Power of Songs

Shuo Hao De Xing Fu by Jay Chou

There are just some songs that would somehow, someway, unexpectedly, bring out some feelings within where are hidden, but not lost. No matter how happy you are now, no matter how contented and blissful you feel now, no matter how forward looking you are towards the new future, things and feelings in the past, though faded, will never do away as though it never happened.

When these songs are heard once again, it pulls out the feelings to the surface, feeling as though that fateful day was only yesterday.

Maybe it is because the fear that the past may repeat itself is always true.

Virgin to launch space tourism in 18 months

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - – Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson said Monday that Virgin Galactic is on track to offer commercial space travel within 18 months, and that space hotels are next on the drawing board.

Virgin Galactic, which aims to become the world's first commercial company to promote space tourism, has already collected 45 million dollars in deposits from more than 330 people who have reserved seats aboard the six-person craft.

Branson also has visions of establishing hotels in space, which well-heeled tourists can use as a base for shuttle flights over the moon.

"We are looking at hotels in space. We love the moon," the tycoon said

I had aspired to be an astronaut in my early primary school days... a weird ambition for a little girl isn't it? I remembered being amazed by this planetary book I had, and being the only kid in class who could name all the planets in order to my science teacher. Perhaps what I wanted was to be at the top of the world, able to admire mother earth, and the other mysterious yet beautiful planets, moons and stars with my very own eyes.

But somehow along the way I lost it. I'm not sure why...

I no longer aspire to set foot in space anymore. Perhaps I was influenced by my church teachings... that we should not disturb the peace of space, God's magnificant creation. Perhaps after all the spaceshuttle explosions I was a tad frightened. Perhaps its because as I grew older I understood all the possible dangers and high risks of the adventure.

Such that I am actually against Richard Branson's space empire ambition. It sounded to me like Gundam.... are we going to act like God and build a 'man-made planet' in the near future? Isn't Earth with all the wonderful colours, sights and smell, good enough a place to live in?

Mad rush to sleep

I've been officially working for two weeks already/ only and I feel like I have worked for 2 months already although it still feels like it was only yesterday when I just entered the company. I am glad my colleagues and superiors really do trust me in my work and I am not treated like a innocent fresh graduate. They do place high expectations on me and I am glad I am given ample opportunities to learn and do my part. This was already in place the first day I stepped in and I am given five projects to work on already, of which three of them I am playing a leading role with good guidance from my superior. Therefore with so much to do and so much done already, I feel like I had worked for 2 months already, but time had passed so fast, I could still clearly remember my feelings and events that took place the first day I stepped into my space in the department.

That being said, eveynight therefore became a mad rush to sleep. I have to wake up at 7am lastest every morning so I can prepare and leave by 7.30 am to catch the 8am company bus and reach office before my official working hour starts at 8.30pm.

This means I have to start sleeping ideally by 11.30pm. For the past few days I had work to do even after my official working hours ended at 6.15pm, and then I'll try to find some time, usually less than an hour, to spend with Siong, then go home, often reaching home after 11pm. Then I quickly check my personal mails, fb, quickly bath, dry the hair and go to bed... everything before 12am, often getting more tired due to the mad rush.

This weekend however was a welcomed break. Althought the mad rush to sleep is still there, I got to spend my weekend window shopping at Marina Square and Vivo City , have Kenny Rogers, beach at Sentosa, rewarding lunch adventure after church, tandom bike for the first time at East Coast and Karaok at Tanjong Katong. I know that such fun filled and well spent weekend with friends and my love will be hard to come by next time... and I am also feeling the drain of having packed so much activities into two days. For one thing I have not started on decorating my work note book nor started anything on scrapbooking, something I have been wanting to do for a very long while now.

I have been missing on my weekly anime and also rather behind my blogging for I had lots of entries I wanna talk about. I have not been reading my basic bible knowledge nor touched the bible.

