tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33763822011-04-21T18:01:25.999-07:00shadowed sylph.Ramblings on anything and everything...Liannenoreply@blogger.comBlogger4841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1072204722799223282003-12-23T10:38:00.000-08:002003-12-23T10:39:40.936-08:00and darlings, i've moved. with much thanks to fidz, you lovely person you. *grin*
please update your bookmarks and links. :)
(oh yes. *cough* when typing in the new address, please remember the hyphen between lick, and shots. because lickshots.com is err.. a slightly less salubrious site. *snicker*)Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1072165694142138912003-12-22T23:48:00.000-08:002003-12-23T00:06:35.000-08:00[Lasts]
Last car ride: Sunday, cab on my way to work.
Last good cry: quite recently, within the last week, anyway.
Last library book checked out: The Dirty Girl's Social Club - Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Last movie watched: LoTR: RoTK
Last book read: The Bafut Beagles - Gerald Durrell
Last cuss word uttered: fuck. very half-heartedly, at that.
Last beverage drank: water. *gasp*
Last food Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1072105849550986832003-12-22T07:10:00.000-08:002003-12-22T07:36:33.653-08:00went jogging with jen today, along the canal.. lol.. quite amazing that it actually happened actually, i haven't exercised in 3 months, basically since i started working the 2 jobs at the same time. let's see whether it happens again tmr. *laugh* don't hold your breath.
i've been in a good mood these past few days, but this evening everything seems to be conspiring to bring me down again. *sigh*Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-107193178214705852003-12-20T06:49:00.000-08:002003-12-20T20:15:38.873-08:00met someone for dinner tonight. for those who remember that far back, when there were a lot of 'him's being mentioned, with no names attached, he was the main one. *grin* and goodness was i into him. poor sarah had lots to endure the months we were doing our final year project. haha. they never liked each other very much as i recall. :p he's still much the same, still good looking, though he's Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071901790123264522003-12-19T22:29:00.000-08:002003-12-19T22:42:35.576-08:00watched lotr yesterday. *big happy grin* finished work at 11pm, and terrence picked me up and we watched the 12.10am show at PS. I half-froze to death. teeth were chattering! and he was complaining i was making him feel inadequate, cos he couldn't help. haha. he's decided to keep a jacket in his car from now on. *lol* his machismo is so easily insulted. heh. he was actually supposed to watch it Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071766599603570952003-12-18T08:56:00.000-08:002003-12-18T10:07:08.106-08:00sudden urge to ponder out loud. (well, i mean.. out loud, like, figuratively speaking. :p) back in october, i decided, that's it, no more even considering a relationship, because there's no point, because i'm leaving so soon. this was also sparked off by a prolonged lack of any even reasonably attractive male crossing my path. well. attractive to me at any rate, which, as some people will tell Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071684832364530462003-12-17T10:13:00.000-08:002003-12-17T10:14:44.873-08:00today was actually pretty good, work-wise, one of the few days when my tips are more than what i earn, $56, actually. *big grin*
didn't want to come home after i got off at 11 though, i've decided that being at home alone might be something i'd like to avoid for the next few days, at least at night. so ended up going for supper with Aza, and getting back to the pub in time to take transport Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071644573671849122003-12-16T23:02:00.000-08:002003-12-17T22:39:43.543-08:00
sum up your 2003 in twenty words.
graduation. disappointments. new jobs, new experiences. broken friendships, tentative relationships. too emotional all year. halting recovery. looking toward the future.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071586964040726612003-12-16T07:02:00.000-08:002003-12-16T07:03:35.593-08:00heard from my bro today on icq, he says that he's moving to the UK next year, has already given notice at his workplace actually. so. what this actually means? that in the event that i don't get the UNSW scholarship, something that's rather likely, (*wibble*), i should be going over with him. which is making me feel much better, because then it's not quite so intimidating as going over by myself Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071561313332105532003-12-15T23:55:00.000-08:002003-12-15T23:56:58.280-08:00i've already finished 3 of the 4 books i borrowed yesterday. it's amazing how much immersing yourself in a novel helps to block out thought of your own life and problems. of course, the only problem with it, is when you finish that last page, everything just comes crashing down on you again. which is nice and cheerful, isn't it? *sad smile* sorry darlings, for happy and fluffy thoughts, perhaps Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071491615682574982003-12-15T04:33:00.000-08:002003-12-15T04:34:25.826-08:00when i'm upset, i always seem to end up at a library, because for one, it's one of those places where it's okay to be by yourself, people don't much care if you wear shades indoors and look up at the ceiling from time to time to blink rapidly, (though even if they did, i'm well, me enough not to give a fuck), and i acquire fodder for my brain to stop it from thinking in these endless, endless, Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071428903710773732003-12-14T11:08:00.000-08:002003-12-14T11:09:13.356-08:00i was going to write a happy entry. really, i was. cos i was happy. for a while. not any longer.
i hate gray areas. and i hate emotions, and the way they get out of hand. and i really, really, hate cold, hard, facts.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071343028062719522003-12-13T11:17:00.000-08:002003-12-13T11:17:56.606-08:00okay. so when you discover that your suspicions weren't unfounded, that in fact for once you weren't overreacting, how do you feel? vindicated? exonerated? or just plain awful? perhaps the question is more, do you even have a choice? and perhaps also, should you have seen it coming sooner?
