Saturday, August 30, 2008

Happy to see Matt again!

I m goin' insane, i slept less than 4 hrs a day, rushin' off my work before i go off on Monday. Regardless of the midnight oil i burnt, i woke up like 7-8am in the mornin' n continue workin'... life is crazy man!! By hook or by crook i gotta submit a conference paper by tomorrow which is due on Monday.

Yes i reckon i can be a workaholic, however i never neglect my friends (e.g. those i really need to meet). My American friend Matt is in Singapore this week as i mentioned. I promised to meet him today so i kept my promise. We went City hall n i was astounded by the crowd... i took this pic while i was waitin' for Matt...

Ok we realised tat it was bcos of the IT exhibition in Suntec, n we went..., see the crowd in the pic... n i think i saw Cat n her bf but i didn't wanna disturb them. :)

This is Matt... overwhelmed by the crowd!

We had 30 satays near the esplanade bcos Matt luv satays... followed by ice kachang at Suntec.

I cldn't stand the queue at the taxi stand. There were like 50 people in front of me. I booked one (on call) n got home before 12am. Soooo... tired!!

Ok time to work, gdnite everybody!!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Matt is in Singapore

Been really busy these days bcos i'll be away next week. I slept only 4 hrs last nite. Today i received a msg fr Matt, an American friend who arrived Singapore n will be here for a week. Gotta hook up with him this weekend before i leave. Kai called in the evenin' too, askin' when will i visit her restaurant again. Jessica and Sharon msged askin' where haf i been. I feel tat i've kinda lost touch wif the world. Take gd care people!

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Gatherin' at home

Today we've a little gatherin' or event at home, where mum invited like 70+ guests. Some of them are my relatives, e.g. old aunt, young aunts n uncles, xian n her bro, etc. I did eat like a pig today... very sinful day. :) Xian's family commented tat i shrank, so sad. :( But its true, i explained tat i quit dragonboat, n i can't run or swim nowadays bcos of my injured ankle. Those muscles are virtually non-existent rite now so of cos i shrank. I called it "eatin' someone's lunch" for my case. :( Doesn't matter, i learnt tat one cannot be perfectly healthy, fit, n flawless forever.

Dada n Didi came rather late with Aunt angela. I luv to see Dada n Didi, they are soooo... cute. Anyway i didn't take any pics today, was busy helpin' up.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ghost?

Wat if you see a ghost? Will it scare the shit out of you? :) This is really funny!!

Summin' up my friday

Woke up really early bcos i was conductin' a mornin' class today. I didn't feel tired at all bcos i simply luv friday, was in a merry mood apparently! Went lunch with Alex followed by a meetin'. We saw this card at the grocery shop n Alex said it'd be hilarious if ya visit yr friend in the hospital n pass it to him/her. Yes wat a harebrained idea... haha!! :)

Really jolly to chat with Cat today. I m also glad tat she luv her new job. She called me Jim Jim n i was kinda astounded. Lately soooo... many people had been callin' me tat, guys n gals. Went to the gym n dinner with Wing. Visited Dada (my 2-yr old cousin) who had been sick for the past few days. He's kinda recovered now. Ok friday's over!!! :(

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Busy day

Yesterday i met up with Professor Yow n he suggested we should make a poster of our work to be hanged up along the faculty's corridor. It will be there for 3-5 years so we better do a gd job. Then i was kiddin' with my friends tat the poster is for my comin' 2009 live concert. :) Anyway i jus finished with the poster a min ago. But its not gonna be over yet for today, i still gotta rush on some work for tomorrow. Busy day!! However tomorrow is FRIDAY.... hooray!!! So i m in gd mood!!!! Gotta teach tomorrow mornin', so early... :(

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Sorry Jasmine

I wanna apologise to Jasmine here for rejectin' her calls last night at 11.45pm. She msged tat she wanna call to sing me a birthday song. But my birthday was almost over at tat time, n i was already half-asleep, the night was really quiet, n i was dead-tired bcos of the long day (started fr 6.30am). I didn't feel like listenin' to yr sweet lovely voice on tat birthday song... so pardon me. Thanks for the greetin' anyway.

This mornin' when i woke up, i was playin' the piano for a moment, i have so much on my mind lately. I wish life cld be more simple in a way. I'll be away in Sept, take gd care everyone!

I received my belated birthday greetin' fr Cat and Shirley too. This is the 1st time Shirley wished me happy birthday. :) I also received a very cute ecard fr Cat a min ago, its so hilarious. N the content goes like

Dear Jimmy,

Happy Belated birthday! Sorry I have been very busy lately, having just finished the pageant last Saturday. Haven't been getting proper sleep for ages. Anyway I missed talking to you. Why do you disappear again? Haiz, hope you are not avoiding me or something.

