I have been really busy with some work and have also been working closely with the designer
to come up with a brand new look for my SIXPEGS!
This is the first time I am actually hiring external help to design the website and I’m totally thrilled!
I hope I will be able to make my “new home” even prettier while still retaining it’s clean black & white theme.
Will be back with more posts but please bear with me while I try to make this space a prettier and more fun one!
Today, I am here to gossip about others.
Coincidentally, all three of them have names starting with A.
They are all very interesting people, but in very different ways.
One wrenched my heart, the other made me bewildered and the last one made my toes laughed out loud.
Ok, I cannot wait to share so I shall start now!!
For those who have watched enough local comedies and sitcoms, you would have seen Abigail Chay before.
In the past (actually even until recently), I have always been unable to determine her gender.
Do you know she is also the daughter of the famous McDonalds Granny who appeared in many McDonalds TVC in the 90s?
For those who don’t know how Abigail looks like, here is a few pictures to refresh your memory.
I chanced upon a video about her life not too long ago and it really touched my heart.
I never knew the woman whom everyone laughed at and teased actually had such a turbulent life,
and spending many years of her life in turmoil and confusion.
She was born Caesar Chay Tuck Kwong and had her formal education at an all-boys school.
But even at the tender age of five, she knew she wasn’t like other boys,
who’d kick a football about and catch spiders in her neighbourhood, while she played dolls with the girls.
Whenever her mother was out, she would play with her make-up.
Another time, a majie (housekeeper) in the family’s employ put her in a dress and took her to a nearby provision shop.
“The neighbours all remarked, ‘wah, you really look like a girl’.
I was so happy,” she says, flashing a toothy grin at the thought.
But school was hardly a drag, even though there was the annoying presence of
a bully who used to rain punches on the effeminate 12-year-old Chay.
When Chay’s backlane friends wanted to teach the bully a lesson, she put her pale,
frail body between him and the small mob – something which earned the respect of the bully,
who stopped his taunts and told Chay she had yi qi (Mandarin for loyalty).
“School was actually a place to take my mind away from being a girl trapped in a boy’s body,” she recounts,
absent-mindedly twirling her clumpy long tresses again.
“Whenever nice-looking guys came and talked to me and I felt attracted to them, I always felt sinful.”
That feeling of guilt – born partly out of being the only son and child of traditional Cantonese and Christian parents,
both of whom worked in clerical jobs – pushed Chay to date a girl from church at 15.
“She was wondering why we never held hands over the one year we were together.
She asked me what the status of our relationship was. I said, ‘I tried, but I don’t think I can’.”
Unable to love a girl and unable to let herself fall in love with boys,
the teenage Chay read psychology books and decided a sex change was the solution.
But, first, there was the business of National Service,
which she had to endure after her pre-university education at Our Lady of Lourdes.
“I was scared to death of going into the army. I thought I would surely be humiliated for being a soft boy.”
But, “wilfully optimistic”, she thought the experience might toughen her up.
As it turned out, not only did she not suffer at the hands of macho men,
everyone was protective of the skinny boy, with some fellow soldiers even offering to clean and carry her rifle.
After National Service, she worked as a window display artist
at a fashion store – “ironically, it was called Heshe”, she recalls.
Her mother also paid for her to attend a modelling course,
and it was there that she met a transsexual who told her about a rumour of a new government policy
that would see new transsexuals get “marked” on their identity cards by the end of the year.
Fearful of being branded for life and in a hurry to beat the supposed deadline,
Chay finally came clean with her parents and pleaded with them to pay for her sex change.
Here are four clips you can watch to find out more about Abigail’s life story.
I think she is really brave and lucky to have such supportive parents.
Next time when you wanna laugh about how out of place she looks, think again. :)
I recently also watched Jack Neo’s new movie “I Not Naughty” with A and my Mom.
I checked out the reviews on the Golden Village website and saw some comments about this certain Amos Yee in the movie.
All bad comments, just in case you’re wondering.
So after the movie, I decided to head home and find out for myself who on earth this Amos Yee is.
And to my surprise, this Amos Yee is actually this annoying potato boy in the movie.
I wondered how a 14-year-old kid can stir so much shit and cause so much unhappiness, so, I went to check it out.
And to my horror, the Zhonghua Secondary School student is not only a smart alec but also a spoilt and arrogant brat.
All his fame started when he won the FiRST Film Fest organized by The New Paper with his painful-to-watch video, Jan.
Seriously don’t know what is so funny.
Little Amos must be influenced by those NigaHiga and Kev Jumba videos. Meh.
Ok, the thing is, there’s nothing wrong with a 14-year-old trying to be creative and experimental.
And apparently, he REALLY speaks with that American accent.
All the trouble started when he posted a video mocking the origins of the Chinese zodiacs and
stating how he feels the Chinese New Year is “copying the American New Year”, leaving many netizens enraged and agitated.
He calls the Youtube video “a joke executed well”.
And of course, this joke has already been removed from Youtube.
Jack Neo gave him one of the roles in his movie because the director was impressed by him during the film fest.