things'd be much better if there was someone to blame.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071213262862874942003-12-11T23:14:00.000-08:002003-12-11T23:15:09.966-08:00and you know what? the worst thing is that i know i'm being melodramatic half the time, and i look in the mirror and grin to myself at how sublimely ridiculous i'm being, because really, the main thing i'm worrying about isn't worth the worry. but i still can't get it off my mind. s'quite annoying.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1071213012378118042003-12-11T23:10:00.000-08:002003-12-11T23:10:59.530-08:00i feel like shite. absolute shite. and i don't even know why. it just seems that everything is wrong, all wrong. i feel alone, worried, entrapped, and at the same time without even the energy to care. definitely not the energy to try and drag myself out of this hole again. there's not even anyone i can talk to about it. i spoke to peiyi last night for an hour or so, which helped, but seriously, Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1070903135789322712003-12-08T09:05:00.000-08:002003-12-08T09:19:33.670-08:00whee, quiz. *grin* been running the rounds on friendster lately. :)
Love
1. Are you in love? I don't know. :)
2. Do you have a steady boyfriend/girlfriend? nope
3. Are you dating anyone? yep
4. How long have you been seeing the person? i'm assuming this refers to the prev question. depends on which guy you're talking abt really. lol.
5. Ever been kissed? yes
6. Who was your first kiss? *Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1070800791854010312003-12-07T04:39:00.000-08:002003-12-07T04:40:34.030-08:00this is definitely worth a read. I mean, every now and then i come across something like this, and i pause and think, do people really see us this way? Because, it just doesn't sound like the Singapore I know, phrased in that particular manner. But I guess from the outside it really does look that way, and god knows they have a point most times. but at the same time, this 'weird' country, is homeLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1070786115791725702003-12-07T00:35:00.000-08:002003-12-07T00:35:57.700-08:00*grumbles at her modem* bloody thing isn't mac-compatible, which means my poor baby can't get online. ahh, the heartbreak. lol. not really getting too worked up about it though, too tired. stayed over at daryl's place yesterday, and while he can apparently sleep for england, i didn't get half as much sleep. (though admittedly i spent a lot of time transferring his cd collection onto my lappy. hehLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1070355778833669142003-12-02T01:02:00.000-08:002003-12-02T01:03:52.733-08:00this has been a very good 2 or 3 days. :)
sunday:
1. bought my beautiful, beautiful laptop.
2. hung christmas decorations up at the pub! *bounce* fun fun fun!
3. actually got tipped quite a fair bit, which hasn't happened in a while.
4. a few of my favourite customers came in, also whom i haven't seen in ages.
5. staff party.
the staff party was alright, after it finally started, though i do Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1070180022278287702003-11-30T00:13:00.000-08:002003-11-30T00:16:11.733-08:00this is my new baby.
i'm bringing him home tomorrow. *salivates*Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1070161099477349712003-11-29T18:58:00.000-08:002003-11-30T00:04:54.513-08:00going to Sitex today, to check out my laptop and digital camera, both of which i can't afford. *grin* but! nevertheless, please all pray with me that i will not dropkick any small annoying children, (more because of the damage to my ankle than to the child, but still.), scream at their parents, or be too snarky to any sales assistants who're obviously more interested in talking to each other thanLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1070160233092839942003-11-29T18:43:00.000-08:002003-11-29T18:45:15.640-08:00Now. When you live in Singapore, and it is the rainy season, and you know it is most likely going to rain, in fact, as you leave your house it is already starting to drizzle, what do you do?
wear black.
*nods sagely*
Today, on the way to work, I got completely, and utterly drenched. First, I drop by 7-11 to buy some batteries, and it's only drizzling ever so slightly. But the moment i leave toLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1070010291651176902003-11-28T01:04:00.000-08:002003-11-28T01:05:25.170-08:00*licks the last bits of icing sugar from around her mouth*
yum.
they bought an nydc cake cos it's kuwan yee and my last day. yummy! *prods tummy mournfully* the fates are against me. *grin*
going shopping with qiumei after this, yay yay yay! can't wait. want sooooooo many things. soooo many. which reminds me, anyone have any recommendations for good liquid eyeliners? and anyone have any Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069913296422423982003-11-27T16:33:00.000-08:002003-11-27T16:33:29.170-08:00i just took the bitch test at the spark. i last took it when i was in year one. i was 46% bitch.
i'm now 57% bitch.
oops.
which is bitchier than the worldwide average of 38% bitch, and more bitchy than 90% of the population.
lol.
Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069729779391550482003-11-24T19:09:00.000-08:002003-11-24T19:10:09.590-08:00ooh, good sleep last night, finally. :) been a pretty good coupla days, so, starting from my birthday..
met up with daryl, supposedly to go get my birthday pressie, but i was too lazy to like, actually leave the house, so he ended up coming over instead for a bit, then i had to head down to work, and he went to hmv to spend the rest of his life savings. haha.
then when i did get to work, Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069557961100266182003-11-22T19:26:00.000-08:002003-11-22T19:26:29.060-08:00*stretches sleepily*
been waking up all morning to the sounds of my phone beeping. *bounce* *blows kisses at everyone that msged her* thanks you guys! *beam* (yes, even to the few of you mentioning '2 decades' and 'no longer a teenager' in the message. *grin*) and the one who called at midnight on the dot! *snuggles anna* all of you are so so nice. *beams around impartially*
apart from that, Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069475892132365052003-11-21T20:38:00.000-08:002003-11-21T21:00:10.903-08:00okok, yesterday was goooooood. *beams* though i really, really ache this morning. *grumble* getting up every morning is becoming a unique form of torture. i suppose it's cos at the moment both jobs require me to be on my feet the whole time, and also require a lot of running around.
wait a sec, this is supposed to be a happy post. and i'm whinging. (again.)
so. yes. it started out pretty quietLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069345729404538332003-11-20T08:28:00.000-08:002003-11-20T08:44:02.716-08:00the application is in. now all i can do, is wait. nervewracking.
work was okay today, in both places, though i think i enjoy myself more when we teach in neighbourhood schools rather than in the so-called elite ones. they are so fucking boring. lol. but nevermind, it's not that bad i guess, at least not as stressful as doing certain other courses. finally had a good night at the pub, lately i Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069255892710533752003-11-19T07:31:00.000-08:002003-11-19T07:31:57.170-08:00oh. my. god.
*shakes head*
surreal.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069243594453043432003-11-19T04:06:00.000-08:002003-11-20T08:47:22.513-08:00i know, i know, more quizzes. forgive me, i don't know what's come over me!
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Your soul is bound to the Burning Rose: Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069067957896658212003-11-17T03:19:00.000-08:002003-11-17T03:19:40.403-08:00today, is the first anniversary of my father's death. i feel pretty shite. obviously. but i'm trying to remember the good things. and as such i've decided not to post the lengthy post i'd prepared. tonight, anyway. perhaps tomorrow. either way, it's depressing, and wouldn't really accomplish much. i think. lately, i don't really know my mind very well. i'm just going to leave it here for now. *Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1069064710604981312003-11-17T02:25:00.000-08:002003-11-17T05:38:13.293-08:00okay. so yesterday was a mix of very good, and very bad. i'm too tired, and i'm sure none of you are that interested, so a short summary is in order methinks. y'all can decide which was good, and which bad. lol.
went to daryl's place again in the morning, slowly working my way through the rest of the sandman series. :)
saw syahzan at the pub watching the rugby, (surprise, surprise).
some assholeLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1068866062434335032003-11-14T19:14:00.000-08:002003-11-14T20:01:55.233-08:00
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*highfives haqiim* *thinks of various people who would agree with that result* heh.
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*dies laughing* Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1068555544985588262003-11-11T04:59:00.000-08:002003-11-11T04:59:01.913-08:00you know you're looking really bad when people tell you, "Either you've really smudged your eyeliner or you're not wearing any makeup, your eyebags are huge!" i look awful lately. heh. feel worse. *groan* so achy. *whinges more*
moving on. :p i replied to another message on friendster today! it's a bloody miracle i tell you. *laugh* but he did send a rather imaginative, well phrased message. Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1068389834618779692003-11-09T06:57:00.000-08:002003-11-09T06:58:27.923-08:00just got off the phone with peiyi, haven't been able to get our schedules to coincide for the longest time, so it was wonderful to finally talk to her, i miss her loads! think we're pretty much updated on each others lives, or rather, as updated as one can get in an hours worth of conversation, and i'm feeling a little better about some of the decisions i've made and stuff. also don't feel so Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1068311111598129782003-11-08T09:05:00.000-08:002003-11-08T09:09:06.646-08:00they let me off work early today! yay! thank god, because i'm so bloody tired right now i can't imagine working til 3am today. i'm so tired i actually feel kinda sick, which is mildly worrying. it'll pass by morning, no doubt.
anyhow. met damon this afternoon for lunch on the spur of the moment, was lovely to see him again after.. well, quite a while. made him go shopping with me in the makeup Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1068264595244760082003-11-07T20:09:00.000-08:002003-11-07T20:16:26.536-08:00yesterday was another 8am to 4am day, but i managed to get through it pretty well, not really feeling tired til abt 1.30am when we were waiting for the last 2 tables to bugger off so we could get on with closing. heh. was doing upstairs with sarah (and darling, who's haunting who now? haha.), and it was really quiet til abt 10+, was thinking i might be able to get off at 11! but no such luck, cosLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1068263477550306592003-11-07T19:51:00.000-08:002003-11-07T19:51:15.103-08:00this weeks friday five:
1. What food do you like that most people hate?
i'm with annz here, broccoli!