It's time to work something out.... a weekly schedule that I should follow... like... I'll try to read my BBK and verses from the Bible at least twice a week.. and to have read and prepare myself before every BBK lesson. But then again...it's gonna be another schedule squeezed into the time I use to rush to sleep.

Gotta work on time management.

Early Morning dislikes and the good kind of Evenings

Top in the List
Feeling super hot and stuffy but sneezing and having mucus threatening to flow at the same time. Feeling hot and sneezing do not match each other.

Second in the List
Waking up from long nightmares that causes headaches

Third in the List
Feeling most humid after washing my hair and having to walk in the hot sun with no wind from my home to the MRT. (This did not occur this morning fortunately)

All these on top of having to rush and unable to laze in bed for half an hour.



Oh... but it was a good evening yesterday!

Top in the List
Meeting up with a old friend from my secondary and junior college for dinner and having a good ketchap and a jolly good time.

Second in the List
Having found my $1 but VERY BEAUTIFUL stickers near my place. Brings me back to the childhood days where stickers are cheap and not-glamour-fied by some art shop selling them at premium prices even when they aint as good as what I've gotten at $1 before. That was in the primary and secondary school days =D Got about $13 or $14 worth of em.

Third in the List
I managed to get a nice durian cake for my mom and some very good traditional mooncakes for shawn's family from Bakerzin at a good discount! Burnt my pocket but feels good coz I know they'll be happy!

Evolution

Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution is a widely debated topic with its own fair share of controversies and arguments. Nonetheless, the theory has sparked the inspiration and creativity of various artist and people with a different purpose around the world... and these are what they see or envisioned.


I think these artists are trying to show how men have evolved to be dependent on the electronics we have. It's amazing how snails survived the evolution process.

I know I have the tendancy to just become like this.

When something drastic happens along the way....

How we may just end up back in the waters after supposedly crawling out from it millions of years ago...

And this is my personal favourite. Short and sweet. To the point. =)

Anastasia

This song has been the song in our heads thru Macau and Hong Kong since we watched Zaia at The Venatia in Macau. It was one of the many mysterious but magical songs in the broadway and circus show, a pleasent surprise from Siong and the highlight of my 6 days vacation! It's a resident show by Cirque de Soleil and although its rather pricey, it is really worth a catch if you are going to The Venetian! Before the show, some of the main characters were already interacting with the audiences, like showing off some amazing muscles and throwing popcorn everywhere! We sat at the thrid seat from the stage and could see the actors' amazing and countless emotions and expressions, they are truly masters of the stage! Flying acrobats, clowns on trampolines, fire dance and rola bola... makes you feel like a captivated and amazed silly child all over again =) The company matters alot too ^.^

From the official website, http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/zaia/home.aspx

ZAIA is the most dazzling show ever staged in Asia. This brand new 90-minute mega-production brings together 75 high-calibre artists from all four corners of the globe. ZAIA is the dream of a young girl who journeys into space on a strange, yet familiar voyage of self-discovery. As she travels, she encounters the beauty of humanity and eventually brings it back with her to share with the inhabitants of earth.
ZAIA presents a young girl’s perception of the stars and planets, space and infinity, all populated by a panoply of fantastic, literally out-of-this-world creatures. The title, ZAIA, comes from a Greek name meaning “life” and is also reminiscent of “Gaia,” the living, self-aware, spirit of earth.ZAIA is a show that highlights dance, movement and aerial acrobatics, soaring to the farthest reaches of space and human beauty.

I had once dreamt of being an Astronaut as a primary 1 kid and had a favourite book about the universe which I can memorise sentences from!

Now more about the movie Anastasia - I found out just awhile ago that the main character Anastasia was built upon the character of a real girl, the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia. The Grand Duchess was a lively, gifted and mischievous. She was also described as nasty, sometimes to the point of being evil.

