I have Fat Fingers!

Opinions, crying babies and childish "friends"

2012-01-08T16:44:00.003Z

So there is this Meet and Seat service that KLM has come up with. It allows one person to choose who they want to sit next to based on social media profiles. Link: http://www.springwise.com/transportation/airline-lets-passengers-choose-seat-partners-based-social-media-profiles/

I posted it on my FB wall and said it would be great if I am able to choose a seat far away from crying babies or annoying screaming kids.

A few minutes later, I got an angry reply from a friend saying that I should be nice and her baby can't help it if he screams due to the pressure etc and they wouldn't have let him travel unless necessary.. etc etc etc...

Now, all I was saying was I want to be able to CHOOSE a seat far away from them. I didn't say ban them! So i don't understand why she got so mad. Everyone is entitled to have their opinion.

The baby can cry and scream in the plane but I just want to be far away from it all. If I am able to CHOOSE. I know the babies can't help it and can't tell you what's annoying them so they cry and scream. All I was saying is.. i want to be able to CHOOSE! I paid for my air ticket too so I have a right to have an enjoyable flight. Like how you have a right to bring your screaming baby onto the plane. I just want to be able to CHOOSE to sit far away from you! I think even if I explain till my face turns blue, this "friend" would still not understand what I'm trying to say.

So anyway, 2 min after said friend posted on my wall, she went on to post on her wall saying, "Liking dogs is ok but publicly listing them as your children on facebook? That's taking it a bit too far".

Ok lah, I did list my dogs as my children on my fb. Cannot is it? I love them! They are part of my family. Of course, there are boundaries too. I do not actually treat them like children!

Anyway, I think the world has gone mad. If you say you can't stand crying babies or screaming annoying kids, you are seen as evil! I love kids.. when they are well behaved. I get annoyed with my nephews too when they misbehave! Does that make me evil? I just don't like screaming kids...

Anyway, needless to say that person is no longer a friend. Not because she left that angry comment but just because I said something that she doesn't like to hear and she went on to write about me and my dogs on fb.

Life is too short to have childish friends....

WTF?

2011-10-16T19:09:00.002+01:00

What the hell is wrong with you people?

I have had a few people searching for ostrich penis and ostrich sex and ended up on blog...

I think I may have blogged about this before after visiting an ostrich farm.. as far as I know.. the penis of an ostrich is huge!!

so there..

Mee Soto!

2011-04-17T09:11:00.004+01:00

One of my favourite food is Mee Soto.. with lots of Sambal Kicap.

A few years ago, I was craving for it for two weeks and was so desperate, i resorted to making it myself. I am once again craving for it and since I have a few days off the next few weeks, I might make it for my MIL when she is here. I hope she likes it. So far she likes the chicken rice we've cooked for her and has always requested that we cook that for her when she is here.

Anyway, I got the Mee Soto recipe from this girl called M3rNi3. I am now sure how to pronounce that? LOL. Anyway, her mum's Mee Soto is very sedap!

I am reposting her recipe here because I am worried she might delete her blog in future and I might not be able to have my Mee Soto.. :( hehe

Ingredients

1 whole chicken cut into 12 pieces, cleaned
2 heaped tbsp coriander seeds
1 level tsp cumin seeds
5 - 7 big onions, roughly chopped
3 pips garlic, roughly chopped
3 cm fresh turmeric
3 candlenut
2 red chillies, roughly chopped
1 lemongrass
2 lime leaves
2 salam leaves
water
1/4 cup coconut milk
2 tbsp sweet soya sauce
salt and sugar to taste
oil

Method

In a blender, grind coriander seeds, onion, garlic, turmeric, cumin, candlenut and chillies with a lil bit of water.
Heat some oil in a pot and fry the ground ingredients till fragrant and crisp.
Press the end of lemongrass with a pestle and put in the lime and salam leaves and put them in the pot.
Add some salt and sugar then add enough water and leave it to boil on high flame.
Once it has started to boil, lower the flame and put in the chicken pieces and leave it to coook.
Add in the coconut milk and sweet soya sauce and leave it boil again.
Leave it for a moment and turn off heat.

Serve chicken soup hot with noodle or vermicelli or rice cakes and blanched beansprouts.
Top it off with condiments such as fried crispy shallots, chopped cilantro and spring onions and "sambal kicap" - made of ground birds eye chillies, garlic and sweet soya sauce.

I also found a very good recipe for the Sambal Kicap but I forgot where I got it from..

To make sambal kicap:
4-5 thai chili (more if you like it spicier)
Sweet soy sauce
Salt
Lime juice

Pound thai chili using mortar and pestle. If you are making a lot, you can use the blender. Add in the rest of the ingredients

Here is a pic of the Mee Soto I made the last time!

Dear HSBC

2011-02-02T20:18:00.002Z

Dear HSBC,

Many thanks for your letter to inform me that the Shipley branch is now open on Saturdays.

I have no idea why you are telling me this as this branch is 6 miles away! If you look at my address or postcode, it will tell you that I live in Leeds.

Also, the opening time is not convenient for me as it opens at 10am. I believe your competitor, Natwest opens at 8 or maybe 9 am on a Saturday morning but definitely earlier than your branches.

You said in your letter that I could talk to the advisors on how to get the most of my money.. The unfortunate thing is, on a Saturday, i can't get any money (greater than £500 - withdrawal limit) out of my account because the counters are not open.

I do not understand why you have to have all your counters closed but have three member of staff in the lobby telling me I can't get MY money out. They even had the audacity to suggest that I can get a bank draft which will cost me £20.

So anyway, HSBC, I've decided to bank with someone else. Not letting me have access to MY money was the last straw.

Bye!

Your Sincerely,

Your ex-customer, Fat Fingers.

Things that annoy me #838 - $urprises

2010-10-31T16:03:00.002Z

Got up this morning to an email from the eldest sister asking if i would like to share a present for our dear mother.

Of course! I'd love to give her a present! She's my mother and I love her!

Turns out.. it is a $2600 present for some facial spa thing. $2600!! $2600/3 = $866!!

Now I don't mind spending $866 on my mother...but to tell me that I have pay it by Christmas is not possible. We all have financial commitments. Well, maybe not for my sister..but I do!

$866 is 65% of my mortgage!

I felt obliged to say yes but this time I have to say No as I have other responsibilities now - mortgage, bills. etc.. Plus.. i have also spent about £650 on air tickets back to Singapore to see my mother this Christmas.. That has got to be the best Christmas present for her right? RIGHT?!?!

I did suggest buying it for her next Christmas which will give me some time to save for it.. but the sister wasn't keen...

Also am very annoyed with the sister because I just found out that she is going to do this facial spa thing as her part time job..and if my mum gets it and uses it everyday, she can lure her other friends to get it too!!!!

So anyway.. i hate $urprises.. that has to do with $$$..

Give me more advance notice please!!

Things that annoy me #384

2010-08-15T17:58:00.002+01:00

Irresponsible dog owners.

We have a neighbour who owns a collie. Collies are highly intelligent dogs. They need mental stimulation and like any other dogs, they need to be walked! At least 2 or 3 times a day!

Bringing him out to the common (field) every day and letting him roam around to poo/pee while you stand there playing with your phone is not walking your dog!

This is dog abuse to me!

No wonder this dog is so aggressive! He has so much energy in him and so when dogs go up to him, he'll just have a go at them!

That's what he did to my poor little puppy! (Who I shall call Oafalina as she is an oaf! hehe).

The owner had no control over the dog! She knew her dog is aggressive towards other dogs but what did she do? Well, let's start with what she did not do.

She didn't hold on to her dog. Instead, she tried to play ball with him. Oafalina went up to greet them and sniffed the ball and the Collie just went for her!

Oafalina was squealing! What did the owner do? She did nothing! No control over her dog whatsoever!

What did I do? I did a Cesar Millan hehe. I went HEY! made the tsst sound that Cesar does in every eps of The Dog Whisperer (hehe) and pulled Oafalina away.

That stupid owner even had the cheek to say... "Are you alright, sweetheart?"

Grrr.

Luckily Oafalina was alright. If she was injured, I really don't know what to say to the RSPCA officer who was going to check on us the next day!

Anyway, I am very wary of this dog now. We heard stories about him attacking people and other dogs from other people.

I don't really blame the dog for his behaviour. It's the owners.

Anyway, the point is.. if you want to have a dog, you must walk them at least twice a day!

Be responsible! And please pick up your dog's poo too!

Work..

2010-02-04T19:07:00.003Z

... Sucks!

I have been swearing so much at work, my colleague thinks I have Tourette's Syndrome...

I will 忍忍忍！

Working here now makes working for Dick Head a breeze!

I hate it that people think my job is easy and I can product top quality work in such a tight timeline!!!

To all these people.. SCREW YOU!!!

and stop asking me about Pivot tables all the time!!!!!! I have no time to do your pivot tables for you!!!

howdy stranger...

2010-01-29T23:02:00.000Z

Strike!

2009-09-21T19:09:00.002+01:00

“The council says we have to take a pay cut so lower paid workers, especially women workers, can get an increase. Women workers have been underpaid for years, and they should have their pay increased, but not at the expense of their fellow workers.”

So Leeds City Council decided that everyone should have equal pay and started the equal pay legislation.
So now all workers doing equivalent jobs should have equal pay?? But how can an office clerk and a bin man have equal pay?

I don't think it is right to cut bin men's salaries by as much as £6,000 a year!
No wonder they go on strike lah!

It's almost 3 weeks already and now we have 5 bin bags sitting at the back yard waiting for the bin men... I hope there will be no rats...

Nagging...

2009-08-10T21:05:00.002+01:00

Last night, the husband set me a tough challenge....
I must not nag at him for at least 14 hours.....
I am finding it really hard... LOL!
I nag at him all the time.... poor him...
And poor me.. i didn't dare open my mouth much today cos I'm worried I might just start nagging at him!! It was really difficult and I have to bite my tongue everytime I want to nag at him! HAHAHA

I have so many things I want to tell him but I better leave it till later.... hehehe
I now have exactly 53min to go before I win the bet!!!
我忍！！

Umbrella

2009-07-18T15:13:00.003+01:00

It's been raining here a lot lately and so I had no choice but to use the brolly.

I don't like to use umbrellas because the wind here is so strong and it's hard trying not to let the umbrella fly away.

I don't like those small folding umbrellas too because i have no patience to fold them nicely after i've used them.

Grandma use to do that for me. She would patiently sit there and fold the brolly nicely for me, put it in the cover and put it back into my bag.

I miss Grandma.. I miss all the little things she used to do for me.

Flapping Ears...

2009-06-28T20:58:00.003+01:00

So today, we got back from camping from the Yorkshire Dales...and what do I get?
A dried flatten crow ON the pavement, just in front of our house and I almost stepped on it! Yes, it's that same crow that was on the side of the road a few weeks ago..

I also saw many road kills along the roads in the dales....all of them rabbits and one still had its ears sticking out... and the ears flapped when cars drove passed it...

Being watched...

2009-06-20T23:42:00.002+01:00

I think we are being watched by the crows!

Last week, we found a dead crow on the road next to our car.
Husband gently moved it (with his foot) to the side of the road near the pavement... while its friend, was watching us on our roof... going. 'CAW CAW CAW'

Today, 7 days later, the dead crow is still there! Crushed many times by cars, including ours, parked in front of our house...

The poor crow is now all flat and dried up. It's horrible and I can't look at it. Silly Husband will point it out to me just to annoy me. "Hey look! It's still there!" Argh!! I'll walk really fast past it.. I have started using the backdoor to get out too so I won't get to see it....

The last few days, I also noticed 2 crows on the roof of the houses opposite ours. They seemed to be watching us.... I hope they didn't think we killed the crow.... And yesterday morning, I heard some tapping sounds on the roofs..I think it might be the crows... hmmm

Anyway...

I hope in the next few days, some cat will come and eat it up.. or someone will clean it..for us... or it will rain so heavily, the crow will be washed down the hill.... maybe i'll just have to wait for it to decompose.... argh...

Rule #1 - Always listen to your wife

2009-05-13T19:18:00.002+01:00

Him: Alright. I'm off now.
Me: Bye! Don't forget the Satnav!
Him: Oh I'm not bringing it! I won't get lost!
Me: You sure?
Him: Yes! Bye! Love you!
Me: Don't get lost now!

5 minutes later...

Him: Hi babe! I'm lost!
Me: HAHAHA!!!
Him: How do I get to Foxholes Lane?
Me: HAHAHAHA!! I told you!
Him: OK... how do i get there?
Me: *gave him the instructions...*
Him: Ok i found it!
Me: HAHAHA What did I tell you?
Him: Always listen to your wife......?
Me: Yah lor! hahahaha!
Him: Alright, see you later bye!
Me: Bye! HAHAHAHA

国家很 take care of 人民

2009-04-27T19:29:00.002+01:00

That's what David Gan said on one of the clips that were shown on Singapore Day. I thought it was funny hehe.

Anyway, I had a really great time at Singapore Day. I met up with an old friend and even bumped into an old classmate of mine! How random is that?!

The food was great too. I had to queue up 35min for the chicken rice but it was worth it.

Thank you Singapore Gahmen for this lovely day!

The Dim Sum Dollies, Hossan Leong, mr brown and his gang were great. I also enjoyed watching the skit by Michelle Chong - Barbarella the SPG. LOL. It was so funny! Even the husband found it funny. He was impressed by her.

Oh, we were asked by someone if we wanted to write down our wishes for the country and we said ok and it turns out it was to write why I am proud to be a Singaporean. He got it totally wrong! aiyoh..

Anyway, i couldn't think of the reason at that time and told him to go away and let me have some food first haha. I still don't have the answer though. hmmm

Yeah, i think the Singapore Day was very well organised so thank you Overseas Singaporean Unit.

