Fairyland... dreamland..

hmmm enjoyed "Enchanted" a great deal.. Thought that it would be another Teen flick, but it was Thumbs up... Cuz I love the Chipmunk... he's so brilliant at charades ... so lovable! it was a hilarious show.. well.. it helps to have eye-candy in the show.. James Marsden!! though i adore him more in the sitcoms i used to lurve during my sec sch years (like boogie diner, saved by the bell, party of five...) well.. great shOw.. like the beginning part that makes it so classic Disney cartoon...

and yes.. had a Great time with dear palie R8ch and yes.. Yummy galare waffles... :)

and yes ... thank goodness that my bro agreed to wait till i return to open the gates for moi cuz i forgotten my keys...

waiting... for my prince edward too.. hehe >.<

What Kind of Guy Will You Fall For?
	You would fall for the gentleman. Keep an eye out for your love at your next formal or field trip to the opera. Watch out for bad boys who walk on the inside of the curb and don't hold the door for you, and you'll end up with the guy who's suave, sophisticated, and classy through-and-through.
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Which College Major Should You Be?
	Your major should be part Biology. You work hard, and you're gonna keep working hard for many years to come. That's why you keep your work organized and your health in good shape.
	Your major should be part Art. You are sensitive, creative, and you don't follow established rules. Unfortunately, you'll have to follow some rules if you ever want that promotion at Starbucks.
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Which Friends Character Are You?
	You are part Rachel. You're very selfish and pay great attention to image. Spoiled when you were young, you were always the popular and snobbish kid. Although you hang on to your adolescent attributes, you grow more responsible every year.
	You are part Chandler. You're funny and that's why people like to have you around. You're also a great friend, and when someone you care about is in trouble, they know to come to you for some level-headed advice followed by some sharp sarcasm.
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mione says: hehe.. guEss it.. haha.. my two fave characters off the show... not sure if there's a hint of me within them.. hehe

Which Sesame Street Character Are You?
	You are Count von Count. You are down-to-earth (mentally, not physically), mature, and precocious. You have many talents, and many friends that appreciate your quiet level-headedness.
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Which Peanuts Character Are You?
	You are Sally Brown. You may not be the most ambitious person, but life isn't supposed to be hard! You are relaxed and easy-going, but you can hold your ground when you want, too.
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mione's take on the result... hehe.. my Fave character out of Peanuts!! Aside from wOodStock!

when i grow up...

it's been yet another long week... it's gonna be a new start again... the deja vu feeling two years ago... yet it's different... Two years ago at the last service at jw. we were crazily snapping away pix like we are not coming back... two years later... Nov 24 @ expo hall 8 marks the LAST service at expo for mOst of us in the ck zone.. yet.. it's just like another service.. Huge contrast..

to me.. it was Special.. in a way.. FIRE! rekindling... it's not just another inspiring message - and walk away and do nothing about it... i can't say that I'd stopped dreaming.. to a point.. the dreams seemed to come to a standstill.. yet throughout the whole sermon... the phrase that His words shall not return to Him void brought to recollection of some of the promises/prophecies that have yet come to pass came into autoplay mode.. not yet is not not equivalent to never...

the dinner with the usual few in the cg was great.. haha seemed that r8ch and i found our match - in the goh sisters.. (well.. it's gals talk... hence not meant to air openly...) went to siglap.. (one of my fave places in the east...) the food at coffeeclub was alrite... but really like the ambiance/ service/ cheesecake at the cheesecake shop.. it was a great chill out place - despite being in the al fresco area...
it was fruitful too.. we managed to get one to open up... yet the tightly-guarded one still remain elusively mysterious. well i guess u unravel on a NEED to basis ONLY... well.. the truth shall set him free (in time i hope...)

