825. japanese pizza

Rant of the day: I need to slim down!

Seriously, did recession really hit us? See the reports on the news on the Natas thing. Isn't it ridiculous? Recession still got money to go overseas and spend somemore. And also, queues at restaurants ain't short! Recession still got money to eat expensive foood. Hmmmmmm...

Not sure if you peeps had seen this store, Botejyu, at Liang Court level 2. Long queue lor!!!

Saw this shake shake jelly fruit drink imported from Japan. Not cheap for a small bottle of drink.

Dear ordered this Japanese Pizza thingy -- Prawn Okos. Looks delicious isn't it? It's crust contains eggs, potato, cabbage and I think onion.

See! The prawns are really fresh and tender. Totally yummy.

I ordered this weird looking egg wrap. The sauces on top looks like chocolate sauce with milk. But it's actually BBQ sauce and mayo. Guess what's inside?

It's noodle and pork! It's a lil different from the Okos thing. The egg does not have onions, cabbage and potato. Basically, just egg wrap noodle.

But hor, not exactly cheap. And be prepared to queue for a while. This excludes the waiting time after ordering the food. So, don't go with an empty stomach.

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Every month I have to go through the same shit again and again and again. Understanding... understanding... understanding... Have I not been understanding enough? I've been trying really hard to do my best and be understanding...

*sigh*

Being understanding means to understand the situation, understand the pain, understand the discomfort, understand the reason why you feel moody and be empathy with you. It does not equates to coaxing...

Maybe the problem lies with me...

824. for the birds

Rant of the day: So sian... So many emails...

I love Pixar animation!!! Totally adorable lar!!!

823. on air

Rant of the day: My throat very dry... Shucks...

Voice training is quite fun today. Learn voice projection and techniques from the experts. But unfortunately, it's a crash course. So, only the basics and fundamentals. Will practise hard!

Schedule is more or less ready. Details to the finals are not finalised but will be on 14 March, Saturday, around 4pm. Will let you peeps know more details.

Anyway, catch me live on Y.E.S. 93.3FM on coming Tuesday, 3 March, 7.30pm on 周先生与周太太 programme segment by 周崇庆 (Zhou Chong Qing) and 蔡伟彬 (Cai Wei Bin). I'm sure it will be fun!

My dream of letting people hear my voice over the radio will come true! But that's not the end... I still dream to be a radio DJ.

822. KOSÉ mask white is not white

Rant of the day: So tired... So stress... Can the emails stop coming in?

Seriously, I can't remember when was the last time I did a peel-off mask. Think it's like 2 years ago? And why are you eyes opened so big? Why? Guys cannot do peel-off mask meh? I had been doing mask (though not consistently lar) since secondary school!

I'm not ah gua ok... I'm a vain pot!!! Haha...

Anyway, was given this KOSÉ Seikisho Mask White sample by a friend to try and I was like thinking "why not". But... it's a whitening mask and wouldn't it make me too white for a guy? I seriously hesitated. I'm sort of persuaded to just try and will know it has other effects beside turning me white.

Fine. I'll just try. If I turn too white, I'll hack my friend into pieces. Haha...

So, how to DIY a peel-off mask? Guys, I know you seldom do it but it's time you learn to do some simple self-grooming.

Step 1: Make sure your hair stay away from your face. Else, you will be peeling your hair when it dries.

Step 2: Apply the mask. Seriously, I was stunned after I opened the sample. The mask is BLACK! Erm... Wasn't a whitening mask white?

Step 3: Make sure you applied to the whole facial area. But, exclude your brows and if you have goatee or moustache, avoid them too. Erm, think I did not really managed to apply evenly. Too thin lar... Need to apply more.

Step 4: Wait for about 15min to 20min. Make sure the mask is dried before you peel off everything. And you are done!

So how it feels? Tight when its drying up on my face. And I really mean TIGHT! But I guess it does more than whitening. It sort of removed most of my dried and dead skin. And apparently, I saw some white heads too!

