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Spoiler for the DAY!

Called in to SISTIC only to find out the tickets for SERIOUSLY HOSSAN is SOLD OUT!!! & that includes the extended shoW!

I have been reminding myself to get the tickets but kept forgetting.

Now I wanna kick myself in the arse.


*cries*.... URGH~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ my hossan... :(

Breather... very much appreciated.

Sure, it's the movie season in Singapore again and there are so many shows to catch but so little time.

Didn't regret one bit by agreeing to 'tag' along the animaniacs-fans to catch 'Kung Fu Panda'.

Names like Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan are just turn offs for me because I simply didn't quite take to any of them.

But the show, I warn you, is full of twists, lame and hilarious moments. It was wonderful to have Ivy and Uncle Sam on my sides because I could slap their arms while roaring in laughter.

And I can be a pain to my companions when I laugh in theatres :P

Anyway, not leaking any details on the show, I would advise those who would need to seek a breather to go catch it and just LAUGH your guts out.

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I read from the autobiography of Shirley Temple -

"The good part of this frentic rushing around was its sense of being busy, being needed"

I'm not quite sure how true this is to you, but I hate to admit that it contains a tweeny weeny bit of truth in it.

Maybe that's why out of work I have been agreeing to take up more responsibilities, yet providing almost slipshod work (or so I think).

At work, this week is utterly crazy with all the silly things to be done. Silly, because it's so menial I think I can do it with my brains put on the table.

I am, in one way angry with my colleague for taking leave and not helping out, on the other I felt a little numb as if set in the mode of just getting things done. And also, it gives me a reason to avoid doing things which I do not feel like doing, AT THE MOMENT.

Anyway, I have been searching for an avenue to kick my shoes off at the end of the day and just relax and am still looking and crossing out things on my list.

1) Dancing
(yes, definitely getting back to that once I can find the right dates and partners for the lessons)

2) Getting another licence - Power Boat or Bike

(more to power boat so I can have an excuse to bask in the sun and enjoy the sea more often, but practically speaking... there's no reason to go out to sea now since there's no kelong for us to hang out at...)

3) Form a sports regime

(yep, definitely! With the guys fixing more soccer time, the girls need to work on something too! Sunday has thus far been set aside for badminton and it will resume again once Miss Lor is free.. ahem)

4) Get a vehicle for cruising

(in tandem with point 3, getting a bicycle is next up on my mind as well as a good replacement for point 2. And I have started my research on mountain bikes and set aside a tidy sum to invest in this new toy. One dear boy has offered to do the recommendation through his bike shop and i will be looking forward to that, *triple ahems)

Well, at least I have something on my list to look forward to!!!

Missing and will be..

9 June.

That's the day I spent cycling through East Coast Park with Joyce.

It was also the day she left us for her home in Norwich.

Sad.

It had been such lovely 8 days to spend with a Briton.

Anyway, it's over and I'm back in the office stuck at my desk typing furiously away and clearing up all the piles of work, preparing for the next big thing.

Well, I have been out under the sun for too long and I can count the number of freckles that have appeared!

Can you imagine cycling under that merciless afternoon sun at 3.30pm!

I haven't been riding in ages and it felt terrific!

I missed it so so much and am thinking of getting one again :O

This time, I'll make sure it's NEVER out of my sight.

Dodging Good Time :)

I can't remember the last time i went to birdpark but it never looked any different.

But it's very interesting because while everything remains the same, I go home with something different each time - appreciating the same thing at the different phases of my life allows you to TAKE home something new and refreshing!

I never really like birds because I grew up thinking their brains are too small for anything. So they are most probably the stupidest creature in the world.

And then, few years back I had a bad encounter with a bird while riding the bike and since then I was conditioned with a dodging reflex whenever a bird flies over me.

Anyway...something sweet to share with you using my precious camera!

Colourful little ones enjoying the company of the other

The wings of intimidation of Mr Grouchy Vulture

Out of my space, you birds!

