Friday, July 29, 2005
the one with the friday night
spent the later half of the evening flying across two events, having cheese and wine for dinner, catching up with an ex client for some booze and zipping a cab from downtown to the other half's place all within six hours. in between this mad schedule, she also discovered how amazing some situations can get......like how a partner requesting for our participation can "yell" at us to setup certain items; hello?! which part of partnerships do you not understand and you don't seem to possess basic protocol and courtesy is it?
...like how a certain admin person can wield such power despite tardy work performance; don't lie about doing something when its clear you obviously didn't try hard enough
...like how evil human species can be when we discovered some nasty skeletons during the booze and goss session; its ok to be young and ambitious but it's another thing to be foolishly vicious and ambitious in an environment filled with experienced eyes
...like how some things in life are just not meant to be; you can work hell hard to build an account up from scratch and yet am helpless watching it snatched away by some bitch's fancy whims
is she getting old or is the world getting too young for her liking?
but of cos there are still many things in life that can give her so much pleasure, like sitting at the same desk next to her other half blogging away while he's working on his freelance projects. now that's what she calls simple bliss.
bee wrote this at 11:58 PM
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
oink in the name of art
ok. pig art is fucking gross.bee wrote this at 1:11 PM
heaven and hell
what an excellent heavenly location at jake's, in jamaica.btw, do check out the hotel hellholes before you take a chance.
bee wrote this at 11:20 AM
the suit world
when the people in the agency is great, the client is shit. when the client is awesome, the GAD is shit. and when you have both great teammates and clients, you have a fuckshit CEO who meddles in everything. alternatively, you're paid peanuts and forced to make choices.it's never perfect isn't it?
bee wrote this at 9:04 AM
Monday, July 25, 2005
the island
just caught the film three hours ago and i've to say it was awesome. i really really dig such scripts, reminded me loads of scifi animations where humans play God to cyborgs and clones and try to destroy them when they develop human feelings. and yes, i do believe in the bad nature of science and conspiracy theories and that maybe, just maybe this similar activity is happening on some remote island or concealed in an amazon jungle where survival is zilch for escapees.*someone whacks ms bee on head*
ya ya ya, dug my head too deep into sidney sheldon as a kid. grew warped ideas from virginia andrews. developed violent streaks from mario puzo and the like. got hooked on wendi corsi staub, tami hoag and james patterson's psychopaths. watched too many james bond, godfather, Nikita and CSI series...but i like.
oh, failed to mention that ewan mcgregor's still as hot as his renton days in trainspotting.
bee wrote this at 11:42 PM
the optimist...no?
she absolutely HATES it when people throw indirect accusations bout not doing her "job" when in actual fact... its not??? or perhaps its just ms bee's frustration that caused her hypersensitivity to harmless remarks which on her good day would've passed as careless talk. oh whatever, someone once said nothing is really shitty cos it really depends on how you want to look at the situation.so maybe she should be adding these to the "you're ready to move on" section...yeah, she figured keeping a pros and cons system would enable her to view her decisions in a more objective manner and perhaps for her to fight the case with pseudo master when the time comes. she hadn't yet revealed her decision to move on (once the opportunity arises) to him for fear of endless ranting on why, how and what ifs. growing up with him constantly in her neck for almost everything she does, its probably going to be negative. a lucky baby boomer, he obviously is comfortable sticking in his cocoon where change is often an unwelcome sight. change meaning new environments, new challenges, unforeseen circumstances...change meaning rocking the boat. and yeah, the lecture goes on and on and on bout how the gen xers are a fickle lot with no sense of loyalty yadda. just what is loyalty to a company these days anyway? is your boss honestly gonna share his meaty pie when the company performs well? or are they going to keep you in check by saying the company did average while signing a private check for a spanking new merc or audi (my ex bosses did that), worse yet, throw mega alcohol parties on the premise of getting people so drunk they forget their entitlements to something called performance bonus?
hmmm, now who's the negative bitch here?
bee wrote this at 11:17 PM
down
there are times where she felt redundant, left out and a burden of sorts.there are also times where she felt like the top of the world.
she knows its no fault of anyone and that everyone's been trying their best but it's probably just one of those days where things just look a darker shade of gray.
she's feeling rather pathetic for herself this morning.
