Girls are like tea leaves...
Tea leaves from Japan, Cameron Highlands, India,China....
A flavour for every season, take your pick - apple, strawberry or kiwi
Or chamomoile , mint, earl grey,
Tea leaves are packaged in every pack you can imagine
It has a shelf life and an expiry date
Once taken, you can only boil it once
When the flavour is released, tea leaves are worthless
It is up to the teapot to discard it and get a new pack of tea leaves!
Boys are like teapots
Only the best teapots will be able to blend with the best tea leaves
Metal teapots dont make tea as well as ceramic teapots
But ceramics are expensive and hard to come by
Some tea leaves prefer ceramic ; others prefer metal pots
thats why you have to decide if you want to have in your teapot
If you want apple tea, you can be just a metal teapot
But if you want to cook a pot of great Earl Grey , u'll just have to upgrade yourself and be a ceramic.
But being a teapot is better than being the tea leaf
At least teapots have no expiry date
The longer the teapot is made, the higher the value of it
The tea leaf , on the other hand, decreases in value as the years go by
Quite saddening ....
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Thursday, December 09, 2004
*Ahuhhkk ahuuhhkk*
Yahhooo!!No need to work today.No need to study also cos the book is in office, hahahahaha.. Temperature yesterday night at 8.15pm was 38.5 degree Celcius.Hmm.. my typing synchronization is a bit off today too...Hope tomorrow will be better, I need to go to work!!! Got a seminar and a metting to attend tomorrow...
Fifth Day in Singapore - Monday , 6 /Nov/2004
730am : Woke up to get ready for Bukit Timah hiking session. Still feeing unwell, but heck, I'm already in Singapore!
840am : Bro in law fetched me to Angmokio bus terminal. Desmond only arrived at 10am!!! It was drizzling when he arrived so we cancelled the plan to the hill and headed towards the hot spring at Sembawang instead.
1045 am: Reached Hot Spring.It's located behind an army training camp.this place is nothing like the normal hot spring you might imagine.It's a cemented area with pipes outflowing hot water.There's plenty of plastic chairs and big basins for you to soak your legs in.It's popular among elder generation and working adults who come in to rest their poor soles.
12pm : Head towards lunch , then to Little India.
1am: At Little India, we walked past many streets with cheap budget hotels, sari shops, spices and sundry shops, Indian vegetarian shops,casualwear shops and so forth. ONe particular street worth mentioning here is the Desker Rad , it's like Lorong Haji Taib of KL.Girls of China ,Thai,Malaysia, Myanmar,etc do their 'stuff' here at night.Indeed, the Street of Vices. We visited Mustaffa Center , the only shopping mall which is open 24/7 in Singapore.A big variety of perfumes can be found here at a cheaper than usual price.I got myself a Davidoff Woman and a BourVita.
5pm : Got home using MRT.Reach home about 6pm. Very exhausted.
Fourth Day in Singapore - Sunday, 6 /Nov/2004
820 am: Slumped on the bed ; still listening to the boom boom of Van Dyk's music. Needed some classical music to unwind.Body very heaty. Think I got a bad cold coming my way.
1130 am: WOke up. Clean up. Called Dad. Ate spaghetti made by Agnes..yummy.Fever getting bad.
2pm : Fever not any better. Had one panadol.Went out again with Seng while Carol and Lil headed towards Beach Road.We had lunch at Jurong Point ; Seafood Platter cost us SGD 37++. (*Ouch*) A very big portion. Later , we headed to Golden VIllage.Seng wanted to watch Shutter , but we missed the 2.45 pm show.So we watched the Incredibles ; hmmm.. in actual fact maybe only 40% of it cos most of the time I was sleeping cos I was fatigued.
6pm : I took a train back while Seng headed to work.
720pm : Was floating on the road , feeling a bit dizzzzzyyy...Reach home finally. Bathed and dined with Cousin Ching and her hubby.Thought I hsould sleep early but MSN poved to be a great temptation. Hehe... Later had another chat with Agnes.Went to bed only at 2am.
Third Day in Singapore - Saturday , 5 /Nov/2004
8am : Woke up. GO online. How to break the habit??
