Rave and Rant. Drool and Pant.

He turns 23!

2005-05-25T09:21:00.000+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYRON!

*blows flying hugs & kisses*

As luck may have it

2005-05-06T19:58:00.000+08:00

holy cow. i was fuckin complaining yesterday about not having speakers right? as luck may have it, my neighbour colleague got a new computer today, with internal speakers. hence, she passed me her old speakers! ohmygod, u cant believe how fuckin happy i am. like seriously u cant even imagine how happy i am.

listening to free music legally from launchcast. a dream freeware i found out today from an editor at red comm. bliss. sheer bliss.

it doesnt matter now i've to come in to work tomorrow and sunday. i've my music. keeps me motivated and goin as i burn the frickin oil throughout the night.

maybe i should complain more bout stuff that i dont have, in this blog. worked the first time. ;)

Months Without Speakers

2005-05-05T10:16:00.000+08:00

i dont have speakers for my computer in the office. from the very day i started work, i kinda noticed my table had a lil more extra space to those of my colleagues.

frustrating it is. and with my colleauges constantly forwarding me quirky commercials, i'm only subjected to imagining what kind of music they'd be using for that clip. or worse, when my boss asks me about the new radio ad for our brands that have just been sent by the ad agency upstairs. i'll play it and watch the lil scroll bar run across the screen. ok its a 20 sec long. ok this is for xxx brand. how does it sound like? i've no frickin idea. i'll turn around and sheepishly go, "er boss... i got no speakers la. dunno how it sounds like." great impression i'm makin...

of course i've asked the IT dudes for speakers. but they're more busy managing the server space, maintaining over 100 computers and taking my pens and never returning them. my cubicle is the nearest to the server room. when i'm not around, they'll "borrow" my pen and conveniently forget to return them. even when i'm around, they'll help themselves to my stationery like free refills at burger king. which is why i'm keeping all my precious pens in my drawer and only leaving the older ones on my table.

luckily myron came to my rescue and gave me an extra pair of headphones he had. sweet joy! the only branding printed on the headphones says something like this;

"Wow! Magic Sing. PREMIUM. The No. 1 Videoke Microphone."

i swear that's what it says on my headphones. word for word. microphone? headphone? haha! but i really appreciate it. for the first time after almost 6 months, i can hear sounds coming out from the commercials i still constantly receive.

the headphones are always on the table though. coz the cable aint long enough to reach my head. dratz...

They're turning it into a Movie!

2005-04-20T13:03:00.000+08:00

i've been obsessed with Memoirs of a Geisha since i started reading it about a month back. yes i bought the book 3 years ago but i've only picked it up last month. close friends will know of my hoarding habits. especially with vcds and dvds.

anyways, yes! they are finally turning this lovely book into a movie. u might ask what's the big frickin deal? weren't they supposed to have made it like ages ago? u're abso-fuckin-lutely right. spielberg was interested to make it in 2000. then he dropped it. then spike jonze was supposed to pick it up in 2002. then he dropped it too. finally, rob marshall managed to bring it up to its post production stage currently. expected to be released end of this year.

zhang ziyi plays the lead. why? gong li plays the evil geisha. why????? hmmm... both of these actresses are in it and zhang yi mou is not directing it? why?????????? *uncle sam's voice whisperin "it's an american production, that's why!" oh great.

i hope they dont attempt to make these actors speak in english throughout the whole movie. i'll just cry. please please please make them speak japanese. zhang ziyi is pretty as a cotton bud dipped in sugar but she can't speak english for nuts.

i feel as excited as those over-grown boys waiting for star wars 3 to open. *raise my right hand* "Live Long and Prosper". *winks to my star wars-lovin bf*

Missing Him

2005-04-18T16:32:00.000+08:00

I miss my darlin! Salt-sweat-crusted sleeves and all.

Ah Ben's behaving real sweet. Took me and Jabba to the vet yesterday. Don't worry, Jabba didn't leave a carpet of hair behind. Just a rug. ;)

Hope you're workin hard and restin well down south.

I Miss Ya!
xxx

i love lucky draws! and luckier trades.

