wiedersehen handphone pouch, you have served me well.

i believe in tolerance and good dim sum.

oh lookie! my neighbours are such jokers.



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i got this off cheryl's tumblr and as corny as it may sound.. it's actually pretty and pretty inspiring for a cynic like me. anyway it's christmas and how bloody(wait, cannot swear on x'mas) fast time past, so next year'd better be better than this.

i think proposals itself is something really heart-warming and 'AWWWWWW~' inducing.. but the sad thing is, marriage itself a is often a YAWNZ affair. some people won't bother to keep with appearences, keep up with the romance, keep up with the initial flames. it's really sad.

like today, this man actually called to order a bouquet of 99 red roses for his 1st year anniversary.. on the way home, wei loong and i were just debating whether it was for a wedding anniversary or more of a 'dating' anniversary kinda occasion. it's sad that we would think it's redundant to spend almost $200 on such affairs. his argument was that it should be for a dating anniversary because if they're already married, they should opt for less extravagance and save up for future plans.. which is true in a male chauvinist/practical sense.. so i think it kinda boils down to personal preferences. it's like how i personally don't see the point of 99 roses which cost $200. i'd be happy with 1 pretty stalk, honestly. or a cheeseburger.

roses are just a sincere gesture. would appreciate it if the man works hard and puts in effort to make things work in the long run. oh how i can make romeo cry.

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last night on the bus home from the popeye's at the airport, i came across a lovey dovery teenage couple who cannot stop caressing one another and were so overly engrossed in meaningless discussions on xia xue's love life and the sizes of their knuckles.. that i pray that i will have more intellectual exchanges with my man in the future and that our conversations will progress beyond such trivial and insignificant gibberish.

i am too sophisticated for my own good.

OH WHAT A SURPRISING END TO FORTNIGHT'S JOB. we, the part timers, were told that our services are no longer required in the most un-melodramatic and horrid way. not fired. our contracts just ended early. HAHAAAHAH it was supposed to be until 31st dec but because dear Wendy thinks some of us were forever not answering calls, which is true to some extent.. she let us off at 5pm. SHOCKING and those whose contract stipulates until 31/12 will not need to go back to the office anymore \m/ that meant 5 of us. poor ted has to stay another month before army.

so, all's well ends swell. am going to rest well and start afresh in 2010. ICA OH ICA..

my collegues ordered in Starbucks for lunch and my usual Caramel Macchiato costed $10 in the end (cab fare+ ERP charges) _|_ it's ridiculous, i'm never going to order lame shit starbucks delivery anymore, EVER.

it started off with, 'uh do you guys want starbucks? they have delivery you know!' then oh yay cheers, some caffeine for all the addicts. so they dialed some hotline and happily happily placed the orders.. then okay 'guys, we need to to pay for the delivery fee!' and i actually thought it referred to the $3 charges like what mcdonalds and pizza hut does. BUT NOOOO. it actually refers to the cab fare ride from the starbucks outlet and back _|_ of which i cannot fathom why they are THAT stupid in sending a barista (who turned out to be my primary 1&2 classmate. singapore how tiny?) from frigging New bridge area down to Macpherson. it's really retarded. have never been so god damned upset over a drink before. this is incredulous and beyond me.

there are even ERP charges to go along with it _|_ no seriously, like fuck it. especially when we know the nearest outlet is at kallang leisure park and that is like 4km away from our office tops. KNN TTM LOR STARBUCKS I FEEL CRUSHED. i also think i have stalkers from the company's production side and it's not even funny.

hi, i dated your younger brother.

client confidentiality aside, i took an order from a security systems company and it really felt like i was sucked into some FBI top secret Area 51 no nonsense mission. the woman was practically whispering when she had to read out the details to me on the phone. i bet she sent some nano-bot to scan the office for bugs and made sure the phone lines were secure before calling. GAHZ, too much Alias and super spy movies. and she was really annoying when she kept harping on how her clients' details should not be reflected in the invoice which we are obliged to send later and how even the sender's name must be capped at some secret code. such paranoid people are a gem. she was quite mad too, ordering 14 bottles of liquor and only liquor. you could have just walked into some DFS shop to get them for half the price, seriously.

okay okay i should read papers, watch some tv and turn in soon. am keeping my fingers crossed on the ICA interview/job posting. WANTS VERY MUCH TO GET IN THERE. also, i have been receiving a lot of missed calls recently. it's odd. i'm not expecting any of the numbers but okayz..

