Muffin top

Guys, you need to learn this...:P

Spread the X'mas spirit

I like this new TVC from Coca Cola, makes you feel warm n fussy.. It's not the value of the gift but the joy of sharing that matters.... I love X'mas.

Quote for the day

Close your eyes and learn to see with your heart...

Our heart has the ability to see things in their purest form, without prejudice or hate. We must learn to trust our heart because our heart won't beat for no reason.

Brilliant - Sony launches pyramid spot

New Dove Campaign - Onslaught

But i still prefer "evolution"

Little things in life

As u aged, u learn to appreciate the little things in life. Like hanging out with the babes for a nice dinner and drinks, dinner with family, chilling out with colleages/frens, reading a book on a lazy Sunday, the bus ride from home/ back home, teabreaks(during office hours) with esther, a hug, a nice date, a nice movie...

Life is good...

EXAMs...

I hate this 4 letter word, i seriously think that studies stresses me out more than work. Just had my International business on monday, not good, will be happy to get a pass... Took 2 days leave to study for my next paper - marketing management and planning... but i cant seems to concentrate, as soon as i pick up the book my mind starts to wander. Yes tt is y i am actually writing my blog instead of studying... ok need to have more self discipline..

Got to FOCUS.... urghhh

Blockbuster of the year - Kajor

The long awaited blockbuster - this was taken during our company trip to phuket in June.. Enjoy

Commitment.....

Commitment is a big word... the definition in the dictionary states:
1. the act of committing.
2. the state of being committed.
3. the act of committing, pledging, or engaging oneself.
4. a pledge or promise; obligation:
5. engagement; involvement:
6. perpetration or commission, as of a crime.
7. consignment, as to prison.
8. confinement to a mental institution or hospital:

Not sure when but I seems to be having commitment phobic now. Commitment is like tinted glasses, they change the way you view Love. It adds a layer of responsibility, trust, expectations, needs, wants and desire on top of that pure love. When all this are on top of Love, somehow love just isn't that simple anymore. And worse of all we, woman, has constant "expectation" of our man, he must be caring, why didn't he call when he knows i am angry, why did he stop buying flowers, he should be planning for the trips because he is the man. All this is not healthy in the long run for both parties, it tires them out. One party is sick of not knowing what the other party really wants and one party is disappointed because it seems that the other cannot never deliver. I really admire some of my friends as they seem to be able to live their partners so peacefully and blissfully. Maybe they can advise me ............

Intriguing - Diesel painting

Falling in Love with Ratatouille

It's pronounced as - Rat-a-too-ee... it's a must watch, I fall in love with the animation.. really feel like going to Paris after watching,... the scenes were simply breathtaking.. i think this is the only animation that they did not use any famous artist to voice over.. you can really see the effort they put behind the creation, every dish, every plate of food, the details, the richness and the story is really hilarious. It is simply fantastic.

http://www.ratatouille.com.sg

Camping in Facebook

Recently, my entire company is camping in Facebook. Hahah you can see updates in the middle of the work hours and there are lots of application to add n play with. I am still in the experimental stage..so fren who has my msn, please add me in facebook. See ya.....

www.facebook.com

I am a survivor

YEAH...I survived hell week.. this entire week was really realy tough. My masterclass team needs to churn out a proposal within a week and we are only able to work on it after our normal office hours. I only managed to catch about 10 hours of
sleep for the entire week....I have became a hermit, from the moment i reached office i was there till i leave, we dont even have anytime for lunch..

My schedule for the week.
Mon: 9am - 2am
Tue: 9.30am - 3am
Wed: 9.30 - 12mn
Thurs: 12mn - 1.30am
Fri: 6.30am - 9pm

its really like doing a pitch, we need to work on the proposal, the big idea, the execution and the big presentation.

The results, we got into top 3 and i am so proud that the best presentator is in my team.. the judges said that our team had great team dynamics.. really happy to hear that because i truly think i had a fanatastic team too..and i really enjoy working with them.. that kind of trust and dynamics is really beyond words...we learnt to compliment each others weakness and build on their strengths. And a really big thank you too all the people that had helped us...they really take the time n effort to help us.. really really grateful. Our Truimph project

Dinner with client

Levi's New 501 Commercial

Levi's has created 2 version of the new 501 commercial. One targeting at the normal community (straight) and the other at the gay community. This means that the society are able to accept the gay community and is trying to reach out to them .. here's the commercial - Enjoy

Normal


Gay

Create your own 2D barcode

Ms Geeky Meow is here, i stumbled upon this on some site, you can actually create your own 2D barcode. Just use your phone camera to scan it and it will translate the code into my blog site... try it.. oh but you need to have a barcode scanner installed in your phone, i know it come pre-installed for N95 ..


http://mobilecodes.nokia.com/create.jsp?terms=accepted

The lazy cat is back

I have been really LAZY.. it has been a while since i last update my blog. I am attending Masterclass at work for 6 weeks. We were given homework every week and would only know the topics on Monday. We need to finish it off before the class start on Friday. And the training are on every Friday and Saturday but it is very fun, I really get to learn alot of stuff.. like MBIT, it let usunderstand more about how we work, look at things and plan stuff. This will not only help us see our own weakness but help us communicate better with other.

