Thursday, August 31, 2006

taking a break


I'm taking a short hiatus from my salsa classes.

I'm tired.

As pointed out by Dawn, we've been rushing for classes at JJ for 10 Saturdays in a row. Wow.

This means I have not been sleeping in for 10 Saturdays.
No wonder I'm beat.

I need time to:

1. Catch up on sleep (i sleep an average of 4 to 5 hours daily only. I am seriously expiring.)
2. Do "maintenance" for zz (she's one smelly doggy now)
3. Play piano
4. Talk to my family
5. Do hair/face/nail maintenance
6. Go shopping
7. Yum Cha

Blah blah blah.

Yea, that's it. I need a break.

My life is too full.
But no worries, i'll still go Union though. :)

XxX,

audrey at 12:00

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006

strawberries and popcorn, cupcakes and quail eggs


Went to Great World for lunch today...And bought myself a punnet of strawberries (yes, the correct term is "punnet") AND microwaveable popcorn!!!

So fun!

Now I can make popcorn in the office...while waiting for my email to download!

Not!

Hahaha.


Anyway, Joel aka Mr Pandan Cake aka Pop it, pop it, Pop the popcorn" was super excited at the prospect of popcorn in the office.

He decided to come help me watch the microwave do the work. Hehehe. Yeah, just dump the bag into the microwave and wait for 2.5mins and we're good to go.

Look at his greedy face!!! Someone is going to get fat soon! hehehe.


Yeah...that's Joel alright.

He's Priscilla's successor!

*evil laughter*

XxX,

audrey at 14:40

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Monday, August 28, 2006

oreo cheesecake

Guess what I did yday?



We (yes amazingly, it’s a “WE”), meaning me and jp, decided to make cheesecake..








A no-bake oreo cheesecake to be exact.
Heehee.

How did it turn out? Well, I would say it turned out quite well.

It was an excellent result for a girl who’s idea of cooking constitutes of frying eggs and instant noodles. Jp can’t cook either, just in case you were wondering.
He just wanted to mess up the place and stir stuff.

haha.


Not bad lah, can try the recipe if you like.
But go easy on the cheese and whipped cream. :)

XxX,

audrey at 12:18

3 lamb droppings




Friday, August 25, 2006

of the days gone by...

Yday I took the bus home from Bugis with jp.
It’s been a very very very long time since I last took a bus home from anywhere.

I took the 170 from Sim Lim, alighted at the Customs and walked home.

Why, I felt like I was 16 again.
Strolling hand-in-hand along a beaten track covered with dead leaves with nary a soul in sight…there was even a yellow lighted lamp post under which we stood for a moment.

It’s been so long since I walked around my neighborhood. Think the last time I walked along that path was when I was 14?


Wow. Time really flies.

I remember running down that very path everyday during Primary school. Me and my friends would be either holding on to a 20cent popsicle or a bottle of coke, pick at the weird plants along the way, throw sticks at the jumbu tree to make the fruits fall when in season and fight with the boys.

Yes, I was quite the tomboy when I was younger.
Can’t tell hor? Hehe.


Thinking back brings a nice woozy feeling to my tummy…the memory of the days when time was not a treasured commodity. Now, 24hrs a day is just not enough. I need at least 36!

Sigh.


I miss climbing trees. I want to go exploring giant canals and get mud all the way to my knees catching crabs at the seaside behind my house. I want to find the haunted ruin in the mini forest along the jetty.


I want to be a little girl again.

But it’s okay. I relived the moments again yesterday as I walked down the path with jp.

XxX,

audrey at 11:11

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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

O.R.D


It's Desmond's last day today in my company. The dodo happily dropped the bomb on my yesterday. In fact, he hit me with a stack of papers while exclaiming very excitedly that he had "a secret" to tell me.

Right.

Thanks Desmond, I have to clear up your SCB CC Privileges and DSO looooorrrrrr!!!

Actually, I think the seat he is sitting on is cursed. So far, everyone who has sat there has left the company. Hmmm..BAD FENG SHUI!!!



