YET ANOTHER GLOOMY DAY...

Hate this week. Started off gloomy on Monday, yesterday was even worse. Today's a little brighter but still... Anyhows, didn't have time to update on league last night (Pig+Pawkeet=Notimetoblog). We won 16.5 against Wildcats. MEOW!!! It should have been 17 but i had to lose half a point by throwing a 4-6-7-10 split in the last frame of my 3rd game. Shots in first game felt good, then it went downhill from there. Bowled a 204, 153, 158. Thank goodness my average is still the same.

Night before on Monday, my friends said i looked like I'd lost weight (which I didn't). We figured it was the lighting at that point in the ballroom (pretty dim). But they sure made my day!! Black is good. Black is forgiving. Black is classic....

JUZ GOTTA BLOG

Nothing much to say @ the moment. Just gotta blog. Been having headaches, dunno y. Hope it's just PMS. Not to mention insomnia... Plus an irritant in the house hardly makes things any better. my eyebrows are now sooo knitted. think i'd better room with Carol and Mary, ie, if the bed arrangements are suitable. Gonna go out soon for league. Am bowling as 3rd bowler tonight. Hurray!! I mean, when was the last time I bowled as 3rd bowler???!!! prob like 3-4 years back!!! Happy happy! Hope tonight by the end of league happier still. heehee. Ok GTG. Mum has to go pay up for our Korea trip too. Ciao~!

5 MINUTES OF FAME

Ladies and gentlemen.... today, on the catwalk, we have......ANGELINE! What began as a Q&A session ended up as a catwalk practice for me. I had to "model" for a few seconds down the strip at Bugis Junction, just to get some prize. So malu!!! Me in my red Nike T-shirt and usual berms, together with backpack. Wat was a fashion disaster doing up onstage modelling?! *faints* Worst thing was, photogarphers were taking pics at the front. Think they're gonna make fun of the pics as some joke of the session thingy. Oh well, quite an experience. At least I got my 5 minutes of fame....

Fashion Rocks @ Bugis Junction

IT WAS ALL WORTH IT...

What am I talking about? Well, let's see. For the first time in about 2-3 months, I have finally forced my butt out of the house at 720am in the morn to go to the gym for a workout. So what finally got me going, you might ask. It's a guy by the name of Geoff Bagshaw. He's an internationally acclaimed fitness presenter/instructor. He was in Singapore for the first 4 days of the week for a couple of classes. Was trying to go for his Muscles n Motion and Intro Step Moves classes on Tuesday, but wasn't that motivated, probably coz the photo which they had used to publicise for this event was not what I would call cute. He looked bulky and a tad old.

Anyways, I told myself it's not always that we get such people teaching classes, so let's get down and try his final class in Singapore. Woke up at 6 plus and dragged meself to Orchard California Fitness. Mind you, I have not been for my trainers class, originally scheduled at this time slot, for months. When I saw this Caucasian guy walk into class, I was like "This isn't the guy, right? This guy's so cute!!! And unlike the pics posted at the notice board just outside the studio". As it turns out, it was our guest trainer. I started smiling so broadly to myself thinking even if the class was not up to expectations, it was still worth the trip to come see this cute guy teach me for an hour. HHAHAHHA!! The workout was super taxing, esp after my PT session yesterday. Amazing how he gets so many muscle groups in motion at a go. Was dog tired by the end of the hour. He's hopping over to KL this weekend to the California Fitness Centres which have just opened there. Oh y am I not going up to KL this holiday weekend???!?!!! Haiz....

BodyBalance class with Deborah was next, except that Joel taught like a third of the class. Ok, he sucks as a BodyBalance teacher, particularly teaching next to a fantastic instructor like Deborah. My favouritest (Yes, there is now such a word, I dun care) instructor vs my unfavouritest instructor. Eeks!!! Wish he'll just stick to being a personal trainer...
Definitely eye candy

GOOD NEWS MUST BE SHARED

Posting this coz I'm happy about last night's league results. We won 15-5 against New Combination. Only thing is I regretted not putting Tee Hsien down, coz opposing team fielded 2 new bowlers!! Not to mention that if the other team had reversed the order of the 2 new bowlers, we would have won another 1 1/2 points. Shucks!! Handicap mostly erased, David with 7, Eug with 3, Tee Joo with 2. TZH has 0, which is overdue. Another high handicap team next week, Wildcats. Wonder if they're gonna field new bowlers. We have to do well these coming weeks coz after that we'll be meeting all the strong teams. Headache for me that period. Never bowl last night, so free at alley, once again forgot to take pics of my bowling ball. Must remember next week. 一定要记得喔!! 晚安!!

