Archive for June, 2009
Bringing down those walls.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Some time back, I was going through a bad time. Bad news came coming in nonstop and I was only able to open up to a few people about it. I felt so terrible then and I even cried and fretted about it. After the disappointment, I decided to move on. One trait I have is the ability to move on quick from disappointments. I learnt to accept disappointments in my stride and just pick myself up after unleashing those emotions.
It got me thinking much about things recently. Despite seeming like the open person on my blog, I do actually have a hard time opening up about myself to people. I find it hard to talk about my problems sometimes as I really hate burdening others with my problems. I guess after countless of times playing Aunt Agony to some of my friends, (and boy, some of them are really complain queens. seriously.), I never want to be one of them.
Thus the only way I really unburden myself sometimes, is through my blog and yet sometimes, I feel afraid to do so. I feel vulnerable doing so.
But after a talk with a dear old friend, I think perhaps it’s time to break some walls. I want to be a happier person. As in, really happy, not pretend happy or seemingly happy.
I’m going to remove negativity from my life, be it from naysayers or even toxic friends. I’ll try my best and I’m going to count every blessing I have, be it, minor or anything. And I started doing so today. I count the little blessings and Ihad a rather pleasant day.
SoyJoy Challenge 4 – Our very own Much effort, Little effort video!
Sunday, June 28th, 2009For challenge 4, we’re supposed to create our very own Much effort, Little effort video!
Here’s mine!
Yes, you get to see a very tak glam nadnut. LOL. Much love to Jayden and Fabian for videoing and creating the lovely video. Idea was from Ching Chong Boy. heh.
This concludes the end of the challenges! Voting ends at 2359 today and results will be out in July!
Thanks to everyone who has voted, commented and supported me! 
Living life connected – wirelessly!
Sunday, June 28th, 2009[Contest entry]
Remember the times before mobile broadband ever existed? We could only surf the internet while at home/work/school. I felt really limited then. I remember whenever I got lost or needed to find some information urgently, I would try calling all of my friends in hope that someone would be at home and would help search for the information for me. I was such a pest back then!
Imagine if we had wanted to stay connected BACK THEN, we’ll be lugging around the very cumbersome phone wire everywhere!
Check out my video below!
And now!
Mobile broadband has proved to be an indispensable tool for me. I can hardly function without it now. The opportunities are endless! We can do almost everything with mobile broadband! Here are some places that I wish would have internet connection.
While at Sentosa, I can immediately share pictures of the beautiful scenery or even camwhore with my friends.
Plus, with mobile broadband, I can always keep a look out for any bad weather that’s coming! It sucks to be caught in the rain while trying to get a great tan at Sentosa.
Pulau Ubin is a perfect place for people like us to relax and enjoy the nature. A great place to get back to basics. But imagine how horrible it’ll be if one of us get lost at such a rural area? If I could access Google maps, finding my way around the place would be a breeze! No worries about getting lost anymore!
There’s a lovely spot in Changi where you can watch planes go by. Very nice paktor-ing place. *cough* I can video them down and upload on YouTube on the go! It’ll be done almost immediately and I can share those videos with my friends instantly!! Upload and watch videos easily! Not only that, I can watch videos to kill boredom while on the long journey home from there! I especially enjoy watching Kevjumba and Happyslip videos!
Oh, did I mention that a couple of days ago, I spotted a few eye candies while jogging at East Coast Park. If there’s internet connection there, I could not only take a picture and upload on twitter, I could also MSN my girl friends the picture of the cute hunk! A little eye candy everyday keeps the blues away. 
I love the Henderson Wave Bridge! The structure of it is so interesting and I can’t help but to camwhore everytime I’m there. Good things are meant to be shared, so I would upload the photos to Facebook immediately! Who knows, maybe my friends would even come join me at the bridge when they see my updates!
Aside from all of those lovely places, here are some other things that I can do if I was living my life online anywhere and anytime!
- Online shopping
- Plurk
- Blog
- Skype
- Webcam
- Flickr
And here’s one place that I really wish would have internet connection…
The washroom! I can now even stay online even while… doing business! Might as well multi-task!