Instead of being thankful and appreciative for the chance and recognition,
he talked crap about the movie at its press conference.
The teenager further elaborated his views when he was asked on how would have improved on the script and shared,
“There shouldn’t be so much weird transitions.”
“Do you realised that the film has a lot of fade in and jumps from scenes over and over and over again,”
the Zhonghua Secondary School student said and added, “That is confusing.”
That’s not all. On the development of the characters in the movie, he said,
“You can do it at the beginning but it goes on for the entire film.”
“And that bothers me,” he revealed, “and my whole family agrees that it’s freaking messy.”
Despite his critical remark, the 14-year-old actor was earlier spotted singing praises of movie director Jack Neo during the conference.
“Oh, Jack Neo, you are awesome. You are like my uncle,” he proclaimed. He also mentioned that he likes his scenes in the movie.
Watch the interview here if you wanna be annoyed by the kid too.
Reeeaaaaallllyyyy arrogant, spoilt and 不会做人, that’s all I can say.
Ok, and for the third interesting person today, I shall introduce Mr Aaron Tan!
I came across this person from MrBrown’s website.
It happened quite long ago so I hope there will be a few people out there (like me!) who haven’t heard of him before.
Hehe!
Apparently this 18-year-old Ah Beng made a video to threaten a 14-year-old kid
who tried to “be funny” with his girlfriend on Facebook.
And get this. His girlfriend’s name on Facebook is Nina Wantyouonly
and the 14-year-old kid is called http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000745753183.
Freaking haps.
How come people wanna put such funny names on Facebook ah?
The Ryan boy got balls also. According to his Facebook info,
he is from the same secondary school as Aaron – Bulok Town Secondary.
Yeah the Aaron boy is 18 and still in Bulok Town.
I think this Aaron is quite interesting and I really had a look laugh. Priest lor. Is lily beh funny lorz!
2012 is coming and as I try to make space in my life to usher in the new year,
I decided to clear off some clothes that I hardly wear now so they can be brought to life again elsewhere.
These clothes are in pretty good condition and I hope they will find better owners!
This Little Black Dress is stretchable at the shoulder and bottom part so you can wear it this two ways.
It’s made of cotton material.
$22
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I love this black and white dress but my hips said NO.
It comes with two pockets and the design is really interesting.
I think it’ll look really cute if you pair it with nice colourful sneakers or cute sandals.
Brand new.
$26
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Soft denim material maxi dress.
This dress is very flattering for the berdangdangs. Heh.
$22
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Trenchcoat from ZARA.
Never wore it out of the house before. Boo.
Super good material and suitable for moderately clod climates.
$65
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Beige asymmetrical dress that will look super cute on a skinny girl but not me.
I love this dress but it doesn’t love me.
I hope it will find a better owner. Sobs.
Never been worn out of the house too.
$22
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Super hot stuff minidress/top from Topshop.
The material of this dress is great and the dress is really pretty.
It might be a little too short to be worn as a dress.
I suggest wearing it with leggings or tuck it into pants.
[Yes I know you can see my hot pink undies]
$35
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I think this dress is too cute to be left neglected in a wardrobe.
I used to wear this out to events whenever I wanna feel quirky and fun.
Hope it will make you feel quirky and whimsical too!
$25
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50 years ago, who would have thought Granny-looking vintage skirts would be in fashion again someday?
Only managed to wear this skirt once. Let me know if you like it.
The material is very good, don’t have to iron at all even after washes.
$20
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I have this in mustard and royal blue.
Decided to give up the blue one to another girl who loves blue. Heh!
$24
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Black chiffon material mini dress. Not translucent.
Adventurous girls can try wearing it as a dress. Or pair it up with stockings with interesting prints to look fun!
$24
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There are like 4 to 5 ways to wear this jacket, just need to play around with the buttons.
Brand new from Taiwan.
$40
Feel free to drop me an email [sixpegs@gmail.com] if you’re interested in any of the pieces.
Please add $1 for postage.
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After I took the pictures of the items I’d like to let go of,
I lazed around on my bed and realized I haven’t really shared how my room looks like after I did a little redecoration.
Thus, I shall just have a short virtual tour to bring you around my room today! :p
I think my room says a lot about me.
I have never been the pink, frills and laces kind of girl, but I think my room has a lot of character. Hahahaha. I know, shameless.
This is a picture wall at the side of my bed.
Similar to another 40% of Singaporeans, I buy my picture frames from IKEA. Cheap and good!
I visited them few days ago and realized they have these small black frames now.
When I bought mine, they only had them in birch and I had to paint my frames black. Tsk.
The pictures in the frames are from everywhere, but they are basically all things that I love.
I’ve got some portraits of myself and some nice pictures from Henri Cartier-Bresson, a famous French B&W photographer I adore.
There are also some pictures I took during a B&W photography class I took when I was in NTU,
and of course, pictures of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.
And to make sure my room doesn’t look like a dark room, I had to put a little bit of colours in it.
I love pop art, posters, paintings, doodles and little knick knacks.