32!!

2009-03-31T16:43:00.002+01:00

It's my 32nd birthday today!

I spent the night before having a great curry at Nawaab's @ Bradford. The Lamb Haandi was great! We had a tikka mix as well between us and 2 popadoms.

Spent part of the morning cursing at Shitepal (that's Paypal for you btw) because they are just shite! What is the point in verifying your identity and everything and then have my payments rejected and telling me that I am going to be charged for the reversal charges?? I called them and they told me the email was a mistake so I kept asking them "WHY did you send me the email then and gave me inaccurate information?" like how they kept asking me for my name each time I was transferred to another agent! The funny thing was when they talked to me they addressed me by my name and THEN asked me for my name again? WTF?

I also called mum and the nieces sang me a birthday song over the phone...Awww... I miss them so much and I wish i'm there with them or they were here with me!

Anyway, the husband decided we should do something for my birthday and we went to Ilkley for the day. We love Ilkley and we hope to get a house there someday... if we can ever afford it!
We had a great pub lunch at The Yard. He had bangers and mash and I had a goats cheese burger. I even had the chips! If you know me well enough, I never liked potatos and will only eat crisps and chips ONLY if I can dip them in chilli sauce. The chips at The Yard were so good I managed to have most of it. We will definitely go back there again for the Sunday Roast!

We walked around Ilkley town centre and ended up at Bettys Tea Room. When I went in, I told the husband, in singlish, "Wah so high class one". Their service was first class! We had the "Yorkshire Cream Tea". It came with a pot of tea and 2 sultana scones with clotted cream and strawberry preserve and it was YUM! And if you know me well enough, you'll know that I never liked tea but not anymore!

Whiz Kid

2009-02-01T20:33:00.002Z

One of the good things about working in a department full of Oldies is that they all think I am a whiz kid (even though I'm not much of a kid now..)

The old lady, S, sitting next to me is turning 65 soon. We've just moved office and she was complaining about not knowing what the time is because the clock is not up yet.

So I told her about the "Clock" on the task bar. She got really excited and said in her very heavy yorkshire accent "Oh right, there it is. Oh you're very smart in'it!! Hey (talking to the other old lady sitting opposite her), did you hear that? You can see the time on the computer!"

The other lady, G, said "Yes! If you put your mouse over it, it will show you the date too!"

S tried it and was really happy the pc could tell her the date and time! She was really pleased! They both got so excited about it!!! It is so funny to watch.

The were also impressed with how fast I can switch my screens around. They thought I could do some sort of magic! LOL!

Now they all can do "Alt-Tabs".

Gross...

2009-01-30T18:08:00.002Z

Had a terrible train journey to work today.

Someone did a really bad fart and it was so bad it smelled like someone did one in their pants!!! I kid you not!

I had to fan myself with the metro paper!! I looked around but the 3 people sitting near me pretended not to smell it! I think they were too polite. I couldn't stand it. It was terrible. It's as if you were sitting next to the toilet and someone didn't flush! I suspect it was the man sitting in front of me as he turned his head slightly. He must have seen me gasping for some fresh air!!!

It took about a min for the smell to go away! When it was my stop, i got up and this chinese man next to me sneezed...at me! Luckily not in my face! (he was sitting down!). My immediate reaction was "Argh! Gross!". I am sure he heard me and I gave him the evil eye too. It was quite annoying! I think his sneeze got onto the sleeves of my coat so I was wiping it against the pole in the train! haha!

I hope this will never happen to me again....

I am back!!

2009-01-30T18:05:00.001Z

After trying to start up new blogs with new nicknames... I still love being Fat Fingers.

I am not sure how long I will stay this time... we shall see...

I've moved..

2006-12-17T14:18:00.000Z

to http://denshagirl.wordpress.com/

See you there! And please don't call me fat fingers anymore hehe

Update

2006-12-10T13:07:00.000Z

So Dick is still having his affair... and guess what? He talked dirty to the slut using the co. email.. he said he wants her to kiss and suck his private part (yes he talked dirty but he never said cock.. he said private part! hahaha where got ppl talk dirty and use the word "private part" one??) but he hopes she will not bite it. Then he said he wants to squeeze and suck her B (which we all assume is breasts.. unless he meant butt..hmm)

Dick is gross! I still can't understand what that slut sees in him! I guess she just wants to play around..

I hope he gets genital warts soon and I hope he gets exposed and his wife will leave him for someone better and the husband of the slut will beat him up till he is unrecognisable!! muahahhaa

Dick sucks! hahahaa
I hope i get to bump into him and his slut girlfriend when I am back in Singapore! and that will be in 3 weeks time! ...20 days to be exact! And i will bring my digicam everywhere i go!!!! hehehehehehehe

Dick head

2006-11-10T20:16:00.000Z

My ex-COWorker have been updating me about Dick... and as always he is a Dick head!!

He has been using the company email to flirt with someone he met and then he gave the password to most of his staff so that they can do his work for him!! And of course, some of them use it to check his emails (secretly)... (yes that is not an ethical thing to do.. but let's talk about this some other day, shall we? hehehe)

So now they have discovered that Dick is having an affair... and when they told me, I told them I don't believe them because:

a) Dick is a cheapskate and he wouldn't spend money on some woman (unless that woman is paying for everything OR he is using his company credit card to pay for everything!!)

b) Dick is ugly.. why would anyone want to flirt/sleep/or have anything to do with him??

c) Dick has a beautiful wife.... and 2 boys.. why would he do that? (anyway, i heard it is an arranged marriage so maybe he really doesn't love her... i don't think she loves him either cos he is so ugly! haha .. )

But it is really true... my ex-COWorkers followed him when he said he is going to have lunch and they peeped from behind the pillar! hahahaha And then conversation like these (though not in these exact words) were exchanged (in the emails)

Dick: I want to hug, kiss and carress you all over! I hope you do the same too.

Dick's Lover: Oh I can't sleep last night because I have been thinking of you, you bad boy.
Dick: Haven't you heard? Good things always come to those who wait.

Dick: The room number is 02-16 which is the same as my birthday!

YUCKS YUCKS YUCKS. I really don't want to know this.. ok maybe i do hahaha

This Dick and his lover are so disgusting, i think! Both have family and kids! Grrrr!! I hope they get STD!!

My ex-COWorkers are now wondering which hotel he went to since he is such a cheapskate hahahaha. They said it must be Hotel 88.. I said no.. I think it is one of those motels in Geylang!!!!

And i was hoping that when I'm back in Singapore, I will go follow him and take pics haha like a PI.. but unfortunately he will be leaving Singapore (for good!) before I'm back! Damn!

And i told my ex-Coworkers that this is the time for revenge!!! But they dare not do anything because they are afraid that they might get sued for reading his email! If it's me, i'd fwd those emails to IT or the MD.. or maybe just use it to blackmail him.. or email it to his wife.. or paste it on the notice board or leave it in the pantry!!! I think leaving it in the pantry or on the notice board is the best.. or print the email and put it in the MD's pigeon hole. Don't think there is enough CCTV in the office!!! Oh how i wish I'm back there now and plotting my revenge!! I've been asking my ex-COWorkers to expose him... but of course, my ex-COWorkers all need the job and $$$ so they can't do it... such a waste and so very annoying! NOW is the time to get back at that bloody Dick! But nevermind.. he will get his retribution some day and hopefully STD and genital warts!

Die Dick Die! You total waste of space!!!!

Taxi!

2006-11-04T15:35:00.000Z

I met a funny cab driver the other day... but not as funny as the one Mark met...

Me: High holborn off Drury Lane please.

Cab Driver: Are we going to the theatre?

Me: Nope. It's the Travelodge Hotel.

Cab Driver: I ain't going to a hotel with you! We've just met!! I thought a nice young lady like you would bring me to the theatre

Me: hehehe. I ain't going to the theatre..

Cab Driver: But we've just met! What happened to going to the theatre, have a meal and get to know each other first?

Me: hehehe *nervous laughter and not sure what else to say* erm yeah.. it's always better to get to know each other first.

Cab Driver: How about you pay for the dinner, the tickets and the hotel and i pay for the cab fare?

Me: HAHAHAHAHA I think i'll just pay for the cab fare... thank you!

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Anyway Travelodge sucks! well not really... the room is actually not bad.. but having to pay £1.95 (that's about SGD6) for a miserable toothbrush and toothpaste is outrageous!!! Holiday Inn Express is also a budget hotel and they still gave me a free toothbrush and toothpaste! So why can't they do that too?? Grrrr! Ah well... at least I didn't have to pay for the room! No lah.. it's my co. who paid for the room lah.. not the cab driver! haha

Guess...

2006-10-22T16:43:00.000+01:00

... who's got a Distinction for her MSc course??

\(^ ^)/

Japanorama

2006-10-01T14:07:00.000+01:00

I've been watching Japanorama on BBC2 every week. It's by Jonathan Ross ( and he has a blog too at myspace!) and it's really funny! He's funny too!

Anyway, watching Japanorama makes me want to go back to Japan! Everytime Jonathon Ross introduced some of the places or stuff in Japan, I'd go.. "Oh I've been there!!!!".. or "Oh! I know this!!!"

The boyfriend and I were talking in bed the other day about what we are going to do and when to do it.. because.... age is catching up on us and if we were to have kids (hehe i want a girl and I want to call her kate..but he thinks Kate is ok but not good enough but that's another story!!), we must do it soon! So anyway, he is thinking of taking a TEFL course (teaching english as a foreign language) and then teach English in Japan and i could become a GIS analyst/consultant there.. Hmmm.. I guess I would have to start to dig out my japanese books (once i'm back in Singapore) and send them back here so I could study them again. My japanese is so bad now... it's beyond belief. (I once could impress the Japanese bosses with my Japanese and also my lame Japanese jokes hehehe.) But never mind, I still can say "map" in Japanese.. so maybe that's ok! Hahaha

So maybe in 2 years time.. I'll be in Japan.. or maybe not. We just say say only lah.. I still want to work in London for now.. because I want to get some experience first! I am also thinking.. after I get married to the boyfriend and become a PR.. maybe i can study for a part time urban planning or transport planning course because I think they are so interesting! But then I'm not looking forward to doing assignments and taking exams and stuff...

Sigh.. I wish I were young again... so I can do all these things without worrying that age is catching up on me.. but then I guess if I were young (again).. i'd probably not have a clue what I really want to do! Know what i mean??

Anyway, check this video out.. Jonathan Ross talked about this comedy show from Japan. It's called
"Oh! Mikey"and it's about this american family (The Fuccons) staying in Japan.. and instead of using actors (as in human beings).. they used mannequins. It's really interesting! I like the part when they all go "HAHAHAHA" together..

Blessed...

2006-09-15T11:06:00.000+01:00

I was lying in bed the other day and was thinking how blessed i am...

I have a family that loves me, friends who care about me, a boyfriend who loves me to bits... and his family loves me too (i think!)...
and I have found a job here in London. And I like the bosses (so far!) as they are willing to give me a chance to work and sponsor my work permit.

I have always wanted to study overseas and see how it's like. I've also wanted to have a career in GIS and now I've done it and I have it!

I now have everything I want...... except for money. I have no money!! aaargh!!

So next week, I'll start work officially... so i can earn some £... and start to pay back the loan to my mum.. and also to rebuild my savings...

I'm starting all over again but I'm happy... very happy that I'll finally get to do something that I really enjoy...

It's over!

2006-09-03T15:16:00.000+01:00

I'm no longer a student! I've finished my dissertation and have submitted it. Hope it all goes well!
By the time i've finished writign it.. i just couldn't be bothered to check it much or read it again.. it was just too tiring...

I've been spending the past couple of days playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. This game is so violent man..but i enjoyed it.

So i'm CJ.. this black guy representing the hood! Yeah man! So I was walking along happily along the beach when this chick walked passed me and said "Watch it! Ugly!"...
Grrr! So i followed her and beat her up! wahahahahaha! And then another girl walked passed me and insulted me again.. so i shot her with my gun! Muahahaha!

Don't mess with me man!!!

Ok back to the game...

Star light, star bright, first star i wish tonight...

2006-08-27T17:39:00.000+01:00

My soon to be 7 year old niece, aka Mini Me has been writing down her birthday wish... well my sister made her do it...

So numero uno on her list is to have a barbie doll trolley school bag! I don't know why she wants to have one.. i think cos she wants to be her Singapore girl.. hehe.

Anyway she has also written this in her list...

A invisble pen (those that she can write secret msg but others can't see.. so i dunno why she wants it since nobody can see what she's writing? hehehehe)
A new pencil box (I might get her one..)
A Powerpuff girl birthday cake (she's crazy about them but i'm thinking of getting her cupcakes instead..hmm)
And here's what she wrote for her last wish.. "I wish Singapore will be a beautiful place to live in"

Awww.. how sweet of her! hehe

I have no time to go shopping for her present yet.. because i'm still bloody doing my dissertation!! Argh!! I'm kinda stressed now... but soon.. soon it will be over!! I better get crackin' now..

See ya later alligator...

Yahoo!

2006-08-16T13:02:00.000+01:00

So i've booked and confirmed my tickets back home to Singapore at the end of this year! Yahoo!
So has the boyfriend!
Oh and I'll be back for 3 months!! or so.

And i've found a job for the next 3 months which will allow me to save some $ for my trip back!
And also the boss has agreed to let me continue working for him when i'm back from Singapore! Yahoo!

So now what's left for me to do is.. to finish my dissertation!!!! Argh! I just can't get myself to work on it and it's due on the 1st of Sept! Actually, i've done most of it, i think! I just need to write it!

My First time...

2006-08-12T14:09:00.000+01:00

So I was at King Cross tube station the other day, the day when the UK govt announced that they had foiled the terrorists' plans to blow up planes leaving the UK. I was on my way to work and was stopped by this man. He showed me his badge.. and i realised he was from the British Transport Police!

