24th Birthday.

Despite being overwhelmed with projects, I've found time to celebrate my birthday!
Tsk tsk tsk.

24 Feb.
We went over to Vivo City, to walk around, get me my white cottony seal from Mother Garden. Hee hee hee. Dinner at Vivo City is a total nightmare. from Crystal Jade, to Tung Lok, to Dian siao er, to Sushi Tei, they all had horrible queue.

We ended up having dinner at Carls Junior, it's still crowded but manageable, and i was stuffed with a double patty portobello burger, and ended up giving 1/5 (boo claims it's 1/4) of my burger to boo, to finish up.
Boo had a Santa Fe Charboiled chicken, which tasted decent, chilli fries. He doesnt seem so stuffed to me though. Ho ho ho.

Left for a short spin at Mount Faber, before heading over to Rochester Park to meet Roy and sheila.
We had 2 bottles of dessert wine, side dishes, and cigar and made merry.
Roy drank most of it, as boo, sheila and i weren't too good at holding our liquor.
It was a matter of who turned the reddest. Haha.

25 Feb
Went over to Plaza Singapura to catch a movie. We caught Protege, which i think is a good show, but the story line is pretty much in line with the same style as infernal affairs.
We had dinner at Cafe Cartel, and the food serving there, is as crazy as Carl's.
Just eating the chicken thigh up was about all that i can eat. While he had St Louis ribs i think.

2 days of good food is going well down to our waist. Haha.


My sweet boo boo, insisted that i should get a cake, which led us to stop by West Coast Mac, for an Apple Crumbie!
Apple crumbie cutting ceremony is documented in Boo's cam.. so i emerged from NUS with apple crumbi in my tummy, and 6 mosquito bites on my right leg.

Saddest discovery for the night, the NUS Arts canteen that we used to hang around back then, is gone! That was where i celebrated my first birthday with Boo 3 years back, so we made do with the enginnering fac.

But still essentially, i had a Happy birthday!
I'm glad i enjoyed myself, and still managed to hand in HRM. Whooppee!!!!





I fell asleep, shortly after taking this picture with my muffin.

Poor sick Daphy

Chinese New Year 2007

Hah! The bad thing about finally having free time to do anything i want, is to be stranded home by the rain and be SICK. Bah! Nothing beats the physical torture of having to cough your lungs out, or have a very bad leaking nosed. Yes, "ah m currantly speaking lyk dis becoz of my nosed" with my bad bad cold.

I so want to go out and shop, party, and have fun.
Now that i've got the time, i've finally gotten a little list of stuff that i've wanted! hahahah!

Oh well, in anycase, pictures coming up - as promised! *grinz*



First day of CNY, while visiting grandaunts and whatnots.
Da and i were kinda bored, sleepy and tired.
The lack of sleep..
You see, after Reunion dinner the night before, we headed over to Chinatown, to get myself some of that jelly that i've craved for. Squishing ourselves into the crowd, weaving in and out, in and out, with millions of sweaty arms brushing past me.... we could barely see anything.

An hour later, we gave up, and headed over to Xen Bar for alittle salsa, until the crowd downstairs dispersed alittle. I salsaed a little with the pros!!!
But being the typical beginner, I dance like a dork, but who cares?!

When Da and i finally emerged from Xen bar, the crowd was manageable, but unfortunately, very much Jelli-Less. =( There wasn't any jelly in sight! *pouts*
We ended up buying Pussy Willows at a dollar a bunch. Hahaha.

We bought 2 bunches, and the pussy willow uncle asked if i was japanese. "??!??"
Very random - must be that bad chinese that i spoke probably.
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Yes, the lack of a haircut, forced me to go into styling them when i feel like it. It's not too bad here is it?
I need to figure out my hair directions soon, because i am looking like an unkempt idiot walking around most of the time.

Immediate vanity to get a hair cut this instant, VS Gritting my teeth, look ugly to grow my hair long. Gah... disgusting combination!



Third day of Chinese New year, we visited friend's place. Going around to Winston's, Roys, and Boo's place, it's fun! pictures taken from sheila's camera.



We ended our night with a sumptuous, at Tuft city. Had seafood, and it's yummy.

How man and woman shower.

Boo sent me this link for a video clip.
Funny!