So here is a little corner where I can lay out all the little stuff I love.
The two glass bottles used to hold two fishes, but they died couple weeks back.
So I guess they will just hold flowers whenever I’m in the mood for fresh flowers in my room.
Here are some of my accessories.
I love chunky pieces and they are much easier to manage because they don’t get tangled together as much. Heh!
I just dump them into this glass jar like that.
Sadly, they collect dust easily, but I love how it looks!
I love the scented candle from Crabtree too!
My humble little perfume collection.
I never believed in just having/using one bottle of perfume before changing to the next one.
Because our noses will get immune to a certain scent over time (this may cause us to go a little too heavy on the perfume too)
and I think using different scents to accentuate different moods is important!
I love perfumes!
Books corner!
I hardly read, to be honest.
So the books that I own are mostly picture books or books with little words and many pictures,
or books with words in big fonts. Hahaha.
I love The Sartorialist and PostSecrets, especially the latter.
I never knew reading someone else’s secrets can be so therapeutic and comforting sometimes.
Do check out the PostSecret website if you’re free, they update every Sunday.
I call them the Sunday Secrets.
I love my journal (the one in blue) too.
At the front, it reads “Fuck you and your blog”.
I bought it to write things I can never write in my blog.
Haven’t had the chance to write much in it though.
Will get down to it soon.
This is a picture A drew for me.
Ok, she didn’t really draw per say. It is a doodle done by one of my favourite doodlist, Gemma Correll.
It’s really cute!
I love the pink frame I bought from Europe too. Got it at a bargain, only 5 euros!
This is my cameras corner where I dump all the camwhore equipments.
Polaroids, films and stuff.
I love my Stupid Little Coins coinbank too! A has a same one at home as well.
I also have Playdoh. Yes it’s mine. Hahaha!
I do take them out to knead and play when I’m feeling childish. I’m weird like that.
I bought these lights from IKEA last Christmas.
(They are selling them again now for Christmas!)
They are not only pretty lights but also awesome bangle holders!
This is the metal cabinet where I keep all my bags.
But what’s so special about it is how it is filled with perverted poems on it.
A and I bought this two tins of “magnetic words” where you can form poems and other stuff with.
The two boxes we bought were like love and naughty poems or something. Hahaha!
We had a lot of fun playing with them.
If you’re interested, I think you can get them at The Cathay Level 3.
One of those shops where they rent out shelves for people to put their stuff to sell.
This is a colorful wheel I took without permission from some eating place.
My room’s private stolen rainbow.
And last but not least, my beautiful Marilyn Monroe clock from Molecule.
This clock is absolutely gorgeous but it gives me the creeps on certain nights.
I don’t know if you can see this but when you look at her face,
you can sometimes see her eyebrows and eyes forming another pair of bigger eyes that has no iris and pupil.
Creeps me out at night sometimes.
Maybe I think too much.
Hahaha.
I’ll be helping Aiyo with photoshoot for her blogshop tomorrow!
I’m the photographer, not the model. YAY!
I’m sure it’ll be a lot of fun.
On a sidenote, A is ill and I hope she gets well soon.
Flu bug, give my girlfriend back to me!
Another year has passed and it’s the wonderful Christmas season again.
For this year, just to make sure you’re left with more time to shop for that perfect Christmas getup,
I have invited 12 blogshops to share some of the goodies they have stocked up for this festive season!
Writing about my newfound relationship with A had opened my eyes to many things.
I realized that love has no boundaries – it’s not limited by race, it’s not limited by religion, it’s not limited by gender.
I realized that love can be so powerful that it has given me strength to overcome things I never imagined I could conquer.
Most importantly, I realized that I am normal. I am not alone.
And there are many like me out there.
Some of them are liberated. Some of them are struggling and suffering and don’t have the freedom to love.
Somehow, I feel obligated to do my little part to help share what I feel and tell others that it’s perfectly fine to fall in love.
And it’s not wrong.
I don’t exactly know what or how I can help other people like me.
Afterall, it’s not exactly an easy route to take.
A gay friend once told me – If I had the choice, don’t choose to be gay.
I agree, it’s always easier to be in a normal straight relationship.
You find a nice guy, you can get married legally, you can have children legally and naturally,
you can get a house easily in Singapore, you don’t have to face societal pressure and prejudice.
That said, nobody will know what happen in the end.
You could be happily married and have a lasting marriage, a great family.
Or maybe things won’t turn out so good and your marriage might not last.
Nobody knows.
What is a marriage certificate?
It’s just a piece of certificate that gives you that security you need, one that helps you apply for a flat, or have children.
The only difference between a straight couple and a gay couple.
I don’t understand why people say lesbian relationships are bound to fail.
Are straight relationships bound to end in a ‘happily ever after’ ending?
I am not out to challenge anyone, I’m merely just speaking my mind here.
A couple pints of beer do miracles to clearing that writer’s block I have every once in a while.
Sometimes, I just don’t understand why it’s so hard.
I had my first gay friend when I was in secondary school.