See? They all become mad after a while.


Hahaha.

XxX,

audrey at 18:16

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A kid in Candyland




Went for my first networking session yday with jp, desmond and his sis (who conveniently decided not to show up) at Outback Restaurant at Millenia Walk.



I have decided that I don’t like networking sessions.
The people are all so fake…and sleazy. I can’t believe I met a sleazy dentist. Urgh.
People in the medical profession should be the last people on earth i expect to be sleazy.

Anyway, after we had our nibbles, we made a quick exit and headed for my favourite sweet shop in SG..which is directly opposite Outback. It's called Candy Empire. Aptly named, I would say. Hehe.


The selection there is FANTASTIC. Can you believe we bought like $40+++ worth of chocolates and cookies? I really felt like a kid let loose in candyland man.

Hahaha. Madness.

This is us, very pleased with our Bailey's Fudge... Ta Da!

Desmond was not quite amused by both jp and my antics in the shop though. He kept a safe distance from us and rather reluctantly took photos for us.


Hahaha.

But we were a little more than disappointed after opening the box.


We went to the jazz lounge at Ritz after that.



Hmm. I had a Coco Jambo (which incidentally, is VERY yummy), jp had a Daiquiri (which was freaking sour. *bleah*).


Desmond had a Barcardi Gold, double on the Rocks. That straw-like thing he is holding is actually the stirrer btw. Hahahaha. And don't you think he looks like a chipmunk in this shot?


Here we are...in our favourite pose. Okay, okay...MY favourite pose. hehe.

XxX,

audrey at 12:17

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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

i love salsa!

Went down to Union yday and danced non-stop from 920 to 1130.
Wah, salsa is really quite a good workout man.

Anyway, I was in the wrong footwear yday and guess what happened? The bloody shoe flew off halfway through the dance. I was dancing smack in the middle of the dance floor btw, in FULL VIEW of everyone.

Argh. Freaking embarrassing. Actually, I think the guy I was dancing with was more embarrassed than me because I screamed when the shoe went flying. Hahahaha.
Whatever.
I’m not going to stop wearing those shoes though. I can spin excellently in them.

I like salsa. A lot.

I like the fact that I can do stupid stuff now…like the wave, boogie and leg kicks. Haha. My feet have become faster! And I don’t need to listen out specifically for the beat…and that I don’t necessarily have to follow the standard (read: boring) 5,6,7,8 steps anymore to land on the right foot.

I’m so happy. Additionally happy because jp does rubbish with me while we salsa. :D

XxX,

audrey at 10:38

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Sunday, August 20, 2006

re: KL

Hello there.

Just received my CD from Mich yday with the KL pics. So here goes the update!

We reached KL like 5am in the morning and had absolutely nothing to do and nowhere to go. Until Boon had a brainwave...To go up the Petronas Tower. Apparently, the people at KLCC giveaway free tickets to the first 1000 people a day who are interested in going up the tower. Yes, this means looooong queues. We Qed for about an hour...but no matter, since we had more than enough time to kill.

Here a pic of us in the lift going up the tower. Just check out the number of buttons man.
Here's us, doing rubbish on the, er, 42nd floor's tower connector.

Left to right, me, mich, TH, boon and jp.

Here's me, trying to leapfrog over mich. Not bad huh, jp managed to catch me in midair. 1 try only too! Got potential. Hahahah.

Did you know that there have a "premier toilet" in KLCC? It's RM2 per entry! Wah, siao.

Here's us at the hotel swimming pool. Er, we were trying to do Bodycombat underwater. But i don't think the picture turned out that well. Hehe. But kudos to Mich for her camera's underwater sports pack.


Here's me and jp....being relatively bored in a hotel room while waiting for the others to get ready to go out...and the fact that I was stuck with a kilo of cherries that nobody else was interested in eating...we decided to take silly pictures. Cute ma? Heehee.Er, pillow fight. haha.
All in all, a really great trip! :) Can't wait to do it all again!

