Living by this new mantra (other then my signature 'Just whack!')
“I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.”
Coco Chanel
So true hor!
...
Work starts again tomorrow, to think that i only worked 4 days and i got another 4 days worth of easter holidays.
My internet has been screwing up quite abit, so much that i can no longer give visuals to my friends back in spore.
I have began to countdown to my mum's phone calls, i anticipate them actually! Last night mummy and I chatted till 1am in the morning. Well, im rather ashamed to say this, but oh well, it feels good to be missed, because it seems that lately, i've been doing a fair bit of missing.
check this out!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21349&id=612427502
introducing my new companion, cos i got too bored.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
hello friends.
Life is still great.
Met up with Terence for lunch.
it was really fresh, well, how do i put it, i have been seeing almost no one else but kenneth for the last 2 weeks.
almost like a 24/7 thing.(not to mention we LIve together)
So yea, it was good.
The food he intro-ed were nice and cheap too, talk abt living like a local!
and not to mention the best steamed, hot (milk) desset i had in HK so far!
so delicious i dont even know how to go about describing it.
well at 20 bucks per bowl, it had also better do my skin some good.
im determined to not touch fried stuffs next week.
still extremely fascinated by HK guys, super gorgeous eye candies who are almost everywhere.
they are awfully tall too.
well, pure bliss, thou i wished i had people to share that bliss with.
There are types that keat will like, types that Bing will drool over, Xinyu's specs and geeky but fashionable kind who wears Agnes B from head-to-toe, and ... i think Sandy should stick to HN! haha But i wished she could come here and laugh at my choice of men.
...
Topics are endless, but then again, comfort is also key to endless topics.
I dont know if i hurt my friends when i tell them 'wish u were here'.
but the truth is, i wished they were here.
just movign my clothes, make-up, accessories, bags here aint enough.
i wished i could move my lifestyle here.
i wished i could have a shopping buddy who goes: " don't buy this u look fat in it! ".
I wish Li Bing was here to starbucks with me, to make me laugh and the most random things, to bitch and people watch and bitch even more. To eat, to be amazed by the amount of japanese snacks they have, to truly enjoy life.
Sandy, to inspire me, to spur me on, to constantly bug me just as i bug her. as simple as that, to be around each other during those bus rides, to talk about make-up and skin products, to complain about my mac...
Keaty, to be able to sms her and have a fight, to get mad at each other, flare up for abit and then realise that we cant do without each other simply because she is Keat and im Tong, and the fact that we might possibly run a comic shop together next time call 'Keat Tong'.
Xinyu, to have her fuss over me and contact me scolding me WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTING HER. To mood swing and get well. To be beside her when she walks out of her moodswing and give that idiotic innocent huge smiley face.To have her tell me about her latest bargains and to have me go 'wow... how did u get that so cheap!'.
alas,
Terence is right, have to abandon that tourist thing, think like a local, not to mention, work like an intern.
check this out, HK pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21203&l=1f921&id=612427502
For keat and XY:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=20708&l=fd0f8&id=612427502
Met up with Terence for lunch.
it was really fresh, well, how do i put it, i have been seeing almost no one else but kenneth for the last 2 weeks.
almost like a 24/7 thing.(not to mention we LIve together)
So yea, it was good.
The food he intro-ed were nice and cheap too, talk abt living like a local!
and not to mention the best steamed, hot (milk) desset i had in HK so far!
so delicious i dont even know how to go about describing it.
well at 20 bucks per bowl, it had also better do my skin some good.
im determined to not touch fried stuffs next week.
still extremely fascinated by HK guys, super gorgeous eye candies who are almost everywhere.
they are awfully tall too.
well, pure bliss, thou i wished i had people to share that bliss with.
There are types that keat will like, types that Bing will drool over, Xinyu's specs and geeky but fashionable kind who wears Agnes B from head-to-toe, and ... i think Sandy should stick to HN! haha But i wished she could come here and laugh at my choice of men.
...
Topics are endless, but then again, comfort is also key to endless topics.
I dont know if i hurt my friends when i tell them 'wish u were here'.
but the truth is, i wished they were here.
just movign my clothes, make-up, accessories, bags here aint enough.
i wished i could move my lifestyle here.
i wished i could have a shopping buddy who goes: " don't buy this u look fat in it! ".
