Caution: Rambles ahead. Do not read if prone to dizziness and sleepiness.
No wonder there are so many jokes on the internet - they were obviously written by bored office peons. Yeap, I'm bored. I'm supposed to be in the weekly VNM meeting but I got stuck with phone duty, meaning I have to stay very close to my phone just in case a guest calls to confirm his/her attendance to the FHH Programme Launch next week. I'm in charge of the guest list, rsvps and basically attendance.
At the moment only a handful of people has confirm that they are coming. Die la if only 20 of the 150 turns up. @__@ But it won't be my ass on the line coz it's not my fault people gave me their guestlist late despite me chasing them for it. Oh well.
Going back on the beaten path, the jokes... yeah there must be heck of a LOT of bored working people out there. I'm one of them at the moment and I've taken to reading silly and humourous jokes about Singaporeans (we don't have to stop taking pot shots of them just because..) =P And there are some pretty funny ones out there about their kiasuness and greediness and everything. Even got one about a king, a princess and two penises. Haha.
It's a revolutionary move of the working office peons - we have taken a step into turning ourselves into creative and less stressful peons during office hours.
I know I'm rambling - coz I am so bored I forehead almost touched my desk top right there. Had to smack myself awake.
I know I should be happy I'm bored, meaning my work is less now, but it is also because I've finished most of my work fast. I prefer to do them now and correct them later. Whatever.
Friday, January 30, 2004
Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Squeeze me 'till I die
Migawd, flying home with a stuffed nose was enough to make it my 'annual horribilis'. Getting 'The Squeeze' whilst a thousand feet in the air made me wish I had taken something more grounded home. Eesh. The pain was terrible. It doesn't come on straight away like a whammy, but it blooms gradually as the pressure increases with each few feet ascended. The pain started on my left temple, then worked its way to my forehead, slowly ever tightening, until I felt like my head was in a vise, like a giant had his whole hand on my head and was squeezing the life-blood out of it. Instead of feeling light-headed, I felt that my head weighted a ton. I had hope to avoid this by going to see the doc for some pills for the flight as well as to get well, but HAH. Still got The Squeeze still. By the time I exited the plane, I was scowling at everyone and everything, even the trash bins for being to shiny and new looking. Bah.
Now, I am back at work. Yes I'm working, coz I can't afford not to as there are too many things to be done. One day is enough to fill my in-tray to the 'brim'.
@__@
Now, I am back at work. Yes I'm working, coz I can't afford not to as there are too many things to be done. One day is enough to fill my in-tray to the 'brim'.
@__@
Saturday, January 24, 2004
Xin Nian Kuai Le
Happy Chinese New Year!
Phew, these last three days has been such a flight of the bumble bee for me and my. It has been non-stop activity all the way, but at least Patches is happy and clean, the porch is spankingly clean and my tummy is full of wine and food. Ahh... this is the good life. ^_^
My Home
Everyone came back this year, and my mom's house fully occupied - every space taken up by somebody's something - and it is great. *grin* The three boys are jumping around, running up and down the stairs and plunking on my piano (which I'd polised to to fine sheen the day before) and generally having a ball on this holiday. It's great when everybody's back and the house is no longer silent and still... There is laughter and music and indignant wails and it is great. Lee Ling only came back for two days though as she has to fly off somewhere today. But the Lee Hoon, Lee Na, the kids, Kok Eng, Mom and me are all here at home. Home is definately where the hearts are.
hic & burp
There's a dozen empty wine bottles sitting in the backyard now and all of them sporting expensive and famous labels... Chateau Lafitte, Fleur Du Cap, Malbac, St.Andrews special reserves and lots more whose names I can't remember let alone pronounce... ahhh. All thanks to my uncle who is a wine enthusiast and my sisters who brought back some of their collections as well. All that delicious wine went very well with my auntie's famouse leg O'lamb. Every year my auntie will cook for the reunion dinner and of course my family and I will always go earlier and help her, unlike some relatives, who eats and run. *shurg* Anyway, I always love this 'community cooking' event. It is such fun to get together to prepare for a special meal/event. This 'culture' is something that is on its way to oblivion what with today's micro-family syndrome. They rather go to a restaurant to eat as it saves them from cooking and doing the dishes. What they do not realise is that they are losing out on a big part on the bonding between relatives and friends. A lot of the KLites are like that nowadays and sometimes it is not their fault if they are a one-unit family without the boisterous relatives. I just think it is sad is all. But the food was good. Chinese New year is always about good bountiful food and good wines for us. We are very lucky.