10.30 am: Ordered 2 LARGE Canadian pizza(2 for the price of 1) for breakfast.Delivery reached at 11.45am.I had 4 slices, Carol and Lil each had 2 while Seng had 8! Growing boy la..
Noon : Went out to get return bus tickets at Beach Road. Wanted to get Grassland tickets, but Sri Maju charges SGD 3 cheaper, so we took Sri Maju(SGD 25) instead :) For an even cheaper ride, you can opt to take a public bus across the straits into JB and take a bus from Larkin there. Only RM25 from JB to KL. That's less than half the price!
1pm : Don;t know where to go, so decided to go to some famous tourist attraction. I suggested Ming Village, where they used to have a man-made fort of the dynasty.We headed towards Jurong with a cab.
1.30pm : Reached an Industrial Park , Jurong. There's alot of factories and very few traffic. Quite a deserted place. Looks funny coz I dont remember the fort being situated at such an obscure place. Well, that was 10 years ago, but then .. Definitely not this place? Keep my fingers crossed.
1.35pm : We reached Ming Village. OMG, it's the wrong place!!!!!! There's no such fort as I could remember! The place was a deserted , even dilipated Chinese mansion which sells pottery and artworks probably. It looks dark on the inside and the red giant doors were only half open.One lady which stood at the doorlooked at us with curiosity.She must be wondering why we got there but didn't get down.Sooo PAISEH man. 10 years of memory canot guarantee you permanence. ahhaha... After apologizing to all in the cab, I asked the driver what happened to the tourist site which depicts a famous dynasty in China. He said the place was closed down many many years ago, as its boss went bankrupt.He later sold that park to some filming house.He suggested that we either go to the bird park, the crocodile farm or Haw Par Villa.We decided on the latter.
2.00pm : Reached Haw Par Villa. The colorful 30 feet-long Dragon which I remembered was erected at the entrance of the park was gone. It looked so different now.Entrance fee is waived now.We walked in to enjoy the scenery of the once majestic looking memorial park.What is left now are just statues of yesteryears depicting CHinese folklore and legendary characters such as Journey to the West (the magical Monkey, the perveous Pig,the industrious Sand Monk and the obedient White Horse accompanying their Master Tong Chen on the commissioned foot journey to obtain the Buddha writtings),the 3 gods of Happiness,Wealth and Longevity (Fuk Luk Sau) , the 10 Courts of Hell (Kuai Moon),8 Immortals Crossing the Sea, Lady Kwan Yin (Chinese Madonna) and Buddha himself. A worthy place to visit if you're interested in knowing Chinese folklore stories. You only need to pay SGD 1 to enter the 10 Courts of Hell and the Jade House.
5pm : Headed home to get ready for the party at Sentosa.Reached home at 545pm.Wanted to wear the tube over the bikini, but the tube was wayyyyyy to transparent and tight, so I wanted to wear a t-shirt over it and then wear long hawaiian pants. Arrhhh, kena kutuk by cousins alike saying I look like aunty cos its too old-fashioned! dang! So I said I'll wear the bermuda khakis.Also aunty! Die die die... in the end wore Agnes's spaghetti top and a pair of hot denim pants.Shortest ever in my history.Felt so exposed. My brother in law and my nephew gave me one weird kind of look ... eee..
630pm : Got out of the house , headed for Harbourfront MRT Station.Train was quite packed.As we arrived, we can't see Desmond anywhere so we walked til we reach the bus station at the entrance of Sentosa Islan; the off-limit to pedestrians. Later we took a bus into the island, had dinner and then took another bus to the Tanjong beach where the party awaits.:D
8.30pm : Reached Tanjong beach. Headed directly to the public changing room to lock our bags.We were quite qorried that all lockers might already have been taken by other patrons. Luckily there's still penty to go around when we arrived. No point bringing all those jackets or big water bottles ; you wont be able to carry so much when you dance. At the party, it was still early so we strolled around the beach and checked out what's in store for us. A few rumored facts:i. Attendance at Zoukout Singapore this year : 25000 -30000 people.
