Cronistoria of Princess Stella

picked up my blog

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:51:00 +0000

the last post was back in 2009.

and here i am again, picking my blog back again. simply because i'm too lazy to go set up a new blog and i feel like rattling off.

for formality's sake, i want to take the opportunity to do a stock take on the changes in my life since 2009.

gotten my own house
moved on to a new job
got married
took up driving lessons and put them on a hiatus for the time being
changed my phone for the better and for the worse
gotten my LV bag and wallet
learned how to play golf
took up a yoga membership
learned how to apply eyeshadows and stick fake eyelashes

uh uh that's quite a lot of stuff isn't it? and i thought i lead a boring life.

then again, in many senses, boring is good - stable life and choosing the kind of excitement that i want, not having unwanted surprises.

the biggest unwanted surprise for now has to be the earthquake in Japan. it has got to be the worst calamity in decades. and how their resilience really struck us.

in my work, i need to communicate with the Japanese almost everyday. just 1-2 hours after the earthquake shook their earth on Mar 11, they told us that they are still alive with the cute (^_<) emoticon. even until now, they carry on working. how is it like, i wonder? amidst the chaos in their country and living in uncertainty, they just keep going on. it's just really admirable.

oh i forgot to insert a picture before i logged out just now.

help the animals that are also victims to the japan earthquake too!

http://www.worldvets.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=203

once again

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:36:00 +0000

everytime when i blog after a hiatus, it'll be the same thing like, "oh i've not blogged for so long." Or "back with a vengeance sort of shit". something like that.

actually i think, i think i shall try to blog more often, really. so that i can hmmmmmm, attempt to make my ordinary life sound eventful. not that i hate being ordinary, i just sort of dislike the mundane routine that accompanies it.

after seeing some issues and observing some behaviourial patterns, i really do believe that being ordinary is a blessing. It just means that my life is generally quite ok, no big ups and downs, unless i really want to magnify them. Then again, doing that makes me feel stupid. Perhaps it's facebook's and twitter's fault. pictures are over at the former and anal "twit-bytes" <-- (hey, did i coin a new term myself?)go to the latter.

hmm, see, with just a bit of rambling here and there, a brand new blog entry is formed.

till the next time, ^w^

and oh, at the very least, i must continue to set a standard. meaning i must insert a picture.

it's been a while

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:39:00 +0000

since i blogged. like real.

weather's been terribly warm, it feels like 43 deg.

singnet connection is cranky recently. just like my mood at work, especially when it comes to the office pc.

been ~~whining~~ bitching about the pc to anyone who is ~~forced to~~ willing to listen at work since 23 may. and i will continue whining until the problem is solved. it's not solved until the one responsible does something instead of knowing about it and ignoring it. as usual.

to them, thank you for tolerating my endless whining.

to the marketing people from the brands that i work with, sorry that your famous brands looked thrashed on my pc.

gotta sleep. bye for now.

blogging from the library

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:18:00 +0000

using my iPod touch, nothing more.

testing to see how strong e wireless connection on my little toy can go, while feeling blissful surrounded by the sounds of the galilee cafe blender, light footsteps, straits times and 4 light novels.

dones.

momo!!!

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:05:00 +0000

tsk, balls in full glory.

talk about overexposure =X

the previously said sandwich toasting machine:

as i label this post, i chose hamsters and food. umm, not a very ideal combination, so as to say. >.<

unrelated

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:38:00 +0000

no coffee no talk.

next tue is gonna be mind-blowing no thanks to a certain unrealistic minion whose decisions and actions, unfortunately, affects me and this time round many many people. totally crazy but it'll be good to see what comes out of it.

i'm obsessed with a sandwich vending machine. egg and cheese is good.

picture of the day:

firefox rox, but still....