"The only surviving child of the Russian Royal Family hooks up with two con men while the undead Rasputin seeks her death." I have never watched the movie before, but for while when I was looking at video, I was wondering why did this particular disney princess adopted a rather smart and not so sweet look, even to the point of having a tint of the evil disney witches look (look at the eyes). But after I realised that Anastasia was built upon the character of the Grand Duchess, I am amazed at how Disney had once again brought characters to life, giving them a whole new satisfying plot for a story of its own. It will be great if I can get my hands on the movie, for I would like to see for myself how Disney had recreated this real and interesting Duchess. For your information, Rasputin was a good friend of the Grand Duchess and her three other elder sisters, so there was a twist here.

Wikipedia, as usual, provides a good summary of Anastasia's life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchess_Anastasia_Nikolaevna_of_Russia

The most queer things of all, today's the 92nd year anniversary of the royal family's death. Realised it as I was reading through.

I've never been so free!

There are only 3 commitments that I have in life now

1. GA
2. Job search
3. Family

Surprising eh! I've just left the 'studies first' stage of my life and am entering the next stage... and I have no idea what's in for me at all, especially when my life values have amazingly changed. My call of duties and priorities are now totally different...

Just five months ago my dream job would be one that is set overseas, allowing me to travel as much as I can. Now I want to stay in Singapore, or rather, stay at home wherever it should be. I also thought that I should work hard and earn as much as possible, even at the demise of my body and health, but after the Loreal Brandstorm competition which left me totally drained, I am now strictly for a five day work week, leaving Saturday and Sunday for life, family and church... Family wasn't even in the picture less than 2 months ago.

I hope I can continue my Wushu trainings too... a short but good wushu self practise left my weak body in muscle aches from top to toe, I can't even cough properly! I wanna go learn some dance, continue my classes at Jitterbugs, or even taking up designing courses, things that I have always been interested in. I want to make nice desserts too... its been some time since I made brownies and cheese cakes.

Glow's magazine from Watson is fantastic. I had KFC and bubble tea today, and the magazine made me wanna go for Salad and Green Tea with as little sugar as possible for tomorrow. It also told me that all these while I have been applying my concealer the wrong way! =P And I've learnt that moles that grow and change in shape or colour can very well be cancerous. *warning* Glow made me wanna go east coast park and cycle too. Maybe Siong will bring me there! =DDDD

I feel old all of a sudden... and I am quite sure its the aftermath of over working for the competition. I've never felt so drained for so long. The nightmare even haunted me when I was in Switzerland - I dreamt of being pulled back to Paris to do photoshop for the winning team!

I should complete my posts for Grad Trip too! It's everywhere and I hope my blog can provide some tips for traveller who may want to tour Europe someday!

I'm going Hong Kong too and I'm sure I'll be rejuvenated after the wonderful trip! =D

I'm happy. The kind of peaceful happiness knowing that God has everything planned out for me and I shouldn't be worrying too much about anything. =)

that's why I always think that Long distance relationship wont work...

Havent watched the movie though!

I think I know why I am so infactuated with this song... the words... the meaning...the rythm and tempo... sometimes when I listen to it, I feel like I am flying to where I am supposed to be.

The BEST ZOUK I've eva seen!

Being a girl has its benefits.

Occasionally I get an extra egg or vegetables from the chicken rice uncle.

Today I got free Tau Pok, which apparently was the last one coz the woman ( not girl) behind me asked for tau pok and the chicken rice uncle went * 送走了* . The uncle who was in front of me who heard the chicken rice uncle asking me if I want if its free, said *为什么我的要钱？？！！* . The chicken rice uncle replied -*应为你不是女孩子!!!*

At this point of time you must be thinking, maybe its just that I look appealing to chicken rice uncles. This is not the case coz yesterday the taxi driver uncle forgot to run the meter and the baker guy who was kneeding his dough smiled at me and toppled his bowl of dough.

OH Man... I don't wanna be a uncle magnet!

