Today was my last exam paper. What’s so special is that I can finally use the word LAST and actually mean it.
Yup, after 15 years (Wow is has been that long!?!?) of studying, I can finally say BYE BYE to textbooks and exams. Actually, I wanna say more than bye bye, but this blog is PG.
It kinda feels surreal actually. Like, what’s next?
Hmmmm…… I’ll think about that later. For now, I’m looking forward to my 3 weeks trip with my dear dear! Wheeeeeeeee~
Read this from the Nov 07 issue of CLEO.
They surveyed guys regarding why they don’t want to -ahem- “go down south” for girls. The 2 most frequently quoted reasons were:
1. Girls’ vaginas smells funny/bad
And the editor’s solution? “There’s nothing feminine wash cannot help.” Ohhhh…… So we have to sterilise our vaginas so that you guys will be willing to please us? Like, as if guys’ dicks smell like roses.
If you think about it, when we girls pee, at least we wipe right? What about guys?! They just, like, fling it a little and then stick in back into their underwear. And let’s not forget that its a known fact that most guys have poorer hygiene practices than girls. But do we complain about smelly dicks?!?!
2. Hairy vaginas turn them off
And the editor’s brilliant advice is…… Get a Brazillian wax. Like, wow….. I didn’t even think of that. What a brilliant idea!!! -_-||
I am absolutely positive by now that the editor is a GUY. Like, hello?! A Brazillian wax is like freaking painful can?!?
And why must us girls get a wax when guys are even more hairy than us??? So girls must be cleanly shaven to be hygienic while guys’ abundance of hair represents their masculinity?
In conclusion, I think the whole article is plain bullshit and just another mean for guys to extend their chauvinistic and sexist tyranny over us. So you know what?! Big deal! Us girls don’t need guys to approve of us. If it is really such a bother for guys to please us, then by all means don’t. Don’t submit yourselves to such a compromising position just to make us happy.
But, obviously, you know what this means for you guys in return right?
At approximately 8.30 pm this evening, Ham Ham left us.
It was all too sudden. It was only this afternoon that dear told me Ham Ham was looking listless and he took him to the vet. The vet said there was nothing much he could do but give him antibiotics and liquid food.
We tried to feed Ham Ham with a syringe but he had great difficulties keeping it down. As I watched him struggle, I couldn’t hold my tears back. He was choking and wheezing so badly, as though he couldn’t even breathe proper. Our poor baby was reduced to skin and bones, a vast difference from his chubby self just a few days ago. It pained us so much to watch him suffer.
But when I was holding him and stroking him to sleep, I even told dear that his breathing wasn’t that heavy anymore and there was hope that he might get better. But little did I know……
And when dear buried him, all I could do was to watch and cry……
Ham Ham when he was still a teeny weeny lil baby.
All contented in his lil TV set, which was getting a tad too small for him.
Last July… Ham Ham doesn’t like no brand boxes k?
I decided against posting Ham Ham’s last parting shot, simply because its too painful to look at him in that state. I want him to be remembered in his best moments – that cute, cuddly, greedy lil ball of fur.
Ham Ham, I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time with you when I had the chance. I just want you to know that I really love you very very much and I miss you so much. I don’t know what happens to hamsters when they move on, but I hope you’re in a happy place now. And I hope that you will remember us coz we will never forget you. Goodbye.
Ok, I know I’m supposed to be studying but my bf was such a dear that he bought tix, knowing that I wanted to catch this!
I was really looking forward to watching this coz the trailer looked promising and reviews were good too. And with the big heading “From the makers of Notting Hill and Love Actually”, how can it possibly go wrong right?
WRONG! The show, unfortunately, sucks. =(
Its a romantic comedy, but it was neither romantic nor comedic. The jokes were either not funny or delivered too fast and unclear by Ryan Reynolds (who plays the main character Will) such that no one could catch it.
The only saving grace was Abigail Breslin who played Will’s daughter Maya. She was witty, smart and funny and delivered her lines wayyyyyyyy better than Reynolds. I didn’t catch her in Little Miss Sunshine, but I’ve heard good things about her and it definitely showed during this movie.
