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08 July 2009 @ 04:10 pm
my colleague sent this through:

1. The roundest knight at King Arthur's round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.
2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
3. She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still.
4. A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class, because it as a weapon of math disruption.
5. The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
6. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
7. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
8. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
9. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
10. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
11. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
12. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
13. Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said
to the other: 'You stay here; I'll go on a head.'
14. I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.
15. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
16. A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When
his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said 'No change yet.'
17. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
19. The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
20. The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran
21 A backward poet writes inverse.
22. In a democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
23. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.
24. Don't join dangerous cults: Practice safe sects!
 
 
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07 July 2009 @ 10:14 pm
one of the things i promised myself i'd do this year, was to learn more about baking and decorating. i had alot of fun at [info]mengchoo's last class, so when i heard she was doing a fondant decorating class, i just couldn't resist!


all the cupcakes i made that day


prettily displayed on PFLS' cupcake plate!

it was really great to learn something new, but boy did i have a hell of a headache afterwards from concentration so hard. lol!
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Current Mood: accomplished
 
 
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26 June 2009 @ 10:30 pm
today was one of the rare days when i woke up and felt really happy - i realised it was FRIDAY!

it's been a low-key start to the weekend, was meant to have dinner with [info]squarenails but we decided not to risk infecting each other with germs (germs are bad! BAD!), so i ended up coming home instead. i did manage to get out to have the car washed, and now i can see why the hubs is so particular about having a clean car - you really do feel much happier when you see it so shiny and new!

tomorrow, it's brunch with some old school friends and then relaxing for the rest of the day. i'm still trying to decide if i should go for a pedicure or not, or just do it myself... i guess i can always decide on that tomorrow!

helloooo weekend, you're lookin' pretty good! *winks*
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26 June 2009 @ 04:57 pm
taken from the [info]ickleoriental

Whether you're tagged or not,I want you to tell me one memory you had with me. Doesn't matter if you know me well or not. When you reply I'll do my part to tell you my memory with you!
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06 June 2009 @ 08:49 am
yum yum yum, this is absolutely how every morning should start. i've had a nice sit-down breakfast to a plate of scrambled eggs (done my way, although i'm sure i have like 20340104 ways of doing it) with a slice of toast and jam and a glass of milk. and i am totally happy! i hate the mornings when i have to rush through breakfast because i know i need to eat before i leave the house... and that makes me especially cranky when i'm already running a bit late but there isn't anything i can grab and go.

so i've decided that today shall be my me-day. at the very least, it means heading out to look at shoes, having a bit of lunch and coming home. at the most it means looking at shoes, getting a pedicure, wandering around the sales, lunch and then coming home. i suspect i may not stay out all that late because i have no desire to fight with the crowds. really, i just want to have a look a shoes and come home!

*yawns* for now, i still have a couple of hours before the stores open. time for a bit of lounging around :)

so what are you doing this weekend?
 
 
Current Mood: pleased
 
 
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26 May 2009 @ 11:17 pm
apart from winning a gorgeous nespresso machine at jools' event, they also brought us up to the helipad of the swissotel for a little while to mingle and enjoy the view.

and it is absolutely stunning. the view is really to die for. i can't describe it any other way except AMAZING.
i just wish i had brought a better camera with me, because the camera on the E71 is totally horrible. bleah!

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honestly these pictures just don't do it any justice at all. sigh!
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Current Location: not at the top anymore!
 
 
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25 May 2009 @ 08:30 am
[LJ2ME] All I want right now...  
Listening to coldplay on my way to work, and the only thing that I really want right now is to be sitting a cosy sidewalk cafe in melbourne just soaking up the cool autumn breeze while enjoying a little bit of sunshine on my face...

Unfortunately I'm stuck at clementi mrt station waiting for a train that isn't packed to its gills with commuters and suffering with the still warm air.

I think right now I'd even settle for a nice cool breeze!
 
 
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24 May 2009 @ 11:39 pm
one of the things i've always wanted to do was go for a cupcake decorating class. i mean, i've made a couple with my mom, but we're both quite haphazard about it and usually by no means professional looking. but it was fun and quite therapeutic, so when [info]squarenails asked if we wanted to go along with her, i quickly said, YES!

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here's me in action, covering my cupcake in stars

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PFLS and jojobeans with their starry creations

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my cupcakes for the day!

honestly, i can't wait for the next class now... i really wish i could do this more often!
 