--- the 1st musical by the CCH children... "When I grow up"
Makes me wanna stay in dreamland too.... dream and keep dreaming...

i like the script... :) not to mention the talented cast.. there.. it reminded me how similar i was/ felt like the lead gal - julia - at times...

yet... i'm supposed to have GROWN up... hmmm still keeping that dream alive!

NOvember 14... has past and gone

Yeap.. that's the day whereby one of God's beloved came into being in this place called Singapore... well somehow.. this year.. don't really felt like celebrating... still am very appreciative of all the wellwishes that poured in.. from peeps that I don't expect... my ex-colleagues - my mutli-races-religion sisters-clan... namely kam, devi and dada.. *felt spoilt* and yes, ms Stelle who beat the clock and clocked in the first well wishes @ stroke of mid-nite, followed by Corinth, Ivory and Simon.. (i wOnder if they are nite-angels like me... hehe).

And yes how i celebrated my birthday was a simple affair.. started on tue (cuz took VL that day expecting to return to work on wed cuz of a deadline at work but unfortunately MC on wed cuz of conjunctivitis) spent the morning & noon with my mom, went dim sum with mom and shopped with her.. (at least spent quality time with her. didn't have the luxury to do that for long...)



yummy spread.. my pre-hatchieday celebration began with this dim sum spread at the 红星 restaurant.. near Chinatown..

Am rather amazed at this huge 包called 凤皇包.. see the humongous giant...



then met my bbf .. haha... not bf but bbf.. for a quickie bite @ gelare - it's Tuesday.. Waffle @ 50% for dine in!! yummy...

. whom we had a great time on tues nite before catching the HERO gala premier... (woo... Takuya Kimura is soooo.... can't find the suitable adjective to describe the oozing charm.. Recalled how I crazy i was over the drama serial when my bro brought it home.. approx 5-6 years ago...) well.. i wanna catch it again - cuz missed the first few minutes cuz rach and i were held up at the snack queue... and we continued the movie marathon the next noon (before prac) cuz yeah, got another day off cuz of my dear left eye... (mC on birthday,, memorable.. seemed that I always have memorable events on this day.. had my CL2 'O' exam in sec 3 -the only 'O' level paper taken that year; english paper in Sec 4; my Econs essay for 'A' levels - and I was LATE for exam that day.. thank God I got the 1st "A" ever for Econs - i got an E for prelim; let me not repeat the not so fond memories.. esp the very recent one.. BAD.) oh, we caught the lust, caution.. which was a rather alrite.. a bit dragging and ya, storyline predictable, and yeah, bad experience with the plot discussion going around rach & i to the point whereby our patience was really tested... guessed that they forgotten that they are not watching DVD at home??

seriously was rather touched by the overflowing sms-es beeping in my phones... with the fastest finger award goes to miss Stelle.. one with the nimble fingers to be the first thru... (ha, sound like some crappy commercial ad.. ) but really thank U to all the cg members who remembered and took effort to sms.. and yes, my leaders... elliot and ryan.. thanks for believing in me in spite of... yeah.. one.half month to end of 07, the dear choir palies, like mabel, eileen, jimmy, wanling, zann.. whom i spent the remaining evening with (yeah, went in spite of my recovering eye and ya.. no -celebration-) loved the carols medley we would be doing.. i hope i won't be taken out again last minute due to.. (though there is a deja vu kinda feeling to this... shall see how things go...)


oh well in short it was alrite.. at least i learn the precious lesson of genuineness ...

haha and yeah.. no monetary blessings but blessings in kind...

the generous gift from mr & mrs buttercup.. (whom buttercup almost wanted to get me the piano... hehe.. toy for toy mah? hehe)

the lovely charm-a dangling earrings from rach..

the lovely mr-men tee from zara which i'd been eyeing on - from cg.. .. and


the very pricey diamond pendant cum necklace from mom.. it's priced over 1K(before using my birthday voucher)!! the stone is not that big. but due to the workmanship on crafting and cutting the stone... and yes..