Although my head forgets, my heart never forget about you or ur birthday =) Do catch up over dinner soon k? *Hugs*

Love,
Cat


So touched n I'll always rem this (since i posted it here), thanks Cat!! :)

Monday, August 18, 2008

Thanks everyone who rem my birthday!

Happy birthday to Wyne and myself. I received several smses/emails/msgs from some awesome friends who rem my birthday. Seriously i m jus so touched when people rem my birthday. Even for myself, i can't really rem birthdays. There r many friends around us n its jus so difficult to rem everyone's birthday. I wanna thank Selina, Wyne, Jaslyn, Xue, Sharon, Dan, June, Hendrik, Florence, Pat, Yvonne, Jenn, Jessica, sista and mummy for rememberin' my birthday. Seriously i didn't disclose my birthday on my blog or any sites, neither did i mention it these few days to anyone. I luv yr people...yr r jus sooo sweet. :)

So wat did i do today? Seriously i had no plan at all. I went for my medical appt (for my ankle) this mornin' at the hospital, followed by a long busy day in sch. In the evenin' i met up with Hendrik for our biz plan discussion. Hendrik treated me to Shokudo Japanese food bazaar at Raffles city. Thank ya so much Hendrik!!


Saturday, August 16, 2008

Mama... Friday's over!!!

I always tell my friends friday is my favorite day of the week. I prefer friday to Saturday and Sunday. Every week i'll be lookin' forward to friday, n on friday i'll always be in super good mood.... haha, catch my smile on friday!

Mama... friday's over!!!! :(

Hungry ghost festival

Now (7th month of the lunar calendar) is hungry ghost festival, at least in Singapore. I had never heard of this festival in Aust. It's believed tat the gates of hell are opened n the dead walk among the livin'. Mum was askin' me if i'd wanna join our relatives (e.g. old aunt, younger aunt, Xian, etc.) to pay respect to our deceased relatives by visitin' their graves with feastin'.

On the streets, i cld see people burnin' hell money, paper offerings n joss sticks to their (the spirits) material needs. Food was offered too so they (yes the spirits) won't go hungry n thus less likely to wreck havoc. :) I'm a typical scientific person but i opted to remain silent for this. I do respect all religions n festivals.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Jess & halloween party

Jess is askin' me to join her to the halloween party on 31st Oct. I couldn't stop laughin' when she told me she'll be wearin' this sexy police officer costume. Then we were discussin' wat i gonna wear on tat day. Hahaaa... i m findin' this so interestin'. :)

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Are men & women equal?

The matter of gender equality has become an obsolete and even taboo subject. But does tat mean tat men and women are equal in today's society? I find it rather imperative to emphasize on the appearances or characteristics tat make men and women so different. Some simple e.g., women are more suitable to be presented in auto or car show, while men are more suitable to be workin' as engineers or carpenters. But we must ask ourselves why this is happenin’… could different genders be native gifted differently? No i don't think so, this is happenin’ because people are guided by stereotype thinkin’ when judging men and women. This stereotype thinkin' will always be presented and make the mass of people an easy target for manipulation.

See these pics and ya will believe it yourself. Do ya find the women in the car show fascinatin', while the men in the car show disgustin'?

............................Yes you just can't accept this.... i know!!!



Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Sayin' gdbye to Zhangli

Some friends come into our lives and quickly leave. Some may stay for a while, leavin' footprints on our hearts. Today i rushed to the airport to send Zhangli off. She's my ErHu teacher, my partner for several performances, n best friend. Chris, together with his team, and Dan, Mich, Sharon, etc... they were all there at the airport today. Zhangli had been in Singapore for years, i jus dun understand why she wanna leave. I didn't wanna say gdbye to her. I feel so sorry now tat i didn't meet up with her for quite awhile. I m still really really upset in tears, tat shows the vulnerable n emotional side of me. Zhangli i know ya'll be readin' this. Please come back whenever ya can k? We all miss ya!

When i reached home, mum was here consolin' me while busy writin' words for some events. She has really nice chinese handwrittin' n she topped her class several times as a model student. She casually wrote me two chinese words to encourage me, but i m ashamed to say tat i can't really read or understand the words. Anyway i know the meanin' is smthin' related to fate. She was tryin' to tell me tat everythin' is fated, even friendship. Thanks mum!!