And the weirdest thing was that, the only time the phrase “Definitely, Maybe” was mentioned was during this insignificant part midway through the movie. I mean, isn’t the movie title usually the central theme?
So my recommendation is, go catch it if you have the extra time and cash and there’s nothing else for you to watch (unless you’re interested in The Forbidden Kingdom, that is). If not, you’re better off watching channel 8 re-runs at home.
Shocking News!!!
SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) — Hundreds of children who were taken from a polygamist ranch by Texas child welfare authorities will remain in state custody, a judge ruled Friday night.
Women arrive Friday at the courthouse wearing their traditional high-collared, pioneer-style dresses.
Judge Barbara Walther also ordered court DNA testing for all 416 children who lived at the YFZ (Yearning For Zion) Ranch in Eldorado to determine their biological parents. (Apparently, they don’t know who are the biological parents coz these children don’t have birth certificates!)
The compound is run by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — a Mormon offshoot that practices polygamy.
Walther made her ruling after two days of testimony at a hearing to determine whether the children were properly removed by child welfare authorities.
Walther said she found sufficient evidence for Texas Child Protective Services to keep custody of the children.
Officials are now looking for “the very best temporary placements for these children,” said Marleigh Meisner, CPS spokeswoman.
“This is not about religion — this is about keeping children safe from abuse,” she added.
An attorney representing some of the children said he planned to appeal the ruling.
“We’re a little disappointed in what the process turned out to be,” said Cody Towns.
The ranch raid stemmed from a series of phone calls in late March from a 16-year-old officials referred to as Sarah, who said she had been beaten and forced to become the “spiritual” wife to an adult man.
FLDS members have denied that the girl, supposedly named Sarah Jessop Barlow, exists. Authorities have been trying to locate her, but have been unable to identify the girl.
Texas Rangers said Friday they are pursuing a Colorado woman as a “person of interest” regarding the phone calls that touched off the raid. Authorities said a search of the home of Rozita Swinton, 33, resulted in evidence that may link her to phone calls made about the YFZ ranch.
Earlier in the day, a defense witness testified that it is uncommon for a polygamist sect to force girls as young as 13 into marriage, as the state alleged. (Uncommon doesn’t mean not possible? So there are such cases?)
Religious scholar John Walsh also addressed a particularly damning piece of evidence: At least one bed found inside a temple that was allegedly used to consummate such marriages immediately after the ceremony. (OMG!!! Blasphemy!!!)
“Historically, the only use of a bed in a temple is for temple worship itself,” said Walsh, who said he has studied the FLDS practices for 18 years. “The worship lasts a couple of hours, so all the temples will have a place where someone can lie down.”
But, he said, “To my knowledge, there has never been any sexual activity in a Mormon temple.”
Walsh said he also studies the mainstream Mormon church, which renounced polygamy a century ago and has no ties to the FLDS. He said without the polygamy aspect, the FLDS would resemble the Baptist or Catholic religions.
Walsh was followed to the stand by FLDS member Marilyn Jeffs, who said she was not forced into marriage before age 18. It wasn’t clear whether Jeffs is related to jailed FLDS leader Warren Steed Jeffs.
Another FLDS woman, Maureen Jessop, said she was a mother of two toddlers and an infant, but also was trained as an emergency medical technician — despite her husband’s wishes. Jessop said she is a stay-at-home mother by choice. “I have a wonderful life in Eldorado,” she testified.
Also testifying Friday was child psychiatrist and state witness Bruce Perry, who said FLDS children are taught that disobeying orders leads to eternal damnation and have little opportunity to learn how to make independent choices.
Young children are not mature enough to enter into a sexual relationship or a marriage, he added.
Perry, who has worked with families in groups such as the Branch Davidian sect near Waco, Texas, said that if the children are allowed to remain in state custody, “There have to be exceptional elements in place for these children and their families. The traditional foster care would not be good for these children.
The state had the burden of demonstrating to Walther why removing the children was necessary.
In court Thursday, Texas state officials presented records they said show 10 women were either married or pregnant as minors. The list was found during the raid, locked in a safe at a main ranch office building, the officials said.