My uncle also booked two tables at Renaissance for dinner on the first day of CNY. The chef made up a special menu just for him and it was not cheap. It was very generous of my uncle to treat us to such a bountiful dinner, and plus good wines too. Wine will always feature in my life. Lucky me. ^_^
Another addition to the Teo Clan
On a happier note, a lot of us came back for this happy event and my uncle's house was bursting at the seams what with the lot of us. Mervyn came back and showed of his new baby, Nicholas. He is so cute and scared. It is his first integration into a big family - usually it is just the five of them that he is used to. Now, he is suddenly in demand and with so many new faces and hands reaching out to him, he must be a mite overwhelmed. Poor thing. No wonder he is very clingy to his parents and it takes him a loooong time to warm up to another new face. Haha, some like me, he's disdainful towards. He was prob thinking 'What is that girl doing? Is her face always that contorted? Eeek! Big hands coming towards me! Mommeeee!' 0_o
Went back to my mom's roots
As usual, mom insisted on going to Kuala Krai where she grew up to visit her family. I usually don't mind going but I hate travelling there, have lunch and then travel back. I'm uncomfortable with the fact that my mom's sister will cook special meals just for us when we visit her, and they always insist that we eat first and they eat later! I know it is the chinese way to treat guest but we are family. I rather we all sit down and eat whatever they usually eat - at least that will remove that intangible believe that we are that special coz we are not. We are family for goodness sake. But then we are only visit them once a year so maybe... sigh.
Anyway, that's my chinese new year so far. I'm off to attend to Patches again and I have plans to meet up with a bunch of old friends in the evening. Should be interesting...
Parched
That is the only sound I can make now - I have a sore throat and I think I'm getting sick. All these days of eating all those munchies and not drinking water has taken its toll on my poor parched throat. I know, I know, what parched throat with all those wine pouring down into my gullet... But still, I've not been drinking enough plain water and now I suffer.
Phew, these last three days has been such a flight of the bumble bee for me and my. It has been non-stop activity all the way, but at least Patches is happy and clean, the porch is spankingly clean and my tummy is full of wine and food. Ahh... this is the good life. ^_^
My Home
Everyone came back this year, and my mom's house fully occupied - every space taken up by somebody's something - and it is great. *grin* The three boys are jumping around, running up and down the stairs and plunking on my piano (which I'd polised to to fine sheen the day before) and generally having a ball on this holiday. It's great when everybody's back and the house is no longer silent and still... There is laughter and music and indignant wails and it is great. Lee Ling only came back for two days though as she has to fly off somewhere today. But the Lee Hoon, Lee Na, the kids, Kok Eng, Mom and me are all here at home. Home is definately where the hearts are.
hic & burp
There's a dozen empty wine bottles sitting in the backyard now and all of them sporting expensive and famous labels... Chateau Lafitte, Fleur Du Cap, Malbac, St.Andrews special reserves and lots more whose names I can't remember let alone pronounce... ahhh. All thanks to my uncle who is a wine enthusiast and my sisters who brought back some of their collections as well. All that delicious wine went very well with my auntie's famouse leg O'lamb. Every year my auntie will cook for the reunion dinner and of course my family and I will always go earlier and help her, unlike some relatives, who eats and run. *shurg* Anyway, I always love this 'community cooking' event. It is such fun to get together to prepare for a special meal/event. This 'culture' is something that is on its way to oblivion what with today's micro-family syndrome. They rather go to a restaurant to eat as it saves them from cooking and doing the dishes. What they do not realise is that they are losing out on a big part on the bonding between relatives and friends. A lot of the KLites are like that nowadays and sometimes it is not their fault if they are a one-unit family without the boisterous relatives. I just think it is sad is all. But the food was good. Chinese New year is always about good bountiful food and good wines for us. We are very lucky.
My uncle also booked two tables at Renaissance for dinner on the first day of CNY. The chef made up a special menu just for him and it was not cheap. It was very generous of my uncle to treat us to such a bountiful dinner, and plus good wines too. Wine will always feature in my life. Lucky me. ^_^
Another addition to the Teo Clan
On a happier note, a lot of us came back for this happy event and my uncle's house was bursting at the seams what with the lot of us. Mervyn came back and showed of his new baby, Nicholas. He is so cute and scared. It is his first integration into a big family - usually it is just the five of them that he is used to. Now, he is suddenly in demand and with so many new faces and hands reaching out to him, he must be a mite overwhelmed. Poor thing. No wonder he is very clingy to his parents and it takes him a loooong time to warm up to another new face. Haha, some like me, he's disdainful towards. He was prob thinking 'What is that girl doing? Is her face always that contorted? Eeek! Big hands coming towards me! Mommeeee!' 0_o
Went back to my mom's roots
As usual, mom insisted on going to Kuala Krai where she grew up to visit her family. I usually don't mind going but I hate travelling there, have lunch and then travel back. I'm uncomfortable with the fact that my mom's sister will cook special meals just for us when we visit her, and they always insist that we eat first and they eat later! I know it is the chinese way to treat guest but we are family. I rather we all sit down and eat whatever they usually eat - at least that will remove that intangible believe that we are that special coz we are not. We are family for goodness sake. But then we are only visit them once a year so maybe... sigh.