2005-04-05T19:05:00.000+08:00

when i went to collect my brand new mini compo, i had to draw another number for a chance to get a smaller prize. some got fishing hats. some got domino's millenium cards. i grinded my teeth when i picked up the lil folded paper. E88. chinese say lucky right? but tiger beer said i got a travelling bag. fucking hell.

it was so ugly! blue with the damn logo all over. front back right left. if i liked the damn beer, i might still be able to live with it. like taking it back home and tossing it above my wardrobe and totally forgeting about it.

a friend drew up this vincent van gogh art & poetry book. my hands were all over it like a brand new car. flipping through the pages and admiring all his depressing self-portraits. but i wanted one! *sniff* and all i got was a bloody travelling bag. *whimper*

few hours later, i hear this voice complaining to a neighbour colleague about this damn book she got. "what the hell am i gonna do with it? so useless! might as well use it as toilet paper only." i turned around like i've never turned around to look at her before. "did u get the vincent van gogh art book?" fed-up answer - "yeah...?" hopeful question - "wanna trade it with my tiger beer travelling bag? its quite big u know? lotsa compartments as well." aight answer - "ok. i dont mind." YES!!!!!!!!!!

so now the pretty artbook with prettier pictures is sitting on my bookshelf. snugly resting against my Tim Burton "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy". they look good together. odd art.

i love lucky draws! when i'm lucky.

2005-04-04T19:00:00.000+08:00

last friday was my company's anniversary party. it's legendary. great food, lotsa booze, plenty of booboo awards and loads of gifts! the moment i stepped into the banquet hall at shangri-la, i was told to dip my hand into the box and draw a number. 14 i got. chinese say it's an unlucky number but JVC said i won a mini compo. woohoo!

wine and booze were at my disposal. so i took advantage of it la of course. 4 full glasses of wine in total. *hick* tolerance damn low already.

since i escaped ragging at the christmas party due to some "techinal error", they made my ragging a heavier task. hell, heavier being having to carry a certain celebrity/colleague across the hall. and he's huge!!!!!!! wearing stilettos didn't make it any easier!

i replenished lost salt & minerals with more wine. teehee... went to the loft after that. met up with some old friends and made some new ones. people say don't mix your alcohol, right? so i drank more wine lor.

Jasmine and Green Tea

2005-03-30T15:24:00.000+08:00

no doubt these two flavours go rather well in a bubble tea.

i attended a sanitary napkin launch earlier that featured green tea essence in a pad that is supposed to help control odour. hmmm... not that i would really bother to smell a soiled pad every month.

sigh... things they invent to get people to spend more. but they gave out mini jasmine "lei" that i've to wear as a bracelet for the event. it smells sooooo good.

met a couple of old college mates there too. what to do? we're all in the same industry so we're all linked through one client or another. i felt like i should've eaten a lil more during the launch. mmm... they had a small but tasty appetizer selection. lotsa rocket, caesar dressing, bacon bits and this spicy glass noodle salad. yummm... shit getting hungry. *reaching up for my pack of Time Out chocettes.* :Þ

2005-03-29T13:28:00.000+08:00

me and a pint of amber ale

12:05

2005-03-29T12:04:00.000+08:00

i volunteered to help my office gm prepare the monthly comparativeadvertisingexpenditure. dont even bother trying to make out the words. its a whole lot of seeing which number is bigger than the other and telling a short story on some powerpoint slides. not too difficult la. its still something to occupy my time when my poor boss is sick with a bad throat infection. 20 minutes before i dash out to catch some much needed vitamin e on my skin. i squint when i'm walking outside now. are my eyes getting too comfortable with artificial lighting or is the ozone layer getting thinner? i just thought of writing about embarassing toilet sounds that i hear ever so often. but... i'll leave it after i eat. :p

eeyaaah????!??

2005-03-25T20:07:00.000+08:00

My bald baby drove home to celebrate Easter. Feels weird not spending the weekend with him. So cute. He's been telling me how Discovery Travel's organizing this contest where u get to dine at Anthony Bourdain's restaurant in NY. "Screw Jamie Oliver and Kylie Kwong!" We were getting ready to go to work one morning when he turned to ask, "If i win this contest, would you be willing to take a day off work and come with me to New York?" I looked at him with my "do-u-even-have-to-fuckin-ask-me-of-course-i'll-fuckin-say-HELLYEAH" look. but i contained myself and blurted out "EEAYAHH?!??!!" we took the NPE and i reached work a leetle late.

i lost a blog

2005-03-25T19:52:00.000+08:00

i lost a blog i just typed. what's gone will only make way for the better! heahea!! fuck it. *mental note: always save draft before publishing. right? my blogger buds?*

My Friday

2005-03-25T19:48:00.000+08:00

i'm still in the office. trying to figure out how to work this blog instead of preparing my cost analysis to compare sponsoring a page or buying a half page. bah... i'll work on it on monday. though i'm feelin that some of my managers might be trying to peer over my shoulder wondering what the fuck am i typing about when most of our work require the 9 lil square keys only.

My Friday

2005-03-25T19:11:00.000+08:00

Greetings to my dearest friends who have been blogging endlessly which I have constantly surfed upon to satisfy my "pat poh" alter ego whenever I'm stuck looking at 1349584.9385 at work. Thank you all. Please dismiss my previous "trial" blogshite, site.