Sunday, September 30, 2007
.:: Mood ::. =)
Much to say. A trip out of Singapore would be the best thing to do now.
And my wish will come true next weekend.
A trip up to Genting and KL with Boyfriend and his buddies shall be it.
I would greatly love to go somewhere further like Hong Kong or Taiwan but alot of factors are against it. The dollar notes factor especially. Gonna save up and see if my wish will come true next year! Keeping my eyes off shoes, clothes and bags is the first thing to do. Hard la Hard la...
Amanda, Lisa and I are also planning a trip out soon. Will keep you posted on it.
By the way, I just can't seem to get my eyes off the LV NEVERFULL BAG.
I so wanna own it.
*Just say cannot see bags and now I am going against my will* Ah!
(^^),
VaL
Posted by Valerie at 11:43 AM
Saturday, September 29, 2007
.:: Mood ::. Stale
Just woke up from an afternoon nap at boyfriend's place. *yawns*
Dint had much sleep last night because Amanda and I had an early birthday celebration with Lisa. =)
Dinner at Tonkichi at Ngee Ann City shopping centre was much of a surprise when we gals bought such cutie pink and white balloons for Lisa! The look on the face was sweet surprise and even happier when we bought her a blueish-green bag (In view that she was thinking of buying a bag). I would say we gals are telepathic. Haha.
Dinner at Tonkichi
Lisa pounding the sesame... Such nice smell!
Surprise ! ! Happy Birthday Princess..
Lisa with her balloons & Present
Little bdae cake comes with wishes and a present from us!
^ ^
Nice Picture here. Gee!
Years after years we were by eachother's side. Big hugs!
Though we may not meet up as often but as soon as we settle down somewhere. We talk our heart's out with no control, sharing each other's ups and downs. Just like how we did it yesterday at Oosh at Dempsy Road. Such a nice place with good ambience and music from the liveband. A thumbs up for that place. The only regret was the mosquito or rather little insect attack which caused us to feel unsettled at times, scratching our legs away. I know it looks unglam but who cares. And the night continued with us rattling away till the waitresses chased us off at 2am by stuffing us with the bill and moving away all the chairs and tables. I used to do that too when I was a waitress. Oops.
The scenery at where we sat
Moi & Lisa
My greeny drink which tasted like grass! A bit yewwwwwwweeeee.....
Amanda's drink which tasted the worst! HAHA! Bad choice...
We learnt our lesson hard as Lisa's drink also tasted like medicine. *faint* We shall not order any more drinks from menus that says "MUST TRY". No More!
And I must say I would love to spend more birthdays with you gals as our friendship will grow fonder as time pass by. Sounds mushy? Nah.
Next birthday celebration to come is Amanda's one at the end of the month on the 27th October. How share we spend it le?
Exams are approaching in October too. My first paper falls on the 30th Oct, followed by 2nd Nov and 7th Nov. I am so going to die. Please bless me with all the luck to pass all my papers. No more failures this year!!!! Give me some distinctions sounds better, don't you think so...
I have been slacking throughout the month of September. Not motivated at all. Never bothered to make an extra effort for my job, like doing constant teleconsulting or be super active during roadshows. My energy balloon burst! I have been hunting around for something new but yet to find a good one. Will move on when the opportunity comes by. I am also thinking of asking for a transfer.. And if that's gonna happen, please send me to a place where rabbits bang the tree more than the hunter search for the rabbit. Heh. I am dreaming.
In the mean time, I will just move along with the flow of the crowd and greatly like to find my zest and energy back. I would also like to share a piece of news with you. Not too sure if it's a good or bad news but of course from my perspective, it's more of a good than bad la.
MY BOSS HAS TENDERED! YAHOO....
Oops I sound too happy. He should have realised long ago that he is not cut out to be a branch manager (BM). He would have been happier to continue his job as a sales person for he has NO people management skills. Not I say one, it came out from his own mouth.. Hehe. He also feels that he can manage himself better than a group of people. He hates paper work and that's what a BM should be well trained at. He dont do who do, you tell me. That's why in Human Resource Management, we believe in hiring the RIGHT PERSON IN THE RIGHT PLACE. Heeeee.... See I know my stuff ok!