Everybody should…
… Live Life Online Anywhere with SingTel BroadBand on Mobile Youth Plan! Visit www.singtel.com/youth for details.
ARGH!
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Everytime I hear a baby crying, my maternal instint drops by 5%.
Updates on the SoyJoy Competition. – Results of challenges and Lucky Draw prizes
Thursday, June 25th, 2009It’s the final lap of the SoyJoy competition and voting will finally end on 28th June. I don’t know about you guys but to me, the voting period was far too long. The agony!
Btw, here are some updates!
Remember Challenge 1? The one where we were giving out free SoyJoys to companies? Everyone please congratulate Eunice! She won Challenge 1 with an astounding 253 companies “collected”. Power lah she! You guys should have received your bars already! If not, they should be in latest end June. If you haven’t heard anything from the SoyJoy peeps, do email me or drop me a comment here!
Rayner won Challenge 2 with his SoyJoy salad recipe! Have any of you guys tried his yummy recipe?
Challenge 3 results will be announced on Friday. I’m keeping my fingers crossed! I gotta thank all of you for commenting on Challenge 3. I did a bit of counting and here’s a bit of a fun fact: 40% of ppl who commented are bloggers! I know I mentioned that every comment will generate one point for every blogger however there has been some changes by Ogilvy and Otsuka. Instead of one point per comment as mentioned earlier, it’ll be 5 points for the blogger with the most comments, 4 points for the one with the second most comments and so on. You get the idea. We were only notified about this after the challenge has ended. Ah well, anyway thanks a lot for the comments!
[Updates!] Pamela won Challenge 3! I think she did a fine job on this challenge and she really deserves to win it!
Challenge 4 is due this week and while I’m done with the video wayyyyyyyy ages ago, I’m only gonna post it up on Sunday. So keep your eyes peeled for Sunday’s entry!
I’ve collated some items for the lucky draw and I’ve decided, even if I win or not, I’m gonna give out those items. Really appreciate all the help that you guys have rendered.
I really don’t know how to go about with this lucky draw! Here are the majority of the stuff I’ll be giving away. These are all from myself, everything is brand new. Details of the items will be out another time. If you’ve noticed anything that you like, do indicate your interest.
Aside from that, if you have plugged me or have put up my SoyJoy banner on your blogs, please indicate below too! You’ll get an additional chance in winning those prizes.
I had bought the Nike iPod kit for a very good friend but we aren’t talking anymore so… it’s in the lucky draw too. :/ Ah well.
Guess what? Frenchfleurs saw this post and they were intrigued by it. They have kindly sponsored 3 items for this lucky draw! Here are the items!
My friend Jolene from http://www.sgshopper.com would also like to contribute 3 items to my lucky draw. WOO HOO!
Please take note that each person can only win one prize and you have to collect them from me. Also, if you like to contribute to my lucky draw, do let me know! :p I know it’s kinda little, sorry guys!
Remember to keep voting yeah? Voting ends on this sunday 2359! Head down to http://www.gi-joy.com to vote for me!
Please continue to vote!
Monday, June 22nd, 2009It’s the last week to vote! Please continue to lend your support for this final lap of the competition guys! Voting ends 28th June 2359 and you can vote once every 3 hours! http://www.gi-joy.com
Apparently I won the Bad Girlfriend award.
Monday, June 22nd, 2009According to Jaywalk that is. LOL
What happened was…. a few weeks ago, I brought Ching Chong Boy to go clubbing with a bunch of my blogger friends namely Vandalin, MsV, Jaywalk and I can’t remember who else.
And CCB and me have came out with a routine everytime we go clubbing. He would ride to my place and I’ll dump his helmet at my room and we’ll take public transport to the clubbing area (which is usually St James Boiler Room) and after the party, we’ll cab back to my place, he’ll send me home and he’ll ride home if he is sober or cab home if he is tipsy. (Most of the time, he is sober but he doesn’t ride to St James because well, if I’m tipsy, it’ll be rather risky riding home.)
So that particular night, I drank a tad too much and got high. (not drunk but high). He sent me home and waited downstairs while I trotted up to wash up a bit and pass him his helmet. We had wanted to go for supper as I was feeling a tad hungry.