XxX,

audrey at 13:18

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Friday, August 18, 2006

Relocation

i spent an hour today trying to clear up my desk at work to move to a (damnit) smaller desk. This is all in line with my boss' master plan of branching out into eCommerce and putting me into the new online marketing division.

Whatever.
Who cares when you end up cramped and with a smaller desk. I had an L shaped desk previously ok! Bah.

Anyway, guess what I found when i was packing up my table?

Yes, that's right. Mouldy food. And no, what you see is not porridge or noodle.

It's actually furry bread.

Hahahahaha.

It smelt funny...think it's been so long that it's started to ferment and alcohol was being produced.

And yes, it's safely in the dustbin now.

Tsk, tsk. My bad.
I'm a sloppy person.

XxX,

audrey at 17:38

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Hollowing Out

So tired...
Seems like there's always something interesting to do or some nice place to go everyday after work. The only member of the family that I have seen this week is Zsazsa. :(

Yday, we were supposed to just hang out for dinner and ice cream...But somehow, we ended up at Ice Cold Beer eating their famous chicken wings and drinking randomly chosen beers.

FYI, i don't really like the beers at ICB. Rather flat lei. I think the beer at Brewerkz or Paulaners is so much better. But okay, this is besides the point.

Anyway, halfway through our 2nd mug of beer, Michelle arrived to whisk us off to HardRock.

I like HardRock on Thursdays. They play salsa music there pm Thursdays. I like the floor there...can spin very easily! But I think the waiters can do with a little more training to up their service levels.

Anyway, hung out yday til like 3am...by the time i fell asleep..it was nearly 4am.

God, i am completely bushed man. I feel like a walking zombie. In fact, I think i have been in a semi-zombie state for like 2 weeks already.

Michelle recently commented that my face was hollowing out. And that she could see my ribs.
Die lah. I'm losing weight at all the wrong places man. And I'm not even trying to get thinner!

And they say that sleeping less makes one fat. Doesn't seem to be working lei....!

XxX,

audrey at 10:52

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Thursday, August 17, 2006

a priceless beh conversation

This was my exchange with my brother on MSN earlier today.
Thought it was a simply priceless exchange of words. Stuff like this happens quite often in my family, as it seems.
:
:
:
Enjoy.
:
:
:
]ö?ße? says:
hello..
audrey says:
hello
]ö?ße? says:
haven't seen you a week liao..
audrey says:
wats up?
audrey says:
er, yeah
]ö?ße? says:
even though we live in the same house
audrey says:
er...
audrey says:
im gg blading on sun.
audrey says:
any consolation
audrey says:
?
]ö?ße? says:
i want to go too
]ö?ße? says:
yes its a consolation..
]ö?ße? says:
how was your trip
audrey says:
fantastic!
]ö?ße? says:
buy a lot ah
audrey says:
im not coming home tomo night lei
]ö?ße? says:
why
]ö?ße? says:
going to a chalet ah
audrey says:
yea
audrey says:
ill prob be back on sat late night
audrey says:
k lah
audrey says:
im knocking off le
audrey says:
see u when i see u lah
audrey says:
byebye
:
:
:
:
:
:
Typically irrelevant and nonsensical.
I love my brother. :)

XxX,

audrey at 18:55

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in the soup

omg.

I just realized that I have not checked one of my company email accounts for like, what, 1 month.

Best thing is, i didn't even set up the account in my outlook. In short, i totally forgot about it. Until my boss dropped me an email to my other account telling to clear my mail.

Apparently, all my citibank mail has been bouncing back. >_<

And now, my outlook is hanging because I have like at least 21MB of stuff to download. Great. And it's already 5.38pm now.

Damnit.

Least on the bright side, looks like i didn't miss much. I'm not in any soup...yet.

XxX,

audrey at 17:38

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Villa Bali


Went to Villa Bali yday with XR and Serene.
Highlight of the night was sitting inside XR's van...or rather, sitting in the back of XR's van, squashed together with his numerous vacuum cleaners, umbrellas and other freebies.

I felt like a caged animal. I felt like zsazsa. I know for fact that i don't like being in a cage and will never dance in a cage. Okay, maybe only if very drunk.