It was a childhood friend whom I grew up with.
But when we were around 15, she found herself and came out.
To be honest, I felt a little bewildered back then.
I didn’t understand how gay people work,
and I didn’t understand how a person can fall in love with another person with the same gender.
I think I even hoped (for her) that it was just a temporary thing so that she can be ‘normal’ again.
Now thinking back, I just want to laugh at myself.
You know, I really used to be attracted to boys.
Before A happened, I was once attracted to two girls.
I have never blogged or told anyone about this before.
Probably only a few close friends or that two girls would know.
But when A happened, my world just crumbled.
Because I really wanted to have her, to tell her how I feel and to share what I have with her.
To be entirely honest, I was still attached when I met her.
I know it sounds cliche and almost like an excuse but my relationship then was in quite a complicated stage.
There are a lot of things I cannot share here and I know no matter what I say,
there is no doubt that I am in the wrong to betray someone’s trust.
But with that, I have never in my life really considered giving up all the stable things in my life for something probably everyone is against.
It just happened. And I know I’d hate myself if I didn’t jump right in and give it a shot.
Right now, 6 months later, sitting in A’s room drinking beer (and A is vacuuming the floor)
while pouring out what I really think, I think I have taken on a challenge I will never regret taking up.
No I have not spoken to my Mom about us.
Yes she has met A before and my Mom is really nice to her.
I don’t know whether she knows or could guess what our relationship is, because seriously,
I don’t bring my girlfriends home 3 times a week and have lunches with my girlfriend and my Mom together.
I don’t know whether my cousins or my aunts will read this blog entry.
I don’t know whether my Mom would feign ignorance and just hope that this is temporary.
That said, I am not afraid to tell everyone that I am in love with a girl.
A is an amazing person who has thought me more than I could imagine within this 6 months.
I have learnt so much from her and from the relationship.
How to be more understand towards other people like me – something I’ve never done before,
and to understand how people can just fall in love with people they ‘should not’ fall for.
It’s 4am and it’s time to sleep.
I’m blabbering away as if I’m writing in my personal diaries…
I just want to tell this to all the other people who are scared like me:
Listen to your heart.
There is only one life. Live it and make the best out of it.
The L word is not lesbianism, it’s LOVE.
Fear will hold you prisoner, hope will set you free.
I have been wanting to visit Paris my whole life and I’m absolutely THRILLED that I’ll soon get the chance to go there.
A and I will be visiting Paris, Rome and Barcelona in November and we are both busy working out the itinerary now.
It’s my first time to these countries and I cannot wait to fly there right away!
There is just so much homework to do – where to stay, where to go, how much money to prepare, etc.
So if you have any pointers, do share with me!
I’d definitely share my itinerary here with others who would be visiting these countries too.
*goes back to itinerary planning*
I suddenly got reminded of this three videos I did for NTU earlier this year.
Thought I’ll just share it here.
Sigh dear NTU, so many good and bad memories.
But thanks for being a part of my life.
We’ve all heard of Formspring – the place where you can ask random people questions and they will have to reply to them.
A and I were feeling kinda bored tonight and we decided to do our own little Formspring thing on this blog.
I’ll ask her 5 questions, and she will answer them in her own words.
And she’ll do the same for me.
[This can be get quite retarded]
My 5 questions for A:
1. Describe yourself with a ten word sentence.
I think I am going to vomiting on your bed.
2. What would you do if you wake up one day with a really really really stinky ass (cannot be medically improved)?
I’ll tell you! “Dear… my ass really really really stinks…”
3. What would you do if you walk in on your best friend having sex with your dog?
Tell my friend to be fair. I have TWO dogs… else they’ll fight.
4. If you have no choice and you have to choose to be reincarnated to be one of the following, which would you choose and why? A) An ingrown hair near a stray dog’s ass B) Someone with a massive unibrow that grows up to the nose and it grows back instantly the moment they are tweezed or trimmed C) A person whose burps smells like shit (literally)
(A). Small but massively annoying.
5. Would you say yes if your girlfriend proposes to you by smearing “Will you marry me?” with shit on your room wall? Why?
“We were meant to be!” “Turdfitti! I love!” Then I’ll proceed to take her to her room to see a romantic coincidence. That’s love.
A’s 5 questions for me:
1. Whyyyy??
Because I like to hear you whine and squirm but still ultimately do it.
2. How come Bad Ronald wears lipstick?
Actually, it’s not lipstick. Bad Ronald had some red hot spicy curry just now and he forgot to clean his mouth.
3. What comes after pooooooot?
A kiss because you love me.
4. Do you think the summon auntie is coming to catch me?
I think the summon auntie can recognize your car already. I think she will come between 9am to 1pm. We got tear coupon so we are safe, baby.
5. What’s black and white and pink and dirty?
I have two answers for this. I know what you’re thinking (because I am very smart and I know you quite well). You must be looking at that dirty soft toy I have in the corner of my room. But my answer is Gigi (never wash after we last used it) while she is being charged.
I was at home, in the living room doing my own stuff.