My face now feels much smoother and I did not turn white! In fact, the skin looks brighter instead. Perhaps it's because the dead skins are gone.

But hor, think my face too big lar. The surface area too big... 1 sample not enough. Can I have some more samplesssss? Haha...

If you like this post, vote for me here and you will stand a chance to win an iPod Touch!!! Vote for my post now!!!

821. support me

Rant of the day: I got no time to check my office email...

Think Y.E.S. 93.3FM website has the voting for your most favourite voice idol. Go to their website at http://www.yes933.sg/portal/site/yes933 and look at the left-hand menu voting section (我要投票).

I'm contestant number 10!

If you really support me, do VOTE FOR ME!!! Thank you peeps in advance!

Also, I really appreciate all the wishes I had received on Facebook. Really... Thank you peeps! I will train hard and do all I can for the competition.

Anyway, see this lecture on YouTube. Titled Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (23 Oct 1960 - 25 Jul 2008), it was his real last lecture before he past away. He was talking about childhood dream. Very inspirational.

So, will I ever become a DJ and fulfil my dream? All I know is I am one step closer.

820. voice idol audition clip

Rant of the day: I'm sooooooooo tired...

It's a lil embarrassing...

My audition is put on Y.E.S 93.3FM website! Yes Joanne, I found the link to listen to my audition clip. Here's the link: http://www.mediacorpradio.sg/yes933/voiceidols/. Look up to number 10 for my voice clip and profile.

Don't laugh hor...

To be honest, most of the other contestants are really good. But I screwed up and that explains all the "screws" (吃螺丝) during the recording. Too nervous lar~~~ I read the script till my armpit sweat lor!!!

So, do support me if I'm in the stage round. Not sure when and where will it be held though. Will keep it posted here.

“Eric！我们永远支持你！！！”

Will I be the next Y.E.S. 93.3FM voice idol for the 罐头剧场? I think I really need to work alot harder than the others... Training starts this Friday.

Gambatte!!!

819. facebook-ing

Rant of the day: I think I'm falling sick... again...

I'm not sure if you are experiencing the same thing as I am but somehow, just caught in this funny dilemma of adding friends in your online social network. I'm quite sure most of us have a Facebook account and are maintaining it to the fullest.

So the funny thing is, there are so many people whom you had lost contact with -- primary school mates, secondary school mates, CCA mates, ex-colleagues or even your ex(es). When you found their profile, you ain't sure if you really wanna add them. Reasons?

1) Not sure if you got the right person (especially your primary school mates who look totally gorgeous now but used to be a complete nerd or vice-versa)
2) Not sure if this person still remembers you (if makes it worse if you look totally gorgeous now but used to be a complete nerd or vice-versa)
3) Not sure if this person still holds any grudges against you (if applicable)
4) Not sure if adding this person will make you look like a complete arse if the above 3 are applicable

I had so much struggle everytime I try to build my contact list on Facebook or Friendster!

So sad...

Anyway, love this new singer, Liang Wen Ying (梁文音). Her voice is sooooo penetrative... totally crystal clear and flawless. Here's her new song, 我不是你想像那麼勇敢. Enjoy.

818. prawn fishing

Rant of the day: School starts tomorrow. 4 days this week! I'm tired...

I am not sure why but I'm really not enjoying my weekend. Maybe I'm too drained with work and can't get peace even after work. Or maybe I'm too broke to go anywhere because everything needs money.

The last withdrawal almost made me vomit blood. It's only about 2 weeks from my last pay day and I had spent more than 60% of my designated amount. I've still got 2 weeks to go before my next pay cheque.

Sian...

Can I like just stay home and not go anywhere? I need to quarantine myself and NOT spend! It's so demoralising lor! So sad... Simply no mood but sometimes people around you sort of can't sense your "moodless" behaviour.