Yesterday they taught us the different type of research that company would deploy to undestand more about consumer insight. I was really surprise how much you can learn about one person but asking them to fill in a diary that allows them to express themselves with pictures, quotes, sketches and words. And one of the question is to find a picture that can represent your essence. So I drew this but i will be surprised how people would interpret it. It could be totally different from what i am think or trying to potray.. so friends take a stab at it and share your thoughts with me .....

Transformers

I went to watch Transformers last week with Eve,her bf andh her fren name Kat... it was really good.. the transformation was so fantastic.. i am so amazed by the amount of effort they placed into all the details of the Autobots.. hahah really impressive.. most of the guy frens that i know has either watch it 2 times or is going for the 2 time... but i guess this is the type of movies that you would want to watch in the cinema.. just for the effects.. and i bet all the "boys" are going to buy the toys for collection ahahha..

Ok next movie - Harry Potter....

Company Trip - Phuket

My first company trip ... we all went Phuket from 22nd till 24th June... it was quite fun, apart from the early flight ahahaha ..it a good chance to get to meet people that you hardly talk to at work and to chill with colleagues....we get to stay at club med, seriously that place was not really fantastic, i am glad the companies are...

One of the activities was to make a short 3 - 5 min clips, the theme is WE ARE ONE, each team were given a mystery item to work with, some team got olive, pastry, butter, sweet corn, sausages, and my team got the cucumber... so we came up with a clip call Kajor, it abt this cucumber man going around to look for the rojak ingredient and haha i am the bean spout, there is even a mino oscar ceremony




my team mates (aka bosses, hee hee)- Cheryl and Leonard

the babes and my companion for this trip....




the rest of the gang...




we also celebrated Glenise's BD

Fish from the deep unknown

(picture from Mexfish.com)
I happen to chance upon this on you-tube, it fascinating, this fish lives in the Mediterranean and East Atlantic about 3000 feet under the sea... it can grow up to 50 feet (approximately 15 metres long).. it will only be spotted near the surface when it is sick or dying, I believe they are responsible for all the myth and legend about sea serpents.. its incredible isn't it.. there are so many of this creatures that lives in the deep in the ocean that we humans knows so little about...

http://www.mexfish.com/fish/oarfish/oarfish.htm

Lunch @ the Line

Had a long long lunch with my family at The Line in Shangri-la, its really nice to spend a Saturday afternoon eating and chatting with them...with good food, nice company and lovely ambient, what more would you ask for. ..we just spend our time talking about everything under the sun, enjoying the food and company...The main reason why we meet up today is because my eldest cousin is going to Dubai to work and he is flying off on Monday and he wont be back till 6 months later... So this is a farewell lunch for him...

The food is really very nice, the spread is very good.. and the dessert bar looks so captivating... hahah i did not dare to start with the dessert bar first and had to purposely walk away from it because i am afraid that once i start i cant stop...

OK I spend the whole afternoon with my family and I have yet to start on my revision..I need to start on Sunday.. I have too .. must be discipline... heee hee

Fantastic 4 not that fantastic

Went to watch Fantastic 4 with my friends on Thursday..hmm it was not very fantastic.. it became so Hollywood and the show is so forgettable..hhaha and it seems like Jessica Alba had a bad hair day.....

Next movie to look out for is Transformers,Ratatouille (Rat-a-too-ee) and Harry Porter...any friends wanna catch this with me..

Know about the "drugs" you are taking

How many of us actually bother to find out what the doc actually prescribe to us? I bet no one would right..hahah that is normal,cos we do trust our doctors to give us what is best for our illness.