He asked me for my ticket and young persons railcard (yah i am still "young" hee hee) and then said.. "OK, you may leave now."

I kept wondering why he wanted to check me.... and then i realised.. it's because I was carrying a backpack... It must be the reason... they must have suspected that i'm carrying bombs or something.. But.. why check me?? I'm just a small sized Singaporean girl on her way to work.. hmm. and.. I have such an innocent face! hehe.

Yeah it was quite exciting for me actually because I've never been stopped by a police before! hehe.

Wah Lau eh!!

2006-08-06T15:11:00.000+01:00

So last week I had to go to Westminster for an ASSingment and i had to spend a few hours there...

And on the 2nd hour, i had to use the loo badly and the nearest one is in the tube station.... So i rushed to the loo ... only to find that i have to pay 50p to use it!! It's disgusting! 50p! That's SGD1.50 you know! $1.50 to have a pee! I think that's too much! And you know what.. the bottle of water i got was 44p! And i have to pay 50p to pee it out! GRRRRR! Those are not loos.. those are traps! Traps for tourists and people like me! Gaah!

Ha-Ha-Ha!!

2006-07-23T21:02:00.000+01:00

I went to London today.... and was in the bus when I saw an eye clinic in Kings Cross... it was called..

The Kings Cross Eye Clinic!

Hahahaha!
I thought it was funny! I kept telling the boyfriend... "The Kings CROSS EYE Clinic! HAHAHA! The Kings CROSS EYE Clinic! HAHAHA! The Kings CROSS EYE Clinic! HAHAHA! The Kings CROSS EYE Clinic! HAHAHA!"

Get it?

The Kings Cross Eye Clinic! LOL!

I wanted to snap a pic but i couldn't cos the bus was moving off! Maybe tomorrow, on the way to work.. i should snap a pic of the Kings CROSS EYE clinic. HAHAHA. The Kings CROSS EYE clinic!

I am easily amused! LOL!

R.I.P.

2006-07-22T19:50:00.000+01:00

KOP from SingaporeSerf.blogspot.com has passed away.

I'm very shocked...

I've been reading KOP's blog and we commented on each other's blogs sometimes.. though not often.

To me, he's a brave man. He left everything and went to Perth to pursue his dreams... and he was really looking forward to his partner's (D) arrival...

I'm sad.
It's so unfair that life has to end so early for someone like him... Someone with dreams... someone who is brave enough to realise his dreams.

R.I.P.

My worst nightmare...

2006-06-30T16:48:00.000+01:00

I'm back from my camping trip!!
It was great! except in the mornings where the crows would wake me up with their incessant crowing!! It's quite irritating especially at 6am in the morning!!

Anyway, I came home and found this email sitting in my INBOX..

dear fat fingers...

i can't believe this lor.....how can i not know tt u've a blog?! i was surfing this http://joonelovesfood.blogspot.com/, then i saw this http://www.ihavefatfingers.blogspot.com/, then i think "wei! ihavefatfingers is my friend's email leh! y this person copy my fren?!" so i decided to go in n kpo....only to know that this person is my fren! LOL

My girl friend found out about my blog.. after almost two years haha
heng ah...i never write any bad stuff about her... i think! :D

Camping!!

2006-06-22T20:30:00.000+01:00

We are going camping tomorrow @ North Yorkshire! The most beautiful county in the UK!

I've only been camping ONCE when I was in Pri. 5! And it rained and then the wind was so strong our tent collapsed! hahaha And i remembered they served us sotong for lunch during one of the days and being the greedy girl that I was.. i ate my friend's sotong too.... and then i realised my friends were all laughing at me because the blank ink from the sotong filled my mouth and i had black teeth! hahaha

And i was quite annoyed with one of my classmates cos she made us built a tent on top of the sticks and twigs! So it wasn't too nice for me to sleep on!

I am looking forward to tomorrow's camping trip. We are going to spend 6 days camping! We bought a gas cooker along too so we can cook! And also lots of bedding stuff and duvet to keep us warm. It's still quite cold up north.. about 17-19 degrees celcius. I just hope there will be lots of sun. We are going to visit some of the castles too and hopefully Whitby Abbey. That's where Bram Stoker got the insipiration to write "Dracula" ... ooooh!!

We've packed most of the stuff into the car.. Now i have to pack my bag. Mr. Fat Fingers' mum said I should not bring too much stuff along because camping is not really high life. LOL. I always overpack when i go one trips hahaha..

Tomorrow's journey will be ... 3.5hrs! I'm glad they got a new and bigger car just before this trip so there will be more room for everyone! I will chope the sit at the back later.. cos i want to sit with the dogs and play with them. hehe. Plus.. i don't want to be the navigator. hehe I just want to sit back, relax, enjoy the view and my nap hehehe.

So Drama!!!

2006-06-19T11:08:00.000+01:00

I am really pissed off with my flatmate cos she has left the flat for good but has left her mess and her boyfriend behind! I have repeated requested them to clean up the cooker especially the parts where they cause the mess..the boyfriend agreed to do it but gave lots of excuses like he was busy etc....

So last friday i sent an email to the accomodation office to complain about her and her boyfriend.. and this morning, i went to the site office to tell the site manager that my flatmate has left the flat for good but has left the boyfriend behind. He laughed and said she should have brought him along and i agreed hahaha. Anyway he told me to complain it to the warden who can help me with this...

So while i was drafting my letter.. the site managers (2 of them) came. They asked me which room is it and I pointed it out. And then the drama started.

Site manager: *pounding on the door* We are from the accomodation office!
Flatmates BF: *opens door slowly*
SM: WE BELIEVE YOU ARE NOT THE TENANT OF THIS FLAT! *in a really loud voice*
FBF: Yah yah yah...
SM: WE WANT YOU TO PACK UP AND GET OUT BY 2PM TODAY!! *still in a really loud voice*
FBF: ok.....
SM: AND CLEAN UP YOUR MESS TOO!!
FBF: ok...

Then the site manager who I complained to gave me a wink... and I gave him the thumbs up sign. LOL!

It was so drama! Like a police drama you know! haha

I am happy that something has been done about this but I feel kinda bad too because i got him evicted... But i know he has a place to go to cos he has been moving his stuff in and out to his new flat/room.

And now i dare not get out of my room.. i am scared that he might start to scold me or something.. Luckily... Mr Fat Fingers is arriving in an hour to help me pack up and then i'll move out of Leeds. Yahooo!!

Tonight..

2006-06-18T23:35:00.000+01:00

Tonight is my last night in Leeds.

I've packed most of my stuff and we have also cleaned the kitchen... It's quite clean now! Never seen it so clean since last September, when I moved in! hahahaha! I am glad I won't be seeing my flatmates again! I guess I will only be keeping in touch with one of them. Definitely not the girl from hong kong..who left early and left her mess and boyfriend behind! Yeah! The boyfriend is still staying here! grrrr Doesn't he has his own flat or room?!?!? grrrr It's ok if he is staying here and does not mess up the kitchen!! grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Yeah.. so anyway, I can't believe i'm moving out tomorrow. It seemed not long ago that I moved in and Mr Fat Fingers was helping me unpack my stuff... and urging me to say "hello" to my flatmates cos i was so shy then! LOL!

Tonight.. i am also missing my family a lot. My sister sent me photos of my mum, grandma and nieces. I miss them so much. I can't wait to be back at the end of the year to see them again!

I can't wait to finish my dissertation too! ... if i ever get my "engine" to start. I just find it so hard to start work! Argh! Maybe it'll be better when i work on it from the office from 9 to 6. That will definitely make me do some work I guess.

Can't wait to be back in Herts tomorrow! Can't wait to see the dogs too! And bring them out for walks!

Good~~riddance~~bye flatmates! & Goodbye Leeds! I'll see you in Sept! (when i come back to hand in my dissertation!)

eh?

2006-06-17T00:27:00.000+01:00

So today I was walking to the city center to meet my friends for dinner.

Along the way, I saw this black guy with 2 bags of groceries from Morissons. Suddenly he stopped me and said... "Excuse me..." And i thought he was asking for directions or the time so i said "Yeah?" And he went.. "You look beautful" and i went.. "What? huh?"

He: You are beautiful
Me: Oh... er.. thanks.
He: Where are you going?
Me: huh? er.. i'm in a rush.. *prepares to run off*
He: Wait wait.. where are you going?
Me: Er i have to meet my friends. I'm running late. Bye!
He: Ok. You have beautiful legs! (i was wearing a denim skirt.) Bye!
Me: ..er.... thanks. *smiles*

and i hurried off. Actually I wanted to tell him i think that I have fat calves and thighs but i was scared haha and actually kinda embarrassed so i left quickly. I am not used to people stopping me in the streets and compliment me! :D

The other day, I was in the photocopy room and a PHD student from Nigeria talked to me. He took over one of the practical classes last semester and he said he remembered me because I'm so beautiful! LOL! I didn't know what to say because I'm so not used to that.. and i was nervous..cos it's just me and him in the photocopy room! Then he asked me loads of questions like "Are you from Korea?" "Are you married?" "Do you have a boyfriend". It was a bit weird... but luckily he didn't stay too long.

I don't know how to handle situations like this... It's just too weird for me because I've never seen myself as thaaat pretty! I mean.. no one will give me a second look in Singapore! I'm not used to people telling me I look beautiful..well except for Mr. Fat Fingers hehe.

Funny dream!

2006-06-12T11:20:00.000+01:00

Last night I dreamt i was back at my ex-company.
I was talking to my COWorker and our conversation went like this...

COWorker: Everyday must change panties one. (i dunno why the talk about panties!)
Me: Yah. Everyday must change. If only we can change our boss (Dick)

Then Dick overheard our conversation and sacked me!!!

Ta ma de! How can kenna sack like that??

When i told my girl friend about this dream.. she said I still cannot get over him. HAHAHAHA!
I don't know why! I just can't stop hating this irritating piece of...BLOB!

Oh yeah... While walking around Manchester the other day... i saw a card with the word "SKIVING" written on it. I was tempted to buy it and send it to Dick. In it, the msg would be...

Dear Dick,

When I saw this card, memories of you flooded my mind.
So i have to send this to you.

Cheers,
Fat Fingers

But i didn't lah...cos like so boh liao like that..hahaha

2 weeks!

2006-06-05T18:04:00.000+01:00

Yes 2 weeks from now, i'll be saying good ~~riddance~~ bye to my flatmates!!

I can't wait to get out of this flat.

The weather here is getting warmer.. about 19 to 23 degrees celcius now.. but i don't know why my flatmate still wants to turn up the heater to 20! LOL!
Thank goodness I've turned off the heater...but none of them knows it yet. hehehe

We are going to clean up that extremely dirty kitchen of ours soon. I think I shall be annoying and ask that girl from hkg if she would like to clean the stove because she and her bf are the one who dirtied it. It's so dirty!! It's gross! You can see some sago stuck on the stove! And all the food stains!! Grrrrr

A few days ago, they cooked red bean soup and spilled some of it on the table. They didn't even bother to clean it up! What is wrong with these people? If it's me, i'd just wipe it off immediately! But no, these people have to leave it over night. They only cleaned it up after I wrote a note to say that we have to clean up the kitchen soon before we move out so as not to incurr any extra cleaning charges (which i am not prepared to give!!)

And that stupid bf of hers... can't even pee properly! My other flatmate has been complaining to me about how she had to clean the toilet cos there were pee all over the toilet seat!! She wanted to tell her to do something about it but she felt it would not be too nice to tell a 20 something to pee properly! Anyway the toilet is ok now...quite clean for the past few days!! I think he as stopped thinking with his penis for once and have started to lift up the toilet seat when he pees!

Grrr.. Stupid flatmate and her boyfriend who can't pee properly!! I hope she gets some rashes for being so dirty!!!

So anyway... enough of that... I've finally finished my last assignment for the term... I have just my dissertation to do now and then I'll be back at the office in London in July... can't wait to start and can't wait to discuss more about job opportunities with the boss there!

*******

Mr Fat Fingers came to visit me last week. We had serveral day outs. One was to Keighley (pronounced as keith-ley). We took the stream train and travelled around on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway...in a STEAM train! How every interesting! And very old fashion too! I love it!

We also went to Manchester on Saturday... and there were too many football fans there. Cos the England team was playing against Jamaica that day. I was glad I was in Red and White that day... England's colour and also Singapore's colour!! There were lots of Policemen around too..making sure no one is out and about getting pissed and causing trouble. There were even a few policeman on duty in the train on the way back to Leeds! It's crazy! But everyone was well behaved except for a few Sheffield United fans who kept making fun of Leeds United!! hehehehe

Does anyone remember this??

2006-05-16T20:16:00.000+01:00

I was browsing some books on ebay (yes.. things i would do to stop myself from doing REAL work) and came across this! And i remembered I used to own some of these Story Teller mags and cassettes! I enjoyed reading them so much I read them over and over and over and over and over (you get the picture) again!

I am so tempted to get them but wow.. they are really going at a high price! I might just get the cd with the stories (that's £15 for two editions!!) and try to find the mags at a later time when I have more money. I am really skint now. I just spent £15 on 3 Adrian Mole dvds from ebay. I can't wait to watch them!

I also need to get a haircut.. so more £. I also need to spend money on train tickets to and fro London when I start my dissertation research with the co. (But the co. might reimburse me that.. and hopefully my lunch too and also pay me some £££!!)

Aiii.. i better go do my work now...

Mount. Koya, Japan

2006-05-14T00:03:00.000+01:00

I was looking at some of my old photographs and came across photos that We (Mr. Fat Fingers and I) took in Japan.
Koyasan is in the World Heritage List. It's about 80min from Osaka. It's high up in the mountain and the train ride is quite exciting!!