2. What food do you hate that most people love?
chilli!! haha. kay, so it's not a food. hrm. laksa, curry etc. not that i really hate em, i'm just a wimp. :p
3. What famous person, whom many people may find attractive, is most unappealing to you?
eminem. *shudder* fine, so he -looks- okay, Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1068027498218859092003-11-05T02:18:00.000-08:002003-11-05T02:18:16.576-08:00you see, i actually wasn't going to post today. because, my entire post would consist only of the following:
'tired. tired, tired, tired.'
but i did. and there it is.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1067753819995678152003-11-01T22:16:00.000-08:002003-11-01T22:16:58.846-08:00bleh, just woke up, and i've got to go to work in an hour. for a stupid beverage test that i KNOW i'm going to fail. can't remember all our cocktails, our premium whiskeys or anything, let alone how much they cost etc. ahh, fuck it. i can't be arsed. heh. and i'm sleeeeeeeeepy! and i ache all over. lucky my mum's teaching, so she's not disturbing the peace of my err... 'morning'. heh.
yesterdaysLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1067443763742518412003-10-29T08:09:00.000-08:002003-10-29T08:09:23.080-08:00i. am. so. tired.
heh. how many of my posts have started with that lately? far too many i suppose. feel very, very drained. and had a bloody migraine pretty much the whole evening at work. not to mention almost falling asleep over my pcr tubes. heh. actually didn't get into the office until 10.45am, cos noone was there in the morning to open the doors, and we don't have keys, something that hasLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1067187980238728102003-10-26T09:06:00.000-08:002003-10-26T09:06:19.993-08:00sleepy. very sleepy. good tips this weekend though. pfizer pays its employees well. heh.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1067061647497687282003-10-24T23:00:00.000-07:002003-10-24T23:00:47.470-07:00i'm tired, very tired. and i ache all over. *sniff* yesterday was a long, long day.
first met someone for lunch, then went down to far east plaza to check out my Gucci shades, cos the guy called me and told me the model i wanted was in already, decided against them, then went to NYDC for a lemon shiver, but they were out of sherbet. *cries* nvm, i shall satisfy my craving another day. the waiterLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-106696658330107102003-10-23T20:36:00.000-07:002003-10-23T20:36:22.940-07:00i got my SAT results today.
1560!!!
800 for verbal.
760 for math.
*dies happy*
still short of the 1600 target, but fair enough, really. now to start getting applications out.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1066917896748920752003-10-23T07:04:00.000-07:002003-10-23T10:18:48.046-07:00i've been finding a lot of new town-ers on friendster the last few days. for those not in the know, i was in new town secondary for a brief period of a year when i was 13, and well, it wasn't err, terribly memorable as far as schools go, but well, i don't really remember much of the four years i spent in secondary school, or 3 years really, minusing the year i was home schooled. was probably too Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1066745095201509472003-10-21T07:04:00.000-07:002003-10-21T07:07:30.886-07:00argh. bush's in singapore? god save me. *chokes* i think my air's becoming polluted as we speak.
got stuff done today! went to the library to get some badly needed mental stimulation, got my eyebrows done, they were beginning to look very unkempt, and bought my pink topshop top. *beams happily* and the fcuk edt. very good evening. lol. i cherish my nights off nowadays, i really do. 4 days to my Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1066641286859832692003-10-20T02:14:00.000-07:002003-10-20T02:14:46.806-07:00singapore is so bloody small.
last night, at the pub, one of my regular customers, brian, came in. and we talked for a while, as long as my supervisor wasn't around anyway. and i met his parents, over from the UK. haha. but anyway, today, when i was ordering lunch at subway, (due to cute guy working there as mentioned in ann's comments), he came up and ordered right behind me. forgot he was a Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1066498140864821882003-10-18T10:29:00.000-07:002003-10-18T10:29:00.610-07:00finally got my shopping fix. *heaves deep sigh of relief* though technically i didn't actually buy much, just a gorgeous butterfly necklace. black, needless to say. but think i'm going back to topshop to get that pink (yes, i know, PINK! *shudder*) top i was wavering over. shannie and nora, both bloody pink freaks, are getting to me, methinks. peiyi, come back, i need your adviiiiiiiice! *sniff*
Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1066420181578489332003-10-17T12:49:00.000-07:002003-10-17T12:49:41.000-07:00okay, screw the previous post, i, am, fucking, tired. to put this into perspective, i worked 8.30am to 5.30pm at a biotech company, today we were doing ELISA assays at different concentrations, not that it matters very much. then i went down to the pub, on a bus full of fucking noisy, irritating RJC kids, who annoyed the fuck outta me, and completely filled the entire bus. stupid.. fucktards. *Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1066321226334908082003-10-16T09:20:00.000-07:002003-10-16T09:20:26.283-07:00work was good. :p two very hot american guys, and i mean very hot. friendly too. *innocent*
feeling like i'm falling behind with a lot of things online, replying to emails, replying to messages, losing touch with a lot of people as well, because of my working hours. i'm not actually feeling terribly tired or anything, (except for my feet), but i have very little time to myself, and that's what'sLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1066262009754360112003-10-15T16:53:00.000-07:002003-10-15T16:53:29.146-07:00I dreamt of someone last night whom i haven't thought of for a while. The effect's hanging around, hopefully i'll shake it off soon. Disturbing. Particularly in the context of the dream.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1066050967249654112003-10-13T06:16:00.000-07:002003-10-13T06:16:31.760-07:00been reading harry/draco goodness. i don't know why i've linked it, since noone i know that reads my blog, in fact, noone i know, appreciates the rightness of this pairing, but i've linked it anyway. and! i found out, after reading through all 11 chapters til my eyes hurt, that it's an unfinished fic. i thought it was finished! cos it hasn't been updated in almost a year. which pains me, deeply. Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065975961282960072003-10-12T09:26:00.000-07:002003-10-12T09:26:01.160-07:00i just realised that the last 6 posts, have been about work. 3 different jobs, to be sure, but still! so, i'm trying to write one that doesn't involve work, but since i don't really have time to actually do anything besides work, it's a bit difficult. lol. ooh, lots of self pity. :p
