It's bye-bye to November 2005 soon

November, it's the month with the most birthdays, weddings and seasonal holidays.

November, is one of my favourite months of the year because it is the month which I am born and also the month of many of my happier memories.

November also simplifies that the year is coming to an end, urging people, especially the lazier ones (including myself) to think of achievable resolutions for the brand new year. Before I knew it, I had have friends texting me greetings for year 2006 aka the year of the dog ! And it was not even December yet !

Let me think of what I did or had happened to me for the past 2 years, the worst, loneliest & most miserable 2 years of my life :

February 2004 - It's the start of the Monkey Year, my year, also touted to be the 犯太岁 year for those born in the year of the Monkey, which proves to be fatal in the following months ahead...

May 2004 - My then bf was diagnosed with cancer

January 2005 - My then bf passed away

February 2005 - I went to JB, Malaysia, alone

April 2005 - My maiden Bangkok trip

June 2005 - My dad's sudden demise and my 2nd/last trip to Ho Chi Minh City

July 2005 - Leaving my 2.75 year-old job for another, only to leave the latter again

September 2005 - Another trip to JB, Malaysia

November 2005 - My maiden voyage to KL, Malaysia & my 1st time in a yoga class

I realised that I had been travelling around South East Asia throughout the year, which was simply amazing coz it was my very first time stepping foot in Bangkok & Kuala Lumpur !

My short-term plans or plans for the year 2006 at the moment are to :-

1) Work hard to earn as much money as possible in my new stint as I wanna be more independent and a super career woman
2) Hope to find a new beau real soon, someone who loves me for who I am & someone I would really cherish and dote on
3) Travel to Taiwan, HK or South Korea

I hope that the above 3 wouldn't be too hard for me to achieve, for I am no longer a little idealistic girl, happy in the past with just a fixed amount of salary every month, knock off at a fixed time everyday, doing the same thing everyday and leading the same robotic life over and over again. I want to be successful, I want to be rich and I want someone who will take care and love me for the rest of my life, making me cry no more. Someone who will outlive me.

I wanna live happily after ever !

Sad dinner

My dinner sucks !

My self-made dinner sucks !

My self-made, home-alone dinner sucks !

My self-made, home-alone, Saturday nite dinner sucks !


Dessert was 5 pre-prepared, just boil red bean dumplings.

Meow !

Came across this stray kitty near my place. Isn't it cute with its lying posture ?

Frankie the Hunk !

Isn't he dashing ?

First heard of his name when he sang a duet （流言）with Vivian Chow in 1993. The fresh looking and boy-next-door look with those funny 1980s hair-do on his head looked a tart bit weird on him and hence he was not really recognised as the A-list leads in HK then.

12 years later, he seemed to look more charming and manly ! Especially in the Armed Reaction 4 HK drama series !

Everything is Beautiful

...if you perceive it so. Happy moments are pure joy to me !!

New Hobby

Renting or buying drama serials used to be a no-no for me as I perceive it a waste of financial resources. Not until I "craved" for the 4th installment of the popular HK Armed Reaction series and went to my nearest Rent-A-Drama store to satisfy my urge (what a phrase to use!!).

And it is a tie for both the latter and 2004 Korean series, Full House, starring Rain & Song Hae Gyo. I am engrossed in both shows right now, even though I have completed Armed Reactions 4.

Watching Korean & especially HK dramas can be so therapeutic and time consuming, yet a good way to spend a long, boring day (nights for me actually, as I am usually free to watch the series after work). HK dramas are also not as tragic as her Korean counterparts, except for Full House and usually have exciting and mysterious plots. I like !

Love at 1st Sight ?

How many people actually believe in "love at first sight" or something similar ? Maybe not exactly "love" at the very first time you set your eyes at someone foreign, but to me, it is always true that once you meet a stranger for the first time, be it your friend's friend, new colleague etc, male or female, young or old, you will either like or dislike that person.

