Found myself locked out of the office for the second time in 2 weeks. I’m one out of the two legal staff who usually comes in early and since the receptionist who usually starts work at about 7.30/8.00 am is on leave till the end of the week and big boss who is always early decided to come in later, there was no one to unlock the doors. So my fellow colleague and I had to wait outside the office doors for about 20 minutes before someone came to unlock the door. They should seriously consider giving one of us a copy of the office key lest this happens again.

It’s been quite awhile since I last blogged. Mainly because I have been pretty busy with work, and when I actually do have something to update about I’ll lose the urge to. I’ll just stare at the ‘post new entry’ screen and after a few minutes trying to put my thoughts into words, I’ll close the window. LOL. Which is why I have twitter for moments like those. Haha.

Can you believe it? We are almost in mid-June! Wow half a year went by so fast! How has your 2009 been so far? Mine has been going awesome, and if you aren’t as enthusiastic as I am, don’t worry things will get better. Gambare! Like a wise person once said, “How your life is currently is exactly the way you want it to be.”

Anyways have I ever mentioned about my fear of riding on a motorbike? Which is one of the reasons why I have never ridden on one, even if it is on my brother’s. Well on Monday I conquered that fear! Woot!

 
-Sho being happy for me LOL-

Ok-lah I only conquered it because I had overslept, was extremely late for work and as luck would have it my 3rd brother was on leave! So I asked him to give me a ride to work. I was nervous but I don’t like to be late for work so I didn’t let the fear get to me. Oh boy was that an experience.

For the first half of the journey I had my eyes half closed and was praying for the ride to be a smooth one. By the second half of the journey I was less nervous, had my eyes open but still praying lol. Well all in all I think I still prefer the safety of being in a car, being a pillion you have to have absolute trust in the rider lest he’ll take unnecessary risks or speeds up like there’s a demon on his tail and I don’t like how I had to breathe in all the fumes and carbon monoxide on the road. :P

I guess now I won’t be so afraid to hitch a ride on my brother’s bike but I still would consider taking public transportation first before I’ll ever consider my 2nd ride(^-^)v

Oh and speaking of which, on the said Monday was my brother’s 21st birthday no less. LOL! Happy Belated Birthday bro!

(Just for future reference for those who are confused when I’m referring to a particular sibling I’ll mention them in the order they are born in, i.e asyhhieis my 2nd sister since she is the 2nd in the family and so on, get the drift?)
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Speaking of which, I finally signed up for Japanese language classes at my neighbourhood CC last week with my 4th Brother! My brother was looking through the latest Tampines Central CC flyer and saw that they were offering Japanese Elementary 1 at the end of this month and since he was interested and would only sign up if there is someone who would join with him, I told  myself  'why not' since I’ve been itching to sign up at Ikoma but never got around to doing so and had ended up studying on my own hahaha
Yay i'm excited!

Sashi’s farewell party was held last Friday @ ECP, kindly organized by Kay. I decided to bake brownies coz that seemed to be the easiest thing to bake on a work-night. Although I did not know about ¾ of the people who attended, I had fun! I enjoy meeting new people, tho I might be shy/awkward at first ehehe (^-‘)v Met a number of awesome people and they certainly left an impression on me. All good I assure you. There were too many names to remember but the ones I do; Michelle, Priscilla, Johanna, Sam (I think there are 2 of you), Ken & Kewal oh and who can forget the adorable LJ! If any of you are reading this, Hello! *waves* Hopefully we’ll meet up again soon!

I was talking to the guys that night and I kinda realise something, and mind you this is totally random. I think if I ever in the near or distant future do eventually start dating (this is of course if guys stop getting intimidated by me, I am really nice, honest! lol), I would prefer if the guy have somewhat similar interest in food as me hahaha! I don’t care if their interest lies in other things, I can always learn to like it or understand it, but when it comes to food, I prefer someone who enjoys eating as much as me. For example, I LOVE Japanese food but if the guy hates/dislike it and the only time I can eat it is on my own or with friends who also enjoy eating Japanese food (which is not many) then that is already a minus factor methinks. I don’t care about fine dining or classy places, why fork out money for most likely bad tasting food, tho i don't mind paying if the food is meccha umai! I feel comfortable right smack in the middle of a hawker center as long as I find good food and the venue ain’t too stuffy. So as long as the guy ain’t choosy when it comes to food and enjoy eating as much as I do, so much the better.