I wish Li Bing was here to starbucks with me, to make me laugh and the most random things, to bitch and people watch and bitch even more. To eat, to be amazed by the amount of japanese snacks they have, to truly enjoy life.
Sandy, to inspire me, to spur me on, to constantly bug me just as i bug her. as simple as that, to be around each other during those bus rides, to talk about make-up and skin products, to complain about my mac...
Keaty, to be able to sms her and have a fight, to get mad at each other, flare up for abit and then realise that we cant do without each other simply because she is Keat and im Tong, and the fact that we might possibly run a comic shop together next time call 'Keat Tong'.
Xinyu, to have her fuss over me and contact me scolding me WHY I HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTING HER. To mood swing and get well. To be beside her when she walks out of her moodswing and give that idiotic innocent huge smiley face.To have her tell me about her latest bargains and to have me go 'wow... how did u get that so cheap!'.
alas,
Terence is right, have to abandon that tourist thing, think like a local, not to mention, work like an intern.
check this out, HK pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21203&l=1f921&id=612427502
For keat and XY:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=20708&l=fd0f8&id=612427502
Monday, March 17, 2008
Biz Tra day 1+ flaky skin.
i fell in love with a jacket, it was a cross between a biker jacket and a tulip sleeve top.
So beautiful, Dark black PVC, essentially shouts 'chic', but cost a bomb.
Ok, i woulden call it a bomb, just abt HK$350 after bargaining. (in case u dont know, S$70)
It was a little big, so...Mum was totally against the idea.
after like 4 days im still thinking about it.Sighs, talk abt love at first sight.
That aside, 1st day was peaceful.
Kenneth and I stayed till 7pm to complete the proof-reading, since they were rushing the magazine for print.
It was an exhilarating experience, reading a magazine before its published, playing a minor role in such a huge production.
I felt obliged to stay till 10pm to see it sent to print, thou i have a feeling it might b delayed till tomorrow.
I left the office feeling awfully tired, super strained eyes and hurting toes.
Naturally, I over dressed.
In my opinion it was just dressing corporate smart, but then, everyone wore jeans, so naturally what i wore was counted as 'over-dressing'.
Brother had a good laugh when i told him i over-dressed, like it was predictable.(HELLO! SO NOT OK.)
So its jeans tmr ok.
Used a fair bit of brain cells, not too much, and alot of eye power.
I wonder what we'll be doing tmr, how safe should i dress (OMG, sounds like a bimbo question,shit.)
The people were OK, not like SUPERNICE as Kenneth yap seems to be telling me.
It was abit awkward i have to admit, so in a very neutral way, i shall say that 'thank god for kenneth, Cheong'.
adding to the fact, i feel that not knowing canto gives people a chance to be prejudiced towards you.
Its true in many aspects, if u know canto, u have an easier time, easier to get around, people love u.
if u speak chinese, they think ur from mainland china (WATCH OUT, CHINA IS A GROWING MARKET!)
and english, well, even the macdonalds stuff dont understand my english, i suppose its just me.
I learnt MANY THINGS today, so much about china, and many asia countries.
hey i can tell u which countries have the best (Hotel) packages these few months.
Its amazing, the number of things u learn just from proof reading something u did not write.
Really tired, im on a 'intense hydro mask' routine for the next 3 days (been doing it for 2 days), cos my skin is dried up like a baked potato skin.
My nose is flaking and I still insist of putting on foundation cos somehow when i stepped onto HK soil, i was hit by a viral, vanity syndrome - oh just great.
Im doing alot of SOS on my face, nose especially u cant imagine how flaky my whole face looks with HYDRO mask and aloe vera and SPF15 moisturising lotion.
vanity aside, I HATE AMERICAN SPELLING OK.
Like if those people stop placing their 'z' and replaced it with 's' it saves EVERYONE alot of time and effort.
oh well, i guess thats not really up to me, so i just better do my job properly as a lowly paid intern at panacea asia who is learning a hell lot, this I am very serious and i know i keep repeating myself.
And hello Li Bing i need to send u a special msg becos my mum gave me a doc martens lookalike and i am totally stunned and i duno what to do with it and i hope u can fit into it. Its almost like hiking shoes. I'll wear it one day and tell u if its comfy and if it is well u can probably have it.(:
AND DEAR FRIENDS, let me know if Mas Selamat is caught.
and JUNO is wonderful. The songs are so beautiful, think country lovers playing guitars.
ALL SET FOR BIZ TRAVELLER DAY 2.