Anyway, the kitchen was closed by the time we finally reached Villa Bali...and the only choices left was finger food and/or pasta.

So, here's what we had.

Fried Calamari, fried rice balls with cheese filling, potato wedges and spicy meatballs.

Here's me, having a Mr Green...The drink is only so-so. Don't really recommend it.

Serene had a "Sexy Touch". Some drink with Malibu in it. Hmm..I didn't like it either. Tasted too much like coconut! Anyway, check out this pic. Macham got 5 arms hor? Hahaha.
Okay, ugly pic. But I think it's funny. Anyway, that my friend, is a fried rice ball with cheese filling. Yummy!!
This is XR, looking rather like a deranged spider. He was being greedy and took too large a bite. I think the cheese got him...hahaha.
Yup. Cheese is good.
This is me, completely stoned, after stuffing my face with so much food. Oh, i forgot to mention, before all this, I had a bowl of beef noodles at wisma first.

So yeah, totally zoned out and so totally in need of the gym.

XxX,

audrey at 11:32

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

shiny shoes, sunshine and rainbows

See what my dearest Dawn bought for me from HK?
A pair of shiny shoes!

I love them (even though they bite me)!

Dawn’s the best lah, i tell you. ehehehe. And it helps that we wear the same shoe size. Thanks Dawn!


Oh, oh! And Desmond has (finally?!) changed the color of his ciggies. His cigerettes are now black.

Does this make him more manly??? Wahahahaha. I just HAD to take his pic. He thinks he looks chubby in this pic btw. Doesn't really help with the new manly image, huh? :P


Ah, very good mood today.

Not very often do I get a "visitor" for lunch, you know. So touched wor. I guess sometimes it's really the little things that say the most. And I am so glad for the little things and so glad that it's never about the $ anymore.

Mmm..and the fact that i get to keep the 17" monitor I stole yday from Joel helps too!


*happy*

Kristen is right. My life is filled with sunshine and rainbows now.

XxX,

audrey at 12:00

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

KL

The trip to KL was simply awesome. Wow.
And Malaysians can really dance man. All those body isolations and shines. Wow! Very inspired to do more crazy moves on the dance floor now. Totally cool!

Ah, and the fact that a bf who salsas helps too.

Anyway, since I have zero photos…and Michelle is the one holding on to the camera with the memory card…I had no choice but to rip this pic off her blog. Sorry..will replace it once I get other pics.

JP, me, Mich, Boon and TH at 10am at some shopping center...just waiting.


Will update again.

XxX,

audrey at 14:54

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Thursday, August 10, 2006

National Day




Yesterday, I made a startling discovery:


Mich was right, and I was wrong.
I now know for a fact that I don't have that much bad karma.
I'm not confused anymore.
I lost a bet.
But I am happier than ever.


Guessed it yet?


That aside, here are some pics of the fireworks I saw on Monday at the fireworks competition.
Thanks to Gwen, we went to a "secret location"...best seats in the house i tell you.

Hehe. Here's Gwen and Johnny..Johnny is NOT gay btw. Don't know what wrong with all the men i know...but they seem to really like pretending to be gay. Incidentally, I think Johnny looks like Wilson. See the resemblance? I wonder if they are related. Hmm..Anyway, after the fireworks display...we headed down to Fuego..the newest salsa club in town. Rather small i would say. But not bad. :)
Here's me and JP at Fuego. Oh god! Just look at my arm! So FAT! No more Ben & Jerry's for me!

XxX,

audrey at 09:55

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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

funny mummy...

I kenna woken up by a phonecall from (get this!) my own mother last night. Now, I’m sleepy and am suffering a heavy head at work.

My mummy dearest called me at like 2am in the morning using my house phone when I’m just in my room. Apparently, it was raining cats and dogs and she wanted me to close my room window.

Now, it’s very confusing to receive a phonecall from your mother in the middle of the night just after you have drifted off to deep sleep. Especially if she starts speaking to you in a demanding way, you know, the where-the-hell-are-you?!!-it’s-late-so-get-back-here-NOW kind of tone when you really are already at home, tuck up tight in bed.