I was just checking out the speed of certain animals for some random purposes and I can't help but laugh at this poor guy's name.... (In Bold)

Animal and it's Speed(mph)
Peregrine falcon 200.00+
Cheetah 70.00
Pronghorn antelope 61.00
Lion 50.00
Thomson's gazelle 50.00
Wildebeest 50.00
Quarter horse 47.50
Cape hunting dog 45.00
Elk 45.00
Coyote43.00
Gray fox42.00
Hyena 40.00
Ostrich 40.00
Zebra 40.00
Mongolian wild ass 40.00
Greyhound 39.35
Whippet 35.50
Jackal 35.00
Mule deer 35.00
Rabbit (domestic) 35.00
Giraffe 32.00
Reindeer 32.00
Cat (domestic) 30.00
Kangaroo 30.00
Grizzly bear 30.00
Wart hog 30.00
White-tailed deer 30.00
Human 27.89
Elephant 25.00
Black mamba snake 20.00
Six-lined race runner18.00
Squirrel 12.00
Pig (domestic) 11.00
Chicken 9.00
House mouse8.00
Spider (Tegenearia atrica) 1.17
Giant tortoise 0.17
Three-toed sloth 0.15
Garden snail 0.03

i suddenly feel like painting. And I did on 29th March!!! Could only do it on photoshop though... it's still painting coz i used a brush!

and i will miss my BS802( Ai yai yai yai yai!!!) group! though they really gave me a hard time last night, but not all are so fun-filled. not all are so nice, friendly and appreciative. some are ZEN ZEN un-enjoyable and unreasonable.

Need & Greed

Once in a while I get good emails are really worth sharing.

A boat docked in a tiny Mexican fishing village. A tourist complimented the local fishermen on the quality of their fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.

"Not very long." they answered in unison.

"Why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?"

The fishermen explained that their small catches were sufficient to meet their needs and those of their families.

"But what do you do with the rest of your time?"

"We sleep late, fish a little, play with our children, and take siestas with our wives. In the evenings, we go into the village to see our friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs. We have a full life."

The tourist interrupted, "I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat."

"And after that?"

"With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City , Los Angeles , or even New York City ! [ From there you can direct your huge new enterprise."

"How long would that take?"

"Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years." replied the tourist.

"And after that?"

"Afterwards? Well my friend, that's when it gets really interesting, " answered the tourist, laughing. "When your business gets really big, you can start buying and selling stocks and make millions!"

"Millions? Really? And after that?" asked the fishermen.

"After that you'll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife and spend your evenings drinking and enjoying your friends."

"With all due respect sir, but that's exactly what we are doing now. So what's the point wasting twenty-five years?" asked the Mexicans.

And the moral of this story is:
Know where you're going in life.... you may already be there!

BOoooRRRing Saturdays

Took a Personal Career Profile

... and here's the results!

1/Your personality (1=lower score to 5=higher score) :
- Extraversion : 4.5
- Agreeableness : 4.3
- Conscientiousness : 4.1
- Openess : 4
- Emotional Stability : 2.8 ( THIS DOES NOT MEAN I AM EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE!)

2/ Your values (0=lower score to 8=higher score) :
- Self-direction : 8
- Benevolence : 8
- Achievement : 7
- Hedonism : 7
- Universalism : 7
- Power : 6
- Tradition : 6
- Stimulation : 5
- Conformity : 4
- Security : 2

3/ Your career anchors (1=lower score to 5=higher score) :
- Creativity : 4.8
- International : 4.4
- Autonomy : 4.2
- Pure Challenge : 4.2
- LifeStyle : 3.8
- Dedication to a cause : 3.6
- Technical : 3.6
- General Management : 3.4
- Security and Stability : 2

4/ Your needs (1=lower score to 7=higher score) :
- Need for achievement : 6
- Need for affiliation : 5.4
- Need for dominance : 5
- Need for autonomy : 3.4


For the benefit of friends who still want to ask me out...

Neuroticism / Emotional Stability:

Neuroticism is the tendency to experience negative emotions, such as anger, anxiety, or depression. It is sometimes called emotional instability. Those who score high in neuroticism are emotionally reactive and vulnerable to stress. They are more likely to interpret ordinary situations as threatening, and minor frustrations as hopelessly difficult. Their negative emotional reactions tend to persist for unusually long periods of time, which means they are often in a bad mood. These problems in emotional regulation can diminish the ability of a person scoring high on neuroticism to think clearly, make decisions, and cope effectively with stress.