My Granny was by the window looking out.
She suddenly called out to me all panicky, and told me there is a huge accident under my block.
I looked out and several cars crushed up against one of the huge pillars downstairs.
Couple hours later, I felt the building shaking.
It was swaying rather wildly (which is impossible in real life).
I told my Granny to ignore it. Assuring her that everything is ok.
Then the next thing I knew, Granny and I were standing just right outside my main door checking out the situation
when the building started to give way.
She was standing in front of me at my 2 o’clock.
I held both her hands tightly.
The building crumbled.
I was trapped in darkness for a few second.
I knew I was trapped among the rubbles. I can hardly move.
In fact, I was too scared to move.
Then at the very next moment, I heard a huge sound and felt immense pain and pressure on my body.
It was only for a very short while.
And then it ended abruptly again.
I woke up again to find myself in the left, back corner of a small rundown classroom.
It was gloomy and dimly-lit.
There were posters and pictures with lots of scribbling on them on the walls.
There was also a white board in front of the classroom.
I looked down on my left shoulder and saw some sticky stuff on my arm.
I felt dirty and wet. But there was no pain.
There were ants crawling around on my arms and shoulder.
I wasn’t afraid.
I stood up and started walking around the room gingerly.
A little while later, people started streaming into the room.
They walked in quietly and each took a seat.
All of them had a straight face and didn’t look too happy.
I took a seat too, somewhere in the middle of the room, in one of the back rows.
The person standing before us was a man.
He started pointing to the posters and pictures on the wall and told us about the misconceptions the “mortals” had about the afterlife,
and how ignorant we actually were.
He didn’t sound very friendly. In fact, he sounded more like he was mocking us.
The person sitting on my left is a man, the one on my right, a lady.
The man seemed a little weird. But I cannot remember why.
He attempted to speak to me, but I ignored him most of the time.
The man who was lecturing us then started passing out a stack of photos.
My photo came rather late.
The lady on my right received her photo.
It was a picture of her and her loved ones.
There was also a middle age woman seated a row in front of my who received her photo.
She held it tightly and started crying uncontrollably.
My photo was a picture of a teenage me carrying my young brother in my arms.
We were both smiling in there.
That photo I saw didn’t exist in real life.
It was a collage of various pictures that I had.
There was also a picture of my brother when he was older, and another one of me when I was still in Primary School.
I saw the photos and started sobbing too.
Then as the man continued talking, I started having visions.
I can see images of my old organizer, at the “Daily” page where there is a small space next to every date.
I see the words appearing, as if I could read them instantly as they were being written.
It was A writing.
I couldn’t see her in the dream but I knew it was her.
Perhaps it was because I could recognize her handwriting, perhaps because I just knew it was her.
She must have taken my organizer and used it as a diary.
She wrote about how much she missed me and described her day-to-day activities to me.
The date she was writing in is a few days before a column which says “Lianie’s 32nd birthday”.
Hello all!
SORRY for disappearing for more than a week.
I’ve been having fun and even made a short trip to Genting with A for 3 days last week!
I also attended the first ever NDP Preview in my life.
Watching the parade live is so exhilarating, totally different from watching it from TV.
Here are some pictures I took with A at the preview.
My Mom, aunt and Granny were seated far away from us because Granny had trouble climbing up the stairs.
We all had a lot of fun! :)
I shall blog more about the NDP experience and Genting trip in a couple day’s time.
Here are some snippets to tell you more about my whereabouts this few days.
As very domesticated girls, A and I spent most of the time indoors doing the most mundane things together.
Cooking, watching drama and movies, playing with old school toys we bought and other stuff. :)
And yes we made those chicken rice you saw above!
I swear it tastes totally awesome!!!
I never knew I would love cooking so much.
I think A brought out the “enjoy cooking” trait in me. :p
We also bought plastic bubbles from Daiso.
I remember I really loved these plastic bubbles when I was much younger.
I’d always try to make them as big as they can get! Heh.
I’m still not very good at it, I think. Hahahaha.
And then I allowed A to cut my hair. Hahaha!
I don’t know what came over me to give her free reign over what she wanna do with my hair.
But I guess since I was going to get a hair cut anyway, might as well let her play a bit.
And for your information, she is very good with haircuts ok! :p
This is the BEFORE shot – messy and super overgrown fringe.
MASTER AT WORK! :D
It became like that after a while. HAHAHAHAHA!
Look like coconut.
But to be fair to her, I was the one who told her to cut one straight line just to see how it’ll look. :p
And then we started to get retarded.
I had to comb the fringe away from my face before I could head out the next day. :x
I don’t have enough balls to walk out with the coconut hair. Hahaha!
And this is me after a visit to NEXT at ION!
Thanks A for the photo. :p
Other than having a new haircut, I also had a GORGEOUS new bag!
Birthday came early for me this year. <3
MEGA THANK YOU TO A FOR THE FABULOUS PRESSIE!
I’ve been digging this Proenza Schouler bag for the longest time
but didn’t get it because I don’t bear to part with the money.
