I did it!

I succeeded the Mt Kinabalu climb!!! I've never been so excited!

Though I was slightly disappointed to not make it in time for the sunrise at the summit, I'm just as glad! Major accomplishment!!!

I'm so going to go again soon!!!

Mt Kinabalu

I'm so freaking nervous! I'm going to Sabah tomorrow, and going to climb Mt Kinabalu the day after tomorrow. omg. I really hope I"ll have an okay time climbing. I will not say easy cos I know it aint gonna be easy.

My left knee is aching as I type. My back feels like it's gonna snap when I sneeze. Though I'm in a bad shape, I know I'm not going to regret going to Mt Kinabalu. I gotta preserve to the submit! I know it's going to be gorgeous. So I really can't wait!!!

I'm so freaking lazy to pack. There's still tomorrow! hehe.

Okay if I make it to the top, I gonna be give my family a super duper good treat!!! May I survive the climb!!!

SEPANG!!!

I was so excited that I couldn't video properly. hahahha! At least I got the start and the "end" of the start!

I love Sepang circuit!!! It'll be my fav for now! Love how there was soooo many overtaking actions! And I was so excited throughout the race. Never a dull moment!

AND Sebastian Vettel rocks!!!

Poor elephants

I do not want to act like a super righteous bitch. But the elephants in Chiang Mai elephant camp are really very poor thing. They get clawed at by those rods with sharp ends to perform stunts. So cruel.

But, I guess this is the livelihood of the Chaing Mai people. The best that we, as tourist, is to NOT buy elephant products, or support their show. Regretfully, I've done both before. I bought an elephant task necklace years ago when I was pri5. I highly suspect it's fake though. haha!

The elephants were made to perform stupid stunts.

And they were used to get tips.
The elephants were really cute though. But I would rather see them in the wild, or on BBC knowledge (my favourite TV show now! cos of the apprentice! and top gear!)
This was taken in Laos. The people there were selling snake and many other creepy insect tonic. Looks damn gross!!! I'm amazed by how they "arrange" the snakes/ insects in the bottle.

The saddest thing is not the elephant, or the snake. It's the cute little Thai girls in long neck village. It's so sad that they're used as "display" for tourists.

The ladies/girls are made to weave all day. Maybe they're happy with their lives. And maybe, if we exchange positions, maybe they'll feel damn sian with my life (which I'm currently feeling).

I'm in no position to judge what's cruel and what's not. Just sincerely hope that the elephants get a good meal after their day of hard work. The snakes had lived a meaningful life. And maybe, the girls in long neck village are very happy showing the world their special culture.

Guess I might be the only one who's not happy.

p.s. BUT, I'm okay with my life now. Not fantastically happy, but satisfactorily happy.

p.s.s This is cos, I'm going to Sepang for F1!!!! WHEE!!!!

Separation & death

A friend's mother got into a car accident and she died after a few days of struggling in ICU.

A doctor from my dept is returning to her country. I really like her! A very humble doctor.

So sian that all good things come to an end.

Then again, an end to something good, is the beginning to another wonderful something.

Randall Tan!!!

Yes I met Randall Tan today!!! No, I did not join mediacorp, or the noose, as what my dajie said. haha! I'm not Barberella Sharon Lee.

So how did I meet him? He was invited to our web based/iphone app media launch. He's Prof's patient! I'm not leaking out anything confidential. Go see tonight's news or the papers tomorrow!

He was our so called spokesperson for the app. If you've rheumatoid arthritis like us (YES me too!), go to our mobilecare website @ https://mobilecare.sgh.com.sg. It's easy to sign up and you can start immediately!

What I like about Randall is that he has no celebrity air AT ALL!!! He was so sorry when he turned up slightly late for our media launch. But that's cos SGH is under some renovation, so everywhere is quite messy. He was so flustered and was sweating profusely! And I saw him whipped out a hankie!!! So cute!!! Which guy in this world still use a handkerchief???

He attracted the media's attention throughout the press conference. I love the way he talks! So eloquent! And he sincerely promoted our app. Good job!

I'm a teenage fan crazy girl once more. Yes I was the first to request for this pic. Then my senior asked him for one too. HAHA! I'm not paiseh when it comes to this kind of weird request. haha! After all, I've asked Andy lau (a very blur shot), 5566 (who turned me down) before! hehe.

What a good day it has been! Credit to my brilliant prof and IT team for bringing this all together!