KOREA, HERE I COME!!!

Haven't blogged for a week now. It's always late by the time Mum finishes her Pawkeet Slots. Pretty uneventful week. I mean, how exciting can life in Singapore get right?

Anyhows, been losing loads at mahjong recently so shall not play. Luckily I have my buffer from CNY. Phew! Went to JB on Saturday with the usual, ate loads, bought a few items. Love my orange Carlo Rino sneakers which I've been eyeing for a year already! Finally bought them!!

Ferrari had yet another disastrous outing at Sepang, so they are bringing forward their launch date of their new F2005 car. It's agony watching them race now. Hopefully, they will have a better showing @ Bahrain.

Now the big news. Auntie Mary said she's gonna pay for Auntie Carol & me for a trip to Korea!!! Auntie Carol could hardly believe her ears, she wasn't sure if Auntie Mary was paying for her first, or paying for her the whole thing. Either way, she'd take it (checked with Auntie Mary anyways, and she said she'll pay for us both!!). Settled on an 8-day trip, which includes Jeju Island. Technically it's 7 days only coz day 1 we're airborne. Cherry blossoms wait for me! Gonna go pay deposit later, going by Dynasty.

League tonight again. Pray hard, Angie! Anyhows, below is a pic of blossoms in Singapore. Kinda missed it at full bloom, but doesn't it pretty much look like sakura?

Spring is in the air.... aaahhhhhh

たのしいですね。。。

League was surprisingly good today!!! So glad i just had to write another entry.

So, FINALLY we have a good outing, even though it's just against Zone In. OVERKILL in fact, by me and Eugene (Yong). Now he has no handicap and I am left with 5 pins handicap only, less than what half my bowlers have. Me bowled a 575 series tonite, overkilled for first game, but had the selfish thought of going for high series so i didn't let. Was hoping Eugene would let but he didn't. Good for him that he got good games but damaging for handicap definitely. Hope he produces such fantastic scores more often. We need it from him now that he's got no handicap. TZH increased his handicap from 0 to 2. Less than ideal performance from him but at least he won 3 points and got 2 handicap. Haha. KK lost first game coz he missed spare in 10th frame but after that he did well, so no more handicap for him either. All in all, we won 17.5 points. That should bring us up to the first half of the table, and hopefully close the gap a bit on the top teams. A small step at a time. Yeaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

Sam Goh bowled a 289 in the first game, 10-in-a-row before he left a pin 10. Still Friends are on a high, particularly Sam Goh, whom I must say must be a morale booster for the team. They pretty much thrashed Thunderstorm, and though KT bowled well he still lost his points. But losing to good bowler who bowls well is nothing to feel bad about.

Hope the following weeks will be just as good for us, if not better.

がんばりましょう！　

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Just wanna say, I'm feeling depressed. Definitely coz of the joblessness factor (my own fault) and the staying at home with an old fogey who has nothing better to do other than make other people's lives miserable. On top of that I haven't been going to the gym to exercise so no extra endorphins produced so I am not feeling happy at all.

I wanna cry now, but it's not a good time, though it's a good place (I'm obviously in my own room). The thought of going down to the alley does not cheer me up at all, since Tuesdays are nightmares nowadays. And line-up tonight isn't a nice chatty group. Hopefully the slight exercise I'm gonna get will perk me up a bit.

Total failure. No job, no career, not good at anything in particular, no significant other half, no future. Period.

THE UNIVERSAL QUESTION: WHY?

Things have been happening as of late (shall not elaborate), which gets me thinking, WHY?

• WHY is there illnesses?
• WHY is there life and death?
• WHY is there happiness and sadness?
• WHY do we do what we do?
• WHY do we need friendship and love?

OK, the list could go on forever. I did something and then after that I thought about it.

• Did I do it because I wanted to do it?
• Or because I kinda hafta do it?
• Or perhaps it was to make myself feel better, like I had done my part?
• Or even because it was to ensure that no one else gets hurt in the unlikely event that something should happen?

Maybe I think too much (comes with the acceleration of brain neurons when you try to keep your mind active when it really doesn't have much to think about). It could have been a simple thing that I wanted everyone to be happy. Then again, was I being selfish rather than helpful?

Why can't everyone live happily together? Why can't people be happy for others? Why do people find joy in quarrelling with others, and making other people's lives miserable? Where's the thrill in that? We dun appreciate things/people till they are gone. It's always easier said than done.

If only.......................