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/412867/how_to_shower_men_women/

and yes, happy birthday to me! I'm officially 24! a year to go, and i'll hit my mid twenties.
Oh joy.

as mentioned. Birthday pictures to come after 28th Feb. =)

I chose seal seal as my present.
Cute? Yah... i know, so old already still buy toys. But seal seal is soooo cute!
Thank you boo! Muark!

miserable week

Miserable! It summerises how i'm feeling at the moment.
With HRM due after my birthday, and Leadership management due soon after on the 28!
i'm so totally not going to have much of a happy birthday!

Having spent the whole of Wednesday night reading up on Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple. Yes, i actually bothered to walk in, to SIM Management House at Namly Drive, borrowed biography of Steve Jobs, started reading at 6pm in the evening, and finished the entire book at 5am in the morning (with random long breaks in between).
Reading in the name of research, anything, but to start working on the actual thing. *grin*

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Developed a sore throat when i woke up on Thursday for Leadership management project meeting, which i attributed to the lack of sleep, Thursday lessons in the afternoon is definitely too taxing for me.

I packed up, and headed home, after attending half of my Distribution Channel class.
It's a very bad combination of Menstral cramps and sore throat.
Woke up for dinner, and still feeling wonky, i realised that i missed Salsa classes in the napping process. Boo.

I dread the feeling of ingesting too much phlegm in my system. Gross!
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Friday's the worst. As i battle a splitting headache, rising temperature, sore throat that developed into cough...and slight flu, chills and feeling warm. Gah! I could recall vaguely that charismatic leadership, Steve Jobs and other related stuff kept popping up in my sleep, as i toss and turn throughout the night. So much for rested sleep -_-.

Seems really impossible, but would fancy recovering from misery, before i turn 24.

Now to head back to Human Resource Management literature review again. =(
Life is good, isn't it?
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On the brighter side of life, Boo took leave for Saturday and Sunday, to celebrate my birthday for me! If it wasn't for the fact that 2 projects are due soon after, we'll probably be out of Singapore by now.

It's also one of those rare chance where my birthday coincides with the Chinese New Year!

I'll upload the chinese new year pictures, as soon as i've settled my projects, as well birthday related stuff alright?
Til then..

XXX Daph XXX

enthusiasm and following through

I'm feeling particularly pissed and upset at this moment.

I hate it when someone yanks something that i value about, into my weakness, without even bother about looking at MY perspective.

What seems so wrong to you, might not necessary mean it's bad for me.
Say my enthusiasm for example, yeah, i may be enthusiastic about endless possibilities and all, but IT is WRONG to say that it's a bad trait, when i do not follow through any projects or task that i started.

It takes a freaking rigid person to not be able to understand my perspective, because people who knows me better, would know that i'm exactly the sort who relishes the process of doing and starting a project more, than to look at the end product, and announced that i've completed my project/product.
Meaning that just by looking at the end product is not going to make me the happiest idiot around, rather its the process that i enjoyed better.

I'm not a conventional person who'll "enjoy fruits of labour".
For one, i am not a farmer.
Secondly, what's the point of toiling half your life away, just to eat the damn fruit up in less than 5 mins?
Fine! Given that the freaking tree produces like 50 or more fruits, and so you multiply each fruit by 5 mins, and you get like 250 mins of "enjoyment".

This is a load of horseshit! It's something that the ancestors cooked up to make sure you dont starve or something.

I on the other hand, would prefer looking at the entire thing in another point of view.
If i plant a tree and follow through, i'll know that i'll have a fruit tree.
If i plant a tree, and never follow through, what would i get?

Plenty or alternatives and surprises!
1. I'll be surprised, if the tree did pop up, since i didnt follow through
2. Might still be an empty patch of land
3. Weeds might pop out instead...and it'll be interesting to find out what freaking weed it'll be
4. Nothing might happen.

What's so wrong about not following through?
I went through the process, learnt something about it, and i dont have to look at the freaking tree to exclaim to the whole world that it is my tree!

Yet the next time i decided that i'll want to plant a tree again.. i might either consider the possibilities, find a smarter and quicker method to do it, and eventually - the only reason why i'll want to do it, would be to pass time!

SO WHAT IS SO BLOODY WRONG WITH NOT FOLLOWING THROUGH?