Chiang Mai

I wanna blog about Chiang Mai! But I've no pictures. They're all in my old laptop. Just a quick one. I love Chiang Mai, despite the super hot weather.

I was so wrongly dressed! Can you imagine, I wore fake leather jacket, jeans and boots for a weather like Singapore?! HAHA! Epic fail. Then on the day we went to the mountain top, I wore a tube dress and slippers. Almost slipped and fall on the way to the water fall. HAHA! Double fail.

Okay nothing else that's interesting in my life.

I don't exactly like my job. But I admire my prof and the doctors! They're super cool people. I wanna be one too. In my next life. HAHA! For now, I just wanna enjoy life! hehe.

Friends.

Post presentation celebration with my favorite colleagues! (Okay they're more of friends).

On a sad note, one is leaving and I can sense more (including myself) leaving after our 1 year contract. Work wise, it has been a horrible one year. But I'm really glad to have made some good friends!

Cheers to friendship!

On a side note, Jeffrey bought a mouse for me! My new pet. hehe!

A logitech wireless laser mouse. I love it! My high tech pet. hahaha!

Countdown to mt kk

Less than 2 months. As I intensify training, I got hit by all sorts of chronic pain. Freaking sian. My left knee started to ache on Friday. (Took MC!). Then yesterday, my back ached! Every time I sneeze, laugh or bend down, it's damn painful.

I don't need any sympathy. I just wanna get well and get on with the climb!!! Can I do it??? I sure hope I do. There's no way I'm forfeiting the climb! Please wish me with lots and lots of good luck!!!!!

Scenic pic!

I wanna blog about Chiang Mai but the pictures are in another laptop. So I shall blog with whatever pictures I've! haha. Which means, the pictures are those taken with my handphone.

Outside my home. Nice right? Look at the birds. Guess what species they're.
Parrots!!! Yes green parrots. Very lovely.
Selatar! My fav place for evening walks!!!

Okay that's about it.

Yeah I've been pretty angsty nowadays. No I don't PMS. Yes it's work. Can't stand certain people. Their work ethics suck. I also can't stand those "qian bian" colleagues. I wanna puke at the sight of their faces. hahaha! Yeah I'm mean. SO WHAT?! hahaha.

Pics before paris

NO, I do not miss my lil sis so much that I've to put her pictures here. haha! I managed to transfer pictures from my phone to the monster!

Here are the pictures taken on the 1st & 2nd day when I got my phone. 2nd day is the day I flew to Paris!

Saha looking like a baby.
Popo!!! Miss her.
Popo again! And shermeen. See how amused Popo was over that missy. haha!
Missy and I!
My baby! Should have brought it to Paris.
I rmb Saha was so sulky! This pic is so fake. hahaha! She always like that one. Sulk whenever I go overseas. I didn't even sulk when she went Seattle.
Dajie and I! Same bangs!
Family plus an intruder. haha!
Intruder and I!
Finally Paris!
p.s. On my fb, I said I'm going to eat grass for the next few months. It's so true cos....

Shermeen and I are flying to SEATTLE!!!!!! =)))))))))

My monster

I do love my monster. Jeffrey gave me a monster. hahahaha. I was such a brat to whine about the heavy and bulky monster. But as my dad just said, cheap things no good, good things no cheap. $2.7K monster for V day. I'm amazed.

Thanks loads!!! =)

I KNOW WHY I GOT MONDAY BLUES.

Cos Chelsea won!!! 0-4!!! The blues are back!!!!!!!!!!! Whee!!!

Monday blues

Yes the blues hit me real hard today. But, I'm sure something awesome has happened during the day. Mental block. I can think of a thousand things that went wrong. Gotta think of something good!!! Jialat. Are things that bad? Seems like it. Nothing worth smiling over. There has got to be something.

Shit I guess it has been a really bad day. Not even pineapple tarts can perk me up. And worse of the worst, I don't feel any CNY mood. Real sad. Is tomorrow going to be a repeat of today?

Samuel's wedding!

My ang pow! Not a lot of money, but still enough to make me broke. haha!

I swear my life is damn miserable now cos I've no money.

Just paid up for my Mt Kinabalu trip! haha.

So no more big ticket item/spending!!!

Anyway, CONGRATS samuel!!! We've always know you'll be the first. haha!

Hope you'll have MANY kids!!! I wanna go to ur home! House warming pls!!!
This picture is extremely deceiving! hahaha. I'm not as slim as I seem to be.