i need to buy so much stuff. so much stuff, and yes, that is a legitimate use of the word 'need'. (as opposed to Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065937511098324232003-10-11T22:45:00.000-07:002003-10-11T22:45:32.473-07:00argh. i got home from work at 4.30am yesterday. then i woke up at 1pm. now i'm getting ready, to go back to work. til 11pm, if not 1am. i start work at that biotech company tomorrow morning, and i'm also working tomorrow night. tired! and my feet bloody ache. since i was on them constantly for 9 hours yesterday running up and down stairs in my snakeskin boots, which is not a fun thing, for those Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065856062630143982003-10-11T00:07:00.000-07:002003-10-11T00:08:44.283-07:00yes mum, i'm ignoring you. how astute of you to realise. now fuck off and leave me alone. honestly darling, times like these i feel like doing a runner like you did. *mutter*
anyhow, the SATs were alright, i was actually quite surprised that the math was pretty easy. and i ended up finishing almost all the sections in abt 15-20min and always having time after checking to be spent clock-watching.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065679224279224602003-10-08T23:00:00.000-07:002003-10-08T23:00:24.430-07:00at work, and very, very bored. lunchtime. which is good. but it's almost over, which.. isn't so good. lol. to put it mildly. been running around trying to write testimonials on friendster for all those people i owe them to, managed to get a few done, though i've still.. well.. quite a few to go. :p oh well. don't seem to have time to do much of anything nowadays, mainly cos of work, and cos i'm Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065629775347250542003-10-08T09:16:00.000-07:002003-10-08T09:16:15.323-07:00big tip today, yay! from my first group of very.. happy american sailors. haha. and thus also my first 2 marriage proposals, offers of money for my number, and declaration of love. *laugh* fun! *grin* but very, very tiring. don't know what it's going to be like next week when i have a real job in the day as well. can just imagine, PCR-ing the whole day, then serving beer til 11pm. loverly. oh Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065457936675466922003-10-06T09:32:00.000-07:002003-10-06T09:32:16.373-07:00got the science job i interviewed for today. was bloody nervous at first, but found out at the end of the interview that out of those that applied, they were only talking to me. lol. but yea, i start next monday. :) the pay's really miserable, i haven't worked for this little in years, but the experience should outweigh it i suppose. and it's only for 2 months or thereabouts. :)
work was quite Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065296278655378032003-10-04T12:37:00.000-07:002003-10-04T12:37:58.220-07:00just got back from work. 3am! first time closing, and my first football night. lol. a buck off every pint for every goal scored. thank god i wasn't working the main part of the pub, i'd have died. heh. nice customers today, except for the first 3 bitches. like to strangle that fucking.. *restrains self* right. i'm nice. nice. *deep breath*
working with shannie tomorrow, some insurance thing at Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065201476070044282003-10-03T10:17:00.000-07:002003-10-03T10:17:55.926-07:00i'd post! really, i would! except i'm like, dead tired. from err.. studying, (well, in a sense anyway) with cath at harbourfront today, and then dinner and lots of conversation with jess at marche. ate too much. *grumble* and i have a backache. and basically ache all over. and i'm working tomorrow. bah!
ooh, and i managed to reply to a guys message on friendster! aren't y'all proud of me? the Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1065067538849800892003-10-01T21:05:00.000-07:002003-10-01T21:05:38.940-07:00holy fucking shite, miss sixty has opened at heeren. i. am. screwed. there goes all my pay then. *sigh* maybe i should get it all deposited directly into my mum's account for safekeeping. the last time i stepped into a miss sixty i spent about 250 bucks, which isn't very much considering it's miss sixty, but still much more than i can afford. yikes. and well.. *shuffle* guess i'll be going down Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1064980136865912772003-09-30T20:48:00.000-07:002003-09-30T20:51:12.266-07:00sure, this sounds good, even rather inspiring in a way, especially when you read the part about the full BSc-PhD scholarship from a*star. then, you go to their website, and see this under eligibility:
Candidates should have at least 4 distinctions in relevant 'A' level subjects and preferably 2 'S' papers.
*growls* i know i'm chewing on the same old bone again, but honestly, can a poly graduateLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1064937868288120132003-09-30T09:04:00.000-07:002003-09-30T09:06:34.423-07:00had an unexpected reprieve this morning, woke up at 6.30am, and had.. no energy. lol. cos i'd been working the night before, then met terrence for a while since he's going in this thurs to serve our country and all that. :p so yea, i was pretty bushed, but then fida, bless her heart, let me know i didn't need to go into work today. beautiful feeling i tell ya. so yea, i don't have work in the dayLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1064647849711773582003-09-27T00:30:00.000-07:002003-09-27T00:55:21.283-07:00erm. anyone, erm, wants to go to KL to catch Linkin Park? *hope*
but honestly. a linkin park concert where they're not allowed to erm, wear shorts (what is UP with that? i mean, chester's bony legs aren't the type to send young women into spasms. err. yea.), curse or jump around on stage? what the fuck? the malaysian govt must have a very skewed idea of the relative innocence of the nations Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1064594428002475072003-09-26T09:40:00.000-07:002003-09-26T09:44:33.420-07:00i just visited eugene's blog, and the little ads at the top? were for PCR oligonucleotides. *cowers* heh.
anyhow, bloody tired, just got back from work a while ago, tonight was fun, the people i was working with were more fun, and i was less freaked out. heh. and there was a live irish band too, which was nice. getting the hang of it, slowly.
visited TP yesterday to sit for one of nora's Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1064421045696818332003-09-24T09:30:00.000-07:002003-09-24T09:30:45.536-07:00fucking hell, waitressing is fucking hard graft. lol. pj, you have my respect, and for what it's worth, my sympathies.