It's really a quiet town... and very small too.. There is a cemetry there and there are over 200,000 graves in there!

Anyway, i was looking at the photos and recalled this incident..

We were walking in the cemetry to get to one of the temples...and we saw this Japanese guy about 60yrs old or so... He was standing in front of a tombstone and he was crying... We didn't know what to do.. and he looked at us and we could see the sadness in his eyes. So i asked him if he's alright and he told me that was his family's grave and those little figurines next to the tombstones are his parents and brothers and sisters...

He then shoved me his disposable camera asked me to take a photo of him with his family! After taking the photo, he thanked me and asked me a few questions and we said goodbye and went off in different directions. A few minutes later, we turned around and saw him again! Just behind us! We swear we didn't see him or hear him coming!!! It was so spooky! Mr Fat Fingers and I almost jumped out of our skin. The man came and said thank you to us again! And then he left... and we didn't see him after that. It was quite spooky then cos we were in a cemetry! And it was really quiet!!!!

Hmm.. I wonder how this man is now.. I hope he's ok.

The cemetry in Mount Koya

Very Bad Things

2006-05-13T09:34:00.000+01:00

Last night i stayed up to watch "Very Bad Things".
It's a black comedy.

It's about this guy, Kyle, and his friends who went to Las Vegas for his stag weekend and his friend, Michael accidentally killed the stripper and they decided (after much discussion...) to just bury her in the desert. Unfortunately, the security came and discovered the body. Kyle's friend, Boyd, played by Christian Slater, decided to kill the security guard and they cut them up and buried them in the desert.

Not long after, a few of them cracked up and they started killing each other. It's hilarious.

There were many times, they were all shouting and fighting over it that I wanted to just shout "Shut up! & Move on!!" hehehehehe

Yeah, it's quite a good show to watch on a boring saturday night.

FOOD!!!

2006-05-10T16:37:00.000+01:00

I have just finished the second last ASSignment for the year! I have one more to go!! It's due at the end of this month! After that I can move on and start on my dissertation!!

I have been missing my family a lot the past few days... and I also have been coming across lots of pictures of Singapore food! First, it was on myalterego's blog! There were pics of curry fish head!! And a few days ago, i saw pictures of Or luak and curry fishhead on Todayonline! Then i came across this blog by Kitchen Crazy Daffy! There were pics of chui kway and kway chup (i like!) ! Then, on Mandrake's blog, there were pics of Lor Mee!

Wah!!!!! I cannot take it anymore!!!

And i also feel like eating chicken rice! NOW!!!! But I can only have it in June! When I'm back at Mr. Fat Fingers'! He better cook it for me! hahahahaha

Yeah besides the food.. i really do miss my family!
Today I spoke to Mini Me on skype. I miss her so much! She kept giving me riddles!! heehehe! It was so much fun!

She gave me this:
Why do lions like to eat raw meat?
Because they don't know how to cook!

HAHAHA!

She's only 7 and has taken lots of interest in jokes and riddles recently! And she kept asking me to give her some riddles! I have been googling for riddles but i am running out of riddles to give her!

So if anyone of you have any riddles (suitable for kids please!), please tell me! With the answers of course! hehehehe :D Thank you!

My Flatmates...

2006-05-06T22:41:00.000+01:00

... are not that bad.. actually... I think.

The toilet is much cleaner now...and the kitchen too! I don't know what's wrong with them.

Maybe aliens invaded the flat when I wasn't around and they somehow changed into nice and considerate people... just like the people in the show, Invasion...except those people became kind of bad...

Anyway, i think the toilet is cleaner because the one who has been using the washing liquid to wash her fruits and vegies has stopped doing it.. so maybe she has stopped lao sai-ing...

And I've been talking more to some of them... like "hey, how's your day?" , "when's your exam?", "what are you cooking?" And i talked to one of them about instant noodles too. We were discussing which brand is good and which is hot and spicy!

Everyone seems to be in a good mood... i guess it's because we're all going to get out of this flat and not see each other ever again in 1.5 months time!! hahahahahaha!!!!

I Love Fridays!

2006-05-05T19:30:00.000+01:00

because Friday is Green Wing day!

Green Wing is my favourite series on tv now! I like it more than I like Little Britain!
These guys are way too funny!

Green Wing is about this bunch of people who work in the hospital ... and they are a bunch of lunatics! Sometimes the jokes are really crude! So crude i can't get it that I have to ask Mr. Fat Fingers. We'd all be laughing out loud in the lounge every friday night because it's just so funny!

My favourite character is Dr. Alan Roderick Statham (ARS is his initial! HAHAHAHA) He's the guy with the moustache in the clips below!

If you do get a chance, please get the DVD! You can get them at www.play.com other sites. You can also view more of the clips at Youtube.com.

Woohoo!!

2006-05-04T16:11:00.000+01:00

I went to look for my lecturer today to ask him if he could be my supervisor for my dissertation cos i changed my topic again... Actually he's the same one i asked the other time but i had to inform him that I'm doing something else...

Anyway, when i went into his room, the first thing he told me was...

Prof: You were very smart yesterday!
Me: Huh? Me?
Prof: Yes! Your presentation. It was very smart! Well done!
Me: Oh thanks! But i think I spoke too fast?
Prof: Yes you did! I didn't have time to look at your maps properly! But they were very good.
Me: Oh.. Thank you!

Hehehehehe! It nice to be complimented hehehe especially by my professor. I hope he will give me good marks for my report too hehehehe

Oh.. I have one and a half more project to do! Then I can finally work on my dissertation!!

R.I.P.

2006-05-02T22:05:00.000+01:00

I received a terrible news today...

My favourite tree has been chopped off!!! Because it has died, apparently.. :(

Goodbye favourite tree! Walking around Pegsdon will never be the same again! & I wanted to see how you look like in Spring! Boo hoo hoo!

Anyway, Mr Fat Fingers has been going on lots of walk with his mum and the dogs and has been looking out for trees that I might like! Hahahaha!

Election...

2006-04-28T18:05:00.000+01:00

Remember, Prison Got No BroadBand! I really like this slogan that mr. brown and mr. miyagi came up with. Mr Fat Fingers like it too haha

Anyway, UK is going to have their local elections too! On the 4th of May. The parties will broadcast their messages on tv.. and i really like this broadcast by.. Dave the Chameleon! The opening music to that broadcast was Boy George's Karma Chameleon! LOL! Please check out the broadcast on the website!

And Dave the Chameleon even got a blog leh! So i think maybe the prisons here got broadband?? HAHAHAHA! Dave has a webcam too! Oh he some more got wallpaper and ringtone! And screensaver!! So happening!

Yeah I like this broadcast cos it's sacarstic...

Update about Dick!!!

2006-04-26T08:49:00.000+01:00

Stupid Dick Head!

I got online today and my ex-COWorker updated me about that stupid ex-boss of mine! And listening to the stories got me really agitated and upset for some of my ex-COWorkers!

So this annoying ex-COWorker of mine, let's call her Dickette, went for an interview for an internal job opening. She got it..and this means a promotion for her too. And what did she do? She felt she is too inferior and turned down the job!

Waste people's time only!!

Then never mind.. what else did she do? She went to Dick Head's office and asked for her job back and asked to do SOMEONE ELSE'S job!!! ARGH!

And what did that ~~fuck face~~ Dick Head do? He opened up some documents, showed her which category has the potential to get the highest bonus and let her choose! So she is going to ask for my friend's job! Not hers but My FRIEND's! And of course... my friend doesn't know it yet!

Argh!

Hello? You left your job for a promotion, you turned it down, and i don't see why u can come back and take my FRIEND's job away!!! How dare you!

But I am sure my FRIEND will go into LL's office and bang his table and tell him off because that's what she did to him before!

Argh! I feel so angry for my friends who have to go through this! It's so unfair for them!! Someone can just come and take away my job anytime just because Dick likes Dickette! Just because Dickette is a spy for Dick! GRRRRRRRRR!!

Dick Head and Dickette sucks big time!! I hope they get bad karma real soon!

Anyway, I am glad I am not that anymore! But i still get agitated when I hear updates about Dick!! hehehe

I'm amazed!

2006-04-24T20:46:00.000+01:00

I'm back at Leeds now!
Last night, while we were lying in bed, trying to get to sleep, I told Mr Fat Fingers that I will try to be calm when I get back to the flat....no matter how dirty it is...

And guess what??

The kitchen and toilet was so damn clean!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA And the stove is SPOTLESS! It's amazing! I wonder what happened to my flatmates? Someone must have cleaned it up yesterday!

Anyway... It's weird to be back..cos i feel so weird to be surrounded by students again! I've got so used to the "working life" in London! I miss taking the tube actually... yes the crowded tube!! I get really excited whenever i managed to squeeze myself into a crowded tube hahahahaha!

Anyway, my job attachment went very well! I helped to improve some work process for the co. and they were well pleased with it and they were pleased with my performance too! So i asked the boss, during our last meeting, if I could do my dissertation with them and he said he'd be happy to have me work for him this summer again! Yay!

He also asked me what my plans were.. and i said i would love to find a job here in the UK and i asked him I could work for him! hehehehe! Yes i was really direct! He said he'd be happy to employ me but i have to first do some research about the work permit application so as to make it easier for him to hire me! I can't wait to start doing my research on it after i finish my THREE ASSignments!!!!!!

And I am really happy now because i've finally found something that I enjoy doing and something that I WANT to do!!

For the past 20 over years, i've been wondering what I want to do with my life and what kind of career I want to have.. i have finally found the answer! I think? hahaha

Like i told the boss, the best thing about my attachment is that it acts as a confirmation for me.. that is I made the right choice and that GIS and planning is for me AND this is what I want to do!! And also the money that I have saved for my course and the loan that I got from my mum have not gone to waste!
HAHAHA

Busy week...ahead

2006-04-09T11:46:00.000+01:00

Another week over for my job attachment. Another 2 weeks to go and the best thing is ... it will be a 4 day week for me for the next 2 weeks cos of the Easter Holidays! Woohooo!!! I've been so busy! I hardly have time to do anything else!! I have 2 reports due after my jo attachment! ahhh! I better find some time to do it in the next few days!!!! And i think next week i might have to work overtime too..cos my project with the co. is due soon! yikes!

Anyway... I've finished my book - Empress Orchid. It's really interesting!! & today on the way to the market, we passed by a charity shop and the boyfriend got me a book from Sue Townsend - author of Adrian Mole. It's called "Number 10" and it costs only £2! Not sure if it is any good but i really like Adrian Mole by Sue Townsend.. and i am not really keen on reading Sea Biscuit...yet. Mr Fat Fingers said I have to read that.. hmm but i'm not too sure hehe.

I am beginning to enjoy reading again. I've not been reading for a long time.... I remember i used to go to the library every saturday...alone..after my eca when I was still in pri. 4. I'd borrow 4 books and finish them like within a week or 2. I enjoyed reading so much then and i can't remember why i stopped.... could be the heavy workload i got when i went to sec. school!!!

Anyway, i am having such a good time here with Mr Fat Fingers. We have been spending our weekends going to the countryside for a walk with the dogs. It's so fun. And it's so nice to be in the countryside!

Today we had a long walk.. 11,000+ steps! It wasn't too cold because the sun was out... Along the way, we saw some horses! Mr Fat Fingers and his mum fed them mints! I wasn't too keen on doing that.. but i patted a horse! Woweee! I patted a horse! haha I was really scared at first but the horse seems so friendly. It just came right in front of me (we were separated by a fence by the way..) and looked at me.. so i patted it.. after much encouragement from Mr Fat Fingers! hahaha it was so nice though to pat the horse and stroke them. One of them was a really handsome horse with a stylo mylo hairstyle LOL! I took a pic of them but i'm too lazy to upload them. We also stopped by at the local pub to have a cold shandy! It was so good!!

Yeah, i really like this pic that i took.. i like that tree too. I now have a favourite tree hehehe! :D

oh yeah...

2006-04-01T19:25:00.000+01:00

i've been wanting to write about my "data collection" trip in London but was too busy and then forgot about it!!

Yeah so i was wearing that obiang piece of vest on me from 12 to 6pm! Walked around snapping pictures and plotting stuff onto my maps...

Quite a few people were looking at me wondering what i was doing...

A black guy on a bike rode past me and said "Yo yo Little Lady! Whatcha doing?" LOL that made me laugh hahaha it was so funny... i wanted to reply with all my "yo-yos" but he just rode away..

And this old man, he asked me what if i was trying to change the street layout and i told him, "Yes! I'm trying to make this a better place!" and he just laughed and walked away hehe.

And then there were a few students who asked me what I was doing... and they wanted to pose for my pics but of course i can't include them in my report hehe.

The funniest thing was during lunch at the indian restaurant. I was on my own and enjoying my lamb madras with naan and watching the world go by..... Then the owner came and talked to me and asked me what i'm doing and where i was from.

Owner: Do you have relatives here?
Me: No. Only friends here.
Owner: You must make relatives here in the UK!
Me: hahaha ok!
Owner: It is important.
Me: haha! What about you? Is your wife from the UK or India?
Owner: I have no wife. But it doesn't matter where she is from. blah blah blah... You know it is important that the husband will say "My wife is my heart.." and the wife will say "My husband is my heart"
Me: Yes.. *kept nodding my head*
Owner: You understand what i am saying?
Me: Yes! I think that's important...

and he kept on telling me how there must be trust in a relationship and how money isn't everything etc.

I enjoyed talking to him .. it was quite funny although it was hard to understand what he was trying to tell me sometimes ... his english was a bit odd. hehe.

Anyway this is the end of our conversation:

Me: Ok i have to go now. Thanks for the meal. It was lovely!
Owner: You are welcome! Please come again!
Me: I will! Thank you and good luck! Good luck for your business and your wife!
Owner: Oh no! I don't have wife!! *laughs*
Me: Yes but soon!!!!
Owner: Yes yes! Soon I hope!

