i did shut off a couple of times this morning. i didn't manage to find a solution good enough therefore decided i need something interesting to read.

i requested Hian to provide some good reading material. in turn, he said both of us should like blog our take on 10 items, namely:
1) finding nemo ! HAHAHHAH (i just happen to see it )
2) boxed tissue zLOL wtf!
3) procrastination !!!
4) vocal individuals
5) london choco roll (wah fuck)
6) yeo keng hian zlolllll
7) v.day presents
8) facial expressions
9) retirement looking back at the past 5 years
10) my first windfall
where he suggested the items in odd numbers, and i did the even.

we are to discuss whatever we think of the said topic. here goes.

finding nemo
seriously who cares about nemo? not that i love animation no more, but nemo is like long overdue? right, if you are a frequent patron of Newton Circus, there is still this seemingly impaired (yet ablebodied) man who puts on a nemo headwear, roaming around selling stuffed toys. nothing personal.

boxed tissue
Hian asked me "why boxed tissue?!", i don't know. i'm in a situation myself now. darn. who on earth would wanna talk about boxed tissue, really?
i've discussed this all before, with my colleagues who happened to be with me when i towed a set of 5 boxes out of shop&save last week. i had to do that irregardless of how auntified i looked. dollie and mewkie is incessantly in need of tissue, and no one at home has the decency to help me out with this bit.
so one of my colleagues actually told me she prefer certain brands. this particular brand have thicker ply, lesser paper dust. i came to realize that i haven't been paying much attention to such details. age have taken its toll on me, now that i have to assume the duties of my mom, being the one who brings the tissue home.

procrastination
this is like spot-on for me. hello Hian, did you just ever so intentionally?
i am operating on multiple procrastinations, even at this very moment. i don't know, i am not exactly that motivated at certain activities. affairs of the heart especially. i'm not in favor of being over enthusiastic. it keeps reminding me that the adverse will surface.
work, school, my little girls even. their designated bath day is every Saturday. sometimes it happens on a Sunday, the worst case scenario took place on the following Sunday.
and i'm really supposed to complete a report for my manager by this week.

i'm beginning to feel that 10 items is a bit too much...and i'm beginning to feel sian already.

well, for the sake of the challenge.

vocal individuals
not as if i know much of such people, but the very few that i have in my life now is annoying the hell out of me.
first of all, i cannot stand people who have very strong opinions, and who uses them trying to rule out your ideas at every possible attempt, as if you do not have a mindset of your own. i mean, sure why not, put your ideas across and lets discuss it, but don't PUSH it cos it's burning me!
i know i'm digressing but who cares now that i have things to say? though this next category may not be too vocal, but pisses me off just as bad - people who feels they are a class above the rest. these people, i feel, have poor IQ and needless to say, zero EQ. people who expects the other party to accept their instructions (not even requests, mind you) without a single mumble. a decider, in other words, who goes for no second opinion.

london choco roll
thanks babe.
london choco roll~ london choco roll~
奶香choco味~ 双重口味美~
london choco roll~ 香浓又美味~
choco roll, choco roll, LONDON CHOCO ROLLLLLLL
okay. then? and yes Hian i'm laughing to myself like a retard. thanks.
overall this london choco roll has became a joke overnight. weird tune, funny dancers, haunting soprano.
people (like myself) wanting to try this product will have second thoughts, afraid that people over the counter will mock at them with the song.

yeo keng hian
yes! finally! a tall little small guy from my class of 3E5 & 4E5 WRS. a place i was perpetually and physically detached with.
10 years now. funny how he's gonna find out how i think of him this way. so publicly. BUT WHO GIVES A DAMN LA! 笑大大声!!! and a disclaimer beforehand. the below are written in accordance to my personal opinions of him and the facade that he's been portraying before me, nothing to do with who he really is.
badly malnutritioned, Hian do not let it hinder his zeal.

v.day presents
i don't really celebrate vday. i don't understand why human need a day to be specified to feel especially in love. that's absurd if you ask me. are vdays reserved for deprived 18 year olds only?
but yes, the topic here is presents. i still get presents. happier each time. i don't remember the past very well, but my past 4 vdays were spent with xan, he who made up a big part of me. he's not a genius at surprises, and each time he tries to spring one on me, i had to act really shocked, and he always knows that i'm acting. but still am thankful for the effort.
he intentionally bought me a silly, trembling, stuffed, pig toy on vday 2006. when he handed that to me in a plastic bag full of chocolates, he appeared all surreptitious. i immediately searched all over his car for something else in disbelief while he continued yelling "don't have already!" but i found a sookee gift box in the drawer. ever so excitedly, i untied the ribbon. nothing, nothing inside. it's just an empty gift box. and i was then somehow convinced when he said "this is my mom's". i didn't think it was easy for him either, when he asked "can you help me grab my street directory from the boot?". true enough, i see a bouquet of birds of paradise and a ring box.
2007 - i received a leehwa necklace. lol he asked me to go shop around and i did, only to walk past leehwa, saw him in there making his selection. got very pissed off with his florist in this year too.
2008 - i can't remember what happened this year. was it the olympus camera?
2009 - received my newest toy, nikon d90 (:

facial expressions
i dunno what to say about this actually.
it's just another form of expressions, no? i can't believe i came up with this. thinking, thinking.

looking back at the past 5 years
almost 4 of which was occupied by xan, again. been at extreme ends of happiness and sadness.
5 years back i was still someone who sits at mohamed sultan every night, without fail. i don't have to call, i know i'll see a friend there, and almost everyone is a friend. and i didn't have to care if i was in a skimpy dress or in the ugliest sweater paired with shorts, walking about in puffy eyes. 5 years back i lost a very much treasured person. 5 years back i was a very lost person, and was magically happy being lost. never knew i'd managed to get out of it.
the past 4 years i have been very sheltered. thankfully, he didn't give up on me, and has been watching over my every move for that devastating year. he didn't turn away at every rejection, though he still may not understand why. he helped me back on track, though he gets off some times too.

my first windfall
i don't know how am i gonna achieve that when i only bothered to buy 4D once a year. but if it so happens, i will buy a boxster-S, get a new apartment, buy 2 more yorkies, and fly everywhere feeling worry-free. i so wanna get away for hot air ballooning ):

that will be all for now i suppose, of cos will add on if i discover any missed parts.

here at 11:26 AM