Anyway, that's my chinese new year so far. I'm off to attend to Patches again and I have plans to meet up with a bunch of old friends in the evening. Should be interesting...
Parched
That is the only sound I can make now - I have a sore throat and I think I'm getting sick. All these days of eating all those munchies and not drinking water has taken its toll on my poor parched throat. I know, I know, what parched throat with all those wine pouring down into my gullet... But still, I've not been drinking enough plain water and now I suffer.
Friday, January 16, 2004
Still woozy from the painkillers
I missed work on Tuesday - got mc for the day after stumbling painfully to the doctors. Turns out I had a migraine, a migraine attack. I woke up at 6.15am with this horrible nausea and a acute pain in my left temple and forehead. My god, I seriously thought my head was gonna explode! I tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't even lay my head down as that position made the pain so much worse. After about an hour plus or sitting upright cradling my head in my hands, I finally conceded that I won't be going in to work that day.
Lee Hoon had to drive me to the doctors and drive me back. Every bump, and whine and every sunray gave me blinding shafts of pain shooting straight into my head. On one of my more dramatic reasonings *indeed* I thought maybe I might have to go get an MRI done again or something; maybe there was something wrong with me, malignant-wise.
So doc diagnosed me, and gave me anti-histamin and ponstan (however that is spelt) which is a painkiller. Anyway, took it and sat against the wall for three hours before finally falling asleep.
So Here I Am. Back at work. Apparently it was chaos yesterday when I was absent. Isn't that nice to know? *grin* But I would not want to even wish such agony on my enemies - it is too excruciating for words. But then I did well with the words, didn't I?@__@
Lee Hoon had to drive me to the doctors and drive me back. Every bump, and whine and every sunray gave me blinding shafts of pain shooting straight into my head. On one of my more dramatic reasonings *indeed* I thought maybe I might have to go get an MRI done again or something; maybe there was something wrong with me, malignant-wise.
So doc diagnosed me, and gave me anti-histamin and ponstan (however that is spelt) which is a painkiller. Anyway, took it and sat against the wall for three hours before finally falling asleep.
So Here I Am. Back at work. Apparently it was chaos yesterday when I was absent. Isn't that nice to know? *grin* But I would not want to even wish such agony on my enemies - it is too excruciating for words. But then I did well with the words, didn't I?@__@
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
ARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH
I feel so stressed right now... I feel like throwing something out of the window, a person maybe. Something that will have a satisfying KA-SPLAT or something. *sigh* Everyone wants me to do something. "Sharon, if you are free, can you...?", "Sharon I need this done today", "Sharon, can you help me with this now?", "Sharon, can you come down for a meeting now?","Sharon, I think you should sit in for this meeting", "Sharon, my computer's not working, help me!", "Sharon, can you rewrite this letter for me?", "Sharon, can you prepare a 8 months movie line up for the sales team?" FREAKIN' ARRHHGGGGGGHHHHHH!
Sunday, January 11, 2004
Who said women are the manipulative ones??!
I don't know what I should do. I don't see this going anywhere. I know there is no future here. Someone asked me how can I tell if the relationship is going well or not, and I can't give a straight answer. But sometimes, we can feel it in our guts if something is just not right. He says I should give it a chance and not kill it while it's still so new. Yes, it is new, and I'm riding on that 'high' but I don't feel right anymore.
I'm attracted to him in an elemental way, but I'm not attracted to him in a mental way. I don't know if that makes any sense at all at the moment. I'm just so confused. It is not helping that my work is extremely stressful at the moment. Everything is just so ARRGHHHHH! #__@
He calls and he expects me to just jump to. Hah! Dream on. We had a date tonight, but I was just so irritated at him that I cancelled. He said, "Whatever." I said, "Fine with me," and hung up. I was irritated coz he pulled a guilt trip thing on me. He was supposed to pick me up at 9.30pm. I waited and waited and waited and waited AND WAITED! By 10.30pm I was hopping mad. I tried calling him but he didn't answer. Fine, so I left a message asking if everything was okay. Half and hour later, still nada. So I tried calling him again, and again no answer. I was just fed up by then. So this time I left a message saying that I was no longer up to going out that night. This time he called back, 5 mins after I left the message. He said he got caught up in something and he didn't apologise or anything. He just asked why I don't want to go out anymore. Well, DUH! Hello??! Your brains not working today?! Then we got into a fight. Bah. IDIOT!!!