So beautiful, Dark black PVC, essentially shouts 'chic', but cost a bomb.
Ok, i woulden call it a bomb, just abt HK$350 after bargaining. (in case u dont know, S$70)
It was a little big, so...Mum was totally against the idea.
after like 4 days im still thinking about it.Sighs, talk abt love at first sight.
That aside, 1st day was peaceful.
Kenneth and I stayed till 7pm to complete the proof-reading, since they were rushing the magazine for print.
It was an exhilarating experience, reading a magazine before its published, playing a minor role in such a huge production.
I felt obliged to stay till 10pm to see it sent to print, thou i have a feeling it might b delayed till tomorrow.
I left the office feeling awfully tired, super strained eyes and hurting toes.
Naturally, I over dressed.
In my opinion it was just dressing corporate smart, but then, everyone wore jeans, so naturally what i wore was counted as 'over-dressing'.
Brother had a good laugh when i told him i over-dressed, like it was predictable.(HELLO! SO NOT OK.)
So its jeans tmr ok.
Used a fair bit of brain cells, not too much, and alot of eye power.
I wonder what we'll be doing tmr, how safe should i dress (OMG, sounds like a bimbo question,shit.)
The people were OK, not like SUPERNICE as Kenneth yap seems to be telling me.
It was abit awkward i have to admit, so in a very neutral way, i shall say that 'thank god for kenneth, Cheong'.
adding to the fact, i feel that not knowing canto gives people a chance to be prejudiced towards you.
Its true in many aspects, if u know canto, u have an easier time, easier to get around, people love u.
if u speak chinese, they think ur from mainland china (WATCH OUT, CHINA IS A GROWING MARKET!)
and english, well, even the macdonalds stuff dont understand my english, i suppose its just me.
I learnt MANY THINGS today, so much about china, and many asia countries.
hey i can tell u which countries have the best (Hotel) packages these few months.
Its amazing, the number of things u learn just from proof reading something u did not write.
Really tired, im on a 'intense hydro mask' routine for the next 3 days (been doing it for 2 days), cos my skin is dried up like a baked potato skin.
My nose is flaking and I still insist of putting on foundation cos somehow when i stepped onto HK soil, i was hit by a viral, vanity syndrome - oh just great.
Im doing alot of SOS on my face, nose especially u cant imagine how flaky my whole face looks with HYDRO mask and aloe vera and SPF15 moisturising lotion.
vanity aside, I HATE AMERICAN SPELLING OK.
Like if those people stop placing their 'z' and replaced it with 's' it saves EVERYONE alot of time and effort.
oh well, i guess thats not really up to me, so i just better do my job properly as a lowly paid intern at panacea asia who is learning a hell lot, this I am very serious and i know i keep repeating myself.
And hello Li Bing i need to send u a special msg becos my mum gave me a doc martens lookalike and i am totally stunned and i duno what to do with it and i hope u can fit into it. Its almost like hiking shoes. I'll wear it one day and tell u if its comfy and if it is well u can probably have it.(:
AND DEAR FRIENDS, let me know if Mas Selamat is caught.
and JUNO is wonderful. The songs are so beautiful, think country lovers playing guitars.
ALL SET FOR BIZ TRAVELLER DAY 2.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Greetings frm Canto land.
Im safely in Hong Kong, and i desperately want to know if the JI guy has been caught!
Rest assure if i see him in Hong Kong I WILL DEFINITELY CALL BACK SINGAPORE AND ASSIST THEM IN ANYWAY TO CATCH THAAT BASTARD.
So guys, main thing is, if he is caught, please let me know!!!!!
i have no internet and im leeching on someone's wireless everyday!
But since i've been cultivated by spore as a really good citizen who is bothered about piracy and IP laws, i will not break laws and im will not even hack into that person's system to see what he or she has. Not even if he/she has naked pictures of edison chen, not even if they are scandalous enough to make a nerdy guy horny.
i've started posting pics on face book, so go check it out, its under albums.
the fact that i cant speak canto is making my life hard. Hong Kong pple can speak english well, but i dont understand why they DONT WANT TO SPEAK IT. oh ya, im having a bloody hard time.
I shall not say much except for the fact that i do really miss my close friends and family.
Rest assure if i see him in Hong Kong I WILL DEFINITELY CALL BACK SINGAPORE AND ASSIST THEM IN ANYWAY TO CATCH THAAT BASTARD.
