you electrify my life.

So here we are, hitting the end of 2008 very soon, which very much means the end of my long leave as well. The feeling of going back to work sucks, but at the same time, seeing everyone again isn't that bad at all.

Had another day out with R yesterday. It was initially supposed to be Guitar Hero World Tour day with the colleagues at my place, but my Xbox decided to give way just a couple of days before. Since that one didn't go through, we decided to just hit the malls for some crazy post-Christmas sale shopping and a movie.

After hearing R's constant ravings about the boots at Zara which she really wanted, I was concocting a plan to pick them up before she could and pass them to her, which ended up with me meeting Samson's bro, who just so happens to work at that very same branch! Met up with the nice chap in the early afternoon, picked up the boots feeling all red-faced at the counter cos of the choice of item, and spent the rest of the time shopping and having a coffee. R finally arrived shortly after 4pm, and it was almost comical how she was happily screaming away with her half-broken voice when she saw them. I think the people around were wondering what the hell was going on though.. LOL.

After that was more shopping, only this time with R, but we ended up not getting anything cos all that was left from the sale either didn't fit or wasn't much of a looker. Dinner at Waraku was next, and oh boy, that's the last time I'm ever having anything more than one of their set meals. After being defeated by the Maggie Goreng Pattaya the previous day, I thought I wouldn't be coming across a situation like that again, but whoa the Tempura was just too much.. Caught Bedtime Stories with an extremely bloated stomach after that.. Great movie full of laughs and crazy stuff! And of course, how could we forget a dose of TCC after such a long time!

Putting a smile on someone's face has never been so fulfilling before, and although we had to get the boots swapped for one size bigger in the end, haha at least we still got the boots.. LOL.

Wrapping Up Christmas

Woohoo this year's Christmas couldn't get any better! Although it was a long and tedious process, organising the whole Citiphone Christmas Lunch turned out to be quite fruitful after all, with almost everyone turning up for a great buffet lunch at the Conrad. The international buffet there is fantastic, I must say. Loads of crayfish and prawns were the main highlight on my plates for the entire afternoon.. LOL.

Anyway, as if that wasn't enough, went down to Harry's after that and spent the afternoon chatting away with some good pals from the office over multiple mugs of beer, cocktails, and mocktails. Then it was off to Wala Wala, where we spent the night being fascinated by Fion's strange hamster-like lumps on the side of her cheeks everytime she smiled. Very intriguing indeed..

Well anyway, the next day, which would have been yesterday, the eve of Christmas, I made a trip down to Swee Lee and finally picked up that Boss GT-10! I totally love what I'm hearing so far, and the possibilities seem endless! It's like having a whole chain of pedals without all that hassle of wires, power supplies, daisy chains etc etc. And then, it was Wala Wala AGAIN, but this time it was for the Unxpected Christmas, and it was Asri dbassbitch's last day with the band. For those not in the know, The Unxpected perform at Wala Wala every Thursday and Saturday, and they sure kick some ass! Great headbanging hits came out one after the other, with strange renditions of Christmas songs after midnight as well.

And as if that still wasn't enough, I'll be back at Wala again on saturday, this time to celebrate Neil's birthday. LOL that's gonna be something worth seeing... Muaahhaahahah!!


Claryse and me!


Renee, me, and Rikka.


Fion and me!


LOL WTF.


WTF WTF WTF! LOL.

Wala ramblings

Just got home from another happening night at Wala.. No matter how many times I visit the place, there's always something new and exciting happening. LOL today's eyesore of the day was this dude who was supposed to be getting married within the week, so he was there celebrating his last week of "bachelorhood". Needless to say, Shirlyn got him up on stage to dance to Queen's I Want To Break Free, and he started running his own stripshow. An eyesore, but it was funny as hell nonetheless.

Christmas is coming up by the way, and I'm yet to get that gift I'm supposed to be passing to my gift exchange partner at Christmas lunch this year.. It's not a difficult one, in fact it's very clearly stated what she wants.. Just a matter of getting off my lazy ass to pick it up in the coming days.

I Just Want You.

Ozzy Osbourne - I Just Want You

There are no unlockable doors
There are no unwinnable wars
There are no unrightable wrongs
Or unsignable songs

There are no unbeatable odds
There are no believable gods
There are no unnameable names
Shall I say it again, yeah

There are no impossible dreams
There are no invisible seams
Each night when the day is through
I don't ask much
I just want you

I just want you

There are no uncriminal crimes
There are no unrhymable rhymes
There are no identical twins
Or forgivable sins

There are no incurable ills
There are no unkillable thrills
One thing and you know it's true,
I don't ask much
I just want you

I just want you
I just want you
I just want you

I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired
I used to go to bed so high and wired, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I think I'll buy myself some plastic water
I guess I should have married Lennon's daughter, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

There are no unachievable goals
There are no unsaveable souls
No legitimate kings or queens,
Do you know what I mean, yeah

There are no indisputable truths
And there ain't no fountain of youth
Each night when the day is through,
I don't ask much

I just want you.

facing up.

Sometimes I think it might be better to wake up from this nightmare that is torturing me everyday, but at the same time I'm also enjoying every single minute of it. I want to take a step out the door into that whole new world, but I keep stopping myself from opening it simply because I refuse to let go of something that I cannot see, at least until now, I think.

There can never be another one that amazes me this way. There can be others that amaze me just as much, but never in the same way, and I am thankful that we crossed paths. That very fact keeps me from walking away, but it's just a matter of time, and that time is now.

Glasses glasses.

So now that we're coming to the end of the year, I suddenly realised that I had not utilised my flexi-dollars which the company grants to us for use on miscellaneous stuff like insurance, prescription optics etc etc. Seeing that I had about $397 in my account to use, I proceeded down to the optical store to shop for those Ray Bans that I had always been wanting to get. And since it was Christmas season, everything was on sale! Now I'm a happy camper with 2 new pairs of Ray Bans, and they're all paid for by the company!

While we're on the topic of glasses, caught Bolt in 3D today with R. One of the better animated films I've seen recently I must say, and the 3D glasses really made the film stand out. We, however, looked totally silly in them. LOL.

chasing shadows

In my efforts to make sure this blog does not stagnate once more like what I used to do, I thought it might be time for an update..

The past week or so has more or less been slow moving, with R and others falling sick and nearly losing their voices at work. Honey has never been more of a staple at work. Then there's the problem of moving into a brand new month as well, which means its open season for those god-damned people to call and ask for a waiver of this, waiver of that. Seriously, Singaporeans can never be happy with what they have. Somehow they must always have what that person has, must have the latest piece of shit on the shelf, must do what that person's doing, must follow the crowd even though it could just be leading to another suicide bomber (which I really wouldn't mind sometimes..)

Well anyway, yeah. A friend told me the other day how she admired my courage and perseverance in the recent developments. I'm not sure about that though.. Surely there has to be a time to relent and leave things the way it is, but I just can't bring myself to do it. I think I might have lost myself in the process. Gotta find the way back and set things straight..