TGIF NOT.

an apple tree is going to grow out on me. a mango tree is going to grow out on me. a topshop tree is going to grow out on me. yawnz yawnz. i have nobody to call, no calls to pick up, no orders to process. i am happy. i am on the verge of begging for a complaint call or whatevr that i can spend time wasting on. just a few minutes ago, some woman called in to enquire on health survey talks and i kept her engaged. am so nice. *beams* k, i don't want to do OT tonight. nozzzzz.

hi my colleagues are frigging cheapo people, kouping toilet paper and even the tin of love letters that Wendy The Boss left for the office staff. mreow. while i was composing this draft in the office an hour ago, i actually had the time to surf facebook, k-p-o on photos and play bejeweled. LALALAALALA awesome OT time spent on nonsense like this cause i have nothing left to do.

anywayzz, i rejected a clerical job at SGH yesterday because it's frigging $6/hr and 7AM to 7PM. madness. not that hardcore/workaholic okay. 7AM at outram is WTH.. i will need to wake up at like 5AM and take the mrt before the sun rises. NOOOOZ WAYZ MANZ.. not even if it's $7/hour.

okay okay 1030pm faster come faster commmmeeeeee. i want my free cab ride home + home shower + reading papers + brush teeth + good night's sleep. RAHHHH.

am going to proceed with reading of today's papers before they expire, then a cup of dutch lady apple yoghurt (frigging nice leh! aw please go buy from ntuc and try. i have 2 more in the fridge but it expires today. HAHAHAHAHAHHA SAD.). at the rate gg is loading, i don't think i'll finish it tonight (or what's left of tonight). RAH.

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oh on a sidenote, i think i'm a rather subserviant person at work. i submit easily and without much protest to higher authority, like The Boss and The Boss's trusty sidekick, Wonder Brenda. maybe i don't have issues with them because i don't give them a reason to pick on me specifically or to have any reason to put me on a kaleidoscope for giving substandard work. just don't get the whole 'i-am-fed-up-so-i-am-going-to-do-my-work-like-shit-and-not-be-bothered'. what's with that seriously? why give others a reason to yell and pick on you specifically? making your own life hard only. oh, and there's this old pretentious, corny-to-the-max temp staff whose a mother to 2 sons, i think. oh gee, she's a joy. friggin' cheesy + corny, wei loong and i kept making funny expressions to mimic her expressions while she talks on the phone. office entertainer \m/

i'm not done with my office politics rant. so today was major mojo drama day. wendy had to call for emergency office pep talk session/meeting because of the first 2 temp staff who resigned and the mother-of-2-sons who has thoughts of resigning.. but anyway, 2 more temp staff expressed their wish to resign after that as well. (inserts flip flop noises) see, so much collateral damages in one day. that's why Brenda deserves the Wonder title, she has weathered so many storms. okay i should go and attempt to finish up the papers, get yoghurt and sleep.

let's hear it for New York

i need a dental check up and dental cleaning. havent had one since march. DIEZ.

felt much better today afternoon and the annoying flu has almost cleared up. this morning, i got a long distance call from a client in Fremantle. HEH HEH HEH <3

my flu was horrid then in the morning, and the aussie lady thought i was crying on the phone. ROFL. gotta love Perth but i still dread the accent.

after work today, i rushed down for mango sale. HEH HEHZ and boy, it was sure nasty. managed to grab a top and bottom today in between unglamorous clothes trying moments in the open.

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back home now and i have so much tidying up and organising to do. need to back up my laptop, tidy up my wardrobe, throw out old clothes, finish reading+return my library materials etceteras. going to sleep now.. gossip girl can wait.