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:20:00 +0000

i was trying to make payment for my final theory test and failed. subsequently i realised that it was because i was using my default browser FF which is not able to support that website's payment protocol. it can only support IE.

tsk, it is most annoying that there are still web portals, especially those of non-private organisations, that do not support FF.

don't they know that FF is so much less prone to virus attacks and makes web surfing safer online? zzzzzzzzz, maybe there is something about IE and web payment technological jitters that i have no idea about. or maybe it's time to send the web support teams behind these organisations for training already. respond to the government's call for retraining already.....c'mon.

hence picture of the day:

ministry of food

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:03:00 +0000

i am a new MOF convert and today me and steph ~~supported~~ went to the mof branch at suntec city.

my food: seafood toji

steph had the tempura udon. her hands are in the "itadakimasu" pose =P

and because rice felt too heavy, i ate the toji on its own and had to order a little something extra to fill up my stomach: the daikon radish salad

both of us left the place satisfied but this time round our stomachs had no room for desserts. actually is because my stomach is still in the process of recovering from gastroxxxxx <-- cannot read doc's scribbling and not that keen to ask (=3=). if not i would have a dessert no matter how full i am.

matthew made all of us lol with his side a side b joke during lunchtime.

pocky and meiji crackers

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:33:00 +0000

aki has a kimu-taku smile. it is true.

will watch appleseed ex-machina when i get my hands on it. heck, maybe even the 2004 version if it's good enough.

fairprice bishan ran out of chocolate pocky. and i think i have just finished the last box in my stash. it's no good, i need to stock up already. and i DO NOT EAT strawberry pocky at all. meiji's plain crackers were on sale though, claiming the lowest price. indeed ne, if comparing to carrefour's prices.

i'm on a biscuit craze nowadays!

oyasumi.

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:26:00 +0000

ba hahahahaha, sg can be cool....

buraku daiyamond

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:20:00 +0000

nana mizuki's black diamond - indies version
nana mizuki's black diamond - major version

this is the first time i came across a song that sounds so good in 2 versions that i dunno which one i like better.

it will be a perplexing problem if there should come a time when i can only select one.

picture of the day

the lesson to learn from kobe beef

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:27:00 +0000

never be cheapskate and attempt to dare your friends in hope you will get a free meal. especially not on a game that is as definitive and no-brainer as rock paper scissors. and especially not when for a no-brainer game, the stakes involve something as painful as kobe beef.

the karma ensures you end up digging a hole for yourself.

thank you for the lesson mao-san. *bows*

by the way, my new toy

and my hair is still like this. -.-

blowing hot and cold

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:46:00 +0000

the hair on my head. I.HAVE.NOT.DONE.ANYTHING.ABOUT.IT.YET.

it's so messy, that as a passing remark, fiona told me to tie it up, while i passed by her on my way to the washroom getting ready for the vvips. LOL

the vvips' blazers must contain air conditioning. they looked unruffled while me and stella, donned in blazers too were sweating buckets.

it's really not easy being a translator.

the superstar disappeared. i hope he returns soon.

the weather, is too weird. yesterday was cold, today is very warm. don't make me fall sick again ok?

picture of the day today is:

facebook adding twitter-style, my ass and MOF!

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:08:00 +0000

facebook courting twitter lovers

will definitely give this new twitter-like facebook application a try. but not going to abandon twitter.

and will the new application slow down the loading time even more? i hope the facebook team kills 2 birds with 1 stone to fix the slow loading while adding the additional feature.

i fell and landed on my butt on my way back from the doctor. he said the weather nowadays is terrible. i have to agree.

the yummy omelette udon, potato salad and kuromitsu soft serve that i had over at MOF in Marina Square last friday were so good that the mouthwatering effect is still lingering, making my butt pain feel better. ya, as if. i'm just greedy. but for sure i am definitely going back to try out more of their foods soon! it was such a dilemma, deciding on one main course cos i wanted everything! steph was so o.o at my indecisiveness lol. and no photos of my omelette udon cos i was too hungry to take any photos.

ah i go rest my ass....

and the picture of today's post is:

hair

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:23:00 +0000

ah. so ugly. going to do something about it. soon.

feb fab raining

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:47:00 +0000

i do not like being under the sun. maybe that's why i tend to prefer the rain to the sun.

the recent rain spell is such a warm (pun, pun, pun) welcome to the hot sun that was bearing down before.

work has been somewhat fun this week because of the random camwhoring session, e-bitching afternoons and as a grand finale, we had a weekend bitching-packed dinner gathering earlier on, with the addition of jacob, jw and grace's friend chris. otherwise our bona fide superstar would be the only male there and it would so be like his personal harem! LOL. the gathering is also a farewell party on our own for vv who will be taking to the skies for her career. we are so going to miss her, that stand-up comedian =P. and needless to say, this was another session of serious camwhoring.

i wonder what time the rest of them left cos me and jw left earlier than them....