ii. 4 stages for party goers: Main Arena (International and local Guest DJs), Mambo(80s and 90s music + love songs) , Trance (pure dance music), and local live band stage.
iii. Zouk dont make money out of this event; at best they only break even.
iv. There's going to be a Zoukouk KL in Genting this coming February.
v.Drinks are fro SGD3- SGD6.
vi. No swimming is allowed. They sealed off the beach and put patrols around the area to prevent drowning.Last year, a drunk patron swam and drowned there.
vii. The Tanjong Beach is a reclaimed land ; sand from Indonesia (very coarse) and coconut trees are from Malaysia(ohh beautiful , hehe)
9.00pm : Yiing arrived! She looked gorgeous, as always..We chatted and took some pictures at the Main Arena.
10pm : Danced at Mambo stage area.After a while , we moved back to main arena.
12am: Tired of dancing. Walked to the locker. We saw that the lockers prepared by Zouk themselves cost SGD 10 / locker.With that money, I can open the public locker 10 times!
1am: Lined up for a drink. I had a tequila.But not shot. Don't feel anything , only a bit hot at the throat and the stomach. Don't feel anything at the head. Maybe it's just dilluted tequila.
2am: Danced at Mambo stage again.Carol got a few uninvited dance partners , hehe... some quite lengchai wan wor.. ;P later two more guys came and joined our crowd.
3am : Time out.Tired. So I had a power nap by sitting on the sand.
355am : Time to dance again at the Main Arena. Timo Mass was spinning.The next one up is Paul Van Dyk!
430am : Paul shows up finally! Yeayy! The crowd went crazy!!! His music is intoxicating.
630 am: At last count , all of us danced nonstop for 2 1/2 hours and counting...
7 am: Sun is rising. We're still dancing! I had to go to the washroom. On the way back, we got ourselves some drinks. I got a VOdka Redbull which was supposed to make me feel energised again; but it made my head spin.... woooOOOooooo...
715 am: Headed home.Long queue going up the bus provided.Luckily service was quick.
745am : At Harbourfront MRT. I was too tired, so I sat on the station floor.Beh tahan lerr.. We headed towards Chinatown for a morning breakfast. I was hoping for a nice , hot plate of chee cheong fun.Alas... when we reach Chinatown, all eateries were still closed. We ended up having only a cup of hot drink each. I find it difficult to stay awake. In the end , we took a cab back to UBI.
10.30 am: Ordered 2 LARGE Canadian pizza(2 for the price of 1) for breakfast.Delivery reached at 11.45am.I had 4 slices, Carol and Lil each had 2 while Seng had 8! Growing boy la..
Noon : Went out to get return bus tickets at Beach Road. Wanted to get Grassland tickets, but Sri Maju charges SGD 3 cheaper, so we took Sri Maju(SGD 25) instead :) For an even cheaper ride, you can opt to take a public bus across the straits into JB and take a bus from Larkin there. Only RM25 from JB to KL. That's less than half the price!
1pm : Don;t know where to go, so decided to go to some famous tourist attraction. I suggested Ming Village, where they used to have a man-made fort of the dynasty.We headed towards Jurong with a cab.
1.30pm : Reached an Industrial Park , Jurong. There's alot of factories and very few traffic. Quite a deserted place. Looks funny coz I dont remember the fort being situated at such an obscure place. Well, that was 10 years ago, but then .. Definitely not this place? Keep my fingers crossed.
1.35pm : We reached Ming Village. OMG, it's the wrong place!!!!!! There's no such fort as I could remember! The place was a deserted , even dilipated Chinese mansion which sells pottery and artworks probably. It looks dark on the inside and the red giant doors were only half open.One lady which stood at the doorlooked at us with curiosity.She must be wondering why we got there but didn't get down.Sooo PAISEH man. 10 years of memory canot guarantee you permanence. ahhaha... After apologizing to all in the cab, I asked the driver what happened to the tourist site which depicts a famous dynasty in China. He said the place was closed down many many years ago, as its boss went bankrupt.He later sold that park to some filming house.He suggested that we either go to the bird park, the crocodile farm or Haw Par Villa.We decided on the latter.