Ok, not that i do not trust my doc but i am curious about a certain antibiotics my doc gave me recently, so i decided to google it and see what i can find... What happen was - i was sick recently, ya it the pesky flu bug, went to see the doc and got some med.... But i realise that the antibiotics that i was taking is a little too strong for me.. cos after eating,i can feel my heart beat faster than normal and i keep waking up at night. At first i thought that is normal, when u are sick, u tend to eat lesser and thus feel weaker so the effect of the med will magnify... but after i google it , it realise all that i am feeling is actually the side effects of the med... Here's what the site says about the med: (http://www.merck.com/mmpe/lexicomp/amoxicillin%20and%20clavulanate%20potassium.html)

Warnings/Precautions

Hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylaxis (some fatal), have been reported. Prolonged use may result in superinfection, including Pseudomembranous colitis. In patients with renal impairment, doses and/or frequency of administration should be modified in response to the degree of renal impairment. High percentage of patients with infectious mononucleosis have developed rash during therapy. Incidence of diarrhea is higher than with amoxicillin alone. Use caution in patients with hepatic dysfunction. Hepatic dysfunction, although rare, is more common in elderly and/or males, and occurs more frequently with prolonged treatment, and may occur after therapy is complete. Due to differing content of clavulanic acid, not all formulations are interchangeable. Low incidence of cross-allergy with cephalosporins exists. Some products contain phenylalanine.

Additional adverse reactions seen with ampicillin-class antibiotics: Agitation, agranulocytosis, alkaline phosphatase increased, anaphylaxis, anemia, angioedema, anxiety, behavioral changes, bilirubin increased, black “hairy” tongue, confusion, convulsions, crystalluria, dizziness, enterocolitis, eosinophilia, erythema multiforme, exanthematous pustulosis, exfoliative dermatitis, gastritis, glossitis, hematuria, hemolytic anemia, hemorrhagic colitis, indigestion, insomnia, hyperactivity, interstitial nephritis, leukopenia, mucocutaneous candidiasis, pruritus, pseudomembranous colitis, serum sickness-like reaction, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, stomatitis, transaminases increased, thrombocytopenia, thrombocytopenic purpura, tooth discoloration, toxic epidermal necrolysis

Hahah.. ok i am not being oversensitive, i know the right dose of med wont kill me but still hahah reading all this just make my hair stand... its just so contradicting isn't it? The med are suppose to cure us of a certain illness but yet there is a possibility of it leading to another illness... it's a vicious cycle ...

So the lesson for today is .. Please stay health, eat properly, keep fit and try not to rely too much on medication... our body are actually pretty incredible you know.. it has the ability to recover on its own, it may take a little longer at times and sometimes you are not even aware of it.

Craving for chocolate

Not really sure why, but i was craving for chocolate today. It could be because I had a moody spell hahah ... So i decided to go Watson and get some choco boast.. it works... now i am feeling much better... i guess there is some truth behind the theory that chocolate can make you happy..

I think i should really check out this place which my friend has recommended... http://www.maxbrenner.com/about.html ... this guy just reinvented the chocolate culture...



He even thot of a cup to hold the chocolate...

Want a slice of Skoda

Check out how Skoda, build a car-cake ...

http://www.newfabia.co.uk/

Crushes

Try to recall when was the last time u had a crush on someone... it's actually a pretty amazing feeling, except you will hate yourself if you ever say or do the wrong thing in front of him/her. You will feel nervous when u are know he/she is near. You try to steal a glance every now and then but is afraid to be found out by him or friends around you. You take every opportunity to be close to him/her but somehow when u are with him/her, you seems to lose that ability to talk. You are all clamped out, all you can do is to sit there and smile( trying not to look silly).

But when you find out that he/she doesn't like you.. you are Crushed - literately. That heartbroken feeling is very painful and you can't tell anyone, because it a secret crush... but despite the pain, i do know a few person that does not mind that, they will just happily fall in love and remain in love with this person secretly... when their crush smiles at them, it will be one of the most beautiful moment in their life...So Love is not about being together with that person and sometimes knowing that you will not get back what you have given out might be a good thing too... since you know there isnt any expectation from either party...Because.. everyone has a certain expectation of their loved ones and sometimes it is due to this expectations that couple break off...

New food collection

My girlfriend bought me new toys from Japan.. hee hee add to my food collection.. thanks Wen. you are the best..

Itchy Hand

Is this considered as vandalism? Why can't this people just look at things with their eyes......

http://www.marketing-interactive.com/news/1587

What comes around, goes around!

A nice story to share....

He almost didn't see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering when he approached her.

Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry.

He could see that she was frightened, standing out there in the cold. He knew how she felt. It was that chill which only fear can put in you. He said, "I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson."

Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack, skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire. But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt.

As he was tightening up the lug nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him that she was from St. Louis and was only just passing through. She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid.

Bryan just smiled as he closed her trunk. The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have happened had he not stopped. Bryan ever thought twice about being paid. This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows there were plenty who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his whole life
that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.

He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed, and Bryan added, "And think of me."

He waited until she started her car and drove off. It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for home, disappearing into the twilight.