The silent harmony

The simple guy

We managed to catch two shows there. And it was fantastic!

I can't imagine how much effort it took to teach these little creatures to fly through hoops, play dunk, zip so low but high enough not to touch the audience heads.

Oh my.

The wonders of God's creations.

Just a question for you all...

If you had to choose, which animal do you think you would want to be?

Fuming Bad Time!

I have been the most unoriginal with my post titles, but I don't care.

Believe me, I think I need a little pat on my shoulder for being a wonderful pufferfish.

Joyce was scheduled to have an autograph session and a talk at a bookstore today and I was certainly looking forward to it, thinking i probably would witness a hundred times smaller JK Rowling session.

Lo and behold, when we reached the bookstore, there was no sign of an event happening nor the sight of the signing table.

The marketing team met us and started to explain the possibility of not getting anyone at the bookstore.

To cut the story short, nobody turned up and the senior sales executive and marketing executive grab a bunny Joyce carried around and went out to the basement, did their silly antics to persuade people to come into the the bookstore just to see her.

It was the most embarrassing moment and I was ready to walk out anytime when Joyce was ready.

She didn't.

She held me back calmly and told me it wouldn't do any good and she had just expected it that way.

Believe me, I thought I was literally puffing up like a fish and probably would have floated silly away.

5 marketing people in the LARGEST book distributor organisation could not even get a crowd at the LARGEST bookstore at Raffles City. What a SHAME!

And I will not be saying names but I sure told them that they could have done a BETTER job with 5 people in the team.

My company has only 5 employees and we can run 43 performances over 3 weeks. Mark the difference.

I have NEVER felt so proud in my life.

I swore, never ever to work with the people in the LARGEST bookstore at Raffles City again.

And I am still not saying names.

English Good Time!

With absolute no pun intended, I definitely had an English good time when I hang out with Englishman.

While strolling around Raffles Hotel this afternoon, Joyce pointed out in the most tactful manner that I have a funny way of using fetch, take & bring.

I guess it must have been something that was getting on her nerves that she finally had to tell me.

I don't blame her. I get all squirmy when people cannot pronounce the word "Japanese" & "lettuce" in the right way.

Let me practise a little here with you:

John will fetch you from school

John will take you to the hotel

John will bring the wine to you.

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You know what? This is certainly not something new to me because once in a big blue moon, my dad will start his grammar-in-the-car lessons with me and it was just horrible!

I never could get it right anyway :(

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When we finally settled back at Brian's place, ran through tmr's schedule at Brian's desk, he suddenly interrupted and said I shouldn't say, "Can you help me hold these"

To use the word help means ..... ?

I don't know. I forgot what he said!

Anyway, I sure am in a good environment of Englishmen to correct me.

I loved every moment of it.

And... yes Dad, you can stop your I-told-you-so stare now!

Back ...

Yes, the usual phrase ~ it's been long.

Past few days had been physically draining but mentally enriching.

Joyce Dunbar, the author who wrote Moonbird, came down to Singapore and I have been the unofficial, untrained, totally unprofessional tour guide.

It was, in fact, my honour to be able to stick around a very prolific UK writer for children's stories. I have never come that close to spending days with someone so wise.

I have been brought back to my childhood days where I picked up picture books. As I flipped them now, it's all viewed in a different perspective.

The illustrations, the story, the ending, the characters.

She told me, people write because they have problems. And the bigger their problems, the better their stories (of course, if they put it all in the right way), because solutions have to come after problems.

A happy person cannot write much.

I'm not a writer, and so I don't know how true is that.

I really don't wish to hang around her anymore, because she is making me love my job more. She's so brilliant to be with, I wonder where will I get this chance anymore if I was never in this company :(

It's funny what God does sometimes. And I will never understand that.

I may be in this industry longer than I could have ever imagine.

We'll wait and see.

~ Your destiny comes from the strength of your desire~