*looks down morosely at her abused feet*
but oh well, it was kinda fun. :)
right. off to bed before i fall over. work at 8.30am tomorrow! yay. so looking forward to it. really. *glum look* fida, you're going to have to carry me in! *laugh*Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1064233876351222262003-09-22T05:31:00.000-07:002003-09-22T05:31:16.086-07:00tired.
just made a few sales people at far east plaza pretty happy.
broke. (see above. heh.)
hungry! and..
...this week is turning out to give me a little more excitement than i can take. *blinks, still slightly in shock*Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1064079575571705662003-09-20T10:39:00.000-07:002003-09-20T10:39:35.140-07:00that little fit of anger didn't last very long. i guess i'm really over him. yay! *beams around impartially* i mean, sure, he still gets to me, but it isn't anything that festers anymore. this is good. good good news. no pangs of jealousy about the (many) other girls either. if there is, they're only leeeeetle ones. which don't count. haha. so fun.
oh. and i got a job. i start wednesday night. :Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063999755444034262003-09-19T12:29:00.000-07:002003-09-19T12:29:15.140-07:00*tightens lips*
it's funny how just talking to someone online can piss me off to this extent. earlier mood isn't completely gone, but i'm not as bouncy as i was. god, the assumptions he makes! like he's the only damn person in the world that matters, and the rest of us exist only to serve. *forcibly relaxes fingers from claw like grip*
Dear egotist boy you've never really had to suffer any Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063985225254943712003-09-19T08:27:00.000-07:002003-09-19T08:27:28.830-07:00i'm happy today. happy happy happy! *beams around beatifically* for the following reasons:
1. it's friday! enough said.
2. today at work, time passed pretty fast, and i had a good time with fida as usual, acting like complete maniacs/escapees from IMH (to those that would say this, no, that is NOT how i normally act. hrmph.) got paid, (since it's by the hour) to sit at a little kopitiam place Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063897285609609662003-09-18T08:01:00.000-07:002003-09-18T08:01:25.740-07:00just got back from the kelly clarkson showcase, it wasn't bad, though rather short. lol. man that girl can sing. powerful voice, but she kinda needs to work on how she uses it. alright way to spend an evening though. didn't expect to go, but at about 5.30pm i suddenly got offered 3 tix, one from annz (thanks dear!), and two from an old contact of mine from waaaaaay back. didn't realise she was Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063801748204889032003-09-17T05:29:00.000-07:002003-09-17T05:29:08.066-07:00very tired lately. sleeeeeeepy. work does not agree with me. heh. stapled another 2000 sheets of paper together today, will be folding all 3000 sets and sending them out tomorrow. cool, huh? NOT. *cough* regardless, i appear to have to continue working, and to that end, i had another job interview today, but i'm not going to say much abt it, mainly because i don't think i'll get it, mostly cos Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063635638352021322003-09-15T07:20:00.000-07:002003-09-15T07:38:56.896-07:00called peiyi and xuefen yesterday. :) they're doing fine, settling in really well, and orientation officially began today. *bounce* i'm getting excited, and i'm here! haha. forgot to tell her that i'd opened the pistachio, pistachio and even though it's not really my flavour, i'm eating it anyway. *groan* but yes. haha.
peiyi's on the 3rd floor of her hostel and so had to lug her (exceedingly) Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063543480230020662003-09-14T05:44:00.000-07:002003-09-15T07:43:21.013-07:00better late than never, last weeks friday five:
1. Is the name you have now the same name that's on your birth certificate? If not, what's changed?
not really, I go by Lianne now, which is technically not on my birth certificate, but which makes things a lot easier. it's not officially changed yet, but i am considering a change by deed poll to add it in.
2. If you could change your name (firstLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063512121272778062003-09-13T21:02:00.000-07:002003-09-13T21:02:01.170-07:00just connected my new LCD monitor. *blissed out smile* it's so pretty. *grin* and deleted 50MB of miscellaneous crap, not including mp3's! which i should start on soon i guess, before my computer decides that it's just not paid enough to endure all this. heh.
want my laptop. *sulks*
will be going to woodlands library later to attempt to study, but it's been so long since i sat down and really Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063366208823406502003-09-12T04:30:00.000-07:002003-09-12T04:35:51.580-07:00bugger. slipped and fell in the bathroom just now. i could blame it on my dog, but it was prolly just sheer clumsiness. and tiredness, averaging 3 hours of sleep a night over the past 4 days. *groans and winces* think i sprained by second toe. haha. and the brats are coming. someone save me from having to give tuition.
kids.