Hahaha! I had such a great time that day!!! I enjoy it when people come up to me and talk to me. hehe

Oh yes, i had to wear that obiang yellow vest because it is a must for anyone to wear it when they are working on the streets in the UK... and it is also for the people i am working with and the rest of the people to identify me!!!!!

Happy!

2006-04-01T12:55:00.000+01:00

I had a great birthday even though i had to work!

I received a book and a pair of shoes from the boyfriend. The book is about Empress Orchid aka Ci Xi Tai Hou...It's really interesting!! I enjoyed reading it during my train ride to and from work which is about 40min!!

I also received some money, a tub of body cream and choccies from his parents. I also got a picture book on urban spaces and a card from the co.! How nice of them!

The best present i received was an e card from my mum!! I called her earlier and she told me she made red eggs in my honour! When i read the e card, i wanted to cry cos it was so touching haha! & My mum has never given me any cards for my birthday! I miss her so much!!

Oh yeah, i didn't get a job offer for my birthday present! Gutted! hahaha

Updates!!

2006-03-28T21:02:00.000+01:00

Tomorrow, there will be a girl walking around a busy street in London...She will be walking around gathering data and taking pictures of roads, cars and people... She will also be wearing the bright yellow obiang safety vest... like this...

except that she will not look so cool... and it is going to be bright yellow!!

Yeah, that person is gonna be me!! I can't imagine msyelf wearing that though it is common here in the UK! I must get my supervisor to take a pic of me.. cos i want to show it to my family and friends hahaaha! If only i have a helmet to go along with it!

Really looking forward to tomorrow cos i will be out and about...taking pictures and stuff.

I am still enjoying myself at the co. and am really hoping that the boss would offer me a job before my job attachment ends! There is so much to do and learn!

I hope he will ask me what i want for my birthday this friday.. cos i will tell him i want a job there! hohoho!

Having a good time!!

2006-03-26T16:20:00.000+01:00

I'm still alive! After 3 days of internship!

My feet almost died on the 2nd day because of the walking that i had to do.... i reckon i must have done more than 10,000 steps that day....

Anyways...

The people there are generally very nice.. and are all a young bunch of ppl.. and I think the co. is so cool!!!! Cos they have a special drive full of mp3s! I can listen to it while i work!! And they also have their own wiki page! Man! Is that cool or is that cool?

Anyway, i'm having a good time there!! :D

22 hours..

2006-03-21T12:37:00.000Z

In 22 hours.. i have to finish:

6 oranges
4 muller fruit corner yogurts
1 chicken thigh
6 mushrooms
1 pint of milk
1/4 tub of ice cream...

That's because i received a call today from my soon-to-be boss... He wants me to start my job attachment earlier because there is going to be a site visit on thursday and he thinks it would be good opportunity for me to learn and get to know the process. Aww how nice of him! And he said he's looking forward to meeting me again.. woohoo! And i look forward to meeting him too! So much so that i dreamt of my work attachment last night! hahahaa

Yeah so i better start packing my stuff now and finish all my food hohoho!! I'm so excited!!

Our Camel List...

2006-03-15T20:12:00.000Z

I was watching the Opening of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games on BBC2... and there was a part where they zoomed in on Australia's Prime Minister John Howard....and he reminded me of Dick! They look somewhat alike!

Yucks!

Sometimes Dick still traumatize me in my dream! Not sure if i blogged about this.. but there was once.. i dreamt that he stole my jacket and tried to sell it! GRRRR!! So i gave him a piece of my mind! I told him what a cheapskate he was and my jacket wasn't even worth much and why was he even trying to sell it??? HAHAHAHAHA!

Of course, when i woke up, i felt damn shiok! I have always wanted to scold him right in the face but sometimes i just can't.. dunno why.. but i can always do it in my dream! And i think the reason why he appears in my dream is because my ex COWorkers have been updating me about his stories....

Dick is in our (Mr Fat Fingers and I) camel list. This is the list where we will put down the names of the people we hate and they will be raped by camels infected with AIDS! haha!! Mr Fat Fingers is in charge of this list. He has helped me put in the names of my flatmates in the list too.. and recently he has added the 500+ annoying people in Sainsbury's who got in his way!! LOL!

That's what we do when we're annoyed.. put people on the "camel list" .. laugh about it and then try to forget about it.. but Dick has been there for a long time already... hohoho Cannot help it leh. He is really annoying....even till now.. 7 months after i left the company hahaha! Maybe i should just tell my ex colleagues to stop updating me about him.. but if we don't, we will have not much to talk about anymore! hahahahaha

Ok i have to go back to my essay.. a thousand more words to go.. if only writing an essay is as easy as blogging..... :D

Alright!

2006-03-14T12:46:00.000Z

Ok i have submitted my dissertation proposal to my lecturer... and he thinks it is an interesting idea because he has been waiting for people to do something like this! So i think that's great!

And i've put his name down as my potential supervisor before asking him LOL! And when i told him that, he laughed and said he will have to think about it because a lot of people has put his name down as well! I am not surprised because he is really nice and helpful plus he gives good marks if you can show that you have put in effort and hard work to a piece of work even though the program may not work!!

But i'm quite sure he will be my supervisor because he did say he is interested in this topic...but there is also another lecturer who has done this too and I don't quite like him. He's not so helpful.. laid back and irresponsible! He didn't turn up for a lecture and didn't even inform anyone! How to trust this kind of people to help and guide you?? I cannot!! So i hope he will not be assigned to be my supervisor!!!

Oh yeah! Since I am working on this topic which is mostly web based work... i think i can move out in mid June or maybe even end of May!! I can save some rent money and work on my dissertation at Mr Fat Fingers'! & I don't have to worry about cooking or doing the laundry hohoho!

It's March already...

2006-03-12T09:30:00.000Z

... so why is it still so cold??? In fact i think it is getting colder!
And it is snowing right now as i'm writing this post! and I think it will go on for the next few hours...

It seems like Spring will come a wee bit late this year...

And i have just come up with a "brilliant" idea for my dissertation... but i have to do some programming.. it's javascript.. and i don't have to design any GUI/models/code from scratch..most of the stuff i can get them off the net hmmmm Can't wait to talk to my lecturer about my idea.. i hope he will say ok.. because i think there is so much I can do rather than the one i wrote down on my proposal!

And i have an essay to finish in 6 days! I want to finish it soon so I can do more research about it!!

Hmm i dunno...

2006-03-10T19:55:00.000Z

I have problems coming up with a research topic for my Masters Dissertation.....

Well actually... I've come up with a couple of ideas... Spoke to my lecturer about them today and he thinks i have a great idea but it's hard to get it done because of the time contrain and it's an individual project. He thinks that it will work only if there's 100 Fat Fingers cos the data collection part is going to be a real challenge...which i agree...

So he gave me an idea... it seems ok.. somewhat interesting but I am not sure. I even asked him if it will make a good dissertation and he said.."Of course!" ... hmmm i'm not too sure though.. it's not challenging enough for me but i have no more ideas and I had to submit my proposal today... So I told him i'm going to write that down as my proposal first and will do more research...

Now.. i'm having this feeling.. u know.. like.. I've won the consolation prize and not the top prize... hmmmm

Should I do something that it's not so interesting and challenging? or should I do something else? But i have no more ideas..boohoohoo!!!
I have till May to come up with better ideas... cos that's when the first formal deadline is.. and i hope the co that i'm going to do the internship with will ask me to work on something with them. That would be great!

So in the meantime.... i better get on with my other essays!!! and then think more about it.

Argh!

And why do people like to come up with cheem titles for their dissertation? Is it to confuse people? Make it more academic-ish? hmmmm I also want to come up with cheem titles hehehe

Hmmm.... hehehe

2006-03-08T18:30:00.000Z

I got this from Justine Lee's blog. Too funny! I uploaded my photo to myheritage.com ...and it would scan my photo to see which celebs I look like.. Here's my list for both sexes..

So I look like:
* Stephen Chow 67%!!!!! LOL LOL LOL!!

*Park Ji-Sung 64% ... hmmm?

*Eva Longoria 60%! Cool!! I always think she is hot! Woohooo!!!

*Jang Nara 59% hmm quite pretty too.hahaha i dunno whether i look like Jang Nara or this girl (see pic below) who was shown on that site.. cos some ppl told me she is not jang nara. but anyway...

*Michelle Wie 58% Not bad too!!!

*Janie Tienphosuwan 56% Dunno who. but she is also pretty!

*Jessica Alba 56% Haha! Not bad lah!

*Aung San Suu Kyi 55% Hmmmm?

*Michelle Yeoh 55% hehehehe Maybe i should try to be the next bond girl or what

*Bunko Kanazawa 55% dunno who also? is she a porn star?

I don't undestand...

2006-03-07T18:51:00.000Z

Someone rang the doorbell this morning...TWICE!
I didn't want to wake up and open the door because i never invite my friends over (not at this time anyway!!) and i am sick of opening the door for my flatmates' friends!!!

No one got up to open the door.. and then that person rang the doorbell again.

I had no choice but to get up to see who's there... and i saw this girl waving at me.. I looked at her and gave her the who-the-fuck-are-you-?-do-you-know-it's-8-in-the-morning-and-we-are-still-in-bed look. So i went downstairs and opened the door for her and she said.. "Sorry i live upstairs from you but i forgot my key. but i know xxx (my flatmate)." And i wasn't in the best of mood and i told her.. "Well why didn't you ring the bell of your own flat then? And guess what? xxx, your friend, didn't open the door for you but i did!! and stomped back to the flat.. and went back to bed.

Now i feel kinda guilty for being so rude.. but i'm still wondering.. why did that silly Japanese girl not ring the bell for her flat but rang ours instead???????

And she needs her key to get back to her flat too..so how the hell did she get in then? knock on the door? If she did.. why didn't she rang the bell to her flat then???

hmmmm

何で？分からへん・・・

Anyway.. i am £30 richer today! Did 3 mystery shopping ASSignments in one hour!! Wooohoooo!!!

Grrrrrr!!!

2006-03-06T13:57:00.000Z

Why why why?

Why is it everytime i am off to somewhere for the long weekend and i come back and find that everything is in a mess?

First the wok is dirty again!

Then the brush which i used to scrub my wok is so dirty! full of food leftovers stuck in between the bristles!

for fuck's sake! if you want to use something then please clean it up after using!

Then they fucking used my detergent! I know it doesn't cost much but if you didn't pay for it, then dun use it! it was half full when i left.. now i am back.. it's not even a week and there's like less than 1/4 left! and t's not the money it is the principle!!!!

I hate my flatmates! Those fucking chao cheebyes!

I am feeling the rage!!!!!!!!!!

I know it's silly to get angry over such things but i can't help it!!!!

I'm fucking feeling the rage!!!!!

The rage!!!

Grrrrr!!

It's a good day today!
SO i'm off to the supermarket now to get some food! More detergent! and a new brush and i am not fucking going to share it with them!

GRRRRR!!!!

Die flatmates die!!!!!!!!

Update: man i feel so much better now after a trip to morrison's!well not really... i really wanted to run down some ppl with the trolley cos they it's so damn crowded and everyone is in the way! grrrrrr fed up lah! Anyway i bin the brush and got myself more sponges!! Then my sister came online and saw my MSN msg "I am living with some chao chee byes!!!!" and she said "Eh, why you scold bad word?? Not good leh!" ... hehehehe Yeah i am feeling better... but i still hate them! grrrrrr

Annoyed!!!!

2006-02-28T23:16:00.000Z

Grrrr I am so annoyed!!!!

I have a mini group project due this friday. Well the data compilation is a group project but the report is an individual piece of work.

We (3 of us) were supposed to discuss and write about some description for our data.. and we were supposed to do it as a group work... I called for a meeting but one of us, refused to meet up because he thinks it is a waste of time and he just wants to get the report over and done with. And he insisted that we not meet and discuss through email! ANd it is hard cos one of us do not have internet access at home!!!!! Grrrrrr

So fine. I've decided to do it on my own!

And today, the tutor said, the data compiliation that we did should be standardised among group members! And so that idiot said ok and told me we should meet tomorrow!

Grrrr!!
See lah! I told you so! I told you to meet earlier but what did you say??? You said it is a waste of time! And now because of YOU i have to waste my time and drag my ass down to the lab tomorrow just to meet you and the other one to discuss about it when i could have stayed at home and finish my report!!!

And the most annoying thing is, i have done my stuff.. and they all asked if they could use mine, (IF I DON'T MIND) cos it would be a waste of time to do it again.

Wah lau eh! Of course i mind lah!!!!
I spent the weekend doing it and now u tell me this!

And now i have no choice but to share it with them because i don't want to waste any more time waiting for these people to do their work! The report is due on friday!!! I want to finish it on Thursday!

And i am also annoyed because we are "Stuck" as a group. There's 9 of us in the class and everyone is like already in a "permanent" group so it is hard for me to join another group! And i think the next part of this module is another project!!! I just hope it is an individual project. It is people like that idiot that makes me hate group work. I prefer to work alone!!!!

I work well in a group but i work better when i'm working alone!!!! Cos i only have to deal with myself and not with idiots and dick heads!

Grrrrr!!!

The Countdown Begins!!

2006-02-27T21:21:00.000Z

Next month, this time, i would have started on my job attachment!!! I wonder how it will be like. The working hours are kinda long 9 to 6! But it's ok! I'm so excited! I hope i'll get along well with everyone and there are no Dick Heads in the office.

Oh yeah.. i don't know what's wrong with me.. but... everytime i see the tube map on my desk, i get excited! hee hee!!!!! I'll pick it up, look at it... find the station nearest to the office and just smile! LOL! I'm crazy! But i'm excited!!