 
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20 May 2009 @ 04:26 am
it's half-past ungodly hour, and i somehow can't seem to get back to sleep. although i did sneak in an episode of how i met your mother first, just to distract myself.

i really must learn to shut my brain off.
zzzzz
 
 
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15 May 2009 @ 02:51 pm
we have finally finally launched!
it's been more than a year in making, and literally the one and only thing i've been working on since i got here in September.

so i'd like to present http://www.inSing.com - where Singapore clicks!
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Current Location: up on duxton hill
 
 
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05 May 2009 @ 12:27 am
a few weeks ago i started noticing that my hard drive was running low on memory... and the bad news was that my external hard drive was also up to its gills with stuff, and was running just as low. i had to do an emergency clean-out of both of them to try and save some space.

but really it can only mean one thing - a brand spanking new 1TB external hard drive! i've never had so much memory at my beck and call before... and putting it together with the old one means i roughly have about 1.25TB of space.

now if i run out, then that's really quite jialaat! but i think i can safely say this is going to last me quite a while.

back to file transfers!
 
 
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23 April 2009 @ 02:53 pm
dad: what's this? *hands a bit of paper to mom*
mom: oh, it's a registered letter they tried to deliver. it's for you! *hands it to me*
dad: but you were home what..
mom and i: but our doorbell doesn't work what!

*dad potters around the house, puts the batteries back into the doorbell and tests it*

yes, my house is slightly odd. we took out the batteries from the doorbell because my parents didn't want people to keep ringing it. it's caused a bit of problems in the past, especially when friends have showed up trying to look for anyone (and some friends don't bring their handphones with them and end up standing outside for 10 minutes wondering what to do...). but mostly they took it out because the doorbell is loud and wakes my nephew up, and my dad was sick of opening the door for the NEA people to do their inspections. seriously, you don't realise how important a doorbell is, till all these things start to happen!
 
 
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22 April 2009 @ 03:05 pm
make sure you get your daily exercise everyday... it's important and every little bit counts, even if you're stuck in front of the computer!

click here to see how you can do it!
 
 
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15 April 2009 @ 09:30 pm
so the other day the image of these soft fluffy hotcakes smothered in a lovely maple syrup popped into my head. and i thought to myself (and out loud on twitter), 'mmmmmm hotcakes.'

the problem is, i don't have much time for breakfast in the mornings... as it is, it's a real struggle to get out of bed in time for work, and if i have time to grab a sandwich on the way out, i'm pretty happy already.

so imagine my surprise when the happiest mcdonald's delivery man showed up at my office, bearing a container full of... hotcakes!! and all addressed to me! for a split second i thought, 'what the..?' had my brain done some ordering without me knowing?

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it turns out [info]madmoneymonkey took pity on me and sent me a great breakfast surprise to start my day with! i only wish i hadn't eaten my muesli right before that, because i was so full i ended up rolling around the office for the rest of the day, and didn't have lunch till about 4!

but thanks babe!! it was really such a lovely surprise.. and i think my colleagues were quite jealous!
 
 
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07 April 2009 @ 09:23 am
for some reason i still can't access LJ when i'm at home - it keeps telling me the server's dropped the connection. very odd! but i guess that just means i'll have to try and stay off the computer a bit more. hurhur.
 
 
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05 April 2009 @ 12:41 pm
[LJ2ME] Say what?  
I think it's safe to say that if I have my noise-reduction earphones on, my music is playing and I can STILL hear your music, then maybe you ought to save your hearing and turn down the volume a little!
 
 
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03 April 2009 @ 03:31 pm
mrA: shouldn't wear cheap watches u know
me: why not?
mrA: coz time is too precious to waste on a cheap watch :)
me: ....
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01 April 2009 @ 11:22 pm


they thought it'd be funny to take my mouse away, and replace it with another 'mouse'. pity the new one didn't work quite as well!
 
 
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31 March 2009 @ 08:26 am
[LJ2ME] And that's it...  
How did the end of march come so quickly? Everything seems to have gone by in a flash, and I wonder if I've done enough in the past three months to prove my place in the world...

Hmmm.
 
 
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29 March 2009 @ 09:44 pm

peanut butter chocolate squares - absolutely to die for!


i've always felt more of an affinity for baking rather than cooking, not that i hate cooking but it's just that i seem to get more satisfaction out of baking. so i thought it'd be great to sharpen up my baking skills a little more with an ultimate chocolate treats class from shermay's cooking school, that was run by my ex-colleague at SWW (and totally my idol), jocelyn. she's been whipping up these wonderful delights on her blog, which never fails to make me feel instantly inadequate. we learnt classic chocolate chop cookies, a blackforest trifle, fudgey brownies and even ice cream. there was a whole bunch of extra recipes for us as well, and the gift pack even included two bags of flour to get us started. and i can't wait to try them all out.

this was one of the things i promised myself that i would do, and so i'm going to keep experimenting and learning more with baking stuff!


*photo taken from jocelyn's blog, cos seriously i was too busy trying to learn to take pictures!
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