*shudder*
heard from her when she was in amsterdam and then in Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063295473529509172003-09-11T08:51:00.000-07:002003-09-11T08:51:13.430-07:00well.. peiyi's left. :( saw her off at the airport just now. miss her lots and lots and lots.
bleah.
i'm going to go catch up on some sleep.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063147187981241002003-09-09T15:39:00.000-07:002003-09-09T15:39:48.040-07:00*groan* i've got work today. at 8.30am. i need to leave at 7.30am. it's 6.30am now. terrence.. just left. i am so screwed. *laugh* especially since it's hardly going to be the sort of stimulating work that'll keep me awake. i think i need to go a bit zaman-esque and bring a plastic bag full of coffee cans in to work. bleh.
love my new layout? it's perfect really, was looking for one all over Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063100449847164072003-09-09T02:40:00.000-07:002003-09-09T02:40:49.990-07:00hmm, just got back from the gym, and erm... *shuffle* ate some more of the leftover ben & jerry's chunky monkey. *mournfully* i can tell you who's going to be the chunky monkey if this continues. *sniff*
peiyi, this is all your fault! and i demand that you come over and finish off the pistachio, pistachio that hasn't (thankfully) been opened yet. :pLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1063024555876506612003-09-08T05:35:00.000-07:002003-09-12T08:29:02.166-07:00found a gorgeous top at an unlikely shop in plaza singapura. oh, nice nice nice. and tried a really short black m(phosis skirt with their knee high boots. very nice, but very slutty. (*peers at people that might suggest, incorrectly i might add, that that really is the look i'm going for* :p) *cough* but yes, tempted by the lace top and that skirt. but there's no money coming in, so i'm trying toLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1062902606983440842003-09-06T19:43:00.000-07:002003-09-06T20:49:45.463-07:00*yawns and stretches* peiyi just left for home, and we both look slightly the worse for wear after spending practically the entire night talking and talking, as per usual really, yargh, it's going to be so weird when she's gone! *mutter* oh well, guess i'll just have to see when i head over there then. *grin* let it be soon!
i'm really not sure what i'm going to be doing over the next few Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1062781849453209392003-09-05T10:10:00.000-07:002003-09-05T10:11:27.746-07:00spent some time trying to clear out my room today.. didn't get terribly far, but i DID discover a lot of old photos. threw out a lot of them too. i mean, i might have really good pics of take 5, the moffatts, christian wunderlich, trademark, don philip etc, but i mean, who the hell cares anymore? *laugh* also found a few good pics of hanson, which shocked me a fair bit, as i was sure i'd rememberLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1062649201190037382003-09-03T21:20:00.000-07:002003-09-03T21:24:46.146-07:00just heard that an indonesian friend of ours, aunty hoon, passed away yesterday. along with mr and mrs lim, our neighbours from australia, earlier this year, aunty carmen in dec last year, not to mention my dad in november, it seems to have been nothing but loss, loss, loss. i've known all of these people since i was born, and it's hard to believe that they're gone forever. not being very Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1062469339962146152003-09-01T19:22:00.000-07:002003-09-01T19:22:19.973-07:00*smile* yesterday was a good day. a really good day. or rather, considering my mother's nagging, a really good evening. haha. met jess at pacific coffee in citilink at about 6pm, and we yakked and yakked absolutely non-stop for hours, completely lost track of time, i only 'woke' up when terrence messaged me and said, i guess we're not meeting tonight huh? (he wanted to be back for smallville. Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1062387192127603782003-08-31T20:33:00.000-07:002003-08-31T20:33:12.073-07:00 just got back from that expo job interview at mitsubishi electric, apparently it's some trade show and they're going to be selling erm, some kind of metal cutting machines. oh, the joy. the machines look a bit like our riboprinter though, which was rather disturbing. lol. anyhow, so i'm going to be working at changi next week, which will be convenient to go and send peiyi and maybe xuefen off toLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1062164259983980062003-08-29T06:37:00.000-07:002003-08-29T06:37:40.006-07:00*mock solemnly* today was my last day at sun microsystems, and i can definitely say that i have learnt a lot from my experiences there. for one thing, i must never have marie biscuits available at the same time as milo, as i have discovered that i can be quite easily addicted to dunked biscuits. also, when documents take up to 5 minutes to save, you can finish filing and buffing 8 of your nails Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1061811880104596932003-08-25T04:44:00.000-07:002003-08-25T04:44:40.123-07:00*yawn* i'm tired. wanna sleep. can't. have to meet syahzan for coffee later. which i actually like, want to do. but i'm tiiiiired.
hrm. anyway. work's okay at this place, quite mundane as per usual, but time passes faster than it used to at AIG. better stocked pantry too. heh. need to send my resume out to a few people, but i think i'm gonna go take a nap first. :p i swear i'll update when i Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1061568043947581362003-08-22T09:00:00.000-07:002003-08-22T09:00:43.843-07:00*blink* apparently i might be a british citizen and erm.. not have known it. if i'm reading the following correctly, that is:
7. If you are or your husband or wife is, a British citizen otherwise than by descent, your child born outside the United Kingdom (or the qualifying territories (see Note C) if born on or after 21 May 2002) will automatically be a British citizen when he or she is born. Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1061378075618705322003-08-20T04:14:00.000-07:002003-08-20T04:14:35.626-07:00hm. i know from the last few posts that it seems that i've been all doom & gloom recently, but good things have been happening, so here's a token post towards them.