La-dee-dah!

Blur...

2006-02-25T13:19:00.000Z

An hour ago... I just had my lunch...

An hour ago my friends were waiting for me at Millenium Square. We were supposed to go for a Thai meal.

An hour ago... I thought we were meeting tomorrow, which is SUNDAY...

An hour ago... my Greek friend, who wasn't too happy called me and asked me.. "Where are you Fat Fingers?? Home?? I said TODAY! SATURDAY!!! Ok! It's OK! Never mind! See you soon!"

LOL.. I'm such a plum sometimes! And i think it's also partly because i haven't slept well for the past few days... hmmmm

My friend even texted me and MSN'd me earlier to tell me we're meeting today but somehow i saw the words "tomorrow" and "Sunday"!

So i've missed out on a Thai meal! Oooh! Pad Krapow! My favourite!!! But it's ok.. i go there almost every other weekend anyway! Plus, it's good to stay at home cos i need to finish the report which will be due next week and i need to save some money for train fares and stuff!!!

Next Week (1st of March) is Mr. Fat Finger's Mama's birthday. We are going to London to have some Malaysian fare... The pics from louyau.net made me and Mr. Fat Fingers drool all over our keyboards!

And my birthday is at the end of march (The 31st!!) !! hehe And we are all thinking of going to London for the weekend for some Dim Sum and maybe do some touristy stuff.

Yeah so i'll be spending lots of money in the next month... oh and i have to spend on train fares for my internship.... No.. wait! Haha i Just remembered! The co. will reimburse my travel expenses! hahaha! And lunch expenses too! So i guess it's not that bad... i can use some of the money i'll get to save for shoes and handbags hahaha.. not! Ok.. maybe just a pair of shoes.. the one that i have been eyeing... hmmmm

Hmmm?

2006-02-23T21:36:00.000Z

I just got some SkypeOut credit! So i called home today and talked to my family! And it only cost me 22p (SGD0.60!) for 20min of conversation!! That's cheap!

My sister asked me how's my flatmates and i told her about the "foaming" beans and she laughed...and said... "Remember when you said your flatmate refused to share and get the detergent to clean the floor? How come she is using detergent to wash her vegies?"

Hmmm yah hor!
Why huh?
My flatmate told me there is no need to get any detergent to clean the kitchen floor because we can just use water! (i think i blogged about this before.. hmm)
But of course, if you've studied science before or have any common sense, water does not mix with oil!!!!

So yeah... i don't know why she refused to use detergent to clean the floor but use detergent on her vegies?? -_-"

And i was thinking.. no wonder she is so small and skinny..... she is not getting nutrients from her fruits and vegies cos she has washed it away with the detergent!!!

Hmmmmmm

And today there are some "fresh" shit stains on the toilet bowl again!!! And it cannot be flushed away because... it's above the part where the water will flow down when you flush it! Grrrrr I tried to clean it with the toilet brush but it's already "hardened" and i need to scrub real hard but i just can't bring myself to do it.. so i gave up!!!

That person should seriously consider changing her diet. No one should have shit like this!!! argh!! GRRRR

I hope that person will be constipated till June (when our contract ends) hahaha so that the toilet can stay clean!!!! Even if that person does shit, it will be hard and will not splash all over the bowl! Muahahahahahaahha!!!!!!

Wah siao ah!

2006-02-22T17:27:00.000Z

So i was in the kitchen with one of my flatmates.. we were preparing our dinner....

She took out her beans.. and poured something into it and soaked it in water...
Then the beans started to FOAM!!
FOAMING you know!!! How can it be???
How can beans foam??

Then i realised.... my flatmate added detergent to it! She was soaking the beans in detergent! Not those to kind of detergent for washing vegetables! But those kind that you use to wash your dishes!!!

I've seen her washing her peppers, vegies and fruits with detergent (rubbing the detergent on them).. but this is the first time i've seen her SOAKING her beans in detergent!!! That's crazy! It will not only kill the nutrients in the beans... it will also kill her!

I think maybe i should ask her why she's doing that.. but she might just ask me to MYOB...but i really don't fancy talking to her but i'm really curious why she does that all the time hahaha...

Lucky!!!

2006-02-21T20:59:00.000Z

My flatmates are lucky... that i have self control and have a blog where i can vent my frustration and unhappiness about them!!!!! hahaha Or maybe i am the lucky one.. i am sure there are times they wish they could kill me too... it's a mutual feeling.....
Sometimes i wonder if I am capable of doing this... hmmmm I doubt so... because we don't share toilet paper! hahahaha plus i don't like the sight of them and not to say their dead bodies!

Fla. Man Kills Roommate Over Toilet Paper
Tue Feb 21, 6:18 AM ET
MOSS BLUFF, Fla. - A man accused of fatally beating his roommate with a sledgehammer and a claw hammer because there was no toilet paper in their home has been arrested.

Franklin Paul Crow, 56, was charged Monday with homicide in the death of Kenneth Matthews, 58, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
Capt. Thomas Bibb said Crow initially denied his involvement, but confessed during questioning.

Crow told investigators that the men were fighting about the toilet paper over the weekend when Matthews pulled out a rifle. Crow said he then began beating Matthews with the sledgehammer and claw hammer, according to an affidavit.

Matthews was beaten so badly he had to be identified through his fingerprints, detectives said.

Crow was being held at the Marion County jail without bond. It was not immediately known whether he had an attorney.

AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

2006-02-20T11:41:00.000Z

My inconsiderate flatmate is trying to kill me...and it is not the first time!!!

She is cooking in the kitchen...and she left her pot unattended...
And i could smell the burning smell of carbon from my room!!!
Her room is just next to the kitchen and my room is next to hers!

What's wrong with these people?

Last week, she or maybe it was another flatmate.. but i know it's either of them! (i did some detective work haha) left her shit in the toilet again. I tried to flush it away but it can't! It's gross!
And i have been watching lots of "You Are What You Eat" on Ch4 and i know what's a good poo and what's a bad poo! And hers is definitely bad!!!! and smelly!! That person should change her diet! Eat more fruits and vegetables! Not pizza all the time! Fibers are good for you!!!!
Oh yes, Dr Gillian said a good poo is when you have to wipe your ass 3 times or less! If you have to keep wiping it then it is bad! I bet that person had to wipe likle 394820482 times!!!!! grrrrrr

Anyway, I was so annoyed i wanted to knock on their doors and asked if they left something in the toilet! But i didn't cos i was rushing to go to class! Bloody cbs!

And i'm feeling sick now cos the smell of the burning pot is really filling up the whole flat! i turned down the fire for her.. but i guessed she turned it up again! What the hell is wrong with these people??????

Ok ok.. i must calm down... contract will end in mid jun. i will never get to see any of them (i hope!) after that! And i wil be away for a month in April.. so that's only like.. 14 weeks! I think i can deal with that! Grrrr... Hopefully i'll still be alive then!

Too Funny!!!

2006-02-18T19:28:00.000Z

Today's my mama's birthday!
Mr. Fat Fingers and I have ordered a cake for her from a shop in Singapore. Actually it's a home business... anyway...
I let Mr. Fat Fingers do all the work ie. ordering and confirming the delivery time as I have been busy..

So Mr. Fat Fingers asked me what's my mama's name and how many candles they would need etc..

And you know.. in the ang moh world... It's always the name first followed by the surname, but in Singapore, it's the surname first followed by the name...

So this afternoon, my sister texted me to tell me the cake was really good and they all had good laugh because... the person wrote "Happy Birthday, (mum's name) (mum's surname)!" ... and it sounds like the name of a PRESERVED VEGETABLE in Cantonese!

LOL!!!!!!!!! (i'm not gonna put my mama's name here! hehe)

It's too funny! Mr. Fat Fingers and his mum laughed so much that they had to hold on to each other for support! hahahaa

How dare he! hahahha Calling my mum a preserved vegetable! LOL!
It's so funny cos my mum is erm.. not young anymore!! HAHAHAHAH and calling someone her age... a PRESERVED vegetable is really too damn funny!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHHAA

Am i'm glad my mum was not offended in any way! hahaha And when i read that text my sister sent me, i can imagine my bro-in-law chuckling and laughing away and making silly jokes out of it! LOL! hahahaha Oh God! I miss them so much! I wish i was there to join in the laughter!!! Hahahahaha!!

Vday...

2006-02-11T11:24:00.000Z

Why do we make such a big fuss about Vday? It's pathetic that we have to have one whole day to show our love!! Can't we celebrate love everyday instead of just Feb 14? And the Singles who mope about being alone on Vday...Why don't they do that everyday instead?? Actually.... being Single (under the age of 30) is not a bad thing! hehe!

Mr. Fat Fingers and i are not going to celebrate Vday cos we are not going to fall into the traps of the evil retailers and what have you out there!

Anyways....

At ihavefatfingers.blogspot.com, Vday is not about being lovey dovey and all cuddley and cute and stuff like that! It's about showing PASSION!!! Yes, "passion" for your (ex) boss...
So i wrote a poem for Dick! Actually i got the idea from Dilbert Blog lah! hahaha! It's so great to see that there are so many people who have so much passion for their bosses! Anyway, here's one.. for Dick!

I call you Dick
Because you love to bootlick!

You think you're Hitler
But you know what? You are a LOSER!

You're in the office whistling all the time
That is such a crime!

You make us do all the work
While you get all the perks!

If you were a president, you'd be George Bush

Just like him, you should be shushed!

You're sprouting nonsense all the time

You'll do better with a mime

And we all know you have a bunion
Because your face is like a pickled onion!

Happy Valentine's Day, you *bald hairy man
You're better off, being a dustpan!

*Dick is balding.. but has hairy arms..and really long and messy eyebrows!!

Quick Fix Chicken Rice!

2006-02-10T18:45:00.000Z

I have been craving for chicken rice!!

After reading Ah 9's latest post and seeing pics of my favourite chicken rice stall... i really couldn't stand it no more!

I called Mr. Fat Fingers and told him to remember to buy a chicken in 6 weeks time.. cos i'll be there during Easter! And we have to cook chicken rice!

ANyway, today i couldn't take it no more.. and steamed some chicken... And ate it with the chilli sauce that Mr. Fat Fingers made for me! His chilli sauce is really good ok! Made from chicken stock, lots of ginger, garlic and chillies!

So happy! & i am so looking forward to Easter!! 6 weeks to go!!

Another piece of happy news : I passed my exam! I thought i screwed it up.. but my Assignments helped pull up my marks so i got a pass! And I got a merit and 2 distinctions for the other modules! Yahooo! Happy!!!!!!

There are days...

2006-02-05T11:22:00.000Z

.... when I feel I am invincible! & I can do anything and everything is possible!!!!

and then there are days where i felt really discouraged.... and i feel I can never accomplish what I want to do...

And then there are days when you felt so discouraged and suddenly something so good happened that the feeling of discouragement disappears almost immediately!

This happened to me two fridays ago. I have never felt so discouraged before... i think.
I couldn't find a job attachment for my job attachment module, the company i went to have an interview with had problems releasing their data to be cos of confidentiality issues... and the lecturer-in-charge of that module is the most boh-chup person I've ever met. He never replies any of the emails we sent him. He can't be found. And when he replies, he said he can't help much and he's compiling a list so I can just pick anyone from the list!!! And the list is not out yet!!! I was quite annoyed! And I don't know why the local students has managed to find it with the help of one of the lecturers and no one informed us, the international students, of any meetings!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrr

But never mind. I am having the last laugh!

So 2 fridays ago... i was so depressed and was stressed about finding an attachment. I was about to send another email to that lecturer when suddenly, i received a call. I thought it was the people from the mystery shopping company asking me to do another mystery shopping ASSignment... But it turned out.. the call was from another company who had previously rejected my application! And it was the director who called me! woot! He thinks my CV is interesting and he would love to meet me in London the next Monday! I was so happy! So i booked my train ticket and made my way down to London alone! I've never been to London alone.. i'm always there with Mr. Fat Fingers and he would be the navigator while I just follow hehehe. Anyway, i didn't get lost! The place was easy to find!

So i met the guy whom i shall call Gui Ren (贵人) now.. because i think he is my Gui Ren! He was so nice and enthusiastic! I was so nervous meeting him, i had problems saying the words "toxicity" and "confidentiality!" LOL!!!!

We had a problem with the timing of my internship because I'm at Leeds and they are in London and it would not be feasible for me to travel to and from Leeds. Plus I have to attend my lectures.
I made a suggestion and asked him if it was better if I do the internship after I finish my course instead of doing it for my module. His reaction to that caught me by surprise!! He said NO! He refused to let me do that and insisted I intern for them so that I can get some experience and it would be easier for me to get a job after I finish my course..or I could work for them if things work out for us! Yahoo!

Yeah! And a few days ago, he called and confirmed that he will be offering me the intern position and I will be able to start during my Easter break! Which means I don't have to miss any lessons or do any travelling during term time! Yahoooo!!!! & he rescheduled some projects to coincide with my Easter break just so I can work on them!!
And i will be paid £6.50 for lunch everyday! hahaha! Oh and I don't have to spend money on accomodation cos I can stay with Mr. Fat Fingers!! And i think the co. will reimburse my travel costs too! If i remember correctly!

I think Gui Ren is really nice!!! And I don't see any Dick qualities in him! So i think I will have a great time working for him and with the people there!! & I hope i will enjoy working on the projects too!

Yipeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

So weird leh...

2006-01-31T21:08:00.000Z

Mr Fat Fingers' mum has noticed it!!!

She has noticed that I never call her anything!!