*sigh*

Anyway, dear found a new but expensive hobby... prawn fishing. I had done it once during poly days and never quite like it. Cause it is really NOT cheap if you don't catch that many prawns.

But than again, as long as dear likes it and pays for it herself, I'll just tag along and hang around...

There's the floating bait indicator. Beneath lies our bait and the prawns...

This is the bait. Chicken heart. But it ain't effective. Prawns like smelly food, similar to crabs. So, think chicken liver will be a better bait. Best if you can find fat and live earthworms.

Here's dear with her first catch. She's so proud with her catch. So, she'll do the fishing, I'll do the un-hooking. What is rewarding for the "moodless" me is seeing her so excited everytime the we catches a prawn.

So, we spent 3 hours catching... erm... 7 prawns. Not too bad for beginners. I guess this prawn fishing will continue till dear run out of interest.

If you are interested too, do visit those prawn fishing places at Bishan, Pasir Ris and Punggol. Prices are about the same. $15 per hour. $30 for 3 hours.

817. story of HR manager

Find of the day: I found new function on my Omnia!!!

I love this. Depicts what we are facing...

One day while walking down the street a highly successful Human Resources Manager was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter himself.

"Welcome to Heaven," said St. Peter. "Before you get settled in though, it seems we have a problem. You see, strangely enough, we've never once had a Human Resources Manager make it this far and we're not really sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," said the woman.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have higher orders. What we're going to do is let you have a day in Hell and a day in Heaven and then you can choose whichever one you want to spend an eternity in."

"Actually, I think I've made up my mind, I prefer to stay in Heaven", said the woman.

"Sorry, we have rules..." And with that St. Peter put the executive in an elevator and it went down-down-down to hell.

The doors opened and she found herself stepping out onto the putting green of a beautiful golf course. In the distance was a country club and standing in front of her were all her friends - fellow executives that she had worked with and they were well dressed in evening gowns and cheering for her. They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks and they talked about old times. They played an excellent round of golf and at night went to the country club where she enjoyed an excellent steak and lobster dinner.

She met the Devil who was actually a really nice guy (kind of cute) and she had a great time telling jokes and dancing. She was having such a good time that before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everybody shook her hand and waved goodbye as she got on the elevator.

The elevator went up-up-up and opened back up at the Pearly Gates and found St. Peter waiting for her. "Now it's time to spend a day in heaven," he said.

So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds and playing the harp and singing. She had great time and before she knew it her 24 hours were up and St. Peter came and got her. "So, you've spent a day in hell and you've spent a day in heaven. Now you must choose your eternity,"

The woman paused for a second and then replied, "Well, I never thought I'd say this, I mean, Heaven has been really great and all, but I think I had a better time in Hell."

So St. Peter escorted her to the elevator and again she went down-down-down back to Hell. When the doors of the elevator opened she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth. She saw her friends were dressed in rags and were picking up the garbage and putting it in sacks. The Devil came up to her and put his arm around her. "I don't understand," stammered the woman, "yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and a country club and we ate lobster and we danced and had a great time. Now all there is a wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable."

The Devil looked at her smiled and told..........

"Yesterday we were recruiting you, today you're an Employee."

Nice... Cheers people... That's life!

816. top 10

Rant of the day: So sian... OT on Saturday... I'm drowned my the emails...

Hi,

Congratulations!

You are selected as one of our lucky top 10 contestants for YES933 Voice Idol Competition.

We will be notifying you soon for a session of training next week.

Thank you for your support in YES933.

YES933

I am totally excited! You can't imagine the adrenaline rush I had in office just now when I saw the email above. Just when I thought I have no more hope when I screwed up the audition... So now, aim for it. Go for it.

All I need to do now is work hard and learn fast during the trainings. Even if I don't win the competition, I'll still learn something.

Finally, again a step closer to my dream...

Work on it Eric!

815. coca cola

Quote of the day: The next right answer...