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Another report apparently revealed that there were several pregnant teen girls at a polygamist ranch who called each other “sister wives” and who believed it was acceptable to be “spiritually united” with a man at any age.
It was the belief that no age was too young to be married. About 130 of the children removed were under the age of 4 and that girls as young as 13 had conceived children at the ranch.
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I find the news really disturbing. It kinda reminds me of the HBO show Big Love where this Mormon guy has 3 wives and the prophet has a wife who is 16!!
Personally, I don’t approve of polygamy. Not because I don’t like the idea of sharing a husband, but more of the fact that these children are being abused without knowing it! They have no say about how their lives should be and they can’t break free from this cycle. Its as if the girls from compound are being “bred” to be wives and for reproduction purposes.
And i don’t know what is worse – The fact that the men are so perverted and horrid or the fact that these women are so cruel and dumb.
A friend of mine is having a lil dilemma lately coz she doesn’t know how to decide between 2 guys. Let’s call them P and W.
See, she knew W from school and they get along real well. She thinks he’s sweet, nice, caring and thoughtful. He even helps her print extra notes, msgs her to check if she is stressed, does all the gentlemanly stuff etc. Basically, he’s Mr Nice Guy.
Unfortunately, there’s a problem my friend cannot stand and that is…… His height.
Apparently, this friend of mine is soooooooo particular about height that she absolutely cannot accept anyone below 1.75m. (She’s about… 1.67?)
On the other hand, there’s P, who is from a totally different background. Although P is not thoughtful at all, and rather egoistic who loves to talk about himself all the time, he is tall.
So when she came to me for advice, my obvious answer is W right?? But her violent reaction towards the height issue kinda startled me. I was taken aback by how she’d rather try to develop feelings with Mr Ego here than give Mr Nice Guy a chance. All because of height?
Well, to be honest, I used to think height was important too. However, over the years I learnt to be practical and my standards fell from 1.8m….. to 1.78m….. to 1.75m….. to, well, its non-existent now.
The point is, is it really feasible to set criterias in looking for your future partner? My bf’s not tall, not handsome and there’s a million things I wish he could improve on. But the bottomline is, I’m still glad that I have him.
You may ask me why. In fact, alot of people like to ask “Why do you love your boyfriend/girlfriend?” And I’ve heard people actually try to answer that, when in fact, I don’t think there should be an answer to it at all! I mean, if your answer is “Oh I love my bf coz he gives me a sense of security”, does it mean you wouldn’t love him once he can’t give you that? Is love as simple and straightforward with no shroud of greyness?
As stupid as it sounds, I think love is all about giving. You don’t quite know why, but you just seem to keep giving and giving your everything for this person. Even though he may piss you off till you feel like strangling him.. Even though he may be a far cry from other people’s bf.. Even though you feel like slapping yourself to wake yourself up.. So even if one day you wake up and realise that this guy lying next to you is the biggest jerk in this world, and there’s no remotely comprehensible reason why you should love him… Well, you’ll still continue giving because you still love him.
Love seeketh not Itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care;
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hells despair.
When you call your boyfriend and your boyfriend’s friend in the background shouts out, “XXX called ah?” coz he thinks that its some other girl who has just called, it obviously means something right???
Why was it his natural reaction to assume that I am someone else?! Why would he think its normal for another girl to call my boyfriend when its almost 12 am?! Its not as if he doesn’t know my boyfriend is attached!
And it doesn’t help that my boyfriend is always msging and calling and attends classes with this particular girl.
And he went out to meet her, without telling me. I caught him in the end, but honestly, what’s the point?
Maybe there is something going on. I really don’t want to be the last to know……
Since the exams are coming, I thought this might be an useful tip for everyone.
Hmm… Isn’t William Turner Orlando Bloom’s character in Pirates of the Carribean?
For the longest time, I’ve held high hopes that Singapore’s service sector would one day reach the level of other world-class states such as Japan and Hongkong.
Not because I’m a Singaporean, but because I was in the service line myself previously. And I am proud to say that I was never once fell below the standards my managers expected of me, simply because, deep inside, I wanted to serve people in the most polite and efficient manner I could.