A few miles down the road the lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase. The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she remembered Bryan.

After the lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar bill. The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old lady had slipped right out the door. She was gone by the time the waitress came back. The waitress wondered where the lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin. There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady rote: "You don't owe me anything. I have been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do: Do not let this chain of love end with you."

Under the napkin were four more $100 bills.

Well, there were tables to clear , sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve, but the waitress made it through another day. That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was thinking about the money and what the lady had written. How could the lady have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next month, it was going to be hard..

She knew how worried her husband was, and as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft and low, "Everything's gonna be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson."

There is an old saying "What goes around, comes around."

Funny Mummy

As they aged, they get a little weirder.. or is it just my mom? Recently i found a note on my computer table...



Translation:(please bear with me) Being angry is punishing yourself with the fault of others. Forgiving other is being kind to yourself. Beautiful moments only be created when we respect. care and love for each other. Hope that everyone can learn to treasure that "destiny/fate".

Ok .. it sound very the chim right.. hahah the moment i saw the note, i know what my mum is trying to put across... she thinks that me n YG broke up because of a fight or because i am angry.. (i did not tell her why i broke off with YG) i do not really like to explain.. maybe to just a few close friends... only to those which i know they can understand...

Sometimes i cant help but think ... my mum really do not understand me at all hahah .. it is kinda sad... but its not something we can change overnite.. and it not something i want to change.. i dont like to talk to her about things like that.. because she like to force her thinking on me.. n she does not know when to stop.. she can just go on n on n on .. which is something i dislike... then i will start to wonder.. will this is be happening to me and my kid in future.. hahah

My Quote of the day

Relationship is a lifelong commitment and a lifetime of learning

Relationship is the most profound studies in our life

Sometimes we take the people and things closest to us for granted, we think that they will always be there for us, we assume they will understand us, we reckon that they would know our every move. We always fail to communicate our thoughts, we forget to tell them we love and value them, we forget to include them in our plans. As most of us would deny, i am actually very guilty of that. I am good at communicating with colleagues, friends, relatives but yet I am very lousy to people that are closest to me, like my mum and my bf. I realise i do not really communicate with them, i do take them for granted at times... But i believe this is partly due to my upbringing, my mum is a typical mum of the past generation, she is very strict with me, she do not really show out any emotions.. i get more scolding then encouragement...

But.. i am determine to change that, i will try my best to remind myself that i should not take things for granted and learn to communicate with people closest to me .. this will be my 2007 resolution.. haha i know it kinda late but it better to be late than never.

My childhood sweetheart

I was chatting with my childhood sweetheart on msn recently and he actually remembers that i was his childhood sweetheart too.. so sweet ya.. i would think that he would have forgotten about me already... that was like so many years ago,it was back in primary school hahaha young,innocent and carefree days..

I still remember we used to play together, he will often pass me some small notes (with a big P.s - read in the toilet or read when u are alone)and give me gifts ... if my memory is not failing, i think he actually gave me a ring once hahahaha he is the first guy in my life to give me a ring.... so sweet right.. But he has a change of heart during Pri 5, he like another girl instead of me, i was heartbroken, haaha being ditched at such a young age can be pretty traumatising.... i guess after that i did develop a inferior complex because i keep thinking that i am ugly, short, nerdy and bad tempered hahaha noone will like me... and true enough when i was in my secondary school, those guys that i happen to like will avoid me like a plague.. so sad right..

I did tried to find out about his whereabout after PSLE but guess i was afraid that he might avoid me so i dropped the idea...And i cant help but think, what would have happen if we keep in touch... hahahaha well i cant turn back the time now so "what if" is not valid anymore.. I am happy to see that he is happily married and has a cute little boy now...

He will have all my blessing while i embark on my journey to find that right guy in my life... haha guess i am jinxed ya.. it always happen that those guys that i like will not like me... so i do not harbour much hope already... i could have found that someone but he might not like me hahaha... a good example is Ryan.. he will always have a special place in my heart.. and i wish him all the best too..

