Snippets of The Open Closet

Emperor Kangxi and 步步惊心 Bu Bu Jing Xin

2012-01-22T05:14:00.003+08:00

*Image taken from Google

I've been avoiding the tv for quite a long time til I caught sight of a Channel 8 advertisement on a drama called 步步惊心 aka Bu Bu Jing Xin aka Startling by Each Step aka Scarlet Heart last week.

A 25 year old modern day woman (Zhang Xiao) wakes up one day to find herself in the Qing Dynasty as a 16 year old Manchu girl (Ma'Ertai Ruo Xi). The story is based during Emperor Kangxi's reign and it shows how the 4th prince (later known as Emperor Yongzheng) becomes the successor.

The tv advert caught my attention and ever since I began to watch the drama, I'M HOOKED. Like totally addicted. #TearMyHair if I ever miss one episode, but thank god there's xinmsn and youtube. :D

Btw the drama's story is adapted from the original novel written by Tong Hua.

But this blog post is not about the drama or the novel HAHA.

Being someone who loves history, I actually went to google more about the Qing dynasty to check if the story in the drama coincides with history. I spent some time reading up on it.

I was pretty amazed to learn that Emperor Kangxi had APPROXIMATELY 64 wives (4 Empress and many consorts), 24 sons and 12 daughters. What's even more disturbing is that many of his other children died within a few months/years as a baby - and the numbers are not inclusive of the 36 official children he had. I wonder why so many of them died young.

Ok, let me get to the point.

Actually, what I really wondered about was....

DIDN'T THE EMPEROR CONTRACT HIV/ AIDS SINCE HE HAD UNPROTECTED SEX WITH 64 DIFFERENT WOMEN DURING HIS REIGN??? 0.0

(And he probably had relationships with more than 64 women - think of maids etc - but all these is unlikely to be recorded in history.)

Or did they already have some form of condom 300 years ago??! I don't know man. I'm just curious. And I can't imagine how he managed so many women at one go!! #LikeABoss

He died when he was 61 years old.

Could it be that he died because of Aids, just that no one at that time knew about its existence?!

Haha crap.
Alright, anyway I was just wondering only. #superrandomthoughts

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In any case, 步步惊心 (Bu Bu Jing Xin) is a wonderful drama! I've already watched a couple of episodes ahead of whats shown on MediaCorp Channel 8 - hehe I watched on youtube! :D

The main heroine in this drama is Ma'Ertai Ruo Xi (played by Liu Shi Shi), who is a fictional character though - she doesn't exist in real history.

The stories that revolve around the 4th prince (played by Nicky Wu), the 8th prince (Kevin Cheng), the 13th prince (Yuan Hong), the 14th prince (Lin Geng Xin) and the crown prince (Zhang Lei) is quite close to history though. Not forgetting Emperor Kangxi (played by Damian Lau).

I know no one asked me but I still want to tell.
Out of all the princes, my fav prince currently is....the 8th prince!!

Kevin Cheng =DDD

Ruo Xi and the 8th prince (played by Kevin Cheng) =DDD

Although the 4th prince seems kind and protective but the 8th prince is handsome, romantic and very manly! Then again, I might like the 14th prince soon coz he is kinda cute. No wonder even Ruo Xi herself can't make up her mind in the show lol. Ok I better stop here or this is gonna be a super long entry. I could go on and on and on. #addicted :D

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Meanwhile, here's me wishing everyone a

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

May the year of the dragon be full of pleasant events and lots of happiness!!

GONG XI FA CAI!!

HUATTTTTTTTT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

*Image credit to the following website

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

How I'd spend a $100 Jipaban voucher this CNY

2012-01-17T03:39:00.009+08:00

Ever heard of JIPABAN?

I HAVE!!

*Image/ Logo belongs to http://www.jipaban.com

JIPABAN.com is Singapore's largest online shopping mall

selling diverse products ranging from

female/male clothes to books to household/decor items to video games

& many more!!

And of course,

I have a motive for visiting Jipaban this season! :D

Especially since CNY is coming, it's a good excuse for EVERYBODY to

SHOP TIL YOU DROP!!!

Later I'll show you how.

Even if you're not celebrating Chinese New Year. LOL.

Anyways.

Ever since 2012 began, I've been day dreaming a lot lately & acting a lil ~~crazy~~ funny.