Monday, August 11, 2008

Late night shoppin'

We were still at Giant at 11pm evenin'.

Wat else to buy....??

1st trolley...

2nd trolley... ok enough for the week, go home!


N i've not really chatted wif Wyne for ages. I wanna tell her i miss her so much. :)

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Naive dreams

Last night i mean late night, i received two calls. One from Chris sayin' "I miss ya" from everyone (Sharon, Xue, Dan, Ben, Jas, Zhangli, ...) there at the party. I'm so touched by these people who are always so nice to me no matter wat happened. I received another call fr Mark, my buddy from the flyin' school. It had been ages since he last called me on the phone. He's an American workin' in Hongkong now.

I find it really bizarre lotsa Americans, examples Mark (in HK), Jesse (in Tokyo), Matt (in Sydney), Cat (in Sydney), Chris (in Singapore), June (leavin' soon) etc. are gettin' out of America to find their greener pastures while many Asians are ravin' about goin' to, or livin' n workin' in America. I find it rather naive when i keep hearin' people tellin' me how everyone says there are so much opportunities, freedom and fun in America, while I remember the two Americans Jesse and Matt assertin' Australia as their dreamland. I personally believe tat ya can succeed anywhere ya are if ya are gd. I've been to America several times, and i don't dislike it there, but i definitely not ravin' over it. I remember i was kinda bewildered when i was watchin' the news there, ...there were some psycho-rapists loose in southern California, some idiots drove into a crowd and killed 2 people, police officers were shot, and i could go on n on. These news are so typical there. I remember an American friend tellin' me tat in 2004 alone in only the city of LA, there was above 500 murders and over 40,000 violent crimes reported... and tats jus in one city. I suppose it all depends on wat type of person ya are. If ya want a life where its easy to get lost in the crowd and the hustle and bustle of everyday, then this is your kind of place. A place where almost everythin' is acceptable and yes maybe tats the freedom ya want, a place where freedom means free to behave, a place where ya are not free to park in front of your house without payin', a place where the police impound your car and haf ya arrested for somethin' ya didn't do and they know ya didn't do it, a place where many kids are livin' in a dysfunctional family (e.g. 2 mothers and fathers), a place where people like to curse and swear everywhere they go.

This is wat women wear to work in restaurant, e.g. in California. However, many gals might dress like this for their normal clothes though (June i swear i'm not referrin' to ya) :P.


People like this are not hard to find too. Rather cool huh??

Saturday, August 09, 2008

Singapore's National Day

Today is Singapore's National Day. Chris n the rest booked a hotel room at Mandarin Oriental as a vantage point to watch the parade, while partyin' there overnite (i assume). Well... again as a wet blanket i didn't rendezvous. Hmm... my laptop was kinda goin' on strike after some disagreements we had this mornin'. Therefore i spent quite some time coaxin' n fixin' it today. Moreover, i gotta finish recordin' a song on piano for my cousin who was complainin' n complainin'... I received her sms early in the mornin', "Hey where r my songs on piano?", like a loan shark collectin' her $$. Yes partially my fault as i promised to record some songs on piano as her birthday present for this year (yesterday). But yesterday i gave her a necklace instead as i cldn't finish the songs on time. :)

This noon-to-evenin' mum had a little gatherin' at home, invited several friends here. Aunt was here too. I m very happy tat mum enjoyed herself with these awesome people around.

Friday, August 08, 2008

Met Wing n Xian

Today met Wing to gym in the afternoon, n was soooo... tired after. But cldn't go home yet, it is Xian's birthday today... n i promised to meet up wif her n her friends for celebration. It was kinda bizarre to have me there as most of her friends are her current classmates, only Secondary 2... imagine tat!! But as her closest n dearest cousin i was very happy to see her happy too. :) I enjoyed myself anyway, but i didn't like the cake... too much fats. :) Guess wat i bought her??
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my recorded CD? No i cldn't finish it on time.
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a bag? No...
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yes its a SK necklace. :)

Why did i get a necklace? Bcos i rem she mentioned b4 she likes necklace. Yes next is my birthday, i told her not to get me anythin'... bcossss.... i've everythin' i wan. :)

Had a chat wif Jess this mornin'. I think she's really a very nice gal, with a great sense of humor. :) Lookin' forward to see her after my recovery. Received Kai's sms too. She's in Singapore now n busy with her new restaurant. I promised to drop by one day. I hope her biz is goin' well so far.

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Keep in contact!

This week i'm really busy preparin' for my teachin' duty. Anyway i'm gonna be away in early Sept n someone gotta take over my duty for awhile. Therefore I'll be uncontactable via mobile phone durin' this period, but ya can always leave me a msg here or via email, msn, etc. Take gd care everyone!