Looking forward to seeing the photos taken just now.

dated

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:24:00 +0000

now guess, which dated am i referring to when i mean dated?

*snort*

i had a field day when images of bond girls circa 1950-1960 style filled my imagination from a trigger-happy headline (pun and no pun intended).

seriously!!!! it was so snort-worthy that i would have snorted my entire noseful of snot right on my screen -:

1) had my vocal cords not beaten my nasal capacity to do so; and
2) if i were at home

vv said it was loud enough for TNP to hear it.

i couldn't help but groan and giggle, it's quite a feat to do that, i tell you. but, this has got to be one of the best "huh?!!!" moments. the type that leaves you genuinely bewildered. and for a long time to come......

first post of the moolah year

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:52:00 +0000

i know it's a cow, but its gaze seems filled with meaning.

in this year of the ox, i would like to wish everyone that i think fondly of, a very happy new year and may you be as healthy as an ox. and for those that i don't think fondly of, .......... having a somewhat angelic heart, i certainly don't wish for misfortune to befall you. hopefully these people will come to realize their unlovable traits in the year of the ox. and yes, do something about it, before you become truly unbearable.

my new year visiting will only commence on the 2nd day of CNY and today, it is more of a worming day where i was wrapped snugly under my blanket while looking at the sunlight that made its way into the bedroom, musing over random thoughts that did not have any links to one another. some of them were totally weird, but entertaining all the same.

when my dad flicked on the tv to mediacorp's channel 8, the trailer of some alternative ending related to little nyonya came on, successfully irritated my dad and me. while i didn't watch the show other than snippets of it while channel surfing, its over-exposed pre-and-post publicity stunts certainly made me aware of the drama's existence without having had to undergo the actual act of sitting through any episode. initially, i was glad that a mediacorp drama was so well received. after a while, it became incessant droning to the stage of irritation. like mediacorp has no other show that they can rely on to boast about anymore. tsk.

aural told me the other day of koko's mishap that involved a tissue box. apparently the fat ass got himself stuck after a brand new hole other than the original opening has been successfully created in the tissue box to allow access. however it was only large enough to accommodate the upper half of his body as he waged through the opening. and got himself extremely stuck at the midriff cos his ass was too fat to push forward AND backward. the poor bastard screeched alarmingly with its might and caught the attention of aural who was minding his own business in the house. thinking that the 2 hamsters were fighting, he hurried to take a look to find momo minding his own business and koko in that compromised position. aural had to pick up the tissue box and shook koko out of the trap in order to free it. -.- as hilarious the story sounded, it was actually a very dangerous situation for a hamster to be in, as koko might have just died due to screeching his lungs out or in great fright if aural had not been at home. from that day onwards, we no longer put any empty tissue box for them to play anymore.

do you know that heineken tastes better than tiger beer? but my fav beer is still budweiser after so long. however, heineken is more affordable if we are talking about substantial consumption. so, offers to install a tap of unlimited budweiser will be greatly welcome!

and happy moo(lah) year again. hopefully more moolah making its way, which is rather bleak considering the current worsening economy....

why gmail is so fun

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:29:00 +0000

i admit i am quite a big fan of google, largely due to the little surprises that come with the occasional changing of its gmail/google logo.

first it was the envelope with the red M

then it was the 8-shaped g in blue

and a few seconds ago, it transformed into a bigger 8-shaped white g with tropical background.

i dig change, especially changes like this. especially when i drag each new logo onto my firefox bookmarks toolbar and delete the predecessant logo. to reflect the new change IMMEDIATELY without refreshing the old one.

ok, this is sounding so geeky already. ^_^

speaking of change, i added a timer on the right that counts down to the official day where the american change advocater comes on board on january 20 (US time). the countdown timer is highly inspired from cfcamerica a couple of days ago, having observed that at the time of blogging, the website has done a major overhaul to the looks. meaning that the timer is now gone. ._-

there goes the countdown to no more bush in X days, Y hours and Z minutes

first post in 2009

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:22:00 +0000

it is 2009! remember to be mindful when you write your dates ⊂(　＾ω＾)⊃ 3/1/09 not 3/1/08 ok?

zzmm's wedding

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:27:00 +0000

such a happy occasion. pictures of zzmm's hen night and big day are finally up and looking through them brings back happy memories of all the fun.