Well Kay and the guys (i.e Vik & Co) were asking me on the wee hours of Saturday morning when we were hanging out at a café, what is my type of guy? Thing is I never really answered and they came to a conclusion that it would be a Japanese guy, which is not surprising considering my love for most things Japanese. Best thing is, I never really did say anything except for the tiny fact that I don’t really like malay guys even tho I keep hearing from my non-malay friends that malay guys are usually hot. Got meh? Yes I know I’m very un-malay, I don’t listen to malay songs, I don’t watch Suria channel and I need a translator/dictionary if I discover a ‘cheem’ malay word. Even when I have to talk to a client in malay I would write my sentences on paper first and look up the English-Malay dictionary for words I’m not sure of hahaha A Chinese colleague was telling me something about ‘petai’ and I was like “err what is Petai?” and I was asked if I’m sure I’m malay LOL

Anyways lets not digress to how ‘un-malay’ I am. So what is my type of guy? I never really thought of it and neither do I have a list. I guess so long as the guy doesn’t smoke (unless he slowly wants to give me lung cancer and die faster), enjoys eating, is intelligent, spontaneous, kind hearted and easy going, everything else is secondary. It would be a plus if he looks like any of the Arashi members or Mizushima Hiro!! (I couldn't decide on one) LOL!



I swear I never intended to blog about this when I started this post lol! I’m blaming it on the slow day in the office. Speaking of which a very happy client just brought Nasi Briyani for the whole firm! Yay! Briyani for lunch! The yummy smell is making hungry already hee~

Weekend is approaching fast! It’s another Friday tomorrow! I’m anticipating a busy weekend, all with darling Aida in them. She’s preparing for her wedding photo shoot and we’ll be doing all the ‘girly’ stuff this weekend ahahahaha I’m sure it’s going to be fun!

The PC show 2009 is also happening this weekend and it starts today! Darn I’m tempted to get the Toshiba NB200, so pwetttyy. Love at first sight when I first saw it at Funan! If only it comes in red, but the brown bronzy color is gorgeous as well. I wonder if they have free RAM upgrade, then that will be like cherry on top! I’m already overbudget for the month but we’ll see how everything turns out.

I was watching Arashi’s latest appearance on Utaban a couple of nights ago. Omg Arashi + Japanese comedians = win! And Ohno is so adorable albeit his sunburn haha! Speaking of Ohno I found out that he has the same birthday as my big boss! Oh and have you watched Arashi’s appearance on HEYx3 where they did a survey targeted at various group of people on the streets? Ohno’s expressions = priceless! I think he looked like he was going to cry at one point lol!


See how tanned ohno-kun looked in Utaban, I think he has gotten even more darker in the latest episode of ANS(below).

Not a flattering pic of him i know, but i'm just showing you how burnt Ohno-kun looks now. Its obvious how the make-up artist is trying to cover his sunburn, unsucessfully tho haha. As much as i understand how much he loves fishing, the dark tan is a bit too much no?  Has he never heard of sun screen? lol

Anyways I have been thinking quite a bit on my Japan trip, working out the budget / itinerary. Tentatively it looks like it might be a solo one, unless anyone would like to join me.  I might be pushing the trip to the end of December, perhaps during Xmas-NewYear week. Hopefully I'll be able to confirm the dates in Jul/Aug. (^-^)b

Righto as I’m drafting this on MS Word, I’m already in the middle of page 3 hurhur. Apologies for the meccha long entry. So many things to update on and now I’ve run out of steam, just in time for Lunch! Yay! Have a great day ahead all!

So how is everyone enjoying their long Easter holiday weekend? Well for the most part of mine i'm busy slacking at home watching online videos and doing personal online research, i'll let you know what i'm researching on it a bit. I love research don't you LOL!
ok quick random updates!

1 - Oasis' concert at the Indoor Stadium last Sunday was a blast, let's just say it was a day to remember. It was one hell of an experience, especially when i thought i almost died LOL! Never am i going to stand in the first few rows of a free standing crowd ever again. Rowdy concert goers pushing you left right and center, at one point I thought I was going to fall and be trampled by strangers. Heck the view from the back is still good especially when I'm tall so all is goood (^-^)b




2 - Lately I have had a handful of friends who went or is planning to go to Japan for holiday/work/school trip and every time I get a lil bit jealous because I really wanna go too!! So I have decided for my 25th Birthday in November this year I am going to do my very own budget trip to Tokyo, Japan! Wooot! I think I deserve a trip after everything that i've been through these past few months. Budget is gonna be tight, I found a hostel i'm considering and I like planning and doing research for a trip, Its now or never baby, life is too short to live in regret! lol
Besides the usual places in Tokyo that I want to go to like Shibuya, Harujuku, Akihabara, etc, I'm thinking of going to Aiba's family restaurant in Chiba. I could have my birthday lunch/dinner there, perhaps aye? And I'm looking for a travel buddy if anyone is interested *grinz*
If not a solo trip is okay with me too, bring on the adventure! Another alternative is if there is anyone who is already in Tokyo would want to meet up or show me around that will be awesome too!