Shit. Think the smog is making my sick... as usual. My body is really sensitive to all the smog. Never fail to fall ill when the forest fire starts. Now my throat is starting to sore. I bet in a couple of days time, I'll start to cough and sneeze. It's sorta routine every year lar...

Anyway, love this Coca Cola commercial. Wickedly made! Love it!

If humans co-operate like them, this World will be a better place to live in...

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I'm always there whenever the blood donation drive is held in office. In fact, I had been donating blood since my poly years. Seriously, besides the first jab for the local anesthesia, the rest ain't painful at all.

Yup. Halfway through the donation and I'm still enjoying the work. Not very big packet lar. Only about 500ml I think.

See the flow of my blood? Comes all the way from the large vein to the lil packet. The "stress ball" that we need to squeeze is to hasten the flow of the blood.

Here it is. Almost full. I have to "squeeze" the ball faster 'cause I'm the second last donor! Thanks to all the meetings. Waste time...

So, starting giving life to save life!

814. yellow

Rant of the day: Back to the mundane work in office... Sian...

I know it's an old song. But seriously, I still love it. Here's Yellow by Coldplay.

Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And everything you do
yeah, they were all yellow

I came along
I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called Yellow

So then I took my turn
Oh what a thing to've done
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know
You know I love you so
You know I love you so

I swam across
I jumped across for you
Oh what a thing to do
Cuz you were all yellow

I drew a line
I drew a line for you
Oh what a thing to do
And it was all yellow

Your skin
Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful
And you know
For you I'd bleed myself dry
For you I'd bleed myself dry

It's true
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for...
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine for you
Look how they shine

Look at the stars
Look how they shine for you
And all the things that you do

813. 希望渺茫

Rant of the day: Why did I screw up the audition?

惨了……惨了……惨了……

完蛋了……完蛋了……完蛋了……

为什么我会在紧要关头时screw up我的audition呢？都没有什么机会在参加这样的比赛了，还不争气一点！太紧张？乱了方寸？

是对自己有一点的失望啦。录demo时又蛮ok的。可是到了真正的试音时，咬字却变成了致命伤。“复杂”都回“咬”错！“复”是“fu”的第四声而不是第三声啦！也因为太紧张而害到“吃”也念错。这么简单的字也念错？！？有没有搞错啊Eric！

现在只希望能低空过关到下一个阶段。但是希望渺茫……现在只能盼对手犯的错比我多了……

812. 声音偶像

Rant of the day: I'm drowned by all the work... Can't breathe...

Not sure if you heard about this Y.E.S. 93.3FM 罐头剧场. They are sort of opening up a mini competition to look for the next voice idol (声音偶像). I just wanna try my luck, since I do really wish to become a DJ.

Was scrambling about a week back to try record the pre-define scripts on their webby. And to my own amazement, I sounded identical to 周崇庆, one of the DJ in Y.E.S. 93.3FM! Dear's jaw almost dropped when she heard the clip. Mum was like @@. I must had listened too much of the 周公讲鬼 segment. Haha...

Shan't post my voice clip here 'cause I'm not sure if it'll fringe any copyright laws since the script ain't mine. So if you wanna listen to my recorded voice clip, do drop me a message and leave your msn contact if I don't have yours initially.

Well, here comes the peak of the story. I was scheduled to attend an audition at Mediacorp Radio! Oh my goodness! This is totally unexpected! Didn't even think the producers care about my voice 'cause I think I didn't do a very good job. But since I'm given this opportunity, I must work hard. I must make sure my words tomorrow during the audition are 字正腔圆 and must have 抑扬顿挫.

Ok... The audition is tomorrow evening. Eric must 加油!!! 加油!!! 加油!!! Gambatte!!!

811. the v day

News of the day: I'm scheduled for an audition with Mediacorp Radio! Yippeee...