So guys, main thing is, if he is caught, please let me know!!!!!
i have no internet and im leeching on someone's wireless everyday!
But since i've been cultivated by spore as a really good citizen who is bothered about piracy and IP laws, i will not break laws and im will not even hack into that person's system to see what he or she has. Not even if he/she has naked pictures of edison chen, not even if they are scandalous enough to make a nerdy guy horny.
i've started posting pics on face book, so go check it out, its under albums.
the fact that i cant speak canto is making my life hard. Hong Kong pple can speak english well, but i dont understand why they DONT WANT TO SPEAK IT. oh ya, im having a bloody hard time.
I shall not say much except for the fact that i do really miss my close friends and family.
Monday, March 10, 2008
from wendy, to tong!
Hello,
Wendy is flying off to beiJing too, just thought i'll share smtg from her blog.
Oh god, i have very thoughtful friends!
Wendy, sorry we din get to 'pumproom' together! 5 months down the road lah!
heres what she wrote:
Tong, Nic and Gib are leaving next week and I just really wanna WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR ATTACHMENT AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU GIRLS AND GUYS LOTS AND LOTS AND ALSO WISH YOU A GREAT FLIGHT TO YOUR DESTINATIONS.
" Tong: For all the crazy crazy attitude and cool things you do and say when we go out, you're really REALLY gonna be missed by us for the next 5 months and I just know you're gonna do great cause you're just so determined. Just remember to smile like you always do and don't get beaten when the going gets tough okay! And if you ever feel homesick or anything just know that at he end of these 5 months you're gonna come home to all the great friends that you have made in your life so just stick it out in HK okay! LOVE YOU VERY VERY MUCH :D
I could list down all the people I'm supposed to miss when I'm gone but I think there will only be that few of you who are probably gonna see me in the next few weeks :D "
SWEET WENDY!
Wendy is flying off to beiJing too, just thought i'll share smtg from her blog.
Oh god, i have very thoughtful friends!
Wendy, sorry we din get to 'pumproom' together! 5 months down the road lah!
heres what she wrote:
Tong, Nic and Gib are leaving next week and I just really wanna WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR ATTACHMENT AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU GIRLS AND GUYS LOTS AND LOTS AND ALSO WISH YOU A GREAT FLIGHT TO YOUR DESTINATIONS.
" Tong: For all the crazy crazy attitude and cool things you do and say when we go out, you're really REALLY gonna be missed by us for the next 5 months and I just know you're gonna do great cause you're just so determined. Just remember to smile like you always do and don't get beaten when the going gets tough okay! And if you ever feel homesick or anything just know that at he end of these 5 months you're gonna come home to all the great friends that you have made in your life so just stick it out in HK okay! LOVE YOU VERY VERY MUCH :D
I could list down all the people I'm supposed to miss when I'm gone but I think there will only be that few of you who are probably gonna see me in the next few weeks :D "
SWEET WENDY!
Sunday, March 09, 2008
24hours.
To be exact,in less than 24 hours.
This time tmr, i will be in my new home, where i will be for the next 5 months, hopefully.
If im lucky, i might have even sneaked a quick H&M visit in between.
It has been drizzling non-stop, feels like an advance farewell.
I've just finished packing, I have to admit it has taken me forever.
Finding out that i have a half a cupboard of unwanted clothes also came as a surprise. The moment i sat on top of my luggage, struggling to close it, was the moment i realise the time has come.
These few days, I have just been busy meeting friend after friend, eating huge portions of food at cafes/restaurants after restaurants. Spending cash as if i will be getting paid 3000USD per month (damn i really wish.)
There is no fear, no anxiety, no excitement running through my veins at all.
Few months back when i first applied for this post, I thought (or rather wished) that when the moment of departure arrives, i will feel a tinge of excitement, no, maybe a truckload of excitement, but NAH, the only 'tinge' of thing I feel is saddness. I guess leaving your loved ones aint as easy as it looks. You can board a plane, leave the country. But to let your heart feel at ease with leaving them, well, its a different matter altogether.
Hong Kong, yea, i can console myself that there will be many pairs of shoes there waiting for me to buy, but how can that make up for all the time that i will not be seeing my friends and family?
The whoel prospect of leaving comfort zone is shiok, no doubt, but facing the faces of my friends at departure will be tough. Because i might always 'proclaim' that i love being alone, no human being can survive without another.