Wee~ i'm damn excited for this trip! I'm still doing my reearch and planning out the budget and itinerary and i'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything will work out smoothly. I'll update my progress on this trip as and when there is progress (^-^)v

3 - I think i realised something this week, whenever I'm in need of a stress reliever the Arashi boys never fails to make me laugh, especially Aiba. Was looking back on a meme I did on facebook and there was a question on who makes me laugh and my answer was Aiba. The dude really cracks me up with his baka-ness and is it just me or is he getting better looking. Maybe he has always looked like that but i've never noticed? Ironically he was the first member i noticed when I was watching an older Arashi PV a couple years back and they were simply another J-pop group to me before I really got into them and thereafter all the other members started shining brighter :P

4 - Eversince the public transportation service providers have been fined early last week for lapses in their services, I must say the public buses have kinda improved during peak hours. But i have doubts that they will keep up with it coz sooner or later, the peak hour services will go back to before, never on time and you have to wait for ages for a feeder service and then the bus service providers, like routine, will get fined again and who gets affected? The public, because these public service providers will raise their fares again. I hope they prove me wrong.

5 - If you're in sg, I'm sure you've read/heard about the food poisoning episode with the geylang rojak stall. My condolences to the families who lost their loved ones. This tragedy i must say kinda reminds me of the fragility of life. One moment you are enjoying life, planning for the future, the next minute your life can just be cut short because of something you ate. A person can never predict how long or how short their life is going to be so Carpe Diem people! :)

6 - Eversince the opening of Tampines 1 at Tampines Central, mannn Tampines is even more crowded!!!! Me don't like. Its very hard navigating through eastlink mall that connects the interchange to the MRT station, i already hated it when they started having carts in the area bluek~ Well considering the Mall has just opened maybe the crowds is to be expected. Hopefully the hype of the new mall will die down eventually. Did i mention how much i hate crowds LOL

7 - Got around to watching Arashi's AAA 2008 concert and i love it! If only they had a concert here in Singapore. My favourite performance has got to be Subarashiki Sekai and Sirius.
Before i sign off i'm sharing the videos here, enjoy!

( Videos here! )

Good Sunday Morning medarlings!
I have been quite busy this week as I've just started on my new job! Thus the lack of updates *grinz*

Well i'm back to work in an office and in the legal line to boot. Ah well can't be fussy in this bad economy but surprisingly so far I kinda enjoy the work. Tho my knowledge of legal processes etc are a bit on the rusty side I'm re-learning and refreshing my memory as I go along, plus the work in the office is not concentrated to one area of law which is awesome, so i don't get bored easily LOL. It ranges from criminal cases to civil cases I currently kinda like support all the lawyers who has anything for me to do, from legal research to drafting of letters. The pace is still quite okay as i'm still new, tho i expect it to pick up and i hope i can handle it when it comes to crunch time. *fingers crossed*

I am still getting used to having to waking up early as compared to how i usually have been waking up at noon for the past few months. LOL I now walk to Tampines MRT station from home coz waiting for the bus service to the interchange is such a biatch and when the bus comes its usually full. I figured it'll be a lot faster if i walked, plus i get some morning exercise at the same time!

Falling sick midway through the first week of work is very unpleasent. I had sore throat, running nose, non-stop sneezing and an oncoming feeling of fever. I highly suspect that my system is somewhat sensitive to dust thus the above symptoms coz now over the weekend the awful feeling i have been having has subsided. By Friday I was fed up with the sneezing and running noze in the office that I found some wet wipes in my desk drawer and proceeded to wipe the surfaces of my surrounding work area. I think i'm going to do that everyday before I start work.haha

And what better thing could have cheered me up after a long week of work than Arashi's 2009-2010 Calendar!!!!!
Yes I've finally collected it from Kino after procrastinating. Well also because I was waiting for the Spring discount promotion for members to take effect haha! 20% discount!! woot! So i ended up having paid less than $40 for the calendar wheeeeee~



Oh and an exciting discovery that i just had to blog about! Met up with T.ania, MX & Ling.na on Saturday at Northpoint for Dinner and we found ourselves at the new wing of the mall after walking aimlessly in search of a place to eat. And we came across Ishi Mura, a japanese themed foodcourt! wahhhh We decided to try it out and i LOVE the place! They should have one in Tampines and one in City Hall so I can patronize it everyday! (^-^)v

Me and T.ania decided to try the ebi okonomiyaki and since I was hungry I wanted to try the omelette rice as well. The okonomiyaki looks kinda different to me. I wonder if Singapore has those japanese okonomiyaki restaurants where you can cook your own like those they have in Japan. I would love to try that! Maybe if i visit Japan one day hehe
My salmon omelette rice was yummy! The omelette was all fluffy just the way I like it and the sauce was not 'jelak', it was sure a whole lot better than the local pattaya rice. yumm!