How was your Valentines' Day? Good thing was it falls on a Saturday. Bad thing was... it falls on a Saturday. Because it's a weekend, everyone has the time to come out! Traffic jams everywhere. People everywhere. Eeeks!!! The streets were overcrowded lar!

But I'm sure dear enjoyed herself.

How can a Valentines' Day go without a card? Took me a night to plan the content...

And of course flowers. Dear loves pink and purple. So, got her these 2 colours of roses in a neat bouquet. She loves it and insist to bring it anywhere she goes.

It's such a sweet day. So, we must have something sweet... Yes! Macaroons from Bakerzin. Sweet but not overwhelming. Totally delicious. Must try their Rose, Sakura and Coffee!

And of course a romantic dinner at Brewerkz. Dear had cranberry juice. Nothing alcoholic for her since she's driving.

For me? I'm not driving. Here comes Golden Ale from Brewerkz! Light. Slightly tinted with scent of floral. It's very very smooth in the throat.

Here comes the Fish and Chips! We each ordered a serving. Bad move. Their portion are atrociously HUGE! Took me a big effort to finish up most of the stuff. Dear can barely stuff everything into her petite body. Then again, the food rocks!

I love you dear. Muacks! Happy Valentines' Day.

And also, I love my new scarf. Can't stop cam-whoring with it. Haha...

So sian. It's Monday. I'm already suffering from pre-Monday blues... *sobz*

810. why i love my omnia?

Rant of the day: 2 days course ends quickly... Back to office. Sianz...

Have this Omnia for about a month and seriously, I'm in love with it. This phone totally reflects who I am!

Sleek and pack with all-you-need functions. 5mp camera. Windows mobile. Microsoft office. Windows Media Player. Wi-Fi. Java. Touchscreen. Large memory space. It's like me! I'm ALL YOU NEED!

The Omnia package comes with a rod. Yes. A smooth and useful rod. So sexy isn't it? Smooth and sleek.

And guess what? This rod lengthens when you need to use it. So long. So smooth. So sexy. So useful. So exciting...

For Arina, this is the "army" phone that was telling you that day. Nokia 6100. Most of the reservist men use this phone. It's really functional and durable. Comes with functions to call out, receive call, sms... and... erm... sms... and erm... hmmmmm... sms... and oh yes, extremely loud alarm clock!

Can you live without phone today? I'm not sure if I can survive without looking at my phone for 6 hours...

809. frank sinatra

Rant of the day: Time for medication... Sianzzz....

I'm enjoying the CD I'd bought at HMV a few days back. Gosh... I simply love Frank Sinatra's songs. The voice so deep that it calms mind and soothes pain. Love almost every song on the CD. My Way, Strangers in the Night, New York New York, Somethin' Stupid, Fly Me to the Moon, The Girl from Ipanema... So many... Fantastic...

Valentines' Day is coming. Have you got your plans?

This is the first time I had no problems with making reservations on Valentines' Day. Had tried many times to place a simple reservations in restaurants but never successful. And this year managed to reserve a table for two! Yippeeee...

Just a lil laugh I received in office. Moral of the story... be natural...

A 54 year old woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she had a near death experience.

Seeing God she asked, "Is my time up?"

God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live."

Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face-lift, liposuction, and a tummy tuck. She even had someone come in and change her hair colour and brighten her teeth!

Since she had so much more time to live, she figured she might as well make the most of it. After her last operation, she was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way home, she was killed by an ambulance.

Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 43 years? Why didn't you pull me from out of the path of the ambulance ?"

And God replied: (You'll love this)

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"I didn't recognize you!"

808. sniff sniff cough cough

Rant of the day: 你带我上天堂又推我下去……

I'm sick... Not feeling well. Perhaps due to the accumulated fatigue over the ICT. All thanks to the lack of sleep for the past 7 days.

*sniff sniff*

Still thinking if I should take MC tomorrow. Not very nice of me to take MC immediately after my one week absence from office. But then again, if I'm sick, I prolly can't perform during work. So what's the point of going office? Hmmmmm...

