CNY 06

A year gone, a year wiser.

I realised that while my immediate family is quite normal... my extended family is not that big. However, if im talking about REALLY extended family...

Its HUGE.

I mean, skip all the aunties, uncles and cousins crap. When my family celebrates CNY, its like "Hey, meet your grandmother's 3rd sister's son's daughter." Or "This is your grandmother's youngest brother's grandson." And that means that...

I have at least 30 people in my "family" that i see only once a year, and i probably won't recognise them walking on the street.

I don't just have cousins... If im correct some of the kids on my mom's side have to call me UNCLE. wow. the best part is that some of them are older than i am.

Hell man, it takes all of my mental power to remember who i greeted happy cny to already when they start walking around...

Well anyway, back to JGL tomorrow. Sigh, small sacrifices for the greater good...

Memoirs of a Geisha...

10 things.
1. I think the book was better.
2. A film based in Japan should be made in Japan by Japanese. Hearing the stilted jap-accented anglo-speak was very very jarring...
3. Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeo and Gong Li rocks.
4. Gong Li has a great hairstylist. (EAT THAT DAVID GAN!)
5. As reported by film critics, the film does seem a little on the hasty side, flirting through the life of pre-WW2 Japan like a rollercoaster ride.
6. Does beauty stem from grace, or grace stem from beauty?
7. It is just sad to see the culture of a graceful civilisation mundanised and laughed at by other people.
8. The movie is very colour rich. Visually stunning would be an understatement. The world is brought to life by masterful filming and dramatic angles.
9. As a homage to a disappearing culture, it is a good exposition.
10. I still think the book is better.

Key again???

Why must all 21st birthday party cakes be a key?
This is like the 3rd key cake i've seen.

Still, not bad. Nice to see old faces again... and strangely some not so old faces.

Anyone wants a DJ for a retro party? Call me! I want to do it again!

I think i got a theme for my party... it will be ROCK. All to come dressed as rockers. The girls have an option to come as groupies too. Lets see if we can see Steve Tyler or another Bon Jovi pop up. Then we can get ppl to play... haha...

Jerry wants a RA shaped cake. I think i'll get a guitar or a car shaped cake. The key is just so vague...

Pissed of at 9.

Oh so you all want to play with me right?

Think you are going to ORD soon can go fucking fool around with the system right?

This is a warning if you are reading this. I will lay down my ROE. You all know what i am like when i get pissed off. You all know you wont like it. So don't fucking fool with me.

This will be my final warning.

F*** F*** F***

Ran like hell to complete my SOC this time.

The stakes? My peace of mind when im clearing leave for the next 2 months.

Amazingly, i ran 9.00-9.20 or so.

Amazing. I guess that all those pushups and situps in KIN did help to boost my fitness a little.

Not to mention the runs (3) in the last 2 weeks.

And what happened? Results voided. Dispatcher couldn't dispatch properly.

CHEESE BUN. (Hint- watch talking cock the movie.)

Credit Cards are a bigger threat to happiness than terrorist attacks.

The title speaks for itself doesnt it?

Think about it...

How else can you spend more money per month than you earn?

Credit creates a false sense of monetary security by enhancing your account balance with credit floors that artificially expand your spending power.

i mean, sure you can use it to buy that new piece of furniture, or that new high tech gizmo now, because you think you can afford it later when you get your pay.

But of course that leads onto the slippery slope argument. What goes for one will soon go for all.

Take this for example. a furniture powerhouse offers a card that allows you to spend up to EIGHT TIMES your salary and credit it to your account.

i don't know about you, but the Singaporean in me cringes when i spend a single cent more than necessary. God knows how people deal with interest rates. For me its give all or give nuts.

Credit empowers people to succumb to short term pleasures that bely the onset of the pain of high debt.

For me, im using a debit card and it rocks. Thats because it doesnt let me spend more money than i have at the moment.

And thats all that i need... yea...

So i plead. do not succumb to the siren sounds of credit and the allure of gold, silver and platinium cards... It is for the greater good.

I cant believe this is my first blog of the new year because...

1. Its already almost 2 weeks into the new year.
2. Its not like i didnt have time to write.
3. So many many things have happened...
4. I ran out of points. (so sue me now!)

Resolutions:
1. Improve dress sense.
2. Exercise a little everday.
3. Find my new goal/s in life.
4. Stay in touch with friends.

So... highlights...
Drinking at the cable car bar... (and almost stealing a beer bucket)
Yu Lun's party... (so many old faces again... nice to see you guys)
Joanne's party... (OMG ITS A YACHT!!! and a marriage proposal too. Well, she WAS drunk...)
Mel's party... (One of her friends told her i would make a good boyfriend. A MALE friend. I seem to attract the wrong kind of attraction...)
Zouk again... mambo less crowded now... If you're seeing this, hi sue!
2 weeks on JGL. LAST 2 WEEKS ON JGL!!! W00T!!!
Anime marathon on JGL. 'nuff said.

somehow i realise that life feels a little empty. i wonder... what is missing?
to be continued...