the lunch treat from my first cgl whom i met for lunch today - well it's policy review time as well..

oh well.. TO be contunued...

silence speaks a thousand word..

derailing.. derailing... derailing... out not to be... spiral upwards please..

bigger than i can imagine

Seriously, I've never expect that I would need to deal with the big shots of the business units (such as the FC/ the GMs) in terms of giving consulting advice.. Simply put it, I'm the one with the least experience on the team and yes.. the most junior (in age and in rank..). Yet cuz of my unique and specialise vat/gst knowledge, I'm given the opportunity to play a consultant role - instead of the pure compliance role that I was expected to play (cuz of my lack of corporate tax experience... ) and yes.. in actual fact, only the managerial level get to do advisory work.. (privileged!! )

Exciting.. yet daunting.. cuz the next piece of ad hoc advisory work would involve o'seas JV.. Going home now.. everyone has left... and it's rather quiet.. and i can hear the ships at the nearby cruise center... :)

Yeah! On leave tomorrow.. someone flew my plan when i thought of her for the gala premier cuz she mentioned she wanted to watch the show.. yet cuz of the precious first date she flew my kite - actually i asked her to fly my kite - cuz she intended to spend the afternoon with the special one then meet me for dinner * Frankly if i know she has such a hot date earlier, i won't even ask her.. cuz it's rather common sense that likely you would want to spend the whole day together rite, since it's the official FIRST date.. maybe she should get some pointers from Romeo Muaks.. haha.. or fondly termed as "KOM" - which was what buttercup said SC coined for Mr Romeo.

10 minutes to 10pm. time to leave office...

comic relief

Had spent a great day out with my bbf (that's how r8ch termed it.. haha best friend forever.. ).. started out cuz both of us were hungry.. hence after taking a glimpse at the booksale at expo (too blah.. and too many pple..), we ended up at T2.. ate the yummy popype.. sinfully delicious... chatted with her for hours... then the impromptu idea of mOvie popped up when we were window-shopping at the coldstorage for nimble food on our supposedly way home.. cuz we spotted popcorn.. and thank goodness that we chose Bee the movie... We were rather amused and tickled aloud by the movie.. seriously... or perhaps we were in the crappy mood...the jokes cracked in the movie seriously got us giggling almost thru'out the movie.. even to the last scene.. (clever to draw comparison of the mosquitoes with lawyers.. HAHA!!) :) I like.. :) Jokes aside.. what I caught from the movie was this - never depise the mundane minute tasks that you are doing.. It might not seemed much to you, yet it all adds to the big picture...

Yes.. I know my birthday is coming... yet.. i guessed I would still be working that day.. and yes.. i will still be attending choir prac that night... but that's not dragging the mood down... anyway.. the consolation.. it will not be as bad as last year..

i wish to see a rainbow soon...

well.. somewhere over the rainbow... bluebirds fly...birds fly over the rainbow.. why then oh why can't i...

Gift ideas...

In the event you are looking for gift idea.. for lovely gals who like cutesy things.. do visit this website... http://www.iwantthat.com.sg/
Like their stuff.. and yelp.. support local designers... one of the designer is my dear friend!!
btw i saw some stuff i really like... here's the top 3:

this lovely tote bag..














and this as well...
and this clutch is lovely too...

From the Leadership Files: MOTIVATIONS

Quote - ' Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit' - Phil 2:3

What we act on we strengthen.

If we are angry and we act on it we strengthen anger.

If we are proud and act on it we strengthen presumption and arrogance.

If we are tempted to sin and we act on it, we strengthen our weakness to resist temptation.

If we are anxious and we allow it to drive us to action, we strengthen worry.

However, if we resist temptation we strengthen our will.

Our will is like a muscle.

Every time we make a decision it is like lifting a weight.

We strengthen the muscle of our will.

When we control our temper we strengthen self-control.