( Fooood! )

Arashi's brand new single, Believe, is my current earworm! It constantly plays in my head all day and it helps that its my current favourite song! I listen to it everyday. I also watch their PV on my ipod when i'm on the train on the way home I kinda love it because the song is kinda like a motivational song too if you listen to their lyrics. wheee~
see: Lyrics & translation (credit to iruy )


you can watch the official PV here


okay back to watchin the latest episode of Mei-chan no Shitsuji!
have a good one!

p.s. - T.ania T.ay! Get well soon!!! Don't strain your foot too much!! (^-^)

I don't know why i still read the occasional romance novel when every time I finish reading them I toss the book aside and roll my eyes. As much as i love the occasional romance angle in the works of fiction, when it gets too mushy usually towards the end I just can't help but be cynical. Although i love the idea of romance and happily ever after, I don't believe in them. What is romance really or love for that matter? Does 'love at first sight', 'soulmates' or 'happily ever after' even exist? I don't believe there is such a thing as happily ever afters. Its just an illusion and a facade to the dim reality that is life. I have seen too many of my friends and friends of friends getting hurt, cry over heartbreaks, disappointments and paranoia.

If falling in love sets yourself up for getting hurt, I don't think I want any of it. I get hurt enough even without being caught in the illusions of love. Life has made me strong in so many ways but I don't think i'm strong enough to endure heart break even if that was even a possibility. Heart infection was no sweat, i survived surgery, being infected twice and all that jazz, but emotional heartbreak? I hate to admit it but it sounds even scarier than heart surgery. Maybe this is why love will never find me and why i've never been in a relationship.

Then there's the rare occasions when i see old couples walking hand in hand together, being affectionate, the eye contact they give each other. That somehow makes me smile and gives me a glimmer of hope that true love do exist. Maybe one day if i meet someone who can do the impossible and keep me interested, overlook my imperfections and change my mind, then maybe i'll find out if such a thing exists.

Well enough of my cynicism. Oh and before i move on to happier things, I just want to rant about something.

( -rant- )

Had a job interview today. My first after sending out countless resumes. I have no idea of the outcome since the recuritment agency still has to pass my resume to the actual employer and they will only notify me if i'm shortlisted. As much as I want the job I have to be realistic. There might be more qualified people for the job and oh did i mention I told them why i resigned from my previous job? That might have killed my chances then. Oh well. At least i was being honest.

I could be giving my comments on Singapore Budget 2009 but I'm too lazy for now and my sister wants to use her laptop which i'm currently using lol so before I log off, I was reading my Friends Page and saw lady_northstar's pic spam of Arashi. Just because I don't believe in love does not mean I am any less of a girl who appreciates looking at good looking male specimens lol. So many nice images of the boys and i came upon this photo of Ohno:



I don't think I have a hand fetish, but, I like looking at ohno's hands. They are nice hands too look at. Nice lean tapered fingers. Maybe its only natural for an artist to have such nice hands, working on his art pieces XP I don't think anyone else in Arashi has similar nice looking hands. Well Matsujun's may come close but Ohno will still win hands down. *grinz*

I leave you guys now with my current favourite Arashi's recent peformance of their song Truth. Have a good long weekend!




p.s - Happy Chinese New Year & Gong Xi Fa Cai to all my chinese friends (^-^)v

I'm have not been feeling too good today, but managed to drag myself to work nonetheless. The thing that actually cheered me up this morning was Arashi's solo performance from their new Time Concert DVD that was kindly uploaded by jinnyss. Thanks babe!

The Solos that I was really looking forward to watching LIVE was Nino's 'Niji', Oh-chan's 'Song for Me' & Matsujun's 'Yabaix3', for various reasons lol.
My heart skipped a beat when Nino took off his glasses when he was done with his piano playing to finish off his song, Oh-chan's dance moves were awesome, as usual, and Jun's opening dance which he walked on air/ceiling was impressive. It must have took a lot of practice and body strength to be able to move around and make it looks so easy and effortless.
And then there was Aiba. I gotta say Aiba-chan's was too cute! I would like a best friend like him. crazy wacky aiba. wahahaha. Oh and the only reason i have not mentioned Sho is because i've not seen his solo yet! the download failed on me and i'm too lazy to re-download it for now. Maybe later hehe =P
Non-arashi fans you can ignore the above since you won't have a clue with what i just said. lol!