I'm like a magician. hahaha! Like in breaking the magician code (my fav show now!!!)

I think I sort of overdressed. hahaha! But I love the dress!!! From H&M HK. Bought it when Jeff abandoned me in HK. hahaha! Okay not really abandon but I was so sick of him I asked him to buzz off. Really!!! So he went to Victoria Peak alone, while I went to H&M and Mongkok. It was fun. I got to eat all my fav food!!! Fried pork big intestine!!!! Xu liu san dessert!!! hehe. SHIOK! okay back to the wedding.

GIP Atlanta reunion!

It was awkwardly fun. So I like it!!!

I can't emphasize how much I miss GIP.

And I can almost swear with my life, that it was the BEST time of my life!!!!!!!!!! EVER.

Love u, Atlanta!!!

Jeff and I! Glad we got a decent picture together.

I wonder who's next???

Why no iPhone?

I'm still using a dummy Nokia phone. Contrary to it's name, I think it's a very smart phone! Cos it helps me to save money.

As an easy and smart traveler (HAHA! pls give me credit to something I'm good at), I know mobile phone charges can be insanely high! Thus, my phone doesn't work overseas!!! Thanks for helping me to save money! I can't sms at all, and I'm unsure about calling. Whenever I need to call home, I"ll just find a public phone!

Also recently, a friend of mine incurred a super high amount of data roaming charges! Madness! I'll go berserk if that happens to me.

So, I shall stick to my very smart Nokia phone, till the end of its time.

p.s. I know data roaming can be turned off. And it's pointless to bring a non-working phone overseas. BUT I like it. haha! Yeah I don't quite make sense. Whatever! haha.

From the camera

My Gareth Gates poster!!! It's time to be thrown away.

It was my precious, stuck with bluteck on the wall.

Its time has come.

Good bye, Gareth Gates.

My lovely Carrot Cake.
Got his signature!!! I used to be mad over him, (guess I still am).

Went for his autograph session.

I swear he likes me! Cos he threw his towel at one sis( sally), and this poster(shermeen) at another. haha!

I wish I had given him a rose and told him "I love u". Cos it was on 13th feb 2004, a day before valentine's day!
This is given by Shuling! So pretty to eat.

Thus, gotta take a picture before eating.

Appreciate her artwork!
Small cute gingerbread!!!

The following 2 dresses are for Pam to see! haha. Both from H&M, HK.
I love this green dress! It's my backup dress cos it's slightly larger.
I love this red one!!! But it's almost impossible for me to wear it. Too tight!!!

I wanna wear it for Samuel's wedding, on the 16thjan.

I got 10days to do the impossible! haha.

Karting!!! In China!

GUESS where am I???
In Zhuhai, china! We went to Zhuhai for a day trip. The main reason of going there was actually to shop. But, shopping is soooooooooo boring!!!

I'm so glad Jeff found out about the racing track!!! Freaking awesome place! Can forget about going to Kartright (Singapore) forever!
The helmets are sooooooo new! haha! Seems like karting is an expensive sport for the locals.

And don't have to wear stupid hairnet. Gotta wear one in Kartright.

Typical tourist pose!
I love the cars! Damn fast!!! Think it's 270cc.
Nope that's not my car. Looks like an F1 car! But think it's A1. Not too sure.
The karting track! It's so much easier and smoother to drive! Gotta brake only a few times! At the sharp corners. Singapore's track is so tiny that there're so many corners. Need to brake every time!

The stig? HAHA! fake one.



Another typical touristy pose. haha!
That's the mini bike! Can ride on it! I've no idea how thou. It's so tiny!
GUESS where we're???
Eskimo cafe! Saha said it's the same as the one in Singapore!
Back to Macau. Fisherman whaft.
Old rundown housing estate. Nothing like the glamorous casinos.
Macau is all about racing too! Unfortunately, the grand prix museum was closed on Tuesday. And we were there on that day.


Look like vegas desert? haha! The outskirts of Macau have nothing, but these bare plants.
We hiked for half an hr to the race track in Macau. BUT, it's closed for an international karting event!!! Damn sian. We walked so far to kart, and it's closed!!!

But, it's damn cool to be at an international racing event!!!


Finally some Macau food!!!

My relationship with Macau/Zhuhai is a love-hate one. Casinos are way too smoky. And way too many of them. BUT, I love it that both places are so racing-orientated!!! F1 to Macau again please!!!!