So, there’s nothing difficult about raising the service level right? Its all about self-motivation right?
Well, that was what I thought until I realised that some people simply cannot be bothered. And, unfortunately, these others happen to be foreigners.
Ok, I’m not being racist or country-ist or whatsoever. But I honestly do think that if Singapore has to bring in foreigners to boost our service sector, at least hire Filipinos. I mean, at leat they are dedicated and polite.
On the other hand, although I am a Chinese myself, I really hate to see China-Chinese (aka ah tiongs) serving me. Why??? Simply because they don’t give a damn about their jobs!
Just look at the ah tiongs working in the canteen and cafe in NTU! The kitchen produces food that taste like animal feed and the service staff simply slap the food onto your plates as if we’re really cows and pigs!
Ok, you may think its a little too harsh to presume everyone is like that based on NTU’s standard. Then how about Cafe Cartel’s standard? Fair enough right?
I just had dinner there and sadly, the restaurant has changed its HR policy and decided to hire ah tiongs. Nevermind….
When I was ready to order, this ah tiong came to serve us. First thing he asked?!
“可以讲华语吗?”
-_-|| Like, obviously I CAN. I am a Chinese right?!? But I CAN doesn’t mean I WANT TO or HAVE TO right?!?!
And doesn’t Cartel emphasise on the fact that they might probably have to speak english while working? Like, duh right?? This is Cafe Cartel at Plaza Sing for crying out loud!! What will the poor ang mohs do?!?!
Sighhhh… Nevermind, I was in a nice mood so I let that pass. I had already written down my orders so all he had to do was to (1) flip to the correct page and (2) verify. Such a simple thing right?!
Unfortunately, this was beyond him and I had to step in to assist him. So, I had to (1) point at the order I wrote, (2) flip to the page and (3) point at the picture which had the same number.
You know what, until today, I had always thought Arabic numerals were UNIVERSAL! Well, apparently they must be using some other form of numbers in China.
And after he took our orders, the manager had to come back to us to verify our orders again, which is something I’ve never encountered at Cartel. See?? Duplication of work!! Waste of resources!!
Bottomline is, I think Singapore companies really need to reconsider the tradeoff between cheap labour and service quality man. I’m definitely not the only one who’s complaining about their poor service. If they really wanna work, the least they could do is to put in some effort, instead of slacking off and speaking to your customers in Chinese when your manager’s not looking.
And please don’t tell me that English is not their native language and cut them some slack blah blah blah. PLEASE lahhh… Look at the Filipinos, Indonesians etc. English is not their native language too! But at least they bother to try right?!
So what makes these ah tiongs think that they are in any manner superior to others such that they don’t have to put in any effort? If you ask me, I think it boils down to lazyness and nonchalence when it comes to their jobs.
I really hope Singapore does something about it. If not, we’ll soon have cashiers and waiters talking to us in Hokkien and Canto and Malay and Tamil!
I was studying in the library today, listening to my iPod. I realised that I was always skipping through certain songs and in the end, I end up listening to the same old few songs.
And these favourites of mine had something in common – they were Pop songs. Yes yes, you may laugh your ass off… But I realised that the Pop songs that I grew up listening to are honestly the best music I’ve ever listened!
There’s no angst, no vulgarities, no singers lamenting about their pathetic lives or how the world is going to end. It was just plain, simple, happy Pop!
As cheesy as it sounds, I love to hear floppy blonde hair cuties with baby blue eyes (it was the thing back then) crooning about how I’ll Never Break Your Heart and that they will go Anywhere For You. I get swept off my feet as they treat me Like A Rose and tell me that I Do (Cherish You). I mean, who wouldn’t die if someone told them that God Must Have Spent A Lil More Time On You?! Basically, I guess what Pop songs does for me is to instill hope in me that there is someone out there who is willing to give me his 10,000 Promises that he will give All I Have To Give and that its all Because of You. Sighhh…… I Want It That Way!!!
Yes, I love the 90s and I love my boy bands!!! And I am not ashamed to say it out loud!
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