"JUST IMAGINE EVERYONE LIVING IN HARMONY... JUST IMAGINE"

MR. BRAWNY

Not much happened today. Caught a couple of the contestants of the Baron's Strongman Challenge in action. Contestants were supposed to pull this truck with 2 girls on it past a finish line. Saw 3 successful efforts, including a record-breaking performance (ie. breaking the existing record at that point)! The guy was an Australian guy called Sean (or Shawn?). His mate, who's quite a bit bigger than him, tried before him and completed the task in 13-odd seconds. But he made it look so easy. Even the compere didn't quite realise that he had broken the record. Wonder if he won it? (Winner takes back S$7,000 plus some other stuff)

An unsuccessful challenger, but hey, he tried!!!

This Aussie broke the existing record with a new record time of 10.1 seconds. WOW!!!

Below are pics of this car I saw in Goodwood Park Hotel's carpark on my way in to York Hotel. Thought it was real cool, and the number of the car is nice!! Shall I permutate the number for 4D tomorrow? Just a thought....

Couldn't resist taking a pic of this car

Cool or what?

Plus an up, close and personal with the car

Melia Scotts

Never noticed before that Melia Scotts @ Newton has actually quite a nice architectural design. wonder if this was before or after they renovated.

Melia Scotts @ Newton

HAVE A CUPPA, AND MORE.........

Just got some pics of latte art from a friend today. Must say I'm thoroughly impressed. People who are not professionals actually practice this like 100+, 1000+, 10000+ times to get the nice designs??!! It's really an art. Singapore doesn't quite have baristas who are so into their cuppa of coffee. The ones who even bother usually just stop at the heart design which is achieved from etching (one stroke down the middle, I know how to do that too) then pouring of milk. Not that I blame the baristas. Singaporeans either go for the cheap-and-good kopitiam kopi or the expensive coffee at upmarket coffee outlets to be IN. Who cares what the coffee looks like when it's handed to them? It's gonna go down anyway. I do enjoy a good cup of cappuccino but I must say I'm guilty of being absolutely clueless about the kind of coffee washing my gut. That aside, this is definitely something I'm gonna look out for when i next go on a trip and order coffee. Even Thailand has coffee places into latte art!!! this confirms it. Singapore is BORING alright. Oops, btw, I got the pictures below from a couple of sites and will add links later. Meanwhile, please do not sue me.

Have you seen anything more perfect?

"The pursuit of the perfect espresso is as much about the final joy of the beverage"

AS BAD AS IT GETS

League tonight was against Thunderstorm, and we lost 9-11, again. Finally got this meeting over and done with. NEVER EVER like to meet them. We have now got only 26 points in 3 outings. THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!! WAKE UP, SIX IN THE CITY!!! Hopefully, the pathetic handicap which we have gotten will help us in the weeks to come. First place seems out of reach at this point, though i hope this is a temporary scenario since we have another 6 more months to go! Anyhows, here's a pic of a cute little boy who was playing peek-a-boo with me on the MRT. He looked like he enjoyed the glass where many people have leaned their butts against, and prob farted a numbers of times on.

Yummy glass... wonder what it tastes like

LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

It's as the movie poster says, the whole movie is a series of unfortunate events. The most unfortunate thing to have happened though, was to have the books made into this movie. Have never read the books, they'd probably be better. Acting was exaggerated on Jim Carrey's part (u expected anything less?). The kids were great though, even the little girl who played Sunny. No climax in the movie, it just keeps going and going and going. To sleep or not to sleep. No definitive ending. A sequel perhaps? Heaven forbid. Save your money on this movie and splurge it on "Hitch" or "Howl's Moving Castle".

YYYTHE DATE DOCTOR IS HERE

"Eight out of ten women believe that the first kiss will tell them EVERYTHING they need to know about a man." That's what Alan Hitch says. So how true is that? That aside, this movie brings out the reality that what most of us lack is opportunity. Though gals are flattered to be singled out for attention by the opposite sex, not many can handle it the right way. Come on too directly and well, u appear arrogant n bold. Do nothing and the gal might never know u even exist. Same goes for the ladies. Hey, new career option spin-off from the movie! Hardly surprising since Japan already has companies that help u create scenarios to lead to breakups and divorces. We all could do with a little help sometimes.

Mum @ Seoul Garden on Saturday, keropok with ice cream. P-I-G

My new Nike Air Wave, thanks to Aunt Jane!!

Chicken little

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, THE MOVIE

Brilliant film by Hayao Miyazaki!!! Have always heard raves about his previous films like Spirited Away but never watched any before. Glad i caught this one!!! Gonna buy the book written by Diane Wynne Jones. Might buy the comic book which uses pictures from the movie itself. The characters are all so kawaii (dun mind the cliche)!!! A must-see definitely. Next thing up: all his previous animation films!

Botero & the Esplanade