You see.. it's different here in the UK... You cannot just call anyone Auntie or Uncle because they are not related to you!!! So i have never called her Auntie. And she expects me to call her by her first name... but.. so weird leh! Like so rude... i cannot find myself to call her by her first name! hehehe

And today.. egged on by Mr Fat Fingers... I went to call her.. "Hi Liz!!" I was quite embarrassed saying that hahaha i dunno why .. but it's just silly old me.. i just find it hard to call any of my friends' mums by their first name....cos it is so not Singaporean, i think.. hehehe

No, Not Bitty Now.... Bitty Later...

2006-01-26T18:09:00.000Z

I was bored... so i went to Youtube.com to find some "little britain" footages to keep myself entertained... and entertained i was!

This is what I found! Wahahahahahahahaa!!

In Singapore, we say nen nen... in UK they say Bitty. hehehehe

Hello to you!

2006-01-24T23:57:00.000Z

Someone from the UK (Ericsson bham Uni) has been checking my blog... He/She has been reading my posts.. from the first to the last! Well most of them i guess.. And as i am writing this, i think he/she is still reading it! Cos i refresh my statcounter to see the same IP address LOL! As i am reading this, he/she is reading my 2004 Nov archive!! hehehehe

Anyway, hello! Welcome to my blog! :D

It's funny i think.. how someone can be so interested in my life hehe. Feels kinda good too LOL! Yah it can be scary too... sometimes i check my statcounter and am horrified that people are searching for me.. it's scary.. like why?? why search for me?!?!?!?! Did i do something wrong? or?

Anyway, i clicked on some of the archives that this person has been reading.. and i read my previous posts about Dick! I can't even remember some of the things he did to us...!! But it was nice to read it again and i was laughing out loud just now cos i am so glad i am no longer working with/for Dick!!!!

I am not sure if i still hate him THAAAT much.. maybe not that much.. but i still hate him. If he were to be a president.. he would be George Bush i think! LOL!

And then i read some posts about what Mini Me has said to me.... like on my birthday last year... when i asked her where's my present.. she said she has no money to buy me one so she will just give me kiss! Awww so cute!

I miss my nieces and family so much!!! I wish i am back home for the Chinese New Year!!! I can't wait to call home this weekend.... and talk to them!

OK CBB (Celebrity Big Brother) live feed is starting soon! LOL.. i think i will go lie in bed.. and watch it for a while ... just a little whie... before i go to bed.

I need to get a life!!!!!!!! LOL!

Celebrity Big Brother

2006-01-24T21:51:00.000Z

Argh! Watching Celebrity Big Brother today really made my blood boil!

I hate Dennis Rodman and George Galloway.

Dennis Rodman is aggressive.. and rude!!!!
George Galloway is stupid for a politician!! I think all the MPs will laugh at him when he goes back to the House of Parliament!!

I was watching Richard and Judy today too. They interviewed 3 MPs and they were all laughing at George Galloway! hahahaha! One of them said there will be a saucer of milk waiting for him! hahahaha Oh that's cos he was pretending to be a cat in one of the tasks.. and i was cringing watching him doing that! I cannot imagine our MPs in Singapore doing that!!! Check out the video below!

So did you cringe?? I mean.. want to be a pussy cat.. then just mew lor.. why must put your head on Rula's lap?? hmmmm..

I wish my girlfriends back in Singapore are watching it with me! So we can discuss about it!! hahaha! It's so boring not being able to discuss it with anyone here cos most of my friends here have no tv!

Mr. Fat Fingers has no tv reception in the cellar so he can't watch it... and his mum think it's crap so she said we are forbidden to watch it in her presence! -_- ....

I have been updating Mr. Fat Fingers about it too hehe. I am glad he will be here this Friday! We are going to watch the finals together! hahahaha

Oh i was so upset watching it just now! So i voted to evict George.. twice!! So angry lor..

I think this post is not making sense to most of you cos most of you are Singaporeans and are not watching the show.. sigh. haha

But i still want to say .. i think Celebrity Big Brother is really entertaining and George Galloway sucks!

I hope the celebs are sleeping late tonight so i can watch the live feed from 12 to 1 am on Ch4! ! hahahaha Oh if i had cable tv here, my tv would be tune in to E4 and i will just watch them fight against each other! It's much interesting than the recent fight in the Singapore blogsphere! -_*

Hmm i just re-read my post.. i think maybe i need to get a life hahahaha i sound so pathetic here! But.. it's really interesting leh! Aiyah you all don't understand one lah! hehehehe

Stick a fork in me!!

2006-01-23T00:44:00.000Z

Cos I'm done!!

Finally!!!!! I've finally finished my project!!! Yahooo!

Going to hand it in tomorrow and then will go shopping after that! Yahooo!!!

Anyway, here's the fantastic four meme.. tagged by Spyda.

4 jobs you've had in your life
Operator
Bank Teller
Procurment Officer
Inventory and Distribution Officer

4 movies you could watch over and over
Battle Royal
Bridget Jones Diary
You've Got Mail
Kung Fu Hustle

4 TV shows you love(d) to watch
(Celebrity) Big Brother! (Sometimes i watch the live feed and just watch what the people are doing! hahahaah)
Little Britain (I love the 2 guys!!)
CSI
The Amazing Race

4 places you've lived
Singapore
Matsumoto city, Nagano prefecture, Japan
Himeji city, Hyogo prefectue, Japan
Leeds, UK

4 places you've been on vacation to
Japan
Hong Kong
Australia
Thailand

4 places you would rather be
Thailand (having all the yummy food!!)
Prague
Japan
Spain

4 of your favourite foods
Any Steam fish
any kind of herbal soup
Roast duck and char siew rice
Chicken rice

4 websites you visit daily
Google
Radio Times (to check what shows there are on tv)
Bloglines
BBC Leeds Weather forecast

4 Tagged
Anyone who wants to join in!

Grrrr

2006-01-16T09:54:00.000Z

Note to self :

Never shower after the flatmate.
The flatmate that is too stingy to get a duvet and an extension cord to plug in her electric heater and therefore thinks that she is justified to turn up the common heater to 30 degrees!!
Yes the one that wore her thin lingerie to bed and then complained that her room is not warm enough.
Yes, the one that puts her bananas in the fridge and then blamed it on me when the bananas turned black because i turned up the knob of the fridge (the higher the knob, the colder the fridge will be). She insisted on keeping the knob at level 1! Level 0 is as good as turning off the fridge!

Ok.. back to the point why i should never shower after the flatmate:
She used up all the hot water when she showers! And it takes a long time to heat up the water tank! So when i go in after her... i get all the cold water!!! .... while the water tank is trying to heat up all the cold water!
And she takes more than 20min to shower! So... no more hot water left by then!! It takes about 30 to 45min to heat up the water! Gaaah!

back at leeds...

2006-01-13T08:32:00.000Z

I'm back at leeds now.. after staying with Mr Fat Fingers for about a week...

The kitchen was really clean! that's cos the cleaners came to clean it up during the holidays. I wonder how long it will stay this way... hmmmm

Anyway, i hate to be back in the flat... cos someone has been turning up the heater to 30 degrees! Damn it's hot in my room! I hate my flatmates!!!! grrrrr

Mr Fat Fingers left for home yesterday.... i miss having him around.. cos there will be no one to cook for me and fuss over me... and carry my stuff hahaha.

We have done lots of food shopping... i have like 18 chicken thighs in my freezer... that's like 18 meals for me..1 chicken thigh for one meal!!!
I also have a promfret, 1 salmon, 1 tilapia all cut into halfs.. one for each meal.. so that's.. 6 meals already! 2 portions of beef for soup.. that's 2 meals.. and 1 portion of pork ribs for bak kut teh.. so that's one meal...
so.. that's a total of 27 meals! hahaha

So i guess i don't have to go to the market/city center for the next 2 weeks. I can stay at home and do my work!

Exams in 5 days..and then another 5 days to finish up my java and VB project... can't wait for all of these to be over!!!

Back!

2006-01-04T13:36:00.000Z

I'm back in the UK!
The weather hasn't been exactly great... but... still it's great to be back!
The past week was spent fighting jet lag and catching up with the shows that Mr Fat Fingers has recorded for me!
It's mostly Little Britain and The Worst Week of my life.

Anyway while watching Little Britain.. i saw a familiar face...it was Steven Lim!

No no no... not that Singapore Idol wanna be who used to pluck eyebrows oustide CK Tangs..
... but this Steven Lim! The guy from the series "Growing Up".

He appeared as a Thai Waiter on Little Britain!
And i did some googling and found out that he is playing the Tibetan Monk in the production "TinTin in Tibet"!

By the way... i think i really have short attention span.... i'm about to do some revision but i kept checking bloglines to see if anyone has updated their blogs! or i'll go send some emails or check for available assignments at this co. website. Mr. Fat Fingers and i have signed up to be mystery shoppers! hehehe. Some assignments allow us to have free pub meals and beer! Oooh pies! hehehe

OK.. better get back to my revision!... maybe i should just plug off the LAN cable.. hmmmm :D

Javaczemia

2005-12-28T22:42:00.000Z

I think i am allergic to Java programming....

I was working on my Java project on Sunday and suddenly my hands, arms and the back of my body started to itch...

My mama said it's fung mok... she said i shouldn't bathe cos it will make it worse... i dunno how i can do this in hot and humid Singapore....

I didn't know what's fung mok.. and my mum had trouble explaining it to me.. so i did a search and found this.. hehe. Interesting...

It got worse last night... i woke up at 5am scratching myself.. Mum was also up then..having a poo! hehe.

She applied wine on the patches...

This morning i went to the Doc.. and he said i have Hives.. It's Hives.. not HIV ok..
Doc said i am allergic to something..
I dunno what caused it.. i hope it's not caused by some food allergies or the change in weather.. I think it's caused by Java.. cos i got really itchy while doing my Java Project... hmmmmmmmm Yeah i think i might have Javaczemia... hmm

Anyway, Doc gave me some antihistamines.. and another pill that will make me really drowsy.. which is good.. cos i can sleep in the plane on the way back to the UK....

I am feeling much better now after taking the pills... and so drowsy..... hopefully i'll not be scratching myself to death in the plane..... hehe

In 4 days time...

2005-12-26T22:12:00.000Z

... I'll be off to the UK again..
I won't be back till next Dec!!!

I am so going to miss my family!!

Actually part of me can't wait to get back to the UK.... I can't wait tobe back. I miss my friends... and also because... i need help on my JAVA project! Die lah! It's due in a month and i haven't done much.. Well i think i just need a couple of codes to get it working but i don't know what to do!!!!!

I also can't wait to be back because i'll be having a job attachment next term and i am really looking forward to it. I hope the meeting next week will go well!

And another part of me doesn't want to go back to the UK because i'm going to miss my family... I hate not being able to see my nieces grow up. Mini Me and her sister No. 2, have grown so much ever since i left in Aug this year! I hate not to be able to see them for the next year!

I've spent the past week playing with them... We all had great fun. I was forced to "role play" with them. Sometimes i'm their mother, their father... the doctor, the teacher. Sometimes Mini Me would pretend to be a hawker and i'll be the customer and she'd force me to drink her "frog juice" -_-" hahahaha!!

Sometimes i get so tired from role playing, i'd volunteer to be the father. Because... i can just "pretend" to read newspaper and say "mmmmm" every now and then while my "wife and kid" talk to me! Hahahahahaha

ok... back to the Java Project.... somebody HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas?

2005-12-25T05:45:00.000Z

Bah Humbug!

So far....

2005-12-21T05:07:00.000Z

... I've eaten

1. Chicken Rice
2. Assam Fishhead
3. Laksa
4. Curry Chicken
5. Ramen @ Ken's noodle house!
6. Bak Chor Mee
7. Sambal Kang Kong
8. Yong Tau Foo
9. Kong Bak Pau
10. Dou Hua You Tiao

In the next few days (hopefully) i'm gonna have....

1. Satay
2. Nasi Biriyani
3. BBQ Sting Ray
4. Sweet Sour Pork
5. Kway Chup
6. Char Kway Teow with lots of hum!!!

Not sure what else i want to have ... yet. It's weird that all the cravings are gone... now that i'm back in Singapore!!!

Excitement and Jet Lag

2005-12-18T11:50:00.000Z

Grrrr!

Woke up at about 2am to pee and i couldn't get back to sleep!! grrrrrrrrrr

And then i started to get hungry! grrr so i had a slice of bread and then lay in bed trying to get back to sleep!!

I think part of it is due to jet lag.. and the other part is due to the excitement that i might have found a co. to do my job attachment next year!!

The director of the co. wants to see me and have a discussion with me! The director leh!! *gulp* I'm very excited! I've been thinking of working for that co. for a long time, even before i came to the UK!! And they are also the first one to reply my email saying they want to see me!!

Oh yeah, i was lying in bed earlier... having imaginary conversations in my head with the director! hahaha!!

It's a small co. but quite reputable in the industry! I googled the name of the director and found out he was actually from Leeds uni too! So we have something in common!! And more things to talk about! (I'm really bad at conversations... )

I hope he'll really let me do my work attachment there and then hopefully offer me a full time job! That would be great! But now at this moment, a job attachment/internship prog would be great!! I just really want someone to give me a chance to learn and develop my skills! I'm willing to start at the lowest level even if it means data entry.. -_-

I'm keeping my fat fingers crossed!!

Yay!

2005-12-16T00:57:00.000Z

It's good to be back!

And it's good to have internet connection!! i'm nowpaying SGD2.50 per day for internet connection... cos i cannot ~~steal~~ connect to my neighbours' wireless connection! grrrr ah well hehe

Anyway... It's so nice to see my family again especially my cute nieces.. they were so excited to see me and we were all holding hands in the airport and jumping up and down ... like a bunch of kids.. LOL
They even gave me little presents..

Got home at about 11pm and had supper... mum's cooking! just a simple meal but it's so satisfying!

and i just had chicken rice for lunch! hehehe so that's one thing off the list of local food i must have before i go back to the UK...