after all, it's my virgin jiemei-ism and hence, all the more memorable. =D

in the morning of the actual day, i was introduced to calista who has very nice hair and is a pretty little girl who knows how to play the piano and eats biscuits with milo. she can also create a din easily on and without demand XD

during the dinner, after the prawn with brandy made its debut in rubber and mrs teo's wedding dinner, the prawn and brandy made its second appearance and this time round, liyan had taken the front view of the prawn's face. the prawn is one of the most disgruntled prawns, if not the most disgruntled one that i have ever seen. =X

it is also my first virgin ta-ing of brandy, courtesy to orh eh who made me ta with zzmm and connie. how scheming, he probably felt that while he was ta-ing away with unkel solid, unkel huat, et, mnm, etc, the compelling need to volunteer his better half to ta with the ladies struck him, that his better half's usual beer drinking is not enough. (´;ω;`) since he ended up hugging the toilet bowl while nursing a back pain, ore wa, as the one with the bigger stomach capacity shall forgive him.

la la la la la, so much fun one.

cat diary

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:08:00 +0000

i received a forwarded email of the cat and dog diary and while the dog diary is absolutely boring, the cat diary amuses me endlessly. i have thus decided to insert googled images as this diary unfolds.........

CAT DIARY

Day 983 of my captivity. My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed cold hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. I plan as I stare from the window...

In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of, however they merely made condescending comments about the 'nice gift' and what a 'good little hunter' I am.

Bastards!

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of 'allergies.' I must learn what this 'allergies' means, and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow...but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.

The bird has got to be an informant. I regularly observe him communicating with the guards in their language. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now..........

but as i googled for pictures, it turns out that someone had beaten me to it a long time ago. bleah, i guess so much for originality.......

Click here for link.

no, i must be positive and think this way: great minds think alike.

so deluded.

the kimchi and the cashew nut

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:40:00 +0000

it's kimchi!!! came across it on sale in this container form at $4 per box at the funan foodcourt. rather cheap, if you ask me, until i find cheaper ones ⊂(　＾ω＾)⊃ tried it just now and it's spiccyyyyyyy, and it's only a few spoonfuls of kimchi. if i had eaten it rightaway at the food court, it will be such a tak-glam situation to be in....

the cashew nut form of momo. he and his onii-chan koko are new additions to the house. they should be slightly more than 1 month old now and koko is now quite a fat furball. as compared to 2 weeks ago when we brought them back, they must have at least grown twice as big (more than twice, for koko's case)

siam kitchen and lexean

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:16:00 +0000

today was once again, yet another gathering that consists of the witches + mermaid - vampiress as she is currently overseas. originally i had plans for stephy to make her debut to this "unoccult cult", but she was not able to make it. in the meantime as ah jie's idea, we shall help to think up an alias for her. elf? orh eh suggested snow white cos she is so fair, but it is not really in tune with what we have so far, so it shall be shelved under to-be-further-discussed section.

it was quite a darn heavy dinner, but the siam kitchen food was quite nice especially the tom yum soup, green curry and fish prawn cakes *gulp*, so the cult came out full and satisfied ~~and badly in need of a pee~~. despite the disappointment that my fav magazine will only arrive at kinokuniya tomorrow, there was this one particular magazine that caught my eye, largely due to the unusual cover and i present to you: the LEXEAN magazine. and the other reason for purchase is because i know nothing about this magazine, other than the name itself. and i was very curious about it.

haven't read through the magazine yet, but i think i am in for a feast of interesting articles, largely on political figures and technology after a brief browse-through of the editorial and hilarious, yet tastefully done illustrations. this mystery magazine turned out to be a surprisingly good find. even though i have a hunch that it is a men's magazine cos there are only splashes of men's executive fashion right at the end.........._.

typing with cold hands

noreply@blogger.com (stella) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0000

today is hari raya haji, 8 December 2008 and for this public holiday, i am holed up at home. maybe later going to look for the bridesmaid dress for the morning session on zzmm's big day on the 18th!!

go-kekkon omedetou gozaimasu in advance. the evening dress has been settled, cos the colour is easier to find =D

actually, i have bought another dress, close to the morning session's required colour but don't think it will be quite suitable. nonetheless i liked the dress very much and will keep it for some other occasion. like the old saying goes: a woman can never have too many clothes.

today's weather is rather cold, with the rain and lack of sun the entire day. plus with my ass glued to the floor, can feel the coldness even more.

does it mean xmas is really coming? =)