When i heard that I would be taking a 6.30 am flight (meaning i gotta reach at 4.30 friggin am!), i felt quite at ease. It wasnt a timeslot that people would want to be out of their beds and freezing their ass off, not even when Changi is ranked the No.4airport in the world.
Unexpectedly, my closest buddies will all be there. the full troupe, full battalion, full -whatever-you-call-it. Camping in changi airport is not exactly the most exciting thing to do in the middle of the night, but its what those people are going to do. My heart screams out THANK YOU to them, so loud that its deafening. And once again, i come face to face with something i have acknowledged years ago, the fact that i am a bloody lucky person, i am bloody lucky with making friends. They baked goodies for me, give me tea to calm my senses, slam me so hard that i realise things, give me company so good that i would rather not sleep and stay up and talk an entire night (even nights),support my decisions, give me the warmth i need as and when i need, bitch like tabloid magazine writers, pig out till food can literaly flow out from my nose, laugh and get high, and all the things they do to make my heart feel so full. they define friendship for me.
For all the good times, Xinyu, keat, Li Bing, sandy, Cha, wendy, Hui, Le, ila, ying, yuhan, tze, jieying, peirong etc.
laptop's down, so no pictures for those nostalgic moments.
Its off to bathe, then dinner then airport.
Hong Kong, please please please welcome me with open arms.
Goodbye Singapore!
(P.S email me! Laingtlau@hotmail.com, but i'll probably email those people as soon as i get internet access! Love ya people!)
This time tmr, i will be in my new home, where i will be for the next 5 months, hopefully.
If im lucky, i might have even sneaked a quick H&M visit in between.
It has been drizzling non-stop, feels like an advance farewell.
I've just finished packing, I have to admit it has taken me forever.
Finding out that i have a half a cupboard of unwanted clothes also came as a surprise. The moment i sat on top of my luggage, struggling to close it, was the moment i realise the time has come.
These few days, I have just been busy meeting friend after friend, eating huge portions of food at cafes/restaurants after restaurants. Spending cash as if i will be getting paid 3000USD per month (damn i really wish.)
There is no fear, no anxiety, no excitement running through my veins at all.
Few months back when i first applied for this post, I thought (or rather wished) that when the moment of departure arrives, i will feel a tinge of excitement, no, maybe a truckload of excitement, but NAH, the only 'tinge' of thing I feel is saddness. I guess leaving your loved ones aint as easy as it looks. You can board a plane, leave the country. But to let your heart feel at ease with leaving them, well, its a different matter altogether.
Hong Kong, yea, i can console myself that there will be many pairs of shoes there waiting for me to buy, but how can that make up for all the time that i will not be seeing my friends and family?
The whoel prospect of leaving comfort zone is shiok, no doubt, but facing the faces of my friends at departure will be tough. Because i might always 'proclaim' that i love being alone, no human being can survive without another.
When i heard that I would be taking a 6.30 am flight (meaning i gotta reach at 4.30 friggin am!), i felt quite at ease. It wasnt a timeslot that people would want to be out of their beds and freezing their ass off, not even when Changi is ranked the No.4airport in the world.
Unexpectedly, my closest buddies will all be there. the full troupe, full battalion, full -whatever-you-call-it. Camping in changi airport is not exactly the most exciting thing to do in the middle of the night, but its what those people are going to do. My heart screams out THANK YOU to them, so loud that its deafening. And once again, i come face to face with something i have acknowledged years ago, the fact that i am a bloody lucky person, i am bloody lucky with making friends. They baked goodies for me, give me tea to calm my senses, slam me so hard that i realise things, give me company so good that i would rather not sleep and stay up and talk an entire night (even nights),support my decisions, give me the warmth i need as and when i need, bitch like tabloid magazine writers, pig out till food can literaly flow out from my nose, laugh and get high, and all the things they do to make my heart feel so full. they define friendship for me.
For all the good times, Xinyu, keat, Li Bing, sandy, Cha, wendy, Hui, Le, ila, ying, yuhan, tze, jieying, peirong etc.
laptop's down, so no pictures for those nostalgic moments.
Its off to bathe, then dinner then airport.
Hong Kong, please please please welcome me with open arms.
Goodbye Singapore!
(P.S email me! Laingtlau@hotmail.com, but i'll probably email those people as soon as i get internet access! Love ya people!)
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