TGIF! I think my weekend mood started since wed cos the boss wasn’t in yesterday and today is just one more day at work before the weekend. As much as I dunno whether today will be a good day at work, at least its only 1 day. It helps that my boss will be traveling again and won’t be back til end of the month. Yay!
Supposed to leave work early yesterday to meet Jane for some shopping but thank goodness that woman was late cos I got an email and I had to make last minute flight arrangements which really held me up. Even when I left office, it wasn’t settled yet so I had to liaise with the travel agent and my boss on my hp.. while shopping.. on international call. I hate it.
Yesterday we only managed to walk Suntec. We started off having pepper lunch then we started shopping. And all I bought was undies from Topshop and La Senza. So now I have 3 new panties, I new pair of shorts, 1 bra and 1 cami which I wore to work today under my cardigan. Tubs is gonna kill me if he sees me cos he thinks it’s highly inappropriate for work….
I think I had a lot of energy yesterday bcos the weather was good (Ok it was freezing) and I was really intent on buying something. And it oso helps that I went to fix my poor heels so for the next few hours, I was flip flopping around Suntec in slippers.
Chixy was supposed to meet us but she had something to do which was taking way too long so at 6+pm, tubs came to pick us up and we went to Hanabi to wait for da Chix. We went crazy as usual. And we were so damn stuffed after that. We were all so tired after that but we couldn’t decide where to go and Chixy refused to go home so we ended up having Gelare @ Siglap.
There were this bunch of young kids who were making such a ruckus which got tubs seriously pissed off. They occupied the entire smoking area except for 1 table which we took. I bet they were underage smokers cos they asking each other to buy ciggies and they bought 1 pack which ALL of them shared
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And they bought soap bubbles to blow which nearly landed in Chixy’s ice cream. WTF. And the best part was all of them were having drinks from Starbucks which was next door and not a single purchase from Gelare was in sight. Fucking bunch of morons.
This reminds me of me & Mel’s lunchtime conversation on Wed. We were talking about how hard it is to find guys with the right English-Chinese mix.
Guys who are too ‘Chinese’ somehow seem to have different frequency levels. The way they understand is different, and their interests are somehow different as well. A good example will be the ex. As much as I know he’ll make a good BF/Hubby, I cannot see myself living his lifestyle forever. You will oways get the ‘kampong boy’ feel from him and he is far too conservative and possessive, which is very typical of Chinese guys. When you hug another guy, it’s as if you’re cheating on your BF… the places I like to go, whether its F&B places or clubs etc, is totally different. The kind of movies we like to watch is different. And the best part is when we argue. He shouts at me in Chinese and I shout at him in English. And half the time we don’t catch exactly what each other is trying to say. Classic. Quite funny thinking back but at that point of time, you get so pek chek you can burst a blood vessel.
For the ‘Ang Moh pais’, they can’t speak a word of proper Chinese for nuts, which I find is not very ‘Singapore’. And I believe for some (or most) of them, its bcos they think speaking Chinese is not cool or whatever. They think English is king and sometimes the slang that comes with the way they speak really gives me goosebumps. If you haven’t stayed abroad for more than afew years and your accent doesn’t tally with anything, its as good as saying ‘I have low self confidence and hopefully other people will think my accent = good English’. Seriously. Go take notice and their accent is neither here or there. OMG. And usually they way these people act are damn nauseating too. They talk loud, act like they own the world, sit there and swirl wine the whole nite when I doubt they actually enjoy it, smoke cigars (another thing which I oso doubt they noe how to truly appreciate) and the list goes on. Don’t act like high society when you are nothing and it just makes them appear truly childish. Doing grown up things when your brain is still stuck in sec school mode just makes them look like downright asses.
We came to the conclusion that actually the Ah Bengs are more fun to be around but the Ang Moh Pais are easier to converse with and generally look better. I don’t think we are torn between the 2. I just think there are not enuff guys that land in between the 2 spectrums. And I think this is so bcos guys are not trying hard enuff to adapt to other people’s way of life. They find their comfort zone and they are stuck there, which makes their own kind grow over time so there will oways be 2 distinctively different groups of guys. That’s really sad if you ask me. I think we need some balance.
Personally, I feel a little scared that my standard of English has dropped over the years. And even though I’m speaking better Mandarin now, its still hasn’t reached the comfortable level. But living in Singapore, I think I’d rather be good in both than be perfect in one and CMI in another. And thank goodness the people around me are pretty balanced in this sense as well.
Before I forget,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL!
To 18 years of friendship and even though sometimes I do think you should be called ‘Devil’ instead, I still love you! The past 18 years have been a blast with you around and I know we will have many years more to add on to the memories.
I really wanted to go Zouk yesterday but I was in serious need of sleep but I’ll make it up to you and we’ll meet up soon yah. Anyway it was freezing yesterday and wearing shorts & slippers to Zouk is a recipe for disaster. I think the theme should have been ‘Winter Wonderland’ instead. Haha.
For everybody else, don’t ask me why I go Zouk on a Thursday. Either you know it or you don’t.
I so need to go extract my wisdom tooth soon.. Next week sounds like a plan BUT I’m so damn dry this month and it’s only mid month. I swear my last dental visit took a huge chunk out of my bank account man.. Dammit. And bcos I have Goldfish memory. I may have given the mother double allowance this month. So clever.
Ok here’s something just for laughs for the last day of the work week..
And here’s something even funnier..
And somehow by looking at this, you can actually hear him singing in your head ‘Your body is a wonderland’
Hahahahhaahaha
Yes, that IS John Mayer.
Have a good weekend everyone and I’ll see my darlings on Sunday, one way or another. Bad weather is so not going to spoil our fun I swear.
Have a good weekend everyone and I’ll see my darlings on Sunday, one way or another. Bad weather is so not going to spoil our fun I swear.
Asphyxiated at at 10:43 AM