When we refuse anxiety and rather trust God speaking out His promises, we strengthen faith instead of doubt.

the night of "bimbotic" good natured fun

I almost wanted to head home.. after work. At close to 6pm.. the tummy rebelled and yes.. I zipped in and out of the lavatory three times within half an hour. and Yes, I wasn't in the mood to entertain.. In fact, i feel like the weather these days.. gloomy..

Well, the Minds cafe appeared to look subdue - and not happening - in the midst of hustle and bustle of boat quay (with the heavy beats of the music emerging from the many pubs, lounges along the stretch facing the Singapore River. Like what June said, we will make it "happening" when we entered - cuz I commented that it looks rather bOring.. compared to its more "colourful" neighbouring units...

oh well.. I thoroughly enjoyed the many games played... Without much competition, my table is the noisiest and most rowdy of the three occupied tables at level 1 of the cafe .. HAHA.. with the wacky combination of xinjun, rachel, ivory, joyce, yours truly and the cutesy couple... june and damien (wa.. he can be super "lame"n crappy... ) and the last addition of simon towards the last half hour... oh well.. brainless games can be FUN... guessed the noisy games are the most fun.. like the taboo, the slamawich, the janga.. and ya.. the last game that gets everyone (almost) VIOLENT... the ugly ugly game... AHAHHA...

oh well... as usual, we ended up being ferried by the most unassuming "bus captain" home *that's his childhood ambition - i learnt that last night* assisted by the blurblur r8ch...

AND yes.. the silly me cannot resist the temptation to watch the Naked Chef on TV that I decided to subscribe to the Sony Entertainment channel on Mio (let me try for a month and will further assess...).. Matter of fact.. not many interesting programmes on that channel.. and get to see jamie oliver only over the weekend.. but Woo.. am so motivated by the yummilious chocolate cake he whipped up in one of the episodes last nite.. (actually only caught two.. back to back..at 1am!!) .. hmmm...

which explains why I woke up late at 750am i shock (cuz I'm working today!) Phew! I'm still earlier than my SM.. haha.. :)

wearing my nice pinky tee today.. expensive piece of cotton from a relatively unheard of brand in Singapore.. aha... :)

Done...

Finally completed the ground work and draft reply and appendices which stemmed from an innocent looking three page letter from the local tax authority.. And yes.. it's such a tedious process cuz we are looking at 6 years of computation - in four scenarios... and no prior formats.. and yes... i shall not elaborate... BUT glad that now it's on the table of my other SM.. hahha...

Finally can resume on the other stuff in my portfolio.. wooo... :)

the feeble attempt....

but failed... THought of changing the skin.. after two hours of tweaking... decided not to.. wasted efforts...

Frankly, what's the point?? I shall not attempt to answer this question... Interesting fact.. Today is Nov 9. Exactly a year ago... I stepped foot to work in the Shenton way... A year later, I'm already out of there... I wonder what would happened if i decided to fulfill that contract job.. Probably already diminished from this little dot and gone home? Maybe...

seriously... am horrifically wounded since Monday... and yes, I questioned on the reason for that. Maybe cuz that meant something.. and hence it hurt... Sigh.. Can't i change that which is within the cortex?? Time is seriously ticking every second that passes... yet that momentum which I oughta have gain ain't materialising.

boxed in and within and withdrew.

let's choose the mask for Friday. contemplating NOT to appear at all. Could i? Maybe it won't be detected... Oh gee.. why do i even entetain that thought. .

silence of the lamb

Marsians are right and venusian is wrong (usually, 99.9% of the time if venusians are more edgy in conversations. Conversely, venusians to marsians are ego-less and bimbotic and it's okay to make senseless sensitive direct remarks cuz no ego to be fed.)