So! When I received the call, the first thought that popped up in my mind was...

“SHIT! Where the fuck am I? Is this not my bed that am I lying on?! Am I drunk??! Oh shit!!!?!”

Not a very fun thought, really. I mean, why can't she just like knock/bang/kick my door? She could also just try opening it for starters. But noooo, she had to call me.

Anyway, after that initial mental barrage, I woke up properly..because I was pelted by rain from my open window and by the fact that zsazsa was dashing around madly.
And then, after I got out of bed to close the window, zsazsa decided to start barking..maybe she thought my mom who was outside my room incidentally, an intruder.

I think my mom is damn funny. She just catches me off guard all the time.

Like the last time i was out late, she called me to tell me some "bad news". Apparently, the lock on my main door was spoilt and the entire family was locked in. And since it was already going on 1am, she calmly told me that maybe I should go spend the night at a friend's place since it was going to be quite difficult in getting a locksmith at this hour and that they'd call the guy to come in the next morning.

I mean, helllooo???!!

Where am I supposed go at this kind of timing man?!

Bah.
My mother. Really.

XxX,

audrey at 14:37

3 lamb droppings




Monday, August 07, 2006

excellent

I had a most fruitful weekend. Weekends packed with activity makes me happy. :)
Excellent. Every weekend should be like last weekend. Hehehe.

And why do I stay in the North and not the East? I love the East man, all the food, hangout spots, parks…Damnit! I want to shift house!

I want to be able to go blading without having to drive to ECP. I want to bring zz swimming! I want to go Punggol Park! Hahaha...

Sigh. I hope by the time i get married (if ever), I'll live in the East.

XxX,

audrey at 12:29

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Friday, August 04, 2006

Starting to look old

Okay, I am going to start investing in some miracle water, masks and all the exorbitantly-priced-previously-deemed-unnecessary-stuff from now.

I don’t want to look like I am “starting to look old”.

Thanks Desmond, you just made me feel like I’m a hundred years old, going on thousand lor.

Was trying to show off some of my chio friends to him on friendster when he suddenly commented that my chio friends was “starting to look old”.

Oh god! She’s like skinnier than me, with bigger eyes and a well-to-do bf lor. If she’s “starting to look old”, then I am what?

I know. A HAG!

Die, die, die. I’m majorly freaked. Need to spend money liao.

XxX,

audrey at 15:17

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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Being Single

I have been single for more than 2 months now. And guess what? I am really happy. Completely liberated. I am me again!

In fact, I’ve never felt better. I’m doing the things I really want, without having to answer to anyone. No obligations, no stress. Wow.
I never really expected to be quite so happy. I thought I’d be miserably lonely, pathetically abandoned and totally forlorn.

Surprise, surprise. I’m not! In fact, life couldn't be better! Life is great without rebounds! Hahahaha!

I don’t know if I feel this way (being overjoyed at being free) because the last relationship was so bad, or if it’s because it’s been too long since the last time I’ve had time to myself. Or perhaps, it could be that even I, the eternal romantic, has gotten weary of the dating game.

I don’t know. Playing games with people is tiring. Maybe I’ve grown up.

But really, dating should be fun. Being in love is fun. Being part of the 2 is definitely fun. So, why is everyone around me sounding so jaded? We really shouldn’t carry the emotional baggage from one relationship over to another. It should always be a fresh start since no 2 people are the same.

Yes, so the rest period is crucial. We need to become truly ourselves again, before we begin another journey with someone else.

So Alvin, if you happen to be reading this, take heart. Stop asking me if I have a new beau already. >_< color="#ff0000" size="5">people, start smiling! Life is too short to keep pondering over the "what ifs" and "should Is". It's too short to be serious all the time.

Just go do it! You'll never know if you don't try. It'll never be yours if you don't start. And it doesn't matter if you fail because it's no big deal.

Well, it's never a big deal in retrospect anyway.

Haha.

XxX,

audrey at 12:08

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