Yesterday's American idol was interesting.
I was worried for the guys when I found out the theme was Mariah Carey hurhur
But surprisingly the guys managed to pull it off, heck they were even better than the girls!
My favourite of the night has gotta be David Cook
My younger sis will say i'm being bias but seriously the risk he took with MC's song,
I don't care if i sound bias lol!

hello me darlings

Been quite some time since my last entry.
I don't really have much time to update since its already almost 7.45pm and i'm still in the office.
Need to go home! Event tomorrow, need rest! lol
So here's a quick random update.

1. I've received my Arashi Calander! yay! Actually i received it before Good Friday muahahaha and i love it. Still have yet to use it though which i doubt i will because its too precious! *slaps self* wahahaha
   
   
2. Like i mentioned before, event tomorrow! Pee Ass Dae 4! Honestly getting bored of doing it and i personally don't like to work with this particular c.li.e.nt. Who wants to work with a sour face person who looks down on you because you are of a lower rank. tsk.
   
   
3. June Summer trip is CONFIRMED! Awesome! Switzerland here we come!!! But purchasing my air ticket has burnt a hugee whole in my pocket. Now i still need to save up for accommodation & trip expenses.
   
   
4. Bad days always make you want to splurge on shopping, since I am broke, what did I do when i was having a bad day last week? Travelled all the way to the airport to buy Popeye's friend chicken! yum.
   
   
5. I was sitting in front of the TV the other day while watching Discovery Channel Travel & Living, and i think i've come to a conclusion what my ultimate dream job is. Anything that involves travelling, food, new experiences and maybe organising events/parties. I will die a happy person.
   
   
6. Weekend was a blast, fashion shows and catching up with friends. What does it tell you when you are yawning half way throughout one of the shows? Booorriingggg. I think the Island Shop did a fantastic show as compared to the second one i caught. =)
   
   
7. Speaking of the weekend, mannnn am i pissed with this particular friend of mine. Ok maybe i'm not as pissed as I felt on that day. Ok maybe not pissed but disappointed. We have not seen each other for months and you rather go out with people you see every other week and especially when among them is a particular person i'm not really fond of (and i have a feeling neither is this person fond of me either so i'm so not bloody surprised with what actually happened). Thing is you made the commitment with us first and only to give a stupid excuse to back out. Thanks man. Now I know how much our friendship means to you. hmph.
   
   
8. Oh yes another random way to make my bad day go away..., watching random videos of Arashi in their various variety shows. Informative AND entertaining. They never fail to make me laugh/smile. Oh and btw i think for a guy, Sho has the most smexiest legs ever!
   Here is a picture of him when the guys were forced to do cosplay for their show 'Arashi no Shukudai-kun'
   
   
   

ok before i rattle off somemore, its already 8pm and i need to make my way back home.
ta-ra.

This is very very veryyy bad.
I thought i could hold on to my impulses BUT
I am such a failure. I tried to hold out telling myself that i have to stop spending and dipping into my june trip air plane ticket funds since
i have not received last month's pay yetttttttt
There's so much hype about the recently released JE calenders,
and as much as i love NEWS however Arashi's 08-09 Calendar is too tempting! It doesn't help that the calendar is in A5 size (which means you can bring it anywhere with you) and it comes with a cookbook!


credit to memory_angel for the scans

okie thing is the calendar seems to be sold out every where. Cdjapan, Amazon Japan etc but i finally found a site that has stock and provides free shipping!!! Omg this must be sign right?
ok so i ordered and hopefully *fingers crossed* everything goes smoothly and the calendar will be in my hands soon!
badbadbadddddddazi.
lol. =P

I love the weather nowadays. I don't mind the rain as long as its cold. It reminds me of London.
I miss London.


photo credit: azi

speaking of which i know i owe my Winter Trip pics. =P
My bad ikonwiknow.  I'll post em' up as soon as i've finished editing and uploading em' all. 2GB worth of photos is no jokeee
ehehhehehe

Anyhooo i've received my very first snackster package from my US partner Chelsea!
Thanks Chelsea!
I hope you like yours too!

ok for the uneducated, snacksters  is this community on LJ that periodically arranges members to swap snack packages from different countries. How awesome is that?! Being able to try different snacks from different countries without needing to travel. wootwoot!

This song never fails to make me smile