One of my best friends, Jesse an American, is comin' to Singapore in Dec. This will be his first time in Singapore. I've not seen him for agessss.... n i really really miss him. We were gym, beach, n buffet buddies back in uni. :) Sometimes he'd call me fr the States to surprise me, he's such an awesome friend. I may be away in Dec n i really hope tat i'd make it back on time to meet him.

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Hospital visit

Early mornin' i went to this private anonymous hospital for medical appointment, on my ankle. I bumped into a friend Dr Anonymous who is a plastic surgeon. I do not wanna disclose the hospital or my friend's name here for privacy reasons. So i waited to go lunch with him in his clinic, while he was servin' the last patient. I saw his patient, as expected a beautiful taitai in her 60's i guess. :) But frankly speakin' she still looks kinda beautiful, the power of comestic surgery is impressive. So out of curiosity i asked my friend which parts of me i needed to improve on by comestic surgery. I thought he wld mention abt my eyebags, but he explained to me i've no eyebags. The little lump on each of my eyes is gd muscle which supports the eye n i do not need any surgery for tat. :) Now i learn smthin'. He explained to me wat is eyebag but i wun wanna get started with it here... it goes on and on. He said if i really too rich n wanna do smthin', i cld try laser resurfacin' on face to make it smoother n fairer like a young lady. Haha... isn't tat hilarious? Imagine my mum wun be able to recognise me after.... hahahaa... a beautiful lady with a beautiful dream. :P

I m extremely happy to see Desmond online again, after like several mths. Yes he is busy with work, he's a lecturer now in one of Hongkong's universities. Congratulation Desmond!! :) It's a lucky day for me chattin' with two awesome friends. :)

Sunday, August 03, 2008

A little msg means so much

Feelin' rather perturbed lately. However God always give us a hand when we find ourselves between a rock and a hard place. Today Xian msged me askin' if i m currently in Singapore. Sometimes little thing like this can mean so much... I feel really jolly, at least for the rest of the day. She alleged tat i disappeared to somewhere without lettin' them know. :) I also finally understand why she mentioned tat i didn't reply people's msgs. I saw her msg on my mobile, received when i was away. Actually as a friend i had alot to tell her, abt my injury, my trip, my work, etc... but eventually i didn't. I rather pretended to be very happy. Tat makes people happier too isn't it? Or maybe it's all abt my inferiority.

I feel kinda miserable not able to swim, jog, or even walk properly these days. Nvm I'll sooner or later get assimilated to it.

A song for ya...

Rem Chris n i used to sing this song (ONLY at home!) with our guitar n piano. N we were fightin' to sing after each sentence, "Hey my turn!!". :) A very old song by Bryan Adam. I like the lyrics esp these parts...
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I'm still holdin' on n ya're still the one
The 1st time our eyes met it's the same feelin' i get
Only feels much stronger n i wanna luv ya longer
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If ya're feelin' lonely...don't
Ya're the only one i'd ever want
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Please forgive me i can't stop lovin' ya
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Still feels like our best times are together
Feels like the first touch
We're still gettin' closer baby
Can't get close enough I'm still holdin' on
Ya're still number one
I remember the smell of yr skin
I remember everythin'
I remember all yr moves
I remember ya
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Saturday, August 02, 2008

Sufferin' fr inferiority complex

Ok i gotta admit tat i m sufferin' fr inferiority complex. In a psychology term tat refers to a feelin' tat one is inferior to the others in a way. I m not sure if the feelin' arises fr an imagined or actual inferiority, but it's jus so subconscious tat it gives me an anti-social behavior. Today Anna asked if i'd like to attend her weddin', Jess asked if i'd like to hangout for a drink one nite, Sharon asked if i'd like to meet her for dinner on Sat, Wing asked if i'd like to join him to the gym, ...etc. Hmm... but i dun feel like meetin' anyone rite now, n i m also tired of ppl askin' me abt my ankle everyday.

Today out on the street i felt tat everyone was starin' at me as i walked with a limp. I felt tat the healthy ppl were puttin' the nail in the coffin for me n treatin' me as a disabled, an example is by walkin' further away fr me. The orthopaedic specialist explained tat i need 4-6 months to recover as the sprain is occurred to ligaments caused by overstretchin'. So i seriously dun feel like meetin' ANYONE in this period! I guess this is called inferiority, pardon me people. :( But ya r welcome to leave me a msg/email/letter... whichever.
 
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