One's best friends, very close friends or long-time pals are usually those whom one like or love at their very first meetings.

Similarly, for the opposite sexes, looks do matter, especially for the guys. Guys fall for cute, lovable, sweet, busty, slim or beautiful girls when they see girls of those "qualities". On the hind side, not-so-attractive, not-so-slim, not cute, figure-less or plain girls are not that popular with the men.

Those (like your schoolmates, teachers, bosses, colleagues, neighbours or fair-weathered friends) who don't like your face or whatevers will be those who will torture (aka ter-kan) you or not pay you any reasonable attention. Yes, life is that unfair to those less attractive. The better-looking or better-off ones often tend to get away a whole lot easier.

But, what to do ?

Coral Sea

Hearing Jay Chou's Shan Hu Hai makes me sad. Especially the chorus....

It's a sad love song relating a pair of lovebirds sitting by the sea. And as both started to leave, back facing each other, the words "break-up" is not uttered, yet they had to leave each other...

It is in Jay's latest Mandarin release and one of his more popular R & B love ballads.

Armed Reaction 4

This Armed Reaction 4 HK drama produced in year 2003 is very exciting and thrilling ! I think I prefer Hong Kong thrillers or mystery dramas to sobbing Korean shows lately... a good start to a fresh beginning !!

Cheerios to the Armed Reaction series ! I hope that TVB will come up with Part 5 of this series soon ! :D

Ulterior Motives

When people whom you have lost touch with for quite a number of years suddenly calls you out of the blue for a cuppa or a meal, what comes to your mind ?

a) he or she is currently a financial planner / personal banker/ insurance agent aka pest
b) he or she is doing sales
c) he or she is into the MLM business
d) he or she seriously wants to keep in touch with you

Out of these 4 possible reasons I can think of at this moment, I did experience a few a's and c's and all of them are my Poly & Secondary School friends/classmates/schoolmates.

Irriating !!!

I feel empty

Today is the day I turn 2X years old. This shall be the last year I look forward to spending my birthday with friends. Well, I am afraid of growing old day by day, year by year. How superficial I am, you say ! Yeah, I know I am vain but which woman isn't ??

I started my day at half past 11 in the morning by going for a free facial at a certain beauty salon in town, courtesy of my friend H who just signed up for a certain bank's credit card. I should say that the service was reasonably good, the shoulder and face massage was superb and the staff there are friendly (at least to me). The managress even wished me "Happy birthday" and added that she'll offer another 10% discount for me if I sign up for one of the packages she had planned for me (as usual!!). Politetly, I smiled and lamented that I would consider first. Phew ! Luckily, she was not that pushy.

Come afternoon, 3 of my friends from school and myself sang our hearts out in K-Box at Orchard Cineleisure, took some funny pics and then proceeded to Hard Rock Cafe for dinner.

Although I know that November is the month of many people's birthdays, be it people I know or celebrities like Ethan Hawke (6 Nov), Courtney Thorne-Smith (8 Nov), Bonnie Raitt (8 Nov), Demi Moore (11 Nov), Leonardo DiCaprico (11 Nov), Shawn Yu Man Lok (13 Nov), British Prince Charles (14 Nov), local Mediacorp artiste Chew Chor Meng (20 Nov), HK artiste Vivian Chow, I never knew that there are at least 5 or 6 people's birthdays today dining at Hard Rock ! We all share the birthday on the great 8th day of November ! Scorpions rule !!

There were even live band performances dedicating English songs to those who are spending their birthdays in the restuarant and the dimly-lit ambience was just nice and romantic for courting couples enjoying fine dining there. Jen or Joe even spotted a guy on bended knees with a bunch of red roses, presumbly prosposing to his girlfriend ! We assumed that the lucky girl had agreed to his "proposal" as they both hugged and had a brief kiss shortly after. What a romantic way to ask for a girl's hand in marriage !