*cough cough*

Should I or should I not?

Not in da mood also...

Think I'm not such a "good catch" after all.

807. 老看门狗

Rant of the day: My hair very long meh?

我的头发很长吗？

真的不明白，“老看门狗”为什么没事找事做。起早把早就站在门前大声吠。职责明明就是好好看门，保护“家门”的安全。为什么还要抓难得回家“家人”的头发？需要搞到鸡犬不宁、鸡飞狗跳吗？奇怪的是，他竟然严厉的责备我，硬要说我的头发很长。

莫明其妙！如果我的头发算长的话，那么“回家的人”全体的头发都长到不行了！！！

更可恶的是，他竟然在我面前跟他手下的“小看门狗”说出令人气愤的话！

“This is call educating your man.”

Seriously, FUCK YOU lar! 第一，this is not call education。第二，I'm not your man！你想“教育”人的话，请自我检讨你教育的目标是什么。What is your objective？是真的为了想要教育“回家的人”吗？还是因为看门这么久，一直都没什么表现而没事找事做？

“家人”难得回来，需要引起大家的不满吗？需要搞到大家不想“回家”吗？

真的……不要在wayang（演戏）了……

“看门狗”的工作就是看门。不要搞一些有的没的好不好？

806. mini gathering

Rant of the day: OT tomorrow... So sad...

5 days of ICT is finally over! Damn tiring... Think I had accumulated new sleep debt.

Can't reveal too much on the training itself. But seriously, I like the mini gathering with Ziwei, Hujian, Vincent, Eugene and Elvin. It's been a while since we last met and it was good catching up on what's going on beyond the camp. Nice reminiscing the good old days.

And yes, I kissed my marksman goodbye. I'm usually consistent with my marksmanship but they changed the "syllabus", causing the lost of my marksman badge. So sad... But the good thing is I'm still alive and kicking. Something happened and I could've lost my life.

Phew...

Shan't go into details.

I'm seriously sleepy... zzzZZZzzzZZZzzz

805. annual ict

Quote of the day: 你看我好，我看你好。

Annual ICT (In-Camp Training a.k.a. reservist) is a love and hate affair.

We love it because we can get away from work for the time being. Sort of "vacation" and also an excuse for enabling my out-of-office message in my email box. And yes, don't need to face my stupid management! Woohoo!

We hate it because we have to go back camp early in the morning and prolly need us to go through some absolutely boring lesson. I'm still thinking is there IPPT? But I don't need to take for my current window lehz 'cause I cleared my IPT... Will there be live range? Tiring lor!

Sibeh sian ah~~~~~ My ICT starts from Monday till Friday. Hope is stay out every night and NO live range please! I don't wanna clean rifle!

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It's been a busy day today.

Wake up early and quickly helped my mum cleared some old furniture to make way for the new ones this afternoon.

Rushed to dear's place to join her family for reunion lunch but before that, had to accompany them for their 拜拜 at their frequent temple.

Went on after lunch to go "window shop" for dear's car, which prolly be either the Hyundai Getz or Kia Picanto. I like neither... How I wish I can own a car myself. I will if I earn $4000 per month now. *sigh* By the time we reached dear's place, it's almost 7pm!

Made a quick dash home for dinner with mum. It's some simple BBQ and steamboat. And yes! My new book shelf is here! Love it love it love it~~ Then, realised I haven't pack my stuff for ICT.

After seeing dear to her car while she made her way home, quickly went home to pack my stuff. I think I need a bigger bag. Haha.

Busy right?

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This year is prolly the year where I got more ang bao as compared to the past years. But hor, haven't count the content inside lar. Highly probable that it's not even higher than last year. Recession and therefore ang bao shrunk. So sad.

I'm getting older and seriously, abit pai seh to take ang bao liao... So sad. How I wish I'm forever 21...