2.00pm : Reached Haw Par Villa. The colorful 30 feet-long Dragon which I remembered was erected at the entrance of the park was gone. It looked so different now.Entrance fee is waived now.We walked in to enjoy the scenery of the once majestic looking memorial park.What is left now are just statues of yesteryears depicting CHinese folklore and legendary characters such as Journey to the West (the magical Monkey, the perveous Pig,the industrious Sand Monk and the obedient White Horse accompanying their Master Tong Chen on the commissioned foot journey to obtain the Buddha writtings),the 3 gods of Happiness,Wealth and Longevity (Fuk Luk Sau) , the 10 Courts of Hell (Kuai Moon),8 Immortals Crossing the Sea, Lady Kwan Yin (Chinese Madonna) and Buddha himself. A worthy place to visit if you're interested in knowing Chinese folklore stories. You only need to pay SGD 1 to enter the 10 Courts of Hell and the Jade House.
5pm : Headed home to get ready for the party at Sentosa.Reached home at 545pm.Wanted to wear the tube over the bikini, but the tube was wayyyyyy to transparent and tight, so I wanted to wear a t-shirt over it and then wear long hawaiian pants. Arrhhh, kena kutuk by cousins alike saying I look like aunty cos its too old-fashioned! dang! So I said I'll wear the bermuda khakis.Also aunty! Die die die... in the end wore Agnes's spaghetti top and a pair of hot denim pants.Shortest ever in my history.Felt so exposed. My brother in law and my nephew gave me one weird kind of look ... eee..
630pm : Got out of the house , headed for Harbourfront MRT Station.Train was quite packed.As we arrived, we can't see Desmond anywhere so we walked til we reach the bus station at the entrance of Sentosa Islan; the off-limit to pedestrians. Later we took a bus into the island, had dinner and then took another bus to the Tanjong beach where the party awaits.:D
8.30pm : Reached Tanjong beach. Headed directly to the public changing room to lock our bags.We were quite qorried that all lockers might already have been taken by other patrons. Luckily there's still penty to go around when we arrived. No point bringing all those jackets or big water bottles ; you wont be able to carry so much when you dance. At the party, it was still early so we strolled around the beach and checked out what's in store for us. A few rumored facts:i. Attendance at Zoukout Singapore this year : 25000 -30000 people.
ii. 4 stages for party goers: Main Arena (International and local Guest DJs), Mambo(80s and 90s music + love songs) , Trance (pure dance music), and local live band stage.
iii. Zouk dont make money out of this event; at best they only break even.
iv. There's going to be a Zoukouk KL in Genting this coming February.
v.Drinks are fro SGD3- SGD6.
vi. No swimming is allowed. They sealed off the beach and put patrols around the area to prevent drowning.Last year, a drunk patron swam and drowned there.
vii. The Tanjong Beach is a reclaimed land ; sand from Indonesia (very coarse) and coconut trees are from Malaysia(ohh beautiful , hehe)
9.00pm : Yiing arrived! She looked gorgeous, as always..We chatted and took some pictures at the Main Arena.
10pm : Danced at Mambo stage area.After a while , we moved back to main arena.
12am: Tired of dancing. Walked to the locker. We saw that the lockers prepared by Zouk themselves cost SGD 10 / locker.With that money, I can open the public locker 10 times!
1am: Lined up for a drink. I had a tequila.But not shot. Don't feel anything , only a bit hot at the throat and the stomach. Don't feel anything at the head. Maybe it's just dilluted tequila.
2am: Danced at Mambo stage again.Carol got a few uninvited dance partners , hehe... some quite lengchai wan wor.. ;P later two more guys came and joined our crowd.
3am : Time out.Tired. So I had a power nap by sitting on the sand.
355am : Time to dance again at the Main Arena. Timo Mass was spinning.The next one up is Paul Van Dyk!
430am : Paul shows up finally! Yeayy! The crowd went crazy!!! His music is intoxicating.
630 am: At last count , all of us danced nonstop for 2 1/2 hours and counting...