Since the CNY festive season is around the corner,

yesterday I tried to imagine and day dream about...... erm....

*cough*

If I were to receive a $100 Jipaban voucher, how would I spend it this CNY? :D

(Even typing this out makes my bones feel egg-cited =DDD)

No need to think so much for an answer.

I.ALREADY.KNOW.

Coz I did my homework. WAhAHahaha. *gleeful*

Here's my wishlist on what I'll spend on:

(1) Floral Chiffon Maxi Dress - Price: SGD 30.00 (60 Lolli Points!)

(2) Studded Buckle Clutch - Price: SGD 24.00 (48 Lolli Points!)

(3) Bandaged Platform Heels - Price: SGD 24.50 (49 Lolli Points!)

ALL IN PINK!! I LIKE!! =D

(4) Leather Multi-Strips Belt (Red) - Price: SGD 9.00 (18 Lolli Points!)

(5) All In My Heart Necklace (Copper) - Price: SGD 6.00 (12 Lolli Points!)

(6) Sun Sea Beach Studs (Assorted) - Price: SGD 6.50 (13 Lolli Points!)

TAKE OUT YOUR CALCULATOR AND CALCULATE NOW PLEASE!!

EXACTLY $100 RIGHT?!!!

LOL.

See. I told you I got do my homework one. :D

And I make sure I get top to toe settled within SGD 100 all at the same place!

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Although I'm only day dreaming for now,

looking at the things at Jipaban.com itself turns me into a happy being from a grumpy one!!

If I get my hands on that S$100 Jipaban voucher, I promise I will give you a super toothy grin!!

Clothes/ Shoes/ Accessories for Men & Women

PC/ Card/ Board Games

Gift Sets/ Collectibles

Gadgets, DVDs, Books etc.

Weeeee..... the shiokness of ONLINE SHOPPING!!

In fact, I am pretty tempted to get some books and a card game called UGLY UGLY too.

I played it with my friends before, damn fun ok!

So.....

You name it, Jipaban has it.

They purposely one.

Coz they want you to shop til you drop like meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee =P

No, I'm not dead yet. LOL.

Otherwise I could use the $100 Jipaban voucher and shop til everything drops on me. =D

Come on. *puppy eyes*

And in case you don't know, Lolli Points will entitle shoppers to redeem some goodie items!

Over 1000 items to choose from. Can choose until crazy.

After that can go sleep happily ~~like Sleeping Beauty~~ after shopping from Jipaban.

Must smile while you are sleeping.

And clutch your hands tightly to your loot.

Here's their CNY lookbook guide if you're interested:

www.jipaban.com/cny-lookbook/women

www.jipaban.com/cny-lookbook/men

I'm checking out Jipaban.com for my CNY attire and more!

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Boy gets FREE hair cut from Springfield Sec School

2012-01-10T17:09:00.006+08:00

Just a very short post (I hope lol).

I was surfing STOMP's website just now and saw this article about a 14-year-old boy from Springfield Secondary School whose hair was 'unevenly' cut by his teacher because he didn't adhere to school rules to keep short hair (I suppose). I presume that his mother wrote to the newspapers about it because it was first reported on the New Paper on 7 January. She claimed that about 7cm of his hair had been cut off. His mother even called the police and complained to the Ministry of Education (MOE) upon arriving in school to see her poor little son being in a state of 'trauma'.

AND ALL I GOTTA SAY IS:

BOY AH, PLEASE DON'T BE A BABY CAN???
When you go to NS (National Service), your hair will be cut by the SAF barber also. Then is your mother gonna cry to SAF, make a police report and whine about it on newspaper again? LOL.

Seriously, I am pretty sure that any school would have given plenty of verbal warnings first before proceeding to chop off a student's hair if he/she doesn't adhere to acceptable hair lengths according to the school rules.

In fact, according to the newspaper, this is the SECOND time that his hair is being cut by the school. The first time happened last year whereby about 1cm was cut away as a warning. And he still didn't learn his lesson huh!

Since it's the beginning of a new school term, isn't it a student's responsibility to trim their hair neatly before they attend school? If you're the student's parent, shouldn't you bother to check on your child first to make sure that everything is okay before they go to school? Fact is, you as the parent DID NOT.