If it's important enough, like you've said about not being a trait that my boss would appreciate, when i start working... i'll have to follow the process through, because it's work. These bunch of people pay me, to finish it up. Work get it, not personal entertainment and enjoyment.

I could finish up the jeans that i dissected. But would i really wear it when i'm done making it into a skirt?? What am i going to do with it? I could too finish crocheting a sweater, but would i wear it too? But you know what, you're pointing at the fact that i can't be bothered with completing my driving. Short of a few lessons and to pass the advanced theory, i'm already so near to getting a license. I know. But i simply dont have the time to follow through.
If you freaking chauffer me to BBDC everyday. I'll find the time! Give me a car, i'll show you how to follow through


There's a plenty of stuff that i'll follow through, because i'm sure i'll use it.
If there's no purpose for it, why finish it? Or worst, pushing yourself to finish something mihgt not necessary be good either. IF you didnt put you heart into finish the job... it's considered slipshod. Then you'll be going on about yet another bad trait etc.

Yes, you may argue and say why start on it?
Well, at the end of the day, it's better than not starting it. At least i took some form of knowledge with me, while i was doing it. It's not the end product that matters mom, it's the process of it.
At least i could say i've tried. Just that i couldnt see the point of trying harder to finish it, for the sake of finishing it.

No one's perfect, but at least just respect it.
Not following through is not about being lazy, or the lack of determination. There's just so many more things to do, than to finish up a useless bit.
The only reason why we had that conversation, is because you love me. Yeah i know.
And the only reason why i'm blogging it, is because i feel so wronged.

pressies, pressies, pressie

Boo requested for a birthday wishlist. I decided up a wish list. But after doing up the design...
i'm blanking out on the part of WHAT i want. Haven't been shopping around too much recently, so i'm kinda lacking on the wish and want part. oops!


Garry went on a holiday with his GF, and they got us this! Haha cute portion of the packaging that came along with a little carrier box.


This is the actual version of our gift! So cute right??

Happy day!

WE celebrated out 3rd year anniversary on the 13th!
Our theme for the day was : Happy Day! Boo named it! Haha!
When i was done with school, boo picked up a very cranky and tired me from school, and we went to Guthrie House for a "light" snack at Venezia.

Being a really hungry girl, i decided on getting myself a seafood marinara pasta, and while he ordered a spi-NACH and ham quiche. It's pretty yummy, except for the fact that it was 4 plus in the afternoon, and i slurped up a whole plate of pasta. Having eaten so much, Boo was rather worried about me being able to eat dinner later.

Can't quite remember why we ended up at my place, but.. oh wait, i remember!
i fell asleep while waiting for toilet boy to be done in the toilet...
We both took a 30min nap ...and left home at 6 plus.

Had dinner at Jacks Place. Yes i ate a full course just 3 hours later (hah! aren't you amazed at the depth of my appetite?). Turns out that the Jack's special steak that i ordered, didn't taste too special *pouts*
But i enjoyed the course nonetheless.

Boo decided that he needed a walk and fresh air..so we went strolling along East Coast Park. It was breezy, and pretty tranquilizing, until this bunch of ah bengs started to blast their techno songs on their Van's sound system. Gahhh!

Had to get home early, because OTD was due the next day. How disgusting can it be, for a project to be due on Valentines Day?!!

Conclusion for the day, it was a Happy Day Boo! muarks~

updates on personality stuff

Ben found this website that describes my personality better than the previous one i found, while doing the myer briggs personality test. For one, it's more formal and detailed on its descriptions.

Click here for my enfp results.

dear Justin

I've been stuck in school - attempting to finish up OTD (organisational theory and design)triplets project with Mark and Justin, that's due on Valentines day!
Gah!
Weird deadline, and there's still so much to do, and have been breathing in too much computer lab air.

Justin couldnt make it for Friday's discussion, and I being bored, decided to exaggerate facts in my recap email to him - i sent him an updated version of our report as of friday, i've included a very serious looking cover letter, just for fun.

Sure hope i didnt create a big guilt pool for the dude with that prank email la.
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Salsa isn't going too well with me.
Can't figure out if my expectations is too high, or is the class moving too slow for my liking.
Whatever it is, i had my first try at real Salsa dancing over at Union Square on Thursday, and i'd just leave it as - screwed basics.