7 am: Sun is rising. We're still dancing! I had to go to the washroom. On the way back, we got ourselves some drinks. I got a VOdka Redbull which was supposed to make me feel energised again; but it made my head spin.... woooOOOooooo...
715 am: Headed home.Long queue going up the bus provided.Luckily service was quick.
745am : At Harbourfront MRT. I was too tired, so I sat on the station floor.Beh tahan lerr.. We headed towards Chinatown for a morning breakfast. I was hoping for a nice , hot plate of chee cheong fun.Alas... when we reach Chinatown, all eateries were still closed. We ended up having only a cup of hot drink each. I find it difficult to stay awake. In the end , we took a cab back to UBI.
Second Day in Singapore - Friday ( 4/Nov/2004 )
7.30 am: Woke up at 7.30 am. Can't break the habit hehe. Slept again after a while until 8+.
Morning: Laze around til noon. Then took a cab to Far East Plaza, Orchard Road. This place sells alot of clothes and apparels for teens and young adults.Was very tempted indeed. Their variety of bags and clothes beat the likes of the ones in Sungai Wang . Lunch at a chicken rice shop. Lousy but expensive.Easily beated by any store in Malaysia. Total spent: SGD22.70 for 4 pax.
Noon : Went window shopping at shops and boutiques along Orchard Road. can't get anythg since it's only the first day in Singapore.The decos are already up, only minor things need to be touched up.Stalls are being set up along the pavewalk.Boys Brigaders and several churches held joint charity bazaars along the road.Malls which we visited:
1. Far East Plaza
2. Takashimaya
3. Duty Free Shop (DFS)
4. etc.. cant remember their names.
If u are a fan of great interior designing, I suggest you visit DFS. It's nothing like your Midvalley or KLCC or 1-U; it's splendidly designed. Spacious and classy, it exudes charm and sophistication.Anyone who walks in , whether you are indeed a serious buyer or just a curious on-looker , they welcome you with arms wide open. You want Tiffany diamonds for your girlfriend or Cartier watches to impress your future-in-laws? No problem , just head to the 3rd floor's showrooms. Girl, you feel like carrying a Paris Hilton bag? Head on to Level 4 where they sell Guess merchandise, you'd find the image of Paris pouting her silvery pink lips. A wide range of brands , some of which I've never even heard of. (real jakun) To purchase an item with a discounted price, you'd have to show your passport.
3pm : Ice-cream time in Swensen's.Wanted to order Earthquake ( One big bowl of ice-cream with 8 balls of ice cream with toppings) . We ordered many flavours: Vanilla, Choc Fudge, Thin Mint,Orange Sherbet , Lime Sherbet, and a few other flavours; most of whcih are only available at 4pm that evening.Which ice cream shop does not have vanilla ice cream , for goodness sake?!!! Haihh... we were so frustrated so we ordered a topless 5 and an Apple Crumble instead. Ohh man, the Apple Crumble was fantastic! The crumble came in a hot pan topped with an ice cream. Before they served us, they poured the apple sauce together with the cooked apple cubes. Ohh .. hot crumble plus cold cold ice cream.. heavenly!
4pm : Continue window shopping. Went to a complex which sels only sports and surf items with brands like Stussy, Rip Curl, QuikSilver, Roxy, Nike and Mambo.Standard wear for the youngsters of Singapore. then went to Takashimaya to redeem our free gift from Wacoal. Got 2 paper tissue packets each. hahaahaha~ Saw some bikinis over there ; their selection is wider than ours in KL. Tried a jumper in MNG , not to nice . Lil bought a pair of pants in Bossini. Q cheap as they are having sale.We also bought nail paints and body stickers from Watson's.
530pm : Decided not to go home to bathe since there might not be enough time. Took a train to the Esplanade. Got a little lost when we reach City Hall MRT station.An uncle was kind enough to walk us along the underpass . On the left and right of this tunnel, there are more shops!Talk about shopping...