And just as I thought I shall FINALLY get it for myself as a nice birthday gift for myself,
A beat me to it.
*BIG GRIN*
Eeeeyer. I love the bag leh! :p
And taking stuff out from the old bag to put into the new one – MY FAVOURITE! HA.HA.HA.HA.HA.
I’m looking forward to spending time with A and the girlfriends (and whoever’s coming since I got no idea) this Saturday! :)
Here are some random pictures that doesn’t fit in any of the events mentioned above.
Heh!
Hope you all are having a great week so far!
A and I went back to Greenwood for pizza and beer.
I love this place! :)
A loves the squid ink pasta! With penne, of course.
We also went to the opening of Marsh and Skye Ice Cream place!
This ice cream place is opened by two of my childhood friends, who are siblings.
Their mom and my mommy have been best friends since decades ago.
It’s really cute to see the mommies interact. Hahaha.
Anyways, it’s located at 16 Kim Keat Road.
The ice cream are all homemade! Super yummy!
Do drop by if you’re around the corner and wanna have ice cream! :)
Erm.. That’s A stealing flowers. Hahaha!
I also attended my ex-colleague Arthur’s wedding.
Congratulations, Arthur and Caitlyn! <3
It was really good seeing my ex-colleagues again!
I also got new pressies in my closet!
I’m loving this Black Fuchsia Duo Dress from Flaunt Label.
The website and clothes (and model) are pretty, check them out!
And more pictures of me bumming around. :)
I’m totally enjoying this.
First, meet my 4 new friends – Marcus, Jerry, Charlie and Samuel.
A is a huge egg fan, so we decided to make eggs our friends.
Bacchus wasn’t too much of an egg fan though.
He scared the shit outta Marcus.
Meet Bacchus and Barnabas. Cutest kitty siblings ever!
I recently also helped Aiyolove’s blogshop with their photoshoot.
It was tiring but kinda fun!
Just thought I’ll share the photos here.
You can check out their website from last week’s Sunday Advertorials. :)
Speaking of blogshop, I also wanna share this wonderful blogshop called Sash Petals.
Here is a really cute blouse they gave me!
Can wear to office next time! :)
Days have been awesome.
I can sleep and wake up at whatever time I fancy.
I can pack up and leave the country and travel anytime I want.
I can walk around and take photos in the middle of the day.
I can stay at home on Monday afternoons and watch movies non stop.
I hope time would travel slower!
Here are some pictures of my baby Boo and I to end off this post.
Have a great week ahead guys! :)
Angkor Wat. I haven’t been there before.
But as of 3 days later, I would probably be another person who has been mesmerized by the beauty of this gorgeous place.
I’m flying off to Cambodia in just 14 hours time and I am utterly thrilled.
I’ll be spending most of my time in Siem Reap but will also be visiting Phnom Penh for a day.
So if anyone of you out there wanna share some information about where to go and what to do while I’m there,
please drop me a comment here.
Much appreciated! :)
As for the last couple days, I haven’t been doing much as usual.
Bumming around.
I think I’m getting slightly sick of this whole “bumming around” thing already.
Almost makes me feel useless and parasitic.
Not like I’m living off anyone. I just feel like I’m being my own parasite.
Heh.
I ran into a friend couple days ago and she asked me what I’m doing currently.
I said I just resigned about 2 weeks odd ago and will be looking for a new job soon.
Then she mumbled “Oh I see” and looked kinda uneasy.
It makes me wonder why people think it’s like an oops-I-shouldn’t-have asked situation.
Why feel uneasy when it can also be a good thing?
Being out of job now means I’ll be getting a new job soon!
New beginnings, isn’t it? :)
But with that said, I’m still goddamn worried no one would wanna hire me.
*gloomy*
Anyways, here are some random pictures again.
This is Bacchus and Barnabas, brothers.
Bacchus is insanely handsome. And he likes to look at himself in the mirror.
He likes to wear clothes. And knows how to open drawers to get his clothes.
Barnabas, better known as Didi, likes to bang his head.
He also has a sexy mole on his left cheek.
He has this adorable heart-shaped patch behind his neck. Adorable to bits.
Here’s more of insanely handsome Bacchus. “Hey bitches, yes I’m mad gorgeous.”
And another gorgeous human bean, my dearest Sinsin.
Got this picture from Lianie dear couple days back.
That’s me on another ordinary day.
Something that is even more boring than that is my lack of creativity in choosing what colors to wear.
Brown, dark brown, light brown, tan, dark tan, light tan, mustard, off-white, beige, grey, black, white.
Super boring.
I still remember how I used to write in autograph books during Primary School time about how much I hate these colors.
How weird.
It was the first time I painted on canvas.
All I ever painted on was erm drawing block paper.
So yeps, it was fun.
And you won’t wanna know what on earth I drew. Heh.
And the whole painting & doodling project didn’t just stop there.
I draw and doodled rubbish all over the lantern hanging in my room.
I love it!
It was also the first time I (attempted) to fly a kite at the Marina Barrage.