In any case, being such a snob of a feminist as always, I'm having a tough time resisting the lead during the dance. Why should the guy determine my step of movements?

Gah!

loads of pictures!

I took a whole lot of picture, and i've finally found the time to load them all up.
If you haven't realised, my previous few entries were really pictureless.

Looking at my pictures, reminded me how much i needed a haircut. I am so bored with my current look, that i practically dread looking at myself in the mirror. Kate (my hairstylist), suggested either a really short funky/punkish cut, or to grit my teeth and to grow my hair alittle longer, before she plays with alittle perm to give me the desired volume that i've always wanted.


Boo took pictures of me, while i was digging my crab. We had dinner at No Signboard restarant last week. Chilli Crab is yummy! Just look at my happy expression! Woo!



We headed over to Siglap Coffee Club after my crab dinner, and just when we were looking for parking space, we saw Joshua! So he joined us for coffee and desserts, and we did some catching up.

Went blading at ECP after coffee and desserts sometime around 12 plus in the night.
The weather was really good, as it took me a long time to feel warm and sweaty. Haven't been blading for a long time, and i miss the breeze u get while blading!!




Boo decided that he's finally brave enough to venture into Mala hotpot for dinner recently! We went over to the usual hotpot place that i patronise along beach road, and there you go, his first attempt at the hot pot! I'm surprised that even on a weekday, business is good for them...seats were fully taken!



He decided to take a picture of the golden mushrooms that i took. The plate itself, was already my third helping, of similar portions. Yes, golden mushroom is my latest food craze, especially when u cook it in the spicy soup.. super yummy!!
Boo looked at the mushrooms and cringed at the sight of my third helping. Hahaha

We left the place stuffed, and walked abit. We met his colleagues for supper after they're done with work ( that's like about 2hours later). I'm amazed at how much i can eat! I ordered a banana and maple syrup toast from Tong shui cafe at Bugis! Definitely gonna look gluttony soon..
Been eating waaaayyy too much recently!

Yums!

sunday flitting

Erm, a late happy 21st birthday to Da, since it's like way past midnight!
You're on your express train to 30! *grinz*

Just look at me, i'm approaching my mid twenties soon... *pouts*

In anycase, Sunday passed too quickly for my liking, as i flitted around, doing various stuff the entire day.

Bouncing up early at 2 plus from bed, i declared tt i'm in a mood for flea market shopping today, so i made my way over to Zouk with Ben.

Saw lots of people there, like Jacq, Christina, Brenda, blah blah blah and even my own sister and friends. Didn't get to buy much stuff, as i was cashless, (promptly forgetting to get cash at the ATM, in the excitement of a flea market) i relied on all the cash that Ben has.. $40.
Lucky for me, i managed to shop within budget, where I found this causal white dress that cost me 10 bucks, and its regretable to say that i forgot all about the haggling bit, taking it at face value, and paid for it just like this. The transaction lasted for less than 3 mins. Bummer!

Next i chanced upon this pair of VNC shoes that i've eyed on last season, but didnt get a chance to buy it, coz they ran out of sizes. I gave the shoes a try, and viola! It fits perfectly! The girls mending the space gasp in delight and said that i'm like cinderella, as i was the first girl to fit into the shoe, and the conversation carried on from there. I made new friends from there.

Remembering my white dress encounter, i made a feeble attempt to haggle for the price, despite the asking price of $12, and asked if i could get it for $10. After pointing out to me that the shoe has never been worn, i decided to pay for the price and shut up...after all, VNC itself doesnt even give that kind of price for a brand new shoe at the store..

We left shortly, and headed over to Marina Square for Coffee, to do some catching uo, as i havent seen the dude (BEN) for like a million years...

After coffee, rushed over to meet mommy for dinner. Had La mien at Crystal Jade, then walked home. Mommy has this thing about walking to and fro to Holland, instead of taking a bus, since she hates the parking situation of the place.

Then headed over to Samar, at Arab Street with Zoe and her cousin+brother, and at a go at the Sheesha pipe. I doubt i'll try it again... somewhat didn't like the idea of inhaling flavoured stuff, and in our case - it was inhaling apple scent, into my system.
My pot of Ceylon tea was served in a cute mini glass, and Zoe's drink tasted horrid.
Will post my smoking pictures when i get them alright?