bee wrote this at 9:15 AM
Thursday, July 21, 2005
downtime
had to wait half an hour at the docs just to get a piece of prescription.*ack*
bee wrote this at 11:34 AM
damn thursday morning
the bag hinge gave way last friday and now...her precious vintage oriental necklace which she found in a thrift store many years ago broke this morning. how in hell is she going to fix that one?is this a bad omen?
fucking hell.
bee wrote this at 9:53 AM
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
apartment for rent
goodness! francis ford coppola sure is a good businessman. so...is wong kar wai or zhang yimou renting out their apartments too? or perhaps john malkovich? and does entertainment come with a complimentary tea session with the film masters too? holy cow...bee wrote this at 4:07 PM
the next phase
she's finally taking baby steps towards the five year plan and she has to say she's mighty pleased with herself so far. it's a scary journey and at times, she wished someone would hold her hand and tell her that everything's alright and that she'll do just fine. we're humans after all and there's nothing better than to have sunny supports and positive reinforcements from friends and loved ones.bee wrote this at 1:58 PM
Monday, July 18, 2005
miss fix it
how annoying. the strap hinge on her beloved shoulder bag gave way... how in hell do you fix such things anyway? am gonna try bringing it down to china square this week, hopefully the bag specialist might figure something out. gotta remember to bring the pink furla clutch for a dry clean from the martini stains. hope the satin doesn't get stained permanently cos its been so long. darn, why couldn't she have been more careful?
double crap.
bee wrote this at 9:32 PM
chilli crab night
met the ladies on fri night and had our highly anticipated seafood evening at jumbo riverwalk. freaked me out when i realised i'd booked the wrong branch initially at riverside. sheesh...i know i know, i've been working in the damned CBD area for the past four years and still am confused over road names. oh well, the head waitress was really nice i must say. thumbs up for her service.
was the first time we had crabs with trish and...discovered she's a terrible crab eater! poor celine had spurts of chilli gravy on her arm constantly *guffaws*
pottered over to wine bros next to hong kong street and had two bottles of good and reasonably priced white wine. apparently the DBS card's offering a free bott with every two purchased, not bad a deal i reckon. sat round bitching bout uni life and the has beens...very nice indeed.
bee wrote this at 9:21 PM
indecisiveness killed the bee
something has finally triggered her into the decision to get moving. time to polish up the good ole resume and activate the plans...if you guys know of any marcomm contacts in the hospitality (hotel/ resort) industry, please do feel free to drop me a mail.with love
bee wrote this at 3:00 PM
hungrybee
dammit, the workouts are making me hungry all the time.crap.
bee wrote this at 1:45 PM
taiwanese teen loveramas
she's never been interested in asian stuff cept for the avant garde films cos the rest just seem...uninteresting. the only chinese drama that caught her eye by accident (cable surfing) was a taiwanese hit meteor garden about two or three years ago. she even bought the soundtrack (a mixture of english and chinese ballads and soft rock, quite interesting). embarassed as she was, she's never admitted watching that teen crap on cable then, but it was entertaining eye candy and honestly, which woman wouldn't be interested in old school romanticism and the whole cinderella bullshit?the story was adapted from a japanese manja and it surprised ms bee that it became a massive hit amongst the older women in singapore. the aunties in her ex agency, particularly an odd ball in the media department was so in love with the male lead that she spent a couple of hundreds buying his posters, memorabilia, and whathaveyous...sheesh...
back to the story, poor girl gets to go to a private school cos her dad works there as some cleaner or whatever (does that not remind you of the infamous virginia andrews books?). poor girl gets picked on by rich brats (for obvious reasons), and was made an enemy by hunk. for some warped reason, after all that picking and bullying, bloody rich hunk fell so in love with poor girl. rich hunk's mother disapproves and the star crossed lovers had to endure many painful drama moments before finally getting together.
how can any woman resist the inner child's slightest hope of a fairytale finally coming true?
awww.
bee wrote this at 10:09 AM
dreams
woke up at 4am last night after a chain of awful nightmarish short dreams.chased by a psychopath threatening to slice me up
fear: to dream that you feel fear, signifies that your achievements will not be as successful as you had anticipated. you are having anxieties in certain circumstances of your life. however, your worries will be temporary and short lived.
mom told me she had an illness and my heart just fell
sickness: denotes discordance and trouble in your life. it may also signal a part of yourself that needs to be healed, either physically or mentally. perhaps you are wallowing in your own self-pity. you need to quit feeling sorry for yourself.