Since his mother didn't bother (I assume) and her son didn't care about adhering to school rules either (I assume again), then it is definitely RIGHT for the school to discipline its students accordingly. The teacher, educator and school did no wrong.

AND FYI, IT IS NOT BARBARIC.

Rather, it is because of parents LIKE YOU who make a fuss about every little strand of missing hair (pun intended) that brings about the rise of INSOLENT kids these days.

Think about it.

WHEN THE SCHOOL DISCIPLINES YOUR CHILD, YOU CRY.

WHEN YOUR CHILD CARRY A PARANG, YOU ALSO CRY.

Then what do you want???!!

*Pic credit to The New Paper by Teh Jen Lee

In fact, the teen should be more ashamed of his mum's behaviour because look, she has brought the haircut incident to a whole new level by publicizing it. What could have been a quiet punishment in school is now broadcast to the entire nation. Now everyone knows what kind of spectacles you are wearing, which school you are from and it really won't take long to guess your name either. All thanks to your 43 year old mother, Madam Yeo, a general manager - so says the newspapers lol. Tsk tsk.

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During my time in secondary school (in the late 90s, lololol okok quit counting my age hor), I had to carry medicine ball (which weighs about 5-10kg) and jog a few rounds around the field with it as punishment for .... I can't remember why actually lol.

*Image taken Google search

YOU THOUGHT I'M KIDDING AH? There's really something called Medicine Ball ok.. very heavy one. When carry, already very heavy. Imagine you have to JOG WITH IT somemore!! O.O

I even had to sorta scrap/file my fingernails against the coarse carpark flooring in my school as punishment for not cutting my uber long fingernails. But I'm smart, when the teacher was not looking, I simply bite my finger nails off, then pretend to scrap it, and then tell my teacher I'm done. LOL. That is called LIFE SKILL ok. =P

I admit that I thought that my teacher was a bit crazy and I hated her lol. BUT... it did deter me from not cutting my fingernails after that. I became very aware and always made it a point to check myself every week before going to school. That teacher damn scary one ok... =/

My classmates went through similar "punishments" too.
And yet, none of our parents complained.
It even built camaraderie between my classmates and I hahaha. We study together, have fun together, go through punishments together and pass exams together!! =D

And I have only named two out of the many types of punishment my batch went through. There's even superman style pumping. You want to know how? I can teach you!! LOL. =X

BUT LOOK AT US NOW!
My classmates and I have all grown up to be beautiful people with some moral values and some level of discipline. And I thank my school teachers for it. It did not just instil discipline in us but it also made us a better person overall. There's so many wonderful memories from secondary school when I think about it now! Even the punishments seem damn fun to me now lol!! Really!!

P/S: NONE OF MY CLASSMATES (INCLUDING MYSELF) HAVE BEEN TRAUMATISED OR BECAME CRAZY AFTER GRADUATING. WE ARE STILL PERFECTLY FINE. LOL.

SO QUIT WHINING YOU LITTLE KIDS.

AND FOR THE PARENTS:
QUIT PAMPERING YOUR BIG BABIES. LET THE SCHOOL DISCIPLINE YOUR KID IF YOU CANNOT.

Stomp article reference: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/887244/teacher_who_gave_boy_drastic_haircut_acted_like_a_barbarian.html

AsiaOne news article:
http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20120109-320652.html

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Y U NO WRITE SINCE NEW YEAR?

2012-01-08T16:09:00.001+08:00

Hi allllllllllllllllllllllll!
*talks to air*

Lol.

I know I haven't blogging since new year. In fact, I meant to say I haven't been blogging about anything fantastic.

One short post on SMRT, 3 product reviews and two greetings (for Xmas & NY) - all in Dec lol! Which means the last good long post I did was in November on Mind Fuck.
(I define 'Good' my way. If I put in lotsa effort to write and its informative and abit crazy, then its gooood!)

And then I just took a glance at my archives on the right (yea, you see that archives list on the right side???) and I shocked myself. Wtf, only 3 posts in Oct and another 3 in Nov!!! *looks away and pretends nothing happened*

Ok what I'm really saying is.. I feel like I've not blogged for CENTURIES haha (all the recent short posts and events, reviews, ads not counted).

SO...
I'm not making up for it via this post.

BUT.