What I didn’t count on was feeling a bit woozy. I decided to close my eyes a bit, hoping that the feeling would pass away.
Next thing I knew… I woke up and it was 7am. I checked my phone and found like 20 missed calls from him and a message that said he wasn’t gonna wait anymore.
Thing is… his helmet was at my place and his wallet was with me. He had waited for an hour before calling me.
I totally freaked out and called him back but he did not answer my calls. 
The next day, after my numerous calls and messages to him, he finally returned my calls. Thankfully he had some cash in his pocket after paying for some drinks then and he had taken a cab back. Needless to say, I was horrified at what had happened and did my best to make it up to him.
Note to self: to never hold onto CCB’s wallet again (he has this habit of making me carrying his wallet in my handbag)
And yes, I must be the worst girlfriend ever.
Check out the Singapore River Festival!
Friday, June 19th, 2009I bet most of you guys have heard about the Flash Mob that happened last week. For the clueless, the flash mob was organised by Nuffnang.
It was on most blogs and was even on The New Paper!
Am totally kicking myself for missing it, especially when I was chosen to be one of the five bloggers! Grrr. [I was in M'sia that day.]
The pictures and the video (done by Jayden!) looks great! I can see that everyone had fun! Do you know that those who attended the flash mob get to attend the exclusive PJ Party at the Singapore River Festival Launch on this Friday?
There will be a special guided tour by the Nuffies for the bloggers. Pssssst. Remember to bring your camera ok! There will be LOTS of stuff to take pictures of! *cough celebrity bloggers like Xiaxue and Kennysia will be here cough*
Afterwards partyyyyyyyyyyyy at The Arena for the Ultimate PJ Party. There will be performances by The Arena All Stars and the cover charge would be waived AND you’ll get 2 free drinks! Don’t forget to bring your red stress ball (given during the flash mob) and come in pajamas yeah?
No pajamas, no free entry! Lovely goodies will be given away too!
Aside from the PJ Party, there are many other event highlights in the 9 day Singapore River Festival. I hear questions!
Q: What exactly is this SRF?
A: The Singapore River Festival is the largest sundown party by the river! Activities include a specially commissioned romantic musical and bumboat parade, music festival, aerial performances, a Mojito festival and a dance marathon! Activities will be on the river, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, Central, Robertson Quay and Emperess Place.
Q: Where exactly is SRF?
A: It’s by the river! From Boat Quay and Empress Place to Clarke Quay and Robertson Quay, the whole river will come alive with free events and activities.
Q: When is the SRF?
A: It’ll be from 19th – 27th June! From 6pm till lateeee.
Q: How much do I have to pay to check out those events?
A: You don’t have to pay a single cent! It’s freeeee!
Q: What are the events that you’ll recommend?
A: I checked out the events calendar and these are the few events that sounds really fun!
If you’re a fan of alcohol, like I am, you have to check out The Original Bacardi Mojito Fiesta!
Held on 20, 26 and 27 June, the Bacardi Mojito Fiesta Party features over 20 different varieties of Mojitos. I’m definitely gonna check this out! The alcoholic in me is screaming out now. 
There will also be other festival actitivies such as a flamboyant salsa party held at Clarke Quay on 20 June! I hope I remember my salsa steps!
Another event that I’m extremely keen on attending would have to be the Jazz By The River : An Evening of Cuban Jazz. It’ll be on 19th and 26th June at ACM Green, Empress Place.
Bring your loved ones and listen to soothing jazz. Aside from that, there will be a Vintage Flea Market where perhaps you can find great vintage loots!
One place that I’m very keen to check out is the “On the river” activities especially the Hippo River Show.
It’ll be available from 19 – 21 June and 26 – 27 June from 8pm to 11pm. Board at Clarke Quay and enjoy a lovely cruise down the Singapore River. What’s so special about this?
There will be musical performances on board the Hippo River Cruise. Enjoy the lovely tunes of a string quartet or the guzheng.
These are just a few of the events that I’ll be checking out. How about you? Do let me know!
The bloggers are on their way to the Singapore River Festival. Will you be there too?
For more information, do check out www.singaporeriverfestival.com!