trapped in lift while searching for grandma's contact number in some building, had to pry the doors open and climb out of it since it stalled halfway. after the ruckus, the building person did not have granny's number after alll so the effort was for zilch
frustration: represents your difficulty in coping with a situation in your daily life. it may reflect your concerns that your life is not going in the direction you want.
tried calling the other half for help but he's unreachable. was so hungry and tired, no one to call and no home to return to
abandonment: suggests that it is time to leave behind past feelings and characteristics that are hindering your own growth. let go of your old attitudes. a more direct and literal interpretation of this dream is that you have a fear of being deserted, abandoned or even betrayed. do you feel that people are neglecting your feelings? dreaming that you are abandoned may stem from a recent loss or a fear of losing a loved one. the fear of abandonment may manifest itself into your dream and is part of the heaing process of dealing with losing a loved one.
got molested by an uncouth looking man at the bakery near the old house in jurong
couldn't find an interpretation for this. sheesh.
*owl eyes*
bee wrote this at 9:05 AM
Friday, July 15, 2005
it's a dog eat dog world
taken from media and marketing news alert...M&C wins Tourism Aust. account
M&C Saatchi has been appointed the global creative agency for the AU$60 million (US$45 million) Tourism Australia advertising account. M&C Saatchi Sydney will run the business internationally. The three short-listed agencies (M&C Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi and Clemenger BBDO) presented in Tokyo, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong and Auckland before final presentations to senior management and board representatives in Sydney in May. Tom Dery, executive chairman, Asia-Pacific, added that the agency would resign the Tourism New Zealand account.
Tourism NZ searching for new agency
Tourism New Zealand, from which M&C Saatchi resigned following the TA win, is meanwhile well along in the search for its new agency. Five agencies are believed to have been shortlisted, including TA incumbent Whybin\TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi, FCB, DDB and at least one other smaller agency. Presentations are believed to be scheduled soon, with a decision not far off. M&C Saatchi also announced Carat would handle TA’s media duties.
*sigh*
bee wrote this at 5:04 PM
bed supperclub
this is why i should take a trip to bangkok.and...
splurge indecently on...
massive home decor fittings
massive beady trinklets
massive cheap alcohol
reasonably priced tailored dresses
cancerous sun
i want i want i want.
bee wrote this at 4:47 PM
frivolous dabblings
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I am The Emperorbee wrote this at 11:43 AM
las sentosa
being a silent supporter of the much talked about casino brawhaha, i'm actually looking forward to the envisioned sentosa (las vegas style). commercialisation and sin city aside (how it harms the fabric of society yadda), singapore's a small city, so how the fuck are we to survive in a competitive tourism economy when...Hong kong, pearl of the orient, is more famed for its food and shopping
Indonesia for its quiet beaches and chill out
Thailand too for its island parties and cheap ethnic shopping
Malaysia for cheaper everything (than singapore)
so...tell me how are we to increase tourists numbers when we have limited offerings?
this is probably the only thing from the gahmen that i support with two willing hands (minus their beating round the bush for the nation's approval PR campaign crap).
bee wrote this at 10:05 AM
Thursday, July 14, 2005
ingrates
she should've just abused her power and rejected loaning you anything for your event. look, we don't need your itsy peasy sized event to help us publicise anything cos honestly, there are tons of bigger scaled events with media mileage outside knocking on our doors. so stop thinking we owe you the world just cos you happen to know someone sitting in the client's office. ok big deal, then why not get your "friend" to sponsor the entire event instead of whining about costs, about the trouble in logistics and the inability to take pictures for us cos you'll be too busy on that day? ms bee is kicking her own ass right now for selling your fucking event to the client cos she thought you guys were nice people and she wanted to help make your event a better one.bitter lesson learnt. bloody typical singaporean.
bee wrote this at 4:25 PM
early mid life crisis
she's been very restless of late. she knows this feeling, one where her soul isn't in sync, the brain's not working well enough, the inner her getting all jumpy inside. nevertheless, she's always been a practical person, never overly impulsive. always thought it silly in sending a white envelope without a next plan of action. and so she begins her plan now.bee wrote this at 9:38 AM
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
expired love
Relationships sure are daunting.Was telling a girlfriend over lunch how sad it was to see relationships turn sour, and I mean, so bad that you might consider seeing that person diminish this very second from earth. Doesn’t it break one’s heart when you look back and remember how you first met X? the twinkle in his eye, the way he combs through his hair, mishaps on the first date, first kisses, the passion, the proposal, the day he slipped the ring on your finger…
Did one of us change?