Marsians get annoyed when the words from planet venus doesn't sound melodic to their ears and lodge a complain - marsians won't feel that the directness of their words matter to any venusians. Venus has to be subjected to marsians? Is that the common understanding? Apology? nah, not in the marsians' dictionary. if that's the case, venusian to function like a sponge?? (perhaps)

Nah, it's always the fault of the venusian. Marsians are vulnerable verbally, marsians think that venusians aren't. Perhaps martians deem that venusian are encrypted with sound-proof material or with devices that filter the unmelodic .

What's the point then?? it's pointless. it's always venus' insenstivity towards mars (never the other way round) AND yes, marsians have the innate right to be puff up. yeah, just nod in agreement, wear shades that block out vision - and be oblivious , wear the earplugs and ebb along, and yes, be wishywashy and beat around the bush and always have a sandwich in hand to boost the inflatable marsians in the event that the venus inevitably has to communicate to the marsians.

oh well, why don't venus just stay in the second gear? perhaps?

venus should opt out and stay second fiddle. stay at the plateu.

i think i need to sleep

i nearly blew it.. it's been a long week... judging from the loads of blogquiz -some crap big time- taken (not all blogged) .. i'm tired and ...

.. to be continued... though i would love to share... insanely sane...

My other name?

Your Biblical Name Is...

Joelliane Zoleen You will live to see the end of times.

What's Your Biblical Name?

HAHa... wonder how it is being derived at...
Joelliane = Jehova is God
Zoleen = God is my rock
Wa.. solid!

You Are a Strawberry Margarita

You're so sweet it's a little overwhelming, and people are a little afraid of corrupting you... It's a little difficult to imagine you with a margarita. And you're truly a different person after you've kicked back a couple!

What Flavor Margarita Are You?

The It's Its There Their They're Quiz

You Scored an A

You got 10/10 questions correct. It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors. If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs. As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they're only human. And it's humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes.

The It's Its There Their They're Quiz

What shall i be when i grow up...

can't decide the two pix that i like best.. so I figure... the result should be a mixture of both.. haha- a politican?? HAHA.. kinda like white outfits when i'm tired of blacks... haha..

You Should Be a Politician

Confident, assertive, and dedicated - you know what you want in life and how to get it. Stubborn and opinionated, you can stand your ground... even if it's unpopular. And while you have strong views, you never overwhelm people with your opinions. A true charmer, you subtly influence people into seeing things your way. You do best when you: - Work according to your own rules - Can change the world with what you do You would also be a good lawyer or talk show host.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

You Should Be a Manager

You're very organized, motivated, and methodical. Fair and objective, you can see all sides of a conflict. You are a good mediator. You are task oriented. You do well with deadlines and schedules. And while you can be a task master at times, you're good at managing people and listening to their input. You do best when you: - Must have attention to detail - Are in charge of people You would also be a good accountant or personal assistant.

What Should You Be When You Grow Up?

down with Gastroenteritis

sadly.. i was stuck in the bathroom for hours.. in the wee hours of wednesday and the pre-dawn hours before work.. (nope, i wasn't playing with my rubber duckies in the bathtub nor was I having a Cleopatra's bath... ) As such, journey down to the nearest clinic (that was under the parkway shenton's list) near home... ) that was at blk 221 - amazing i walked from loyang pt to there cuz the clinic at loyang point opens only at 9.. realised it only when i reached there... well.. the lady doctor was rather good.. thorough and (and she likes my m:phosis flip flops! haha!) ya.. a much better choice than the pasir ris clinic at dr 6.. haha... oh well.. was diagnosed with gastroenteritis ( not sure how i got it...) Slept most of the wed - somehow the medication made me zzzzzzzzz..

Wasn't really up for work this morning.. but no choice.. the workpile is building up... And i got a hot date with miss i later... wonder if miss stelle would turn up too.. hehe.. am glad that they have come to join us.. cuz... finally can have quality girly fellowship... keke...

and i know i shouldn't have bought that kopi- but i just can't help it... the smell of coffee beans is so alluring when i walked passed Spinelli... oh well.. back to work with the throbbing head and contracting abdominals...