First time there too.
Oh. And did I mention that my best friend just said YES? :)
Sinsin dear was proposed to by her beloved “delicate flower” (yes that’s how she described him) Ting Kang just last weekend.
It was a simple but heartwarming and romantic affair. Congratulations my dear Sindy and Ting Kang!
And that’s what I’ve been doing.
Will be back with more photos from Cambodia!
Bidding goodbye with my super rubbishy-looking sack that will be heading to Cambodia with me.
Many thanks to Snupped for my new laptop case.
I love it blahblahblahblahblahblahblah! <3
I’m definitely the bird with the french fry today.
I brought Boo to Tanjong Beach Club today!
Also had the chance to meet up with ex-colleagues from JobsCentral.
Yep. Ex-colleagues.
I recently just resigned from my job there and is now officially a full time bum!
*big grin*
Nothing beats being able to wake up at noon, and have lunch for more than an hour on weekdays.
And of course the fact that everyday feels like a Friday.
And I can totally forget what date or day it is everyday.
It is awesomeness.
This picture is mega cuteness overflow!
And since I’ve been rather free lately, I also brought Mom out for a haircut too.
We visited Salon Vim at 313 – Mom got a dye and cut, and I did a perm again.
I used to wonder how on earth can people perm hair as short as mine.
Amazingly, it’s possible lor! (No, they didn’t use needles to roll and perm my hair!)
I think I look ridiculous in this photo below but I’m gonna post it up anyway.
Hahaha!
CURLS!! Check out my curly wurly hair!
And just as you thought nobody can camwhore while getting their hair washed, TADAH!
I DID IT! :p
Here’s Mommy looking happy with her new (sorry it’s half done) hair!
Don’t look like my Mom anymore, more like elder sister. *grins*
I also received more presents from various blogshops!
More clothes to bring me out for my shopping trips. Yippeeee!
This black/whit striped maxi dress is from Closet Matterz.
I love the dress and it’s super comfortable – can wear everyday. :p
If you’ve seen more of the clothes in my wardrobe, you would have noticed that I really love overalls.
I’m also loving this pink one I got from Hey Adonia!
The girls also threw in this pink sheer chiffon top for me. Thanks girls!
I’ve also been in good hands lately.
Going all over the place, having good quality fun, laughing a lot, eating nice food.
Life of a bummer is good. All’s well except that I’ll now have to watch my bank account balance more closely.
Heh! :)
Oh and yes! New bag! :B
I LOVE The Garden Slug @ 55 Lorong L Telok Kurau, #01-59/61 Bright Centre, Singapore 425500
Meet Bacchus. The curious cat has never seen a black faced human bean before.
TO DIE FOR BAH CHOR MEE SUAH!
Barnabas got the sexiest mole ever. Marilyn Monroe reincarnated.
16th May was Sindy dearest’s 8th 18th birthday. :)
Other than that Celine bag I bought, I also got this cool bag from LovEien19.
This is a multi usage zipper bag.
Just play around with the zippers on the bag and you can make the bag look totally different!
Here are the two ways you can work this bag:
I know I haven’t been blogging much lately.
But ROAR! I’ll be back with more updates soon now that I’m not working anymore. :)
And all those people who wants to hire me, email me ok!
Hahahahaha. I know this is a bit shameless. But yes, I’m available now. HAHA!
Will be back with more posts. Promise.
As I had lunch with a female friend recently and we spoke of many things.
Things that we usually talked about, things we usually don’t talk about.
People we would usually mention, and people we thought would never exist in our conversations.
It was interesting. And somewhat intriguing.
It’s amazing how people can change – the way they view things, the way how one small change can lead to a major overhaul of how one would lead one’s life.
I realized people have different wants. They have different goals in life.
Some wants to be rich. Some would squander all their money off in exchange for beauty.
For me, I just want to be happy. No matter how temporary.
I know it’s rather stupid, because people of my age are supposed to “look at the big picture”,
and be mature enough to do some proper planning for the so-called future.
I can’t see the future, can’t even smell it.
How am I supposed to plan for something I cannot fathom?
Sorry I digressed.
And so we she asked if I wanted to have children in “future”.
It’s funny.
Because it reminded me of how I once told my Mom that I’d never wear lipstick because it’s gross to put stuff on your lips.
I didn’t tell my friend what was going through my mind of course, that’s just plain silly.
The thing is, we can never know for sure what we want.
No matter how close the “future” may appear to be.
Sorry I digressed again.
So I told her about how I fear that I might turn out to be a horrible Mom.
I cannot handle the pressure of not knowing how my children will turn out to be.
Will they be happy? Will they be healthy? Will I always be able to provide for them?
Having too many unknowns makes me scared.
They always say that the unknown is beautiful because it leaves room for imagination.
That’s quite bull, well at least I think it only applies to certain stuff I guess.
She suggested that I should blog about what how I view things now,
and then when I read this entry again ten years later, it would turn out to be rather amusing.
As amusing as a young Peggy insisting that wearing lipstick is the grossest thing on Earth.