1. met nora for an extremely long shopping trip last week, had loads of fun, and finally got my pair of sandals! okay, so it turned out to be two pairs of sandals, but still. *grin* had loads of fun, and finally laid eyes on the guy Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1061355322658598152003-08-19T21:55:00.000-07:002003-08-19T21:55:22.510-07:00just got back from ngee ann, the second visit this week, managed to collect most of my reference letters, the two of which i was allowed to read were rather glowing, so i'm going to cross my fingers and hope some scholarship money comes my way, doubtful as it may be. had a short yelling match with my mother, and a long discussion with my bro, and it seems that we can't afford the honours year as Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1060961751954602062003-08-15T08:35:00.000-07:002003-08-15T08:40:12.566-07:00and that, is that. work is finally over, for a while at least, til i find something else, and i'm not feeling any euphoria.
most likely because i came back, taught the 4 kids, and then vaguely listened to my mum nagging me while i tried in vain to concentrate on the last bit of my latest pick of chick lit, thus completely ruining my immersion in the happy/sad ending, for which i still haven't Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1060781776028893902003-08-13T06:36:00.000-07:002003-08-13T06:41:03.923-07:00*grumble* work is bad on the best of days, but work with a hacking cough, slight fever and full blown cold? yick. only 2 days to go though! then it's the joy of finding yet another job. bleh!
*sniffs loudly* i feel like a blocked waterworks. gah.Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1060681504528560112003-08-12T02:45:00.000-07:002003-08-12T02:45:04.520-07:00been spending the whole day reading the terms and conditions for immigration to australia, and the application forms 47OF, 40 and 886, and the booklet (erm, 43 i believe), and trying very hard to try and comprehend that for filling these up and sending them in, i'm going to pay a grand total of A$1,210. thats just the application fee mind you. and it's coming from MY, let me just say that again, Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1060656255705224312003-08-11T19:44:00.000-07:002003-08-11T19:44:15.600-07:00wheeee, i'm not at work! *beams madly* i don't even care that i had to get the flu to get out of it, the only thing that's burning me is the thought of all the money i'm losing out on. *sniff* trying to get tuition kids, so if anyone knows people wanting tuition in lower sec science and geog, or upper sec bio, chem and geog, let me know. :p
met damon last night at city hall, and eventually i gotLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1060174290346487402003-08-06T05:51:00.000-07:002003-08-06T05:51:30.223-07:00*yawn* sleeeeeeeeepy. had dinner with cath at a mexican restaurant in HV, cos it's her birthday tomorrow. *smirk cat* i forgot to say this just now, but tomorrow you are... no longer a teen. *smirks more* i still have a few months! whee!
anyway.
spoke to dr zaman today, and she managed to add 20 or so items to my 'to do' list, most of which i don't have the energy to cope with right now. it's Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1060001977903497972003-08-04T05:59:00.000-07:002003-08-04T05:59:37.760-07:00pinched this from lindsay's site:
About 10 years ago I...
1. had just changed primary school
2. got full marks for a math final exam, probably for the last ever time
3. was getting A's for chinese
4. lacked confidence
5. had an extremely ultra short haircut
About 5 years ago I...
1. just started chasing (with *cringe* aaron carter *grin linds*).
2. was a huge BSB fan, fallout from that is stillLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1059917915765439162003-08-03T06:38:00.000-07:002003-08-03T06:38:35.686-07:00right. imagine, if you will, myself up to my elbows in dead chicken. (i know, i know, just -try-, okay?)
also, imagine the following comments:
"Cut off it's head? What, just like that? Poor chicken."
"Muuuuuum, i'm mutilating this chicken!"
"Ooh, look, is that it's lung?" *snip* "Ooh, non-smoking chicken."
"Should I take out the other lung?"
"Oh, gross, I just split its ribcage!"
And, you haveLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1059876224066717082003-08-02T19:03:00.000-07:002003-08-02T19:03:44.043-07:00Late, as usual, this weeks friday five:
1. What time do you wake up on weekday mornings?
6.15am.
2. Do you sleep in on the weekends? How late?
i try, but usually end up waking up latest by 8.30. today i actually woke up at 3.45am, which is some kind of new record.
3. Aside from waking up, what is the first thing you do in the morning?
press play on my hifi.
4. How long does it take to getLiannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1059875676097071212003-08-02T18:54:00.000-07:002003-08-02T18:54:36.003-07:00bloody hell. can i kill her? please? before i LOSE MY FUCKING MIND??Liannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3376382.post-1059787572584148632003-08-01T18:26:00.000-07:002003-08-01T18:26:12.590-07:00mum's coming back in... *wibble* a few hours. have been up since seven washing, mopping, sweeping, making beds, scrubbing floors, cleaning toilets, you name it. my nails are a national disaster area. think i need some gloves, i wonder if there are any left in my labcoat pockets. heh.
*panic* she just called me from the airport! *panics more* die, die, die! okay, back later, if i survive the Liannenoreply@blogger.com