Enough said, he will be with us till 18th October. And a relief BM will come which I reckon will be any better than him cause she is well-known for being a #^%$@!&@ BM. Gosh. Can Kallang Branch be any sadder? Will you please be kind to close down this branch. I beg you. Don't waste any more time and effort in thinking the situation will ever change for the demographics here is for business banking and not cut out for sales opportunity. We all know it well so what are you waiting for. I wonder.
I just hope things will get better on my side. Shall try to stay happy and stress-free. I know its not easy but I will try. (At the back of my mind, troubles are trying to rule the world)
Recently, my mind is also filled with strong feelings on the relationship. I have tried my best for all I know and now it's time to see whether what I reap will sow. Action speaks louder than words is what I believe. Friends know how much effort I have put in and it's unlike me. I don't want to run the race alone. Stay with me and we will finish the race together. Hao ma? I don't want to see myself alone at the end of the race! ;p BIG HUGS.
Of late, I have been doing things quite alone at times. Not that I want to be alone but the timing doesn't seem to fit everyone's schedule and it's irritating. I don't like to be alone if you know. I would prefer to share my happenings with the people around me. I need accompany. I don't want to fall asleep alone.............. Pout.
Show me what is romance and I will show you mine. Hearts!
Loving you only.
XOXO,
VaL
Posted by Valerie at 6:27 PM
Thursday, September 20, 2007
.:: Mood ::. Funny
It sure is funny to see myself appearing on tv. HAHAHAAAA!
AND I LOOK FAT! Damn...
Boyfriend's mum was grinning away when she saw me on tv and asked, "Is that you?"
Me.. Just nod my head and smile smile smile!
Hehe,
VaL
Posted by Valerie at 4:32 AM
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
.:: Mood ::. Speechless
I forgot what is QUALITY TIME SPENT TOGETHER.
Done and out,
VaL
Posted by Valerie at 2:23 AM
Thursday, September 13, 2007
.:: Mood ::. Beams
Got myself a new phone finally! It's U700 if you are wondering. =)
Anyway I chance upon Dawn Yang's blog today and saw her well-written entry about ROMANCE and I just have to quote her entire entry here. Just because it makes so much sense to me and spoke my heart's emo thoughts.
" Sometimes it really seems like men are from mars and women are from venus doesn't it? In relationships, both sexes often continue to puzzle and frustrate each other with their vastly different ways of thinking.
One common problem that arises is when women complain that men are not romantic enough *uh huh, I used to be guilty of that too* :)
You brought her to the "wrong" type of place for dinner on Valentine's.
You haven't called or messaged her to say goodnight.
You forgot your anniversary.
You never surprise her.
You didn't do this or say that, or blahblahblah.....
I've seen some guy friends positively, genuinely baffled. The men really, truly, don't get it sometimes.
(girls, we gotta give 'em a break too, it's not that they don't love you, it's reality that men are just plain wired differently from us. Most of 'em have to be taught a lil!)
To start off... majority of men n women see love & romance kinda differently.
Guys, know that women have an inate instinctual need to feel secure, so when u treat your woman romantically, it helps her feel safe, cared for, appreciated. Then she'll naturally be more open to you and have less fights to pick. You reap the benefits of a happier woman who would love to give even more back to you!
Many men on the other hand, don't really know what's the big deal about all the mushiness. They may see slogging hard at work to bring back the dough as a big expression of love. Even committing to one woman, is probably a big step for alot of men.
So I guess both sexes just need to try to see things from each other's points of views :)
Firstly, I wanna say that INSINCERE romance is overrated. These days, the notion of "romance" is often something used for manipulation, to win the chase...and not a sincere expression of love.
If a guy showed up for a date with me bearing an armful of roses, giving me diamond jewelry, took me to the most expensive restaurant in town, sent me home in his Ferrari, and asked me to go on a weekend getaway with him to Paris.... would I be impressed? Damn right of course, I would be lying if I said no. Everyone likes nice things! Girls love to be pampered and spoiled.