So. Let’s see.
Children seem like the cutest thing that can ever exist.
Probably the cutest form in which a human being can be found in.
Innocent. Simple.
A smile means a smile.
When it hurts, you cry.
Honest. Loyal.
Probably these words are a little too “serious” when used to describe a baby, but at least that’s what I think.
The thing is, babies are only nice when they are not your own.
Ok, there are probably a lot of people protesting right now.
Please do not get me wrong.
Mothers are amazing people.
But I think I can never handle being someone’s mother.
I mean, I can’t even teach myself well.
I can’t even tell myself what’s right and what’s wrong.
Don’t even know the times when I need to differentiate what’s right and what’s wrong.
Like I mentioned, I cannot handle the stress of not knowing how the little one will turn out to be.
I see fucked up kids around me and I fear.
Marriage, well, pretty much belongs to the same category as having children.
Except that the pressure of the “unknown” is not as immense.
I love seeing people get married.
I love you. You love me. Let’s get married.
How lovely.
But at this point of time, it seems so so far away.
I don’t even understand how people can cast all fears away and decide that
this one person is the one he or she wants to spend the rest of the life with.
What if it’s not the right decision?
The thing is, is there even a right decision?
What if you picked the wrong person?
Is there even a right person to begin with?
And before you get to marriage, there is, of course, love.
The one word (or thing) that everyone has heard of, but few know.
I don’t know whether I know love.
Well, I wish I knew.
Or at least I wish I was once fully, totally, really, wholeheartedly in love for a long time.
I am sure that would be a great feeling – to have someone whom you’d want to run to after a long day out in the storm.
I am always amazed by how people can still be in love after a long time.
Is that still love? Or is that just responsibility? Or just another comfort zone?
The wise people from the ancient times always say love is forever.
I think forever is bull.
Well maybe forever is not bull, but love being forever is bull.
Change is the only constant. This is the truth.
People change. The things they love change.
That’s what I think.
Stability and boredom.
Excitement and insanity.
Denial and faith.
Insecurities and paranoia.
They are all just separated by a fine line.
When I think of love, one of the many things that came into my head is family.
Family is love.
Though there are cold wars sometimes.
And times when you wish any one of your family members didn’t exist, there is still love.
At the back of your head, you will always be unconsciously looking out for each other.
I hope when I read this ten years later, I’d still feel the same way.
This I don’t wish to change.
Sex. I am a hot blooded 26 year old grown woman.
I love sex. Not in the nympho-I-need-to-bonk-something-or-someone-everyday kind of love, of course.
I think it’s a sheer magical connection between two persons.
The moment after you kissed someone, open your eyes and look right into that other person’s eyes.
Ok, that isn’t exactly sex but it’s better than sex.
No doubt.
Well, maybe that’s love? No idea really.
It’s not the most important thing in the world, but it’s one of the most important things a couple should have.
It’s almost like a keyboard without a space bar.
Or, a pedal bin without a pedal.
Everything can still function properly, but you’ll always know that something important is missing.
Maybe my analogies are a little crappy.
I think I’m verbal vomiting too much.
Let’s just have this last one and we’ll call it a night.
I can’t really think straight anymore.
Forgiveness.
Forgive the ones around you.
Forgive the wrongs they did.
Forgive every mistake. Forgive all the wrongs people have done to you.
Forgive people who didn’t try hard enough. They probably have their reasons.
You probably had a part to play in whichever mistake others made.
And the most important thing of all – forgive yourself.
There are a lot of nice things in this world.
Like a black Fanny.
Like smacking someone else’s forehead just for fun.
Like halved meatballs.
Like getting your ears licked.
And armpits smelt.
(I know of a friend who likes to smell my armpits. She’s mad.)
My bath towel has blue ears.
Fanny is the new Simourn.
Bacchus wants dog treats.
It’s 10:55pm.
I am damn auntie.
I know nothing related to beer has been mentioned yet.
Let’s talk about biscuits.
Nobody cares whether there are nine million bicycles in Beijing.
Honey stars and star trails dipped in ice cream.
I like everything centre-aligned.
I smell nice.
Evil thoughts.
I like everything equidistant too.
I prefer tables with edges.
And legs. Easy to mop.
This doesn’t makes sense to you but it makes hell lot of sense to me.
I am crazy.
Recently, I think I just totally sabotaged my own whitening skincare regime.
There are times when I am obsessed with whitening products.
And for times like this, I crave to look all chocolately and brown.
I went to the beach alone!
Having bottles of beer in hand is always good, wherever I am! YUM (SENG)!!!
I bought a new set of bikini from River Island because it was an impromptu beach trip and I didn’t have my stuff.
I love doing impromptu stuff.
Don’t need to plan much, just gather whatever I have and GO!
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven’t made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong
I’d go hungry I’d go black and blue
I’d go crawling down the avenue
No, there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love
The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
Though winds of change are throwing wild and free
You ain’t seen nothing like me yet
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn’t do
Go to the ends of the Earth for you
To make you feel my love