6pm : Reached The Durian (nickname for the Esplanade).Collected the Mamma Mia tickets.Then decided to take a walk along the Esplanade bridge towards the Merlion park.Saw Fullerton Hotel, self-declared 6 star hotel.Michael Jackson stayed here during his visit to Spore. Along this bridge , you can see Maybank and HSBC buildings , as well as a bridge on the opposite side with a heavy traffic.
7pm : Look for dinner place. Finally found one. I had fried chilli noodle with soft shell crab. Ohh yummy! Total price : SGD 48 for 3 pax. My self: SGD11++.
8pm : Mamma Mia! here I go again.. You are the dancing Queen , young and sweet only seventeeennnn....~~
1030pm : End of show.Went home , tired and happy. Hahah...
ALmost 12am : Slumped to bed like a sand bag.
First Day in Singapore - Thursday ,3/Nov/2004
6.15pm: Wanted to get on the bus. Stopped by bus conductor.
Pegi mana?
Singapore.
Singapore mana?
Err....
Hah!!! Apa apa?!!
bus terminal lah..
Mana ? Wood lands kaa ?? Beach road??
Err.... bus station lar...
Beach road lar!(*mumble mumble*)
(*Rude uncle on the run*)
6.30pm: Boarded Sri Maju bus at Pudu berth Number 17. Quite comfy and spacious. Hungry,so had a hot dog; must be the best I've eaten in the world.
9.45pm: Reached Yong Peng ; stopped for food.
12.00 am : Reached Johor immigration station.Traffic jam for a while. Could see Eden Garden Hotel at the far end of the straits.Clearance at the immigration was swift. Just need to swipe the passport.
12.15 am: At Immigration of SIngapore, Woodlands to clear the custom. Was 5 meters away from the custom officers when my hand luggage's handle broke in front of them. !@#$%^& SOOOOOO embarrasing!!!!! Wonder if they were laughing at me!
12.30 am: Reached Beach road. In a second , all passengers were gone. Only the three of us remained. Tried calling my cousin but my phone got "Active Barring" voice message from M1.Darn! Tried sms, luckily that can work.Cousin Agnes and Nephew Seng came later. Went and eat dimsum. Quite yummy.
1.30 am: Reached UBI Avenue 1. Finally. We're welcomed by Ah Boy. Cute and tame dog that didn't bark despite us being strangers.Didn't sleep tonite, was chatting with Agnes the whole night til 5.30 am.
Pegi mana?
Singapore.
Singapore mana?
Err....
Hah!!! Apa apa?!!
bus terminal lah..
Mana ? Wood lands kaa ?? Beach road??
Err.... bus station lar...
Beach road lar!(*mumble mumble*)
(*Rude uncle on the run*)
6.30pm: Boarded Sri Maju bus at Pudu berth Number 17. Quite comfy and spacious. Hungry,so had a hot dog; must be the best I've eaten in the world.
9.45pm: Reached Yong Peng ; stopped for food.
12.00 am : Reached Johor immigration station.Traffic jam for a while. Could see Eden Garden Hotel at the far end of the straits.Clearance at the immigration was swift. Just need to swipe the passport.
12.15 am: At Immigration of SIngapore, Woodlands to clear the custom. Was 5 meters away from the custom officers when my hand luggage's handle broke in front of them. !@#$%^& SOOOOOO embarrasing!!!!! Wonder if they were laughing at me!
12.30 am: Reached Beach road. In a second , all passengers were gone. Only the three of us remained. Tried calling my cousin but my phone got "Active Barring" voice message from M1.Darn! Tried sms, luckily that can work.Cousin Agnes and Nephew Seng came later. Went and eat dimsum. Quite yummy.
1.30 am: Reached UBI Avenue 1. Finally. We're welcomed by Ah Boy. Cute and tame dog that didn't bark despite us being strangers.Didn't sleep tonite, was chatting with Agnes the whole night til 5.30 am.
Thursday, December 02, 2004
...
Some words should be left unsaid, unheard, un-thought of.
Some things should be left as the past.
Some people should be left gone.
Some relationship should be left as memories.
Some wounds should be left to heal.
Some things should be left as the past.
Some people should be left gone.
Some relationship should be left as memories.
Some wounds should be left to heal.
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