A heart wrenching tale

It's a real life story of a amazing mum and a brave kid fighting the war of cancer...

http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2007/feature-photography/works/index.html

The lazy cat finally updates her blog

Alot had happened since 13 of Feb, I have finished my econs and entreprenuer class, assignment results are out and i did pretty well haha. The new semester has started, Management and Accounting - yikes... sigh I was drowned by 9 hrs of balance sheet and income statement for the whole weekend. My new AM is finally here, a pretty agressive lady, looks like she will help put a lot of things in place... Came back from my Bangkok trip for almost 3 weeks already and i am single again for almost 3 weeks too..... alot of people is shocked to hear that, he has moved out and is clearing his stuff bit by bit. Everytime i see him moved things, i feel like crying... so weak ya .. 3 years of relationship ... i am not sure if i had made the right decision but i guess only time will tell. He is a really nice guy, but do i want to be with a really nice guy for life? Or do i want to be with a guy i can't live without for life. Sometimes i just feel that maybe i should not be so tough, so independent .. hahah i am just making everyone's life difficult... seriously i have not met a guy that i cannot live without and i am not sure if i will find that person... hahah what if this person never exist hahaha

And i realise an amazing thing, haahah one of my office kaki actually like the same kind of guy like me hahahah she is one year my junior but she is very mature ... hahah i am glad we can click. And we were joking that since we like the same kind of guy, if we ever find that "someone" we must hid it from each other .... hahah But if i really find that someone, i think i will want to share this good news with her.. because i want her to know that this type of guy DO exist and she should not give up finding.....hahahah

AGM last night

It was my company's AGM last nite and the theme for the nite was Shanghai Royale. It's was fun, the host is very interesting and there were a lot of programs like face changing combined with magic. They even had a temp casino outside of the restaurant, the only complain i had was, the food were served too slowly. Maybe becos i was very very hungry.... Beside the hunger, there were lots of laff, I laff till my side are aching, 3 of the male colleagues wore the same colour top, same print somemore, it seems to be from the same piece of cloth hahaa. And my Ah Beng boss, he really looked like a ganster, those Shanghai era gangster minus the pipe and the bird cage....

It was a good nite, I had fun ...

Yeah!!! Done my revision

Finally .. I managed to finish all  6 chapters and complete the MCQ at the back of the text book… I hope the test on Monday is not gonna be difficult.. Time to rest before my weekend ends …

 

Econ test on Monday

I have been a very good girl today, stayed at home the whole day.... to get ready for the econ test.. I am feeling very stress actually. I have 2 module per semester, Economics and Entrepreneurship.  Each has an individual assignment and exam… I really wonder if I can take it… I cant really seems to catch up with the lessons in class, not to mention I dun have the time to revise at home.. need to constantly remind myself that this is no longer a simple diploma I took with IAS.. this is serious stuff.. hahaha the REAL thing… stressssss…. I guess it due to the fact that I have not been really studying for like close to 10 years… my 3 yr at NAFA are bookless, I do no need to memorise anything facts… as for the Diploma in Marketing Communication, it is pretty basic and it only 1 module per semester.  Econ is really a very dry subject, it is very factual, very logic… becos Economist assume that all individual will think rationally.  So I need to understand how it applies rather then memorizing the facts. … hahah I always prefer geography to history during my sec sch days.. .. I never like memorizing…. 

 

2 and ½ more chapters to go tml… Aza Aza fighting… (Go Go Jia You)

 

Oh Sheena finally managed to start her career in our mad industry.. so happy for her.. must ask my ProFile girls out to celebrate, plus I have not seen them for a long while…

Japan - spotted a rare species of shark

Caught the news on MSNBC today, some fisherman in Japan has spotted an eel like looking fish lurking around the shallow sea water. And the marine park verified that it is actually a species of sharks that lived 2000 ft or more under water... that is too deep for human to explore.... it's so interesting... u noe i believe that dinosaur still exist.. but they live like a few thousand ft under the sea.. a place too deep for any human to disturb or discover.. it would be interesting to noe if this thot of mine is true.. but again.. human are too dangerous.. i rather not noe if there is any truth in my thinking than to let Human go "destroy" their natural habitat..

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16785254/?GT1=8921

 

 

the flu bug is back

Feeling fluish this two days, got the flu bug again… not too serious though, but it is hindering my work. I have an impossible timeline to meet, sigh thanks to the clients.

Was supposed to be on MC today but still need to run back to the office for a meeting.  I am glad I went back today, more things to change, sigh and my poor creative folks need to work OT again. Ok I need to go rest now.. n full steam ahead for tml..

 

 

His voice is so charming

Bought a new CD recently, its call Peter Grant – New Vintage.. it features all the old vintage songs sung by a 18-yr old guy from England.. His voice is simply enchanting… I simply just melt away when I heard it.. it is very soothing and very charming..Really good album for easy listening…  here’s some of my fav – Joanna, All the Way, The Windmill of your mind and my all time favourite – The Girl from Ipanema.

 

http://www.peter-grant.co.uk/

 

 

Sushi Chocolate anyone

Yes believe or not they are chocolates... they really looks like sushi.. it is very well crafted... but it a pity i dun think they shipped to Singapore... Check it out urself..

 

http://www.kookisushi.com/index.htm