I'm gonna add Formspring instead of Cbox to allow more lively interaction between me and you (yeah.. I mean you.. you.. and you.... errr yea... you are air.. I know.. but I have nobody to talk to.. except for air.. so you read my blog ok? Yeah, you...) Update: Formspring added! Feel free to ask me questions/ leave your opinions. Please don't mark your visit there by saying "Just visiting" etc coz it's not Shoutmix or Cbox. Formspring is purely meant for us to interact like siao. Lame, crap, funny questions allowed. LOL.

ALSO.

Am probably gonna change the blog layout but this might take some time. Like a few weeks and then drag to months.

AND.

OK so these are not my excuses for not blogging this whole week. Hahaha.

My excuse is..

I have many things to do these days.
Like a one-woman show.
So I'm trying to slowly phase myself this whole week. Trying to sort my personal things out. Clear my mind. Housekeep my things. Somehow unknowingly getting myself involved in other people's problems and solving them.

In case no one knows, I'm like the in-house counsellor + Aunt Agony + superwoman for many of my friends most of the time and I have no idea why they look at me in such light - I feel like I'm their angel whenever they confide in me lol. Also, many of their secrets are with me, so one day if I were to die *touchwood*, you can safely say that I'm gonna be bringing all their secrets to the grave with me. If I could use kilos to count, that'd be really heavy. That explains why I have headache sometimes also lololol.

So I'm kinda busy.
For the sake of myself.
Wanting to slow things down and get a grip on life before 2012 ends - doomsday you believe? Lol. I don't know if doomsday will happen but I just want to sort of start afresh this year. So I need lots of ME-time before I share myself with everybody else.

On a last note, I think bloggers are very thick-skinned and brave people.

Don't we bloggers feel like we are talking to ourselves most of the time when we blog? Lol.

Loves,

With lots of sweets & chocolates.

No more chatbox =/

2012-01-02T00:41:00.000+08:00

Oh yes, the "shoutmix" chatbox on the right of this website is no longer available for use because they are charging fees for its use.

So I'm still considering if I should replace it with a "Cbox" chatbox or perhaps, include form spring instead!

Til then, you guys may just leave comments at individual posts til I have the time to add either Cbox/ Form Spring! :)

Happy Holidays once again!

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Happy New Year 2012!

2011-12-31T00:36:00.000+08:00

I thought that 2011 will end in naught but I guess nature has its way of encouraging me to hang on to my dream through an unexpected mail. Nothing great but I'm thankful for that little motivation. I will keep my dreams going even if the whole world disagrees with me. I will surely get there someday. I have faith in myself and my abilities.

I also spent this whole week reflecting on myself this year.
Then it occurred to me. Had I not make a bold move back then and put in some effort to try to reach out to my goals, I wouldn't have had the opportunity of my life to experience some great things this year (never in my life had I ever dreamt that I would be able to do some things and I DID). There were times when I was even surprised at myself. Had I listened to the nay-sayers, I wouldn't have had some cool things happening to me this year too.

With that said, it doesn't mean that I have already achieved my goals. I have not, but I have definitely walked quite a fair bit and I'm proud of it in my own way. I will keep on walking til my soles are torn and my spirits broken. I even had a few failing attempts this year, including the most recent one being in Dec. But those will not pull me down. Failures are the wings of future success. I will definitely fly someday.

I have not made any resolutions for 2012 because my goals have not changed.
How about you? :)

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year 2012 ! =D

May all of us have a wonderful year ahead. Good Luck!

Remember to listen to your heart, believe in yourself and move towards your goals.

(Moreover, who knows if doomsday will really happen in 2012 lol, so might as well live your life to the fullest!) :P

XOXO.

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Merry Xmas 2011!

2011-12-25T06:46:00.002+08:00

*Image taken from Google

It's that time of the year again!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!! =D

And happy holidays to those who ain't celebrating it!

P/S: Had wanted to post a super chio pic with snow and all but... something is wrong with my browser/internet these days.... I can't seem to click on some buttons. Just like the way how I can't upload pics here coz the upload button seems faulty. So I had to recycle the same Xmas pic which I used last year from the archives lol. I don't know how to explain. Anw I'm gonna call for help soon. Heck!