Counting down...

2005-11-29T16:24:00.000Z

10 7 days to end of term

16 13 days till i'm back in singapore!

2 ~~and a half~~ more Assignments to go!

Can't wait to be back!

My JAVA textbook is at home waiting for me!
My new digital camera is at home waiting for me!
And best of all.. my family and friends are at home waiting for me!

YAY!

This post is brought to you by the number 12...

2005-11-26T16:01:00.000Z

Went to Morrison's today... to get some food...

As usual, the Queues were long.......

My friend and i were in line..waiting for our turn to pay.....
We spent.. about.. 10min or maybe more in the queue...

The guy in front of me bought lots of things... but most of them were the same things.. like 12 pkts of juice, 4 cartons of cokes.. 8 bottles of fizzy drinks, 6 chocolate fingers... u get the drift..

Anyway, the cashier scanned every single item... yes she did.. she scanned a pkt of juice TWELVE times! YES! 12!! 12 times! -_-?

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA We watched in amusement as she scanned every single thing... and then... she "over" scanned a bottle of fizzy drink!! HAHAHAHA!!

So everyone in the queue had to wait for someone to come over to cancel that item cos she does not have the authorisation to do so......

Why??

2005-11-22T20:34:00.000Z

Sometimes i wonder... Do i have the word "Information Counter" written on my forehead? Or perhaps i look nice and approachable?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I am getting sick of people asking me for help ALL the time! I am equally as lost as you! And sometimes you can find information off the net! Or just call the bloody hotline!!!

Friend : Are you free this sunday?
Fat Fingers : Why?
Friend : I want to ask you about O2. I am thinking of changing my service provider.
Fat Fingers : I am not free *thinks to self.. do i work for o2?*
Friend : Oh.. i want to ask how many free minutes you have and how many sms you get free. It is easier to talk face to face
Fat Fingers : Sorry i am not free. Maybe it is better to talk to the O2 people.... or check online?

Friend : Excuse me Fat Fingers, can i ask you something about the O2 free minutes? Why didn't i get the free minutes?
Fat Fingers : I don't know. You have to check with them.
Friend : Why is this so?
Fat Fingers : No idea. You have to check with them.
Friend : It cost me £1.40 to call my friend just now.
Fat Fingers : Oh..
Friend : Do you know why?
Fat Fingers : I don't know. You have to check with them.
Friend : How?
Fat Fingers : Call the hotline.
Friend : Do you know the number?
Fat Fingers : No.

And this afternoon.. i was getting tired and was rushing to go home because i need to take a nap to recharge myself... but i had to stay for another 15min.
Why? Because some of my classmates were asking me to help them. I was just saying goodbye to them and they had to stop me.. to tell me.. "Can you help me check what's wrong with my code?" "Do you know how to append the data?" It's not that i am unwilling to help them.. but i need my nap. i am tired.. and it's always the same people coming to me.. and i am equally lost as they are.... i do try to help but sometimes i feel like the whole world is asking me to help them and i feel bad that i can't... and sometimes i'm cold towards them and after that i feel bad for behaving that way! Because i know i need their help too! hehehe!

Grrr i feel so cranky now!

That's cos i have so many ASSignments to do!

4 Assignment due in the next 3 weeks! I better get back to them now....

Snow....

2005-11-21T22:35:00.000Z

Not exactly enjoying the weather here in Leeds...

It is getting colder... sub zero temperature!

And it's foggy... and it's going to be bitterly cold this weekend! And it might snow on Friday!

I hate snow.. because after that it will turn into ice and the roads will be slippery..and dirty too! Today i almost slipped... very hard to walk on ice... esp if you are not wearing ice skates!!! HELP!!

I wondered how i survived winter in the Japanese Alps 5 years ago...
I remembered it was snowing on Christmas day 2000... and i was working in the office..(the Japanese do not have any holidays on Christmas day!) and i asked my supervisor if i could go out and play in the snow for a while... he laughed at me and told me not to be silly! hehe.

Anyway, on the way home from work that day.. it started to snow again and i was dancing in the street with my other Singaporean Colleague. It was our first White Christmas! My Japanese colleague was laughing at me.. telling me i would soon be cursing at the snow...

She was right.. of course...

It didn't stopped snowing for 2 days and i hated it.. because what normally took me 10min from the train station to the office took 30min for me! It was just too difficult to walk on the ice! Not looking forward to going to the Uni on a cold icy day! Maybe I need a pair of ice skates!? hmmm

Remembrance Sunday

2005-11-13T19:00:00.000Z

"Remembrance Sunday is the day traditionally put aside to remember all those who have given their lives for the peace and freedom we enjoy today."

I didn't know it was Remembrance Sunday today....

Anyway, this morning, I went to the city center to meet my friend. As i was nearing the city center, i was greeted by the sight of police cars, policemen and a bunch of people in the middle of the road.

Without having a clue that it's Remembrance Sunday today, I thought there was a riot cos i could see people holding up things like banners...

As i went nearer, i realised there's going to be a parade! 2 policemen on horses to guide the parade... and a military band, some old people and some kids... I didn't bring my digi cam along but managed to take some pics with my mobile phone...

After the parade, i went to do some window shopping at Topshop... I was checking out the clothes and was wondering why would anyone want to pay SGD90 for a pair of culottes when suddenly everyone just stopped moving! Eh! Even the escalator stopped working! It's like someone pressed the stopped button and everyone just stopped moving... i looked around.. and took small steps... s.l.o.w.l.y. to the side....... I was expecting someone to shout.. "Gotcha! You're on candid camera!" or something like that... but everyone just stood there...silently...

Then i realised... ORRRR! It's the one minute silence thing lah! So i stood there and waited till it was over.

Anyway, i came back and read up on remembrance day and realised that it's actually a 2 min silence and it will be held either on the 11th of November or at 11am on Remembrance Sunday...

Homesick!

2005-11-12T00:11:00.000Z

Just got off the phone with my mum. I miss her so much!
I dreamt of her the night before. I was at my conferment ceremony. She was there and was very proud of me. And as the ceremony was about to start, the person in charge pointed at me and said "YOU! The one with the dark eyerings! I think you need some concealor!" HAHAHAHAHA

Anyway, yeah i really do miss my mom.

Oh yeah! The dinner i cooked tonight, it tasted exactly like how it would be if my mom were to cook it for me! I could feel tears welling up in my eyes.. hehe I am such a wimp sometimes! so ah gua!

But.. i really miss her!

And it was great to talk to her again. We talked for about 22min! Conversation include what i want to eat when i am back! News about the rest of my family members! And of course The flatmates!! grrr!

Yeah i want to have lots of fish! and lots of vegies cos i don't eat enough of them here! Very hard to steam fish here.. cos my plate too big for the steamer! haha .. and my wok has got no cover! I want to eat steam promfret with salted vegetables and the sour plum! YUM! Fried kang kong! Fried chicken wings! (I think the chicken wings here are scary! So big and hairy! aiyer!) I want to eat the simple yet delicious dishes that my mom has been cooking for me for the past 2x years! I also want to drink lots of soup!

I also want to go home and see my family! Play with my nieces! Hang out with my friends! Eat lots and lots of GOOD food!!

Only 32 days to go! before i am back in sunny Singapore! In the mean time, i have about 12 assignments/practicals/essays/projects to do! ARGH!!!!!

I think i am in the wrong country....

2005-11-09T21:09:00.000Z

This afternoon... i went to the kitchen and thought i was in China!!

The kitchen was damn bloody dirty! My Chinese CB flatmates left a big piece of lettuce on the floor... and lots of garlic skin.. a pc of tissue paper and some other stuff on the floor...

Since it's my duty this week, i've decided to sweep and mop the kitchen floor!

This is the stuff that has been on my kitchen floor for the past few weeks...

KNNBCCB!
Can my chinese flatmates be any dirtier or not? Well, I'm sure they can!!

Oh yes, back to the lettuce.. so i asked one of my flatmates.. Is that yours??? And she just picked it up and threw it into the bin and said.. "It's not mine but we can always just pick it up and throw it away! It's not too much trouble!!"

I was stunned for awhile.. i wanted to tell her.. "No lah, i just wanted to ask you if that's yours.. then you can have it for lunch later mah" ... but i didn't..

I told her it's not about whether we pick it up or not.. it's about who left it there and didn't bother to clean up after herself! She then went on and on and told me she understand that we should keep the kitchen clean.. blah blah blah.. yah right..

So i went to ask her good friend.. i asked the two of them cos i saw and heard them in the kitchen earlier.. and she said it's not her either.. went to ask another but she said it's not her too. Funny lor... everyone said it's not them! So who could it be? *Gasp* I think my flat must be haunted!!!

Anyway, i mopped the kitchen floor and now i don't hear any of those rubber-sticking-to-sticky floor sound.. u what know i mean??

They better not mess up the kitchen again!!!

Oh yeah, CB2 came and told me the room is too cold for her.. so i asked her why don't u turn on her own heater?!?!?! She said she can't cos she is using her laptop and there's no powerpoint for her to plug it in. So i told her (again) to get an extension but she changed the subject! Oh please! You can do something about it but you don't want to! Then she went on to tell me that 30 is the optimum temperature for her! Well too bad! It's not for me! I will wake up in the middle of the night sweating!! Why don't you just get a bloody extension! Stop being so bloody niao piao!

York

2005-11-07T22:43:00.000Z

The past 4 days has been great... The heater stayed at 15...and the maximum was 20!! I think CB2 is afraid of Mr. Fat Fingers because he once asked her why she turned up the heater to over 30 when we first moved in.

And i am waiting for her to turn up the heater again... because it ain't gonna work this time cos we did some magic to the heater... it will turn off automatically at night and come back on in the morning... hohoho

Die you selfish bitch!! Muahahahahaha

Anyway, Mr Fat Fingers and I had a great time together as usual. We went to York on Saturday for bonfire night.

On the night of November 5th, throughout Britain, we commemorate the capture of Guy Fawkes with bonfires and fireworks, and by burning an effigy of Guy.

Guy Fawkes was the guy who tried to overthrow the King by blowing up the House of Parliament but failed and was tortured to death.

Speaking about that.. the guide who was taking us on the Guy Fawkes trail told us about how the people were tortured in the past.

First they were hung till they were almost dead... Then they were placed on stone slabs. Their privat parts would be cut off, cooked and fed to them!!!!!! While they were still alive!!!! If they are still alive by then, they would be fed with their own intestines! YUCKS!! They would then be cut into 4 pieces regardless if they are still alive or not! Their body parts would then be stuck on pikes for display! EWWWWW

Anyway, here's one of my favourite photos taken on that day...

York Minster

Save me from the CBs... please!!

2005-11-02T10:56:00.000Z

CB2, my &%%#)* flatmate, has been turning up the heater to 30 degrees! Even in the morning!!

Please lor!

So today i couldn't take it no more and knocked on her door.

The moment i went in.. i scanned her room... hmmm.... no duvet!!! heater not plugged in!!! Ta ma de! What is wrong with her?!?!?!!?

You get no duvet and didn't plug in your heater and yet you want to turn it up to 30 degrees! Isn't that a bit selfish?!?!?!!?!?!?!? Actually it is not a bit.. it is VERY selfish!

This is just not right!!!

She told me all her plugs are used up and there's no place to plug in her heater! Well, FUCK YOU! An extension doesn't cost much! £6 maybe? and You can get a duvet for £9.90!

And no, i am not going to buy you an extension plug and duvet.. because... why should i? You can afford to come to study here but can't afford to get a decent duvet and an extension plug? How about eating less pizza and use that money to buy those stuff?!?!?!!?!?!

And no wonder the boiler keeps breaking down because it is always at 30 degrees!

I can't believe she is so selfish.
And even if the heater is turned up to 30, i don't think her room will be very very warm?!?!?! cos her radiator is not working! Which is why the accomodation office gave her a heater!!!

She told me she will still turn it up before she sleeps at night and i can turn it down before i go to sleep! FUCK YOU! I say go get an extension cable and maybe a brain?!?!?!!?!
I didn't know what to say and said i will try that and see how it goes.. but it will not be long before i am going to knock on her door again!
And my plan now is to turn it down to 15 everytime i see it turned up to 30! And if she comes knocking on my door, i will tell her i am going to sleep that's why i turned it down! Ma de! It's either i win OR i win ok!

Mr Fat Fingers is coming to visit me tomorrow! He said he will not hesitate to knock on her door in the middle of the night, if he wakes up sweating because the heater was turned up to 30!!! I will be at the side translating in mandarin! HAHAHAHA

I hope CB2 gets fat! REALLY Fat! Then lose all the weight.. but can't lose the excess skin and so her neck will look like a vagina! HAHAHAHAHAHA just like Fat Bastard!!

if only...

2005-10-30T09:00:00.000Z

I heard this too many times... "If only i could turn back time"...

Guess what? YOU CAN! Well, only if you're in the North America or Europe...

and only one hour though..

Because it's the end of the daylight saving time!!

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAhAHAHA :D

LOL

2005-10-28T22:59:00.000+01:00

CB2 : 这是什么pizza?
CB1 : 让我看看。哦。是 pepper-OR-ni pizza.
Fat Fingers : LOL (in my heart)

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Fat Fingers : My CB flatmate said pepper-OR-ni! hahahahaha
Friend : HAHAHAHA! Sounds like the teochew dessert.
Fat Fingers : HAHAHA OR-Ni!!! I like!!!! I want!!

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Fat Fingers : Eh i tell you something.. CB2 is crazy.... She used washing detergent to clean her red pepper and egg plant!
Friend : LOL! I'm afraid she might die soon.
Fat Fingers : Oh that's good! It will save me the trouble of killing her!!!!
Friend : and dumping her body! LOL!
Fat Fingers : HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!