HOWEVER, I wouldn't be all swooning and falling head over heels for him that easily. Though I'd appreciate all those gestures, and it may all look wonderfully romantic from the outside.... but to me it might also feel like someone preferred to spend money on impressing me, rather than truly getting to know me. That's not love.*Also, these kind of seemingly experienced casanovas, so adept at sweeping girls off their feet, jolly well might be playboys. Proceed with caution*
Remember that a lot of what we think of as "romance" was created by advertising and Hollywood! I think a lot of culturally indoctrinated ideas about romance (e.g the rubbish about an engagement ring having to cost at least 2 months' salary...) are either hopelessly materialistic or patriarchal -- which come down to the same thing ultimately, that is, a man trying to prove that he is capable of buying the woman's affections. (Unfortunately in the material world that we live in presently with gold diggers popping up everywhere, there is a slight grain of truth to this)
And what about romance for... the stroking of one's ego?
I've observed some men (and women) do incredibly romantic gestures, no doubt for the object of their affections, but ALSO partly to feel good about themselves too.
Case in point: Once there was this guy I was seeing for a while... he was very intelligent, tall, handsome, fun, easy to talk to, and the biggest expert on "romance" I'd ever dated. He wrote me long letters and poems. He made dinner himself, and set up a candle lit table at Mt. Faber with candles lining the steps all the way up. He got a room at the Ritz with rose petals in my name and a game of treasure hunt leading to a bevvy of goodie surprises.
Wow. I was almost certainly bowled over. Incredibly sweet isn't he? Like a prince charming! But there was something a little amiss... he seemed to take great pleasure in the fact that he managed to accomplish all these romantic things. He'd even say, "I love romance, I'm such a romantic guy don't you think?"
Hmm.
What's overrated is romance WITHOUT LOVE. That may be an oversimplified statement, but my definitions of love and romance are very different.
Love is commitment, trust, sharing, understanding, passion, friendship.... we must understand the temporary place of "romance" and the fact that a deeper relationship longs for moments, days, weeks, years in which you declare your self more fully and welcome (sometimes with trepidation) the declarations of the other..... and together explore the depths of acceptance and heightened awareness that move far beyond textbook romance.
On the other hand, I strongly believe ROMANCE WITH LOVE, is not overrated at all!! Quite the contrary...I think it's underrated! People of today are too busy to stop and smell the roses, to stop and actually feel the sunset... If only we would make the time to be a lil romantic with ourselves and our partners everyday... remember to add a spark back into the ho-hum routine of marriage.... perhaps the divorce rate would lower ;)
Some people suggest that romance creates unrealistic and unfair expectations of a partner (*cough cough* lazy men?)
Well, isnt...
Commitment
= putting in your best efforts
= making your partner as happy as possible & keeping the relationship in the pink of health?
I say everybody is capable of being romantic and the differing viewpoints should not matter. If you know how your partner wants to be treated romantically then you just do it on those occasions that warrant it, or in small, meaningful ways whenever you can.
Due to our different upbringing, people express & receive love in a variety of ways -- through gifts, or touch, or words, or spending quality time, etc. This is a basic and extremely important difference everyone should be aware of. You have to and should always know what inspires, makes smile, turns your mate on, and everything else about your partner. Then you can effectively incorporate this into your relationship.
Why go through the doldrums of life without making each other the happiest that you can be right?
Lemme tell you something. Women are not really expecting to marry a prince charming, but they do need two simple things from the man in their life: to be told they are loved and to be shown they are special.
Romance (with love) is NOT a once or twice a year thing. It's not reserved for special occasions, holidays or just to "get out of the dog house".
Contrary to what many "romance" books state, romance is not always about jewelry, chocolates, roses or sex. Romance doesn't have to be expensive or sap hours from your day.
I once heard of an elderly man describe the success of his 75-year blissful marriage to his wife. He attributed it to the fact that he told his wife daily that he loved her and kissed her at least twice each day like he meant it. Small, simple things like that can make a huge difference.
Other examples:
¤Buying your honey's favorite carrot cake for him/her, just because.
¤Preparing a hot bath and giving your sweetheart a good massage when you know he/she's tired from work.
¤Leaving a surprise note in the morning listing "5 reasons why you make me start each day with a smile"..... or something to that effect.
Romance is about sharing and giving of you. It's a combination of all the little things (and BIG things too, they're very nice occasionally!) you do to say "I love you" and to let someone know how special they are. Do it because you mean it, because you love that person and want to bring joy into their lives.