Have fun anyways! =)

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

When one door closes, another window opens

2011-12-18T11:43:00.006+08:00

When one door closes, another window opens.
Don't you think so? ;)

*Image taken from Google

Just wanted to say that I would really love to shake hands with the hero who smashed the mrt window against all odds and that brave act somewhat saved all the commuters who were trapped in the SMRT train in the middle of the tunnel a few days ago. Otherwise, I can't imagine how many might have died from no ventilation. Seriously. This is no joking matter.

In my opinion, the hero definitely did the RIGHT thing, instead of simply adhering to rules blindly. Kudos to him for his bravery!! You are AWESOME, dude!! Whoever you are. =)

Sometimes I don't understand why we have to wait for things to happen first before anyone does anything about it. Complacent? No proper SOPs? Can't be bothered? Think about it.

This incident also highlights something.
Protocols, rules and what nots - many Singaporeans are binded by these. This is the reason why Singaporean talents can rarely make it in the arts, music, writing field etc. Too many conservative mindsets, inability to let loose, fear of being judged by others, fear of failure, afraid of breaking the rules and norms. I say to hell with those.

Anyway, that mrt hero deserves a medal. Let's cheer for him! =)

And please, SMRT, don't be a frog in the well! Do what is right; it's not just about adhering to some strict rules blindly.

Have a good Sunday everyone!

For those who are clueless about the doors and windows, you may refer to this yahoo article to know what I'm talking about:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/train-faults-on-north-south-line-between-bishan-and-marina-bay-stations.html

Updated news:
http://news.insing.com/tabloid/smrt-will-not-fine-vandal/id-c5213f00

P/S: Stop terming him as a "vandal". He's not one.

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Mind Fuck

2011-11-22T20:15:00.002+08:00

Today, I wanna talk about Mind Fuck.

Don't worry, this content is suitable for readers of most age group.

What is Mind Fuck?
Who is a Mind Fucker?
How do you know you've been mind fucked?

To put it simply, a mind fucker is someone who talks/behaves in such a way where he/she installs a certain idea into your head and makes you believe in that idea throughout a course of time. And you, the one who has been mind fucked, will not be aware that you've just been mind fucked until sometime later, you finally see the clearer picture when you're no longer so confused. Unfortunately, you will know you've been mind fucked only AFTER you've already been mind fucked.

*Image credit to top-flirting-tips.com

Some 'victims' who eventually realize they've been mind fucked might hate themselves for falling for it while some may hate the mind fuckers and confront them. The good thing though is that, I believe most victims will LEARN from it. And this is the purpose of my post - to help my readers by being AWARE of the term "MIND FUCK" and save yourselves from any potential mind fuckers if you were to encounter them one day.

Let me give you an example.

A man dates you out under the pretext of "hey lets hang out together".

He pays for your movie and dinner like a gentleman.
He touches your arms in a subtle manner when he says a joke.
He gazes into your eyes when you talk.
He brushes away the strand of hair across your face.
He says you are cute or gorgeous.
He sends you home after the 'date'.
He pats your head subtlely or maybe gives a friendly hug before he says goodbye.

*Image credit to relationstips.com

He leaves you dazed and in awe.
Butterflies running in your tummy.
And that girly voice in you starts to wonder if he likes you.

So you begin to ask yourself questions and your heart beats quickly while you wait for further response from him.

And he keeps you waiting for a day or two before he asks you out for another "hang out".
You think "JACKPOT! HE HAS ASKED ME OUT FOR A SECOND DATE YAY!!"

He pays for your movie and dinner again (although you offer to go on dutch).
He sends out all the above signals again.

Note: He doesn't touch you like a pervert. If he does, he's not a mind fucker but a pervert. There's a difference ok.

So you go home and wonder again if he likes you.
And you begin to think he might. He could. Maybe he does.

*Image credit to thedatingtruth.com

He keeps up with contacting you often.
He calls you suddenly to talk on the phone.

The vibes are there.

You think he likes you and you kinda like him too.
Everything seems to fall into place but he leaves you hanging at the same time.

With the feelings of confusion/ doubt lingering in your head for a couple of days/weeks.

*Image credit to riflebirds.com

AND SUDDENLY,

He stops calling you.

He stops looking for you.

He doesn't initiate conversations.
He doesn't ask you out anymore.
Absolute silence.