I'm attracted to him in an elemental way, but I'm not attracted to him in a mental way. I don't know if that makes any sense at all at the moment. I'm just so confused. It is not helping that my work is extremely stressful at the moment. Everything is just so ARRGHHHHH! #__@
He calls and he expects me to just jump to. Hah! Dream on. We had a date tonight, but I was just so irritated at him that I cancelled. He said, "Whatever." I said, "Fine with me," and hung up. I was irritated coz he pulled a guilt trip thing on me. He was supposed to pick me up at 9.30pm. I waited and waited and waited and waited AND WAITED! By 10.30pm I was hopping mad. I tried calling him but he didn't answer. Fine, so I left a message asking if everything was okay. Half and hour later, still nada. So I tried calling him again, and again no answer. I was just fed up by then. So this time I left a message saying that I was no longer up to going out that night. This time he called back, 5 mins after I left the message. He said he got caught up in something and he didn't apologise or anything. He just asked why I don't want to go out anymore. Well, DUH! Hello??! Your brains not working today?! Then we got into a fight. Bah. IDIOT!!!
Thursday, January 08, 2004
Way cool X'mas present from AU
I just got such a cool Christmas present from James in Perth! Guess what he sent? Oooohhh! It was a Terri Irwin Action Figure complete with supplies pack, iguana and Sui, the dog! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I was so tickled with I ripped open the bubble envelop and saw one corner of the toy's packaging with the title Crocodile Hunter leaping out at me. The customs must have opened it up so that they could check for illegally smuggled stuff or something. No wonder it took so long to get here. But of course they sealed it up rather 'convincingly'. But then it is good to know they take their job seriously, unlike some countries.
Thank you, thank you, thank you James! You are soooo sweet. Terri will have the honour of commanding the space on top of my computer and as far as her fake plastic eyes can see from there. ^_^ I'm just itching to put her up now, but I worry that someone might steal her. Sigh. I'll just have to wait till they assign me to my supposedly permanent cubicle in a month, or so they say. Haha, someone should bring life and fun to the office a long time ago, so why not me???
Thank you James. You bought it in K-Mart, right? ^__^
I was so tickled with I ripped open the bubble envelop and saw one corner of the toy's packaging with the title Crocodile Hunter leaping out at me. The customs must have opened it up so that they could check for illegally smuggled stuff or something. No wonder it took so long to get here. But of course they sealed it up rather 'convincingly'. But then it is good to know they take their job seriously, unlike some countries.
Thank you, thank you, thank you James! You are soooo sweet. Terri will have the honour of commanding the space on top of my computer and as far as her fake plastic eyes can see from there. ^_^ I'm just itching to put her up now, but I worry that someone might steal her. Sigh. I'll just have to wait till they assign me to my supposedly permanent cubicle in a month, or so they say. Haha, someone should bring life and fun to the office a long time ago, so why not me???
Thank you James. You bought it in K-Mart, right? ^__^
Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Something to fan the craze of LOTR
I know Halloween is looong past, but I just came across my cousins work - she dressed her comic characters in LOTR costumes and it's so cute! Go see!
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Tuesday, January 06, 2004
TJJ Halloween Party Pictures
Somebody has finally posted the las year's TJJ Halloween Party pictures!
Follow the link and see me dressed as Puffy, the Magic Dragon.
This one is me and my partner doing a 'dragon dance'. Amateurs mah... *clash of cymbals*
And then, there is THIS pictures. Makes you wonder what else was there that night... I know, I know, exposure la. *grin*
It was a fun party, also because I got to dress in sequins! *Haha*
Follow the link and see me dressed as Puffy, the Magic Dragon.
This one is me and my partner doing a 'dragon dance'. Amateurs mah... *clash of cymbals*
And then, there is THIS pictures. Makes you wonder what else was there that night... I know, I know, exposure la. *grin*
It was a fun party, also because I got to dress in sequins! *Haha*
Monday, January 05, 2004
Just feeling BLEH...