For me, i just expect little attentions here and there and probably with occasional surprises. All these little actions will make my day a happier and fulfilling one.
Will you sweep me off the ground and let me feel like I am the only one in this world. The most special one? Muacks.
Lub,
VaL
Posted by Valerie at 8:39 PM
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
.:: Mood ::. :(
It commited suicide this morning.
Yah my V3.. It became 2 pieces after a drop. Drop so many times also BO DAI JI. Now when I am thinking of doing a trade-in, it commit suicide. Now 60 bucks also BO LIAO!!
ARGH!
Bad luck keep coming my way. PLEASE STOP IT....
Wa liao,
VaL
Posted by Valerie at 8:32 PM
Sunday, September 09, 2007
.:: Mood ::. Stress
One word says it all. I am very STRESSUP.
Tuesday project due date and I have no idea where & how to start it.
Tomorrow, my group mates (for another project) are meeting up for our individual research too.
I need time!
@%$^$&$@#!$#
-.-,
VaL
Posted by Valerie at 11:01 AM
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
.:: Mood ::. BAD
It's a bad day since morning till now.
First thing in the morning, boyfriend's mum came to me and said,
"Your shirt don't know why change colour after a wash!". *stunned*
I merely wore it once and the off-white colour jacket has turn to a mixture of white with off-white tone. Boohoohoo..
Than I was late for work and boss reprimanded me again. He gave me a final warning indicating if I am going to be late again he is going to issue me a warning letter! ! ! !
My customer also came and look for me for some issues.
WTH!
A unit trust trade I keyed in yesterday had some errors and I was penalize for it. Luckily my SA helped me and got me out of the trouble. Thank you Charles!
After work, headed to school only to realize that class has been cancelled. Wasted my cab fare.
How bad can my day be? Tell me la.
And yah... I want to change my Motorola V3 phone to Samsung U600. My V3 has been auto-rebooting quite frequently recently. I am so afraid it will die on me soon. *cross fingers*
Think its quite hard to find the black colour U600! But I like. How.
Aside from this, out of boredom (though I have a project to complete) I did a test as stated below.
You Are:
The Sudden Departure (Random Brutal Love Master)
Sweet. Dear. Loving. At Gate 18. Final call. You are The Sudden Departure.
You've been in a lot of serious relationships. More than a few have ended ugly. Uglily. Whatever. Our guess is that you're a really fantastic girl who doesn't really know what she wants, and you've broken a few hearts as a result. You fall for people easily, and you enjoy the feeling of falling in love, but once you're there, either boredom or the old "grass is greener" syndrome sets in. The mind wanders, and with it goes the flesh. And then the toiletries.
We know you're not the classic "love 'em and leave 'em" type, at least not in a purely sexual sense. You have too many serious bonding tendencies for that. But even though you're theoretically looking to settle down, you don't settle long on one person. "Serial monogamist" is probably something you hear a lot. "Emotionally loose" is another way to put it. To the poor guys eating your dust and sniffing your panties, it doesn't really make much difference. Of course, it's not really your fault that people get hurt. You have every right to move on when you choose.
Some parts are quite true though. Gee!
SIGH,
VaL
Posted by Valerie at 7:41 PM
Monday, September 03, 2007
.:: Mood ::. TIRED
Apologies for the lack of updates! I have been rather busy with everything around me. I have tons of photos to share with you on my birthday celebrations but some are still with my friends so bear with me till I receive them all and I will share it with you.
In the mean time I am busy struggling and chasing after Mr. Clock. I am totally deprived when I have to work 7 days a week. It is most irritating when you want to take off, your boss ask you why. Kaoz! Take off also must give reason one meh. Don't I deserve to take off when I am given at least 2 days a month? I am so sick and tired of this job. Need a breather.
School assignments is also chasing after me. I have one that is going to be due this Thursday and I am still in the midst of it. And next Tue is another due date. =( No weekend happenings for me le.. So those who are thinking of jio-ing me out this week and next, I shall hafta disappoint you. Don't say I never warn you o.
Gotta go rush my assignment le. May god bless me.
Yawn,
VaL