Then you make up excuses for him in your head.
You think he's afraid of commitment.
You think he's just too shy or an introvert.
You think he's facing some problems that he cannot tell.
Etc etc.

BUT GUESS WHAT?

YOU'VE JUST BEEN MIND FUCKED.

And if you don't believe me, I'd suggest all the ladies (and men) reading this post to watch the English movie "He's just not that into you". I read the book a few years ago but I didn't manage to catch the movie when it came out in 2009. So I watched it just a few days ago and boy... it's so damn enlightening! The movie practically answers most doubts that girls have when it comes to dating.

He's just NOT that into you

So for those of you out there who are still clueless on what's going on with your dates who are showing mixed signals, go and find that movie online (or buy a dvd) to watch! Stop deceiving yourselves. Stop making excuses for the man who he doesn't call/ meet you after a date or two. It's simple. He's just NOT THAT into you.

More than half the time, reality is that - you've been mind fucked if the man keeps asking you out on 'dates', shows you mixed signals but never ever confesses his feelings for you - AND HE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS from your life totally or if HE SUDDENLY DOES NOT INITIATE ANY CONTACT with you anymore.

If this has happened to you, don't lose heart. Move on, I say!!

A man who really likes you will make himself available for you no matter what. He will look for you and he will find ways to initiate contact with you no matter how shy he is. Its that straightforward but it's we ladies who thinks of it in a very complicated manner.

P/S: And who says that men don't get mind fucked? Some females do it to the men too.

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Totally off topic but I'm dying to watch the new taiwan movie "You are the apple of my eyes"!! Its by the writer cum director - Jiu Ba Dao! Its his true romance story by the way. I can't wait to find somebody to watch it with me omg! I've been repeating the song over and over again everyday. And I can't help it but to attach the MV here. Enjoy! :)

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

ciNE65 Awards Ceremony 2011

2011-11-19T17:32:00.009+08:00

[Events Coverage]

Been pretty busy lately.
With lots of things happening around me.

I was delighted to be invited as a media blogger by a PR firm for the inaugural ciNE65 Award Ceremony 2011 held on 16 November 2011 at Great World City's GV. It was fun, especially with a funny host like Chua Enlai and celebrity award presenters like Irene Ang! Thank you for the invite! =)

In case you're still wondering what ciNE65 Awards Ceremony is all about, ciNE65 is a film competition for our local talents (both students and open category). Through the film, they have to tell what Singapore means to them. Thus, this event was meant to announce the winners for all categories.

Guest of Honour

Mr Lawrence Wong, Minister of State (Defence and Education).

And look at the crowd yo!

My guest and I was seated somewhere at the front - such a thoughtful arrangement I must say... otherwise there'll only be small/ blurred pics for me to show you all haha. =P

Host of the day

Chua Enlai from Fly Entertainment

(more famously known as the funny guy in The Noose on Channel 5).

The VIPs had not arrived yet.

And the voting lines were still open to vote for the best actor/actress.

I bet the nominees must have felt really excited!

Here's a snapshot of one of the films:

After the arrival of the VIPs, the event officially began.

Can you see how passionate Chua Enlai is? Hahaha!

This guy has got many facial expression when he's hosting - and I mean it as a compliment! :D

Did I say that I have the knack of photographing photographers at almost every event that I attend? LOL.

I don't know why. I just find it pretty fascinating to capture images of the photographers when they are busy photographing.

It's like an art.

Fine, you don't get it!

One of the nominees for the

Best Editing category:

In fact, there were many other categories such as Best Sound Design, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay etc. Oh, there was even a Favourite Actor and Favourite Actress award which was the audience' choice.

The Award Presenters

Some of the award presenters, of which one of them was Fly Entertainment's Irene Ang:

The WINNERS!

After the awards were given out, we sat back to watch the films. After which, it was time for dinner at the Garden Terrace. Oops, no pictures on that one though! :D

My guest and I definitely enjoyed ourselves at the event. It was pretty fascinating to see our young talented Singaporeans work being showcased on the big screen. I must say they delivered beyond expectations. I loved it!

Congratulations to the winners and for those who didn't win, you guys did an awesome job as well!! Well done! =)

For more information on the event and the winning films, you may check out http://cine65.sg/

And I'll end this post with a quote from Irene Ang which got everyone laughing:

"If you're ugly, join acting. There