I'm feeling under-the-weather today. *Sigh* Think I'm getting sick. Just hope it's not tonsilitis. Also I have this weird vibe that the other girls (peons) doesn't like me anymore. I have no idea why? Could it be that I'm going to lunch with the managers and not them? Do they see me as an enemy now? I know that one of them hates one of the manager with a vengence but do the others? I mean, she's already left the company, so the other's shouldn't be feeling such animosity still. I don't know. I'm just speculating. Usually they would ask me to go to lunch with them and I do, occasionally. The reason I lunch with the bosses is because at least I understand what they say during lunch, whereas lunching with the girls leave me clueless and feeling left out coz they all converse in frekin' cantonese. ARRGHHGGHH!
Somebody's put the whammy on my blog!
I can't see what I have posted! There's this message that says:
S T O P
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URL: http://seadev.blogspot.com/
Weighted phrase limit exceeded.
Please contact the Network Administrator if you think there has been an error
Arrgh! Why? Have they discovered my blogs or something? Did those tech guys did something? Eesh!
Goshdarnitothell!!!!
S T O P
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Arrgh! Why? Have they discovered my blogs or something? Did those tech guys did something? Eesh!
Goshdarnitothell!!!!
Friday, January 02, 2004
Still in a haze... of alcoholic fumes
Whoa.... don't think so loud Sharon. Grin! Had a great New Year's Eve the night before. We rented an apartment in Micasa, and there we had a small party with loads of alcohol and laughter. As usual, it is the people that maketh the party and not the other way round. Dinner was steamboat and Julia's delicious pasta. That girl can cook. In fact Kai Leng and Elaine can cook very well too. Give me asian cuisine and I falter in my steps. Give me western cuisine and I'll cook lamb steaks. GRIN! Lamb steaks... yummy. Sorry I got sidetracked, my mind not quite settled in its usual axis. I think I need to go buy something for my head. I thought I slept it off yesterday, but apparently vodka is more lingering than that. I think it is the vodka... it leaves a horrible sharp edge in hangovers. So far, other spirits aren't that potent with me - not even tequila; just v.o.d.k.a. *Roll eyes*
Saw the fireworks, or least half of it as the view was blocked by a white building. Thank goodness the balconey wasn't sectioned off - it was a straight path round - so we squeeze through the tiny space until we were at the end and we could see most of the fireworks. Since I'm not that small like the rest of the girls I had to hotfoot over the protruding air con thingie after I bruised and scratched my tummy when I tried to squeeze though that space once. Like OW. It still hurts... sheesh.
After 12am, the party took on a slightly racier edge for me. Haha, et you're wondering what I did... Nothing la... racier simply because I smoked a few when I don't usually smoke. What is it with alcohol that makes us want to light up? Shh... don't tell my family, okay? Then we played drinking games that was silly but fun as the objection of the game was to get drunk fast. The 007 game and the question game was hilarious. It is amazing how silly and fun we all become when we are high on booze. Laughter was the theme the whole night. We finally got to sleep at 4am plus and I woke up with the sunrise. Only that there wasn't any orange disc I could see as the sky was covered in a haze of what I can only guess as the smoke from last night's fireworks.
I admit that my post is slightly 'loony' in its tone and manner. It is only because I'm still suffering from yesterday's hangover. I'll be okay by midday I hope. Sigh. Its the price I have to pay for a great alcoholic time.
Hope y'all had as great a time as I did on New Year's Eve!
Saw the fireworks, or least half of it as the view was blocked by a white building. Thank goodness the balconey wasn't sectioned off - it was a straight path round - so we squeeze through the tiny space until we were at the end and we could see most of the fireworks. Since I'm not that small like the rest of the girls I had to hotfoot over the protruding air con thingie after I bruised and scratched my tummy when I tried to squeeze though that space once. Like OW. It still hurts... sheesh.
After 12am, the party took on a slightly racier edge for me. Haha, et you're wondering what I did... Nothing la... racier simply because I smoked a few when I don't usually smoke. What is it with alcohol that makes us want to light up? Shh... don't tell my family, okay? Then we played drinking games that was silly but fun as the objection of the game was to get drunk fast. The 007 game and the question game was hilarious. It is amazing how silly and fun we all become when we are high on booze. Laughter was the theme the whole night. We finally got to sleep at 4am plus and I woke up with the sunrise. Only that there wasn't any orange disc I could see as the sky was covered in a haze of what I can only guess as the smoke from last night's fireworks.
I admit that my post is slightly 'loony' in its tone and manner. It is only because I'm still suffering from yesterday's hangover. I'll be okay by midday I hope. Sigh. Its the price I have to pay for a great alcoholic time.
Hope y'all had as great a time as I did on New Year's Eve!