Or maybe both of us did. As we age, our mindworks shift. Sometimes in tandem, sometimes not. For some couples, it drifts further when no one steps up to make the first move. Or maybe they’re afraid. Cos talking and bringing things to the table would mean trouble and it’s an easier way out skirting issues and hiding the unhappiness behind the Sunday papers and kids classes (asian thing?) the bitter sweetness, the cynicism and the brutal words, at times, the threats and worse yet, crimes of passion. What in fucking hell happened along the way?
Relationships need a lot work. it’s like baking…not that I do that a lot but its therapeutic likewise doing the dishes. A cake made from scratch requires more effort, sweat and time but you appreciate the experience and form much more after its completion. A cake made from ready-to-go recipes requires less effort and time and you wouldn’t really give it as much thought. After all, you didn’t put in your sweat and blood, someone can toss it over for all your care. Is that what marriage is to some? Marry, don’t like, whatever, divorce. Meet someone again, marry, nah, divorce. At the end of the day, what exactly is a relationship to you?
How do you want it to be?
bee wrote this at 2:55 PM
quote of the day
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.Theodore Roosevelt
bee wrote this at 2:51 PM
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
the one with the hong kong retreat
am finally headed back to hong kong for her annual shopping (for ms bee) and food (for pseudo master) pilgrimage during the national day break.perks of traveling with the father:
1. guaranteed comfy accomodation (he being supra prissy. if you think im bad, he's worse)
2. guaranteed good food (he who adores chinese fine dining)
3. possibility of discounted credit card bill at the end of trip
the downside:
1. guaranteed less sleep (cos the father SNORES bloody loud, the family of 3 shares one room)
2. guaranteed firing of tempers between ms bee and the father
3. grumbles and whines along the way
hmmm...
bee wrote this at 11:50 AM
Monday, July 11, 2005
the one with the yum
try this:
- persimmon sliced
- purple cabbage
- chinese dow miao
- balsamic dressing
- lemon juice
salad recipe compliments of aunty miao.
YUM.
bee wrote this at 9:59 PM
STRIP
ran into van at strip (in the city) last saturday. both of us were a little frazzled by the busy day ahead but got our waxes and pedicures anyway.
see, a small slim digicam is handy hei van? hehe, btw, its a dimage xt, now, my ex client turned good friend chris would be pleased at the WOM. ha!
bee wrote this at 9:55 PM
the chinese hitlers
came across this from janice's post on the inhumane persecution of falun gong members in china. and to think the world has its eyes on terrorists at this point in time. how the hell does a country want to reach out to the world as a rising world power when they hide crucial facts from the world (SARS) and then commit daylight murder bastardised as justifiable actions by the very same people sworn to protect the society? if there's one thing i hate, it's the authority crossing the line. yes, cults have never and probably won't be accepted into the mainsteam as regular "religons" but is there a need to eradicate them through such hideous crimes (not for the weak stomach). my heart goes out to those held in captivity and for those who didn't make it back alive.bee wrote this at 5:04 PM
to the zoo
"i can't decide which is worse, going for a wedding at sentosa or the zoo"the agency attended a colleague's wedding at pavilion by the lake, spore zoo last night and though it was a bitch getting there, she was glad she made it cos it was one of the best weddings she's been to so far. one half of the couple's in advertising, the other half in events. so you can just imagine how unconventional the wedding would be with two nutzoids *hehe*. hamish and friends did excellent renditions of various jazz favourites, the buffet sit down dinner was filled with oodles of fun and dance. do you remember watching american weddings in Father of the Bride? the westerners (europeans, americans etc) have got the wedding formula right. short dinners, casual dress code, song and dance, live jazz, outdoor romanticism...awww. singaporeans on the other hand seem to grasp a different POV, instead of selecting an ideal place they both want, the couple would likely end up at some big name hotel in a convenient location for the wrong reasons. like...if it's too far, no relatives and friends will come, no angpow, bo hua leh.