Muark!

myer briggs personality test

JS gave me a personality test site, derived from the myer briggs personality test, if i'm not wrong, and i gave it a go.
I'm apparently a ENFP personality. There are 2 analysis done, and here it goes :

Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceivingby Joe Butt
ENFPs are friendly folks. Most are really enjoyable people. Some of the most soft-hearted people are ENFPs.

ENFPs have what some call a "silly switch." They can be intellectual, serious, all business for a while, but whenever they get the chance, they flip that switch and become CAPTAIN WILDCHILD, the scourge of the swimming pool, ticklers par excellence.

Sometimes they may even appear intoxicated when the "switch" is flipped. One study has shown that ENFPs are significantly overrepresented in psychodrama. Most have a natural propensity for role-playing and acting.

ENFPs like to tell funny stories, especially about their friends. This penchant may be why many are attracted to journalism. I kid one of my ENFP friends that if I want the sixth fleet to know something, I'll just tell him. ENFPs are global learners.

Close enough is satisfactory to the ENFP, which may unnerve more precise thinking types, especially with such things as piano practice ("three quarter notes or four ... what's the difference?") Amazingly, some ENFPs are adept at exacting disciplines such as mathematics.

Friends are what life is about to ENFPs, more so even than the other NFs. They hold up their end of the relationship, sometimes being victimized by less caring individuals. ENFPs are energized by being around people. Some have real difficulty being alone , especially on a regular basis.

One ENFP colleague, a social worker, had such tremendous interpersonal skills that she put her interviewers at ease during her own job interview. She had the ability to make strangers feel like old friends. ENFPs sometimes can be blindsided by their secondary Feeling function. Hasty decisions based on deeply felt values may boil over with unpredictable results. More than one ENFP has abruptly quit a job in such a moment.

Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving by Marina Margaret Heiss
Generally both "idea"-people and "people"-people, who see everyone and everything as part of an often bizarre cosmic whole. They want to both help (at least, their own definition of "help") and be liked and admired by other people, on both an individual and a humanitarian level.
They are interested in new ideas on principle, but ultimately discard most of them for one reason or another.

Social/Personal Relationships: ENFPs have a great deal of zany charm, which can ingratiate them to the more stodgy types in spite of their unconventionality. They are outgoing, fun, and genuinely like people. As SOs/mates they are warm, affectionate (l ots of PDA), and disconcertingly spontaneous.

However, attention span in relationships can be short; ENFPs are easily intrigued and distracted by new friends and acquaintances, forgetting about the older ones for long stretches at a time. Less mature ENFPs may need to feel they are the center of attention all the time, to reassure them that everyone thinks they're a wonderful and fascinating person.

ENFPs often have strong, if unconvential, convictions on various issues related to their Cosmic View. They usually try to use their social skills and contacts to persuade people gently of the rightness of these views; his sometimes results in their negle cting their nearest and dearest while flitting around trying to save the world.

Work Environment: ENFPs are pleasant, easygoing, and usually fun to work with. They come up with great ideas, and are a major asset in brainstorming sessions. Followthrough tends to be a problem, however; they tend to get bored quickly, especially if a newer, more interesting project comes along. They also tend to be procrastinators, both about meeting hard deadlines and about performing any small, uninteresting tasks that they've been assigned. ENFPs are at their most useful when working in a group with a Joke or two to take up the slack.

ENFPs hate bureaucracy, both in principle and in practice; they will always make a point of launching one of their crusades against some aspect of it.
or click here to check out the actual site.


I think i agree to the first description of the ENPF more than the second.. but that's just me.
What do you think?
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On a lighter note, i attended my first Salsa class today at Emotions Dance studio.
Da gave me her old pair of silver dancing heels, which made it the first official hand me down that i've ever gotten from her. (It's usually the other way round, you know.. ).
Since it no longer fit her feets snugly, and that i didnt have any appropriate heels to dance in, it was the best solution. Besides, Da has like a ton of other dance heels to flit around with.

It was fun, though the repetitive steps made it alittle boring, i soon caught myself stoning out alittle after doing the basic step for the 100th time..then promptly screwing up my steps after. haha

I guess lessons are fun to attend, if you've got friends to accompany you.
Lucky for me, i had Lailin, James and Audrey! =)

Til the next lesson then!