At the other end of the scale, individuals who score low in neuroticism are less easily upset and are less emotionally reactive. They tend to be calm, emotionally stable, and free from persistent negative feelings. Freedom from negative feelings does not mean that low scorers experience a lot of positive feelings.

I scored a LOW 2.8. hahas!

Which means I am rather far from suddenly bashing anyone up or crying while standing beside you. =)

How to be clever

{KoNa} Happy Tiger Year!! =) says:
wah u bath for 1 hour ar..
so waste water
Yunz says:
no lar...
i just KLKK only
{KoNa} Happy Tiger Year!! =) says:
walk here walk there?
Yunz says:
yar
before entre the toilet... acttracted by tthe teebee
after come out from toilet.. make hot milo... watch teebee... 5 minutes later get the hot water to make milo
come to the room
put moisturizer
clean the glasses
look at tml schedule
then talk to you
{KoNa} Happy Tiger Year!! =) says:
walau.. walk here walk there oso hav short form
Yunz says:
Kia Lai Kia Ki
{KoNa} Happy Tiger Year!! =) says:
ya la.. heng i smart euff to think of this.. haha
to guess it correctly
Yunz says:
lol!
but i quite toopid one leh
for you to be able to read KLKK
means you aloso quite stupi
{KoNa} Happy Tiger Year!! =) says:
huh.. stupid for guessing correctly?
so guess wrongly mean wat?
haa
Yunz says:
SUPER STUPID
stupid mind also cannot read
clever pple wun go and guess
{KoNa} Happy Tiger Year!! =) says:
wah.. den there is no room for being clever liao
Yunz says:
yups
noooo
clever pple will just ask " whats KLKK?"
but they will still look stupid
coz i will say " KLKK you also dunnoe ar?"
{KoNa} Happy Tiger Year!! =) says:
er.. this shld be classify under lazy ppl
Yunz says:
nope
lazy pple wun even ask
those are really clever ones
coz i cannot say anything to make them stupid
{KoNa} Happy Tiger Year!! =) says:
haa.. qy's theory

Childish confessions

When I was much younger, I used to think that the number of presents one receives on his or her birthday is a sign of how popular he or she is. If I had continued to think like this, I'ld had probably sank into depression thinking that somehow I had became a horrible person.

I was just peering at the line of teddies and photoframes, tiny presents and gifts that I had received and fondly displayed over the years. For most of them, I still rememebered from whom and when I had received it. If it's some kind of collection of proof, this year must have been the most miserable. What I have blogged is what I had received but I am still very grateful for those who remembered.... I love presents, not that I am materialistic for a simple slice of cake or a little dollar hp strap can really bring me much joy...just that I thought that I had made the most number of friends in my university years, but whether I have a place in their hearts I do not know... when I go for planned/surprise b'day parties by friends for friends, or when I plan something or anything... it makes me think why I'm doing/people do such things but mine's void and empty. Keeping touch with friends before uni years were more than difficult.

Neither did I receive anything from this so called family, I don't even know if they knew I was born into this place that very day. maybe coz they thought I nv gave, thats why I didn't receive. I know I am horrible here, but it's terrible too. Makes me hate even more.

And if it's true that I am horrible, then horrible I shall be. It can't be helped. Uni year 1 taught me that I need to protect myself. Even person I had loved and buddies I trust the most can be my worst enemy. Even your own mother can create hell for you.

Another one!!!!

Tarzan's Heart beat for you! BAM BAM!! BAM BAM!!!

Phantom

Why can't they just leave them alone when they are of no treat to anyone anymore? Why can't they just let them leave the life they want after ruining them so much? Why can't they just let them go to pursue a simple wish, a simple life? Especially when they have just found what they want...

Anyway... its just an anime.

Going to my secret hideout tml!!! Heh Heh Heh!!!