in case you don't get it, the chinese tradition consists of giving a red packet consisting of $80-$100 (per person) to the wedded couple depending on the hotel location and type of dinner served. unlike the western culture of giving gifts, the chinese, being the most practical of the lot, prefers monetary cash. the amount of angpows received should usually be able to cover the initial costs of the banquet unless of course you're related to a massive bunch of morons who give $100 angpow for a family/ entourage of five. for these people, they probably only deserve free flow of chinese tea and perhaps, dessert.
anyway, digressed as usual. will post safari themed wedding pics tonight (yes, pls do invite fun sporting people to weddings, they do make a BIG difference) but till then, raj and vianna, may the future be filled with love always.
bee wrote this at 9:54 AM
the one with a long love
it's kinda funny how the "old" couples (a year or longer) tend to exercise different forms of affection as compared to newbies. she remembered those days where roving hands were a little outta control and the twosomes constantly held together by something known as glueyism. once past that first year of flingdom threshold comes a slightly more serious stage where you ponder about the possibility of a future together. will he or she be the one you ask? you'll also realise the things that used to matter most at the beginning starts trivialising itself as you look beyond more serious matters. sweetie and baby names, lusty kisses and spiderhands are relegated behind closed doors. just as the relationship matures, everything that comes with it follows suit. the other half becomes your friend, your mentor, your lover and your agony aunt. bear hugs mean more than lusty hugs (at times) and kisses on the head seem sweeter than rauchy french ones (again at times). you get to a point where the presence of each other is comforting enough without having to hug each other as you hang out with a group of ten.for once, she can say she's finally found someone.
bee wrote this at 9:09 AM
Thursday, July 07, 2005
little tag thing from jules
1. three names you go by:bee, ber, xingyan
2. three screen names you've had:
evangelist, nylon, jet
3. three physical things you like bout yourself:
shoulders, face, neck
4. three physical things you don't like bout yourself:
stubby thighs, could do with flatter tummy, cellulite from weight yoyos
5. three parts of your heritage
cantonese, hokkien and erm...im bloody pure chinese la.
6. three things that scare you
furry things, children in chinese horror films, heights of 70 floors and above
7. three of your everyday essentials
watch, mobile, wallet
8. three things you're wearing now
tank, sandals and pearl studs (three rite???)
9. three of your fav artistes/ bands
tim tamashiro, al somma, harry connick jnr
10. three things you want in a relationship
respect, loyalty and laughs
11. two truths and a lie
very nasty when riled, very unforgiving and the lie? the at times impossible 24 -7 articifial smile
12. three careers you have considered
writing, hospitality and theatre
13. three places you really wanna go on vacation
japan, new york and perth
14. three kids' names you'll like
gretchen, beverly and nigel
15. three things you wanna do before you die
visit japan again, take a road trip to some remote resort in new zealand, donate what i possibly can to the orphanage (if there's any charitable cause i support greatly, its children)
16. three celeb crushes
takeshi kaneshiro, brad pitt and angelina jolie
bee wrote this at 9:32 AM
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
the one with brownie batter
someone forwarded this link this morning, how cute. she does love brownies!| BROWNIE BATTER! You scored 85% SWEET, 74% CHUNKY, and 74% UNIQUE! |
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Link: The Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Flavor Test written by weered1
bee wrote this at 12:37 PM
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
"la-boo la-boo hoteru"
trust the japanese to invent names for places that started out like hotel 81 (dodgy quick sex hotels). pls DO check out this link article on LOVE hotels in japan, especially if you're a fan of popular culture and kitsch...or a S&M lurker. bloody hilarious if you ask me, hahaha.bee wrote this at 11:23 AM
the one with ms bee's great plan
absolute beauty and another in jamaica, pretty affordable too at less than US$100 a night. but should you have tons more to throw around and can do without every singaporean's must have (tv and mobile entertainment), do visit petit st vincent's and ladera resort in st lucia and chateau eza in france, stunning views aren't they?once again, ms bee really wished she was a trust fund kid. wouldn't it be lovely to discover some rundown yet potential cash cow in exotic europe or asean (even australia), remodel it into ie a boutique retreat and market it to fancy travelgoers. bohemian and ludicrous to some, it is achievable if you really have a think about it.
there is a huge market of cash rich asians (indonesian chinese, mainland, HK and local yuppies, rich kids) who are travel savvy and wouldn't blink an eye towards paying a premium for weekend retreats like these (see Magical Mandalay and The Peak). these people are not looking for your hiltons, hyatts or regents. it's a retreat, not a business trip and what they want is somewhere private and personal, somewhere to feed their soul. australia has great potential for stunning blue and green views (and wine) and best of all, located close enough to this group of rich asians to justify for quick getaways.
hmmm, ms bee's mind is ticking...ticking...ticking...richer buddies as "investors"(ala ivan janto haha), backpacking around ideal site, getting the business proposal going (on site recce, negotiations with land owner, contractors etc), working with an architect (the other half) on remodelling the place...
and perhaps she might have a dream realised.
bee wrote this at 9:48 AM
thunder face
pseudo master woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning and guess who bore the brunt of his foul mood?the mother of cos. she got ticked off when she made him explain why she shouldn't be using her standard chartered credit card. come on, if you're telling someone who's obviously oblivious to current affairs and news about credit card frauds, please put in a little more effort in explaining the reason instead of yelling. you wanna do A, skip B and expect the person to get to C?
then it was spitfire ms bee's turn. first she took her time pottering downstairs and then because she was sitting in the "wrong" position (aka not sitting straight but slight slouch) hence resulting in his passenger seat making weird jiggly squeaky noises? sorry but ms bee ain't hear nothing that should be causing any decent alarm bells ringing.
and of cos, everyone in front of him on the road is a fucking stupid driver cos they're either too slow, drive too close to the dividers, of a certain race, of a certain gender...
is this what they call male mean-o- pause?
sheesh.
bee wrote this at 9:03 AM
Monday, July 04, 2005
the one with gahmen campaigns
was reading abi's post on gahmen (un) creatives when ms bee found herself having loads to write bout on gah-men campaigns too, only from an agency's POV of cos.gahmen: local slang for goverment run agencies/ corporate companies
highs:
1. PAYS you on time.
2. great on portfolio ala NAVY, ARMY (it's ironic that gahmen's constantly spouting the propaganda on using local companies, support the entrepreneur shit and then assign their big campaigns to MNCs. fucking waste of time if you ask me.)
lows:
1. always ensure you submit a slightly higher figure on the final quotation cos once its processed, you're not allowed to bill anything else unless its something additional requested by client. otherwise, you just might have to pally with the CEO, production and accounts to get the agency to absorb all costs. holy shit. it's so not funny.
2. approval process is ten fucking times slower cos almost every level has something non constructive to say ie color not right la, font not right la, model not pretty enough la (note: no strategic comments made??)
3. front line gahmen execs need more guts when dealing with their own management. don't be a fucking moron and tell your agency to release an ad just cos your boss signed off on it despite grammar errors detected by the (slow) copywriter. ok, the fault's on both ends for this. note: sometimes ms bee wonders if copywriters/ art directors do that on purpose, you know... this knack of changing things ONLY after client's approval. she swears its an act of testing a suit's patience.
4. cannot be too creative (cos layman "stupid" sporean cannot understand message), cannot be too adventurous ("scarly tiok complain siao liao"), one-creative-for-all type.
and hence you get "safe" creatives lor...meaning stuff that's been tested in the markets with mass approvals... so how now brown cow?
bee wrote this at 5:41 PM
the one with a beautiful budget hotel
as dodgy as the name coconut beach resort sound, its actually rather damningly gorgeous for a budget hotel, nevermind the distance. holy cow!UPDATE: she is so staying at the davis if she pops over to bangkok. though the price is not stated on their site, do a google search and the range's between S$100 for the smallest studio to $500 and above for the suites of cos.
bee wrote this at 11:52 AM
the one with her weekend
this is where she becomes a mindless blogger and regurgitates the weekend as it is. so note...it's BORING if you don't know her personally la.saturday 2 july:
- 10am: went to gym for a run...ended up doing some weights as well. thighs are tired like heck.
- 12pm: met folks for lunch at dome paragon, delish seafood capellini and espresso.
- wrestled with office ladies, aunties and ahlians at MNG sale. found three tops which she's been eyeing for the longest time. some satin green thingy, some bohemian brown tube and some gypsy looking blouse. don't you know, ms bee was the undisputed queen of ah ma (grannie) fashion and her uni mates were at times embarrassed to be seen with her...celine was the truly brave one. hahahha.
- 4pm: left town and got a ride from pseudo master to the other half's place as the folks went to east coast for their walk.
- spent the later half of the day lazing in front of the tube cuddling and irritating each other.
- 6pm: craving for oil hence persuaded other half to have KFC. can you imagine a chicken fast food place running out of crispy chicken? sweets was peeved at having to eat originals only.
- 9pm: two KFC stuffed pigs sitting in front of tube unable to move for some weird reason.
- 1am: headed home with dancing oily drumsticks and breastmeat in her dreams.
sunday 3 july:
- 11am: ran 2km at the gym to rid herself of KFC the night before. overworked her thighs and is currently suffering from severe thighhamstring pulls (is that what you call it? oh well).
- 1pm: met folks at new nadaman and ended up with unsatisfying and expensive jap food. should've just went to akashi and saved them the trouble. she swears pseudo master's recommendations are only valid two out of ten given.
- 3pm: coffee session with folks where she and mom witnessed the fucking idiotic singaporean family once again. this time, its a father and two sons package. you know how some parents allow their kids to take mini trolleys from watsons (or wherever), cart them around for (lack of creative) fun and do the selfish and irresponsible thing by leaving the fucking trolley right next to someone's coffee table at starbucks when watsons is but 1min away at the other corner (paragon basement)? the idiot father didn't even have the courtesy to look at us nor apologise and probably think it's his right to take trolleys out and leave them wherever he likes cos its not his to begin with? it must be the fucking bald fat father's lucky day cos ms bee was in an extremely good mood. anyway.
- 5pm: met the other half to view the third year NUS archi student's exhibits and trudged down to funan to recce an optical shop for sweet's freelance work.
- 6pm: squeezed their way into the SMRT and did some frenzied last min supermarket shopping for auntie's dinner prep (chai's birthday and guest from paris auntie kim)
- 7pm: dinner was awesome with:
lamb chops
salad with persimmon
baked potatoes in cream sauce
grilled eggplant (which ms bee didn't touch)
fried salmon skin
smoked salmon bruschetta
persimmon jelly (but didn't exactly work out so it became persimmon melted sorbet)
mudcake with fresh strawberries
red wine
(can't work off the choc cake today cos her thighs are really aching)
- 9pm: sitting round the dining table with auntie kim and other half discussing renovation plans on her new place. shop talk evolved to diasporia of chinese, differences between the yellows (viet, chinese, cambodians, japanese, koreans, HK), kids (yan) and home decor. sneaky ms bee managed to weazle a 5 min calve massage from the other half.
- 11.40pm: hauled her tired thighs out and took a cab home.
- 12.12am: got an sms from other half "and let the bed bugs bite....YOU!!!!". went to bed with a silly smile plastered on her face.
bee wrote this at 9:10 AM
Friday, July 01, 2005
the one with the harley chick
she was a harley chick groupie last night when tony kindly took her for a scenic joyride around the highway to east coast on his awesome $43,000 harley. ms bee wanted to take a picture of it but decided not cos she'll look totally silly in her absolute suakuness (country bumpkin in local lingo).quote of the day:
security guard to tony: sir (btw, why is the white man addressed as "sir" and the yellow man as "eh" but that's another story altogether), you cannot park here, all bikes must be outside there (points to some far off patch)
tony: but this isn't a bike, its a harley.
security guard: oh...(ponders), oh sorry sir, why don't you park it downstairs then, where the cars are?
tony: ok
ms bee upon hearing the story: ???
hahaha. fucking hilarious...
ms bee also noted that the harley's a DAMN well respected form of two wheelers. it's a guaranteed head turner on the roads and even off roads cos carrying a harley helmet apparently does give you a certain prestigious vibe lor. and please note that they're not motorcylists hor, they're bikers. BIG (same) difference.
still in awe.
bee wrote this at 9:43 AM
the one when she reflects
she doesn't usually have the awful habit of double booking herself but when she's torn between an obligation (to potential client) and a want, she sometimes find herself without a choice but to try her luck at having her cake and eating it, no doubt a real bad move. it ended up screwed cos everything that can go wrong will go wrong (ie waiting half an hour for a fucking on call cab service). worse yet, she found herself terribly guilty and tried desperately to reverse her selfish action through countless apologies...only to naught.guess every action has a lesson learnt.
bee wrote this at 9:34 AM