Just as I felt happy for the elated couple, clouds of loneliness and emptiness overcame me. After all these years of waiting for the right guy, he came along and was the one who treated me the best. However, it was just not meant to be.

It's My Birthday Today !

I dunno if I should be happy or sad right now...

Happy becoz it's my birthday, a day I used to look forward to celebrate with my dear old friends from school and my old bf. He is not with me anymore and I am still not used to this fact.

Every year since I was 13, there is this wonderful group of chums from school who will never fail to spend this day, if not, earlier with me. All because my family dun have the habit of celebrating birthdays at home. I will make sure I celebrate my children's and my hubby's birthdays when I have my own little family in the future :)

From the years 2000 to 2004, the boyfriend used to spend this special day with me without fail too. There'd be a nice dinner, lovely presents and a night to remember. He even single-handledly organised my 21st birthday chalet for me and gave me unforgettable memories and tears. I can still remember after that chalet, we won 4D (starter prize only) and it was just nice enough to cover the cost for the chalet and food. All my 4D wins were associated with him. I dun seem to have any luck now in striking 4D, Toto or whatever lottery :(

Sad for I know that I am no longer young and from __ years onwards, a woman's going downhill. Especially so for a sadly single lady like me. I even comtemplated not celebrating my birthday from next year onwards to "hide" my age ! But the usual gang who do so already knows my actual age ! Gosh ! What am I uttering here now???

My birthday resolutions/wishes this year is to :

1) Find a good job with a fat pay cheque, cool-looking male colleagues and a charming boss !
2) Find a good boyfriend with a fat wallet, cool-looking but no need too handsome and with a charming personality
3) Eat more, do more yoga & gym !
4) Get to earn more money so I can contribute to my mother more and travel more !
5) Strike 4D & Toto more !!!
and last but not least,
6) Hope for World Peace, Good Health and Happiness to Everyone out there !!

But seriously, all I hope for my birthday is to be happy always. What's the point of myself having good health when I dun have any loved ones with me ?? All I want is just to have someone who loves me for who I am, can tolerate all my nonsense and who will be there for me till I die....

KL Trip Pictures, 02-04 Nov '05

Beautiful sunset from Tuas Checkpoint towards JB....

The Petronas Twin Towers / KLCC

KL's Chinatown aka Jalan Petaling Street Night Market

Cheap, good Chinese food ! Glorious food !

The King of All Fruits, Durians

Selamat Hari Raya Puasa Greetings !

All About Love (2005)

While watching this a few hours ago, I cried truckloads of tears at the cinema. Ok, maybe not exactly truckloads, but a decent amount of tears did make their way down my cheeks.

It was a sad, intriguing tale of love lost and the memories that bind us. An old fashioned romance tear-jerker on loss, regret and redemption, done to precision. This movie somehow connects with the audience (yours truly) well and reminded me many a sad memories.

Those few hospital scenes, coupled with both Charlie Young's and Charlene Choi's deep breathing and very last moments on their deathbeds struck a chord in me. It clearly describes how a terminally ill person feels and how the latter do not wish to die. A tragic romantic tear-jerker that is comparable to any Korean or Taiwanese drama anytime !

Single, Picky Girl

Her weekly articles in the local New Paper are my favourites, besides Sunday Times chief editor's Sumiko Tan's in the past recent months. Why is that so ? I deduce that we have ONE thing in common, which is being a single, picky girl. The writer of this book also has another similar trait as me, that is, we both share the same birthday (not the same year though!)

I just purchased her book, newly launched in Border's bookstore and I believe that it will be my daily read for the next few days or weeks to come.

My Maiden KL Trip

Yes, I do agree that I am sua-ku. I did pass by KL when I went to Genting and Hatyai but never really travel around the Malaysian capital. Heard of her many wonderful shopping malls and food streets stalls but never really know that place.

I shall be going there tomorrow till Friday. Bless me and my 2 friends a safe and wonderful trip yah ??