, and not forgetting a khaki super low v neck top.
I got a new turquoise wedge from VNC and im aiming at a bronze pair of heels from Parade! I got a new mesh black belt, and some stockings to cut! Haha!
im going mad splurging, and im feeling guilty. =X

I'm also aiming at a multiband ring, and a pair of ear cuffs earrings from Fie, and a sewing machine. I am so going to be broke, at the rate im spending. Arghhh!

emo days

An emotionally trying day for me, where
so much is said.. and so much is at stake.
friendships strained, trust broken, bonds reforged and most importantly, disappointments resolved.
I really hope that this case would really be closed, and things would start move on.

I do hope that this matter would make us all a better and stronger person at the end of the day, and there's seriously lots of reflections to ponder about.

Breaking down at the end of the day seems the sanest way for me to relieve frustrations.

It's difficult to remain strong...especially if i've never been one.
Hoping for the rainbows to appear and stay for ages. =)

Filial piety

I am taught never to compromise what i believe in, for others belief. It's a fine line between respect for others and trepassing my set of principles.

My mom also taught me never to judge a book by its cover, and never to critisise people without asking yourself if you're gulity.

I've never been a person who observes tradition. But i dare say that im not one who'll defy traditions either. I respect traditions of any culture and race.
But if i had to compromise one, between principles and tradition, i'll compromise the tradition.

Traditions is something that was created by my ancestors. It eventually watered down after many years.
Principles on the other hand, is something that i live by day to day. It's something that's brought me so far. It's my own set of principles that made me who i am today. It created Daphne.

As many would understand that my maternal grandad has just passed away, when mourning, there's this whole list of stuff that is a taboo.
there's simple stuff like you're not supposed to be wearing freaking pink, red or happy colors, or be wearing glittery stuff like accessories. Those, i can live by.

You're not supposed to be painting your face. You're not supposed to shave, you're not supposed to style your hair.
HA! THAT i cannot live by it. It's personal grooming you're talking about.
I wouldn't exactly say that im merticulous with my appearance, but neither would i look shabby and unkempt.

So you'll probably be wondering what's the entire issue about this, and being typically me, i hate walking around the bush. I prefer to jump right into it.

Mourning is not about how shabby you look, in order to show how filial you are.
Neither is the puffiness of your eyes look, that actually tell people that you have been crying.

You can look as shabby as you want, eyes as puffy as a pufferfish, but it doesnt mean that you're truly sad about the loss of a loved one.
Being filial is all about being there for the loved one, while he is still alive. Not looking sad, for damn relatives and friends to see after he's gone.. If i freaking believe in the later, i'll probably be a damn good actress.

The last thing i need is for some stupid uncle to tell me that i look like im going to the disco instead of a funeral.
Let's just clarify something here.

I'll definitely have alot more gook if im ever going clubbing. All i did was to apply blusher, eyeliner and a shade of pink that Zoe calls.."fang le deng yu may you fang" ( you might as not apply it, coz you can barely see it)
Is it such a crime to attempt not to look like a ghost at a funeral, lest people would be led to think that it's your funeral that they're attending instead?

Yah, probably it's the sunnies on my head, and the blue contact lens that made things look worst.
Then again, you didn't even attempted to see if there was any improvements before telling tales to my mommy.
If you have a problem, just tell me what to do, i happen to know how to exercise subtlety, but if it isn't enough, be a man. Instead of stabbing me in the back fight like any man would, instead of being a pussy..(even real pussies use claws to fight. they dont use knives.)
Using mommy to exert pressure on me doesn't quite seem to work recently. Coz i've got a mind of my own, a mouth of my own, and a temper of my own to rage.

And if you ask me, maybe he should check out the amount of gook that he's son applied onto his hair. A bird family of 5 could possibly start a nest home there.


If anyone's out to pinpoint me, they'll do so by all means.
Filial piety is within yourself, not your outlooks, neither is it a drama for all to see. If i wanted drama, i'll settle for chanel 55.
And if you wanna settle filial piety scores, i've got plenty to settle with the others. Dont try me.

updates

I haven't been blogging much, as predicted in my earlier entries.
Im finally done with my marketing test today, though i do have to admit that i didn't study as much as i would have wanted myself to achieve.
my second Managment accounting test went horribly wrong..so i'll prefer not to talk about it at all..
Anyways, as promised, some random pictures that i took recently....


A shot of my boo after his new haircut and brows. Haha.. I know the light in the background's a tad too bright. But somehow.. i kinda like the effect, so i chose not to edit the picture. =)







Thanks to Si hui, Jocelyn and Danli for the very cutely wrapped pressie! The card looks so cute right??

The weird looking panda that i posed with at the Com Fair..

Mr Panda looked exhausted, and alittle out of proportion! But still, im very much tickled by the weird face look. He currently working for Panda antivirus software.... Haha

Oh did i mention that i passed my first management accounting test? Managed to score a credit! Im overjoyed, but it's only 10% *anticlimax* Haha.
Well, i managed to watch V for Vendetta on thursday with my boo, and we had dinner at NYDC.. the baked rice are just delicious beyond words.

I learned that im not one who really fancies corn beef, and i also learned that cowa bunga serves very little corned beef. But I didn't order the corn beef. I ordered the Mushroom and ham rice ( i usually eat the 3 amigos, which is why im raving on and on about the ham and mushroom..). It's so yummy! Just thinking of it, makes me wanna eat it all over again. *smiles*



Well well... now that we're done with the happy stuff, let's move to the sad bits.
Granddad passed away at 3.20am on friday at the Hospice.
He passed away while sleeping, and i think it's definitely a big relief for him to be able to rest well for once. Having battled cancer for years, i've seen how much he has fought and suffered, and how much this illness has taken away from him - the ability to eat, and talk. Little things that we take for granted, meant the world to him.

The sacrifices people around him has made, especially yvonne and family, where words alone can't express my gratitude to them, for looking after granddad day and night, for ah yi who's constantly been shuffling around, to attend to his needs, no matter how exhausted she is.

It is truly in times like this, that we learn to appreciate the support and help that was shown to us, which in turn helped us grow into stronger people, to face the harsh reality that the world has to offer.

Sigh..

busy bee

i've been busy busy
I jumped into the bandwagon of working at the computer fair, right after handing my HMT in!
So for the past 4 days, i've been shuttling around, and just literally hanging around the fair, distributing flyers.

busy busy with my 2 coming test, til then, u might not hear from me.
I'll load pictures up in my next update, i promise! =)

For now, i'll like to thank Zoe, Daniel, Caecilia, Aaron, Eric, Yong Zhen, Agacia, Fiona, Jane, Michelle Ang, Ivy, Larlin, Waiyan, Stephanie, Vivian, Kenny, Robin, Justin, Jianshen, Paul and Tiffany, for the very big birthday present! Thank you! Thank you so much for all the $210 of shopping vouchers!

I'll be a good girl, and i'll work hard! Yay!!

Dinner yesterday was bad...... im down with LS! my tummy's doing the hip hop and some random sqeezing.....needless to say, the bottom channel's spending lots of quality time with my toilet bowl... its bad..but thank goodness, i'm feeling feeling better.

Arhhhh

I wanna shop at JB soon, any takers?

i need a life soon.. and some cakes.

i'm still stuck with my Employement Relations assignment at this time of the day, and all that i've got to blame would be the procrastinator in me. Argh! im so sick and tired of typing/looking/thinking of the word conflict, that i've decided to type other words that are non related to CONFLICTS.

Things that you ought to know....
1) Do you know that i had a haircut before my birthday, or was there no visible difference to you?

2) do you know that my hair color's currently classified as "unknown" color, coz it's been a really long time since i last colored it. =(

3) i finally named my 2 new hammies additions in the family. The girlie's named Tigerlily, and pebbles is the boy! mommy generously sponsored the payment of their home. It's pink and it looks so pretty. *beams happily* Thank you mommy!
(in case you're wondering, tigerlily, as in the red indian princess from the adventures of Peter Pan, and pebbles because his colorings remind me so much of the pebbles that people usually use to decorate their gardens.)

Pretty names right? *tee hee hee*

4) the hammies sleep in weird position, and there's evident sibling rivalry when they are drinking water. Apparently, when one drinks from the bottle, the other is immediately reminded of its own thirst...leading to the squabble and squeaks of who gets to drink first. *sigh*
Babies!

5) I've this super craving for cakes at the moment, and the cake cravings has been bugging me the whole of today! Give me a banana chocolate cake from Secret recipe, or Awfully chocolate's chocolate cakes, or Coffee Club's Tiramisu Al Cafe, or even Bakerzin's tapas would be good!
Give me some cakes!!

6) I met up with Daphne Wu again, and we had a blast chatting as usual! Psst! i bought myself a new bikini that's a roxy rip off. (saw it online) The price is good, but fitting is so so... but who cares? i couldn't find the real thing, so i had to settle for the second best!


and Daphy got herself a bikini too, of another design. Well i Told you, we had a blast! haha!


Designs defer slightly, but it's 90% similar....(or i wouldn't be able to recognise it then, would i?) anyways, gimme a chance to parade around in them soon, someone please organise a beach outing or something!














7) im going to Jumbo Seafood for dinner tomorrow, and i bet with my entire stomach that i'm so gonna be a glutton tomorrow night. *slurps*

8) That i've been doing alot of online shopping recently, and i am so tempted to buy half the stuff that i saw, and the only thing that's stopping me from my purchases, would be my unhealthy bank account (but thankfully, after my birthday it's lookin healthier now=))

9) my weetle pix!e need a bath and a home cleaning service soon, but i just haven't got the time..so she's stinking a little. I resorted to spraying this "smelling good" animal fragance to make her stink less. Haha! She smells like a baby now!

10) Went to Malaysia on wednesday night with the boo, mandy and kevin, for a little drive around JB, and we pumped petrol, get the cars washed, and supper together while waiting for the cars to be washed. the ayam maggi goreng is good, but i dunno what the man did to the chicken, the bones was all shattered, and i kept crunching into the little bits of bones. (bet i scarred my teeth), but i'll eat it again, if i ever have the chance to! We chatted til the wee hours of the morning, and i fell asleep instantly, the minute i hit the bed. ZzzzZ...

I wanna go shopping in JB soon! think of all the VNC shoes that i can stock up on!

Haha, just reading through what i have just typed, i realised that my thoughts are so random. abit of this, a bit of that, but just bear with me, until i get my sanity back. HMT's next. ARgh!!!!!
someone probably need to throw me a guidebook on "how to keep your sanity, when u're loaded with projects"

*groan* Now, i've gotta revert back to Employment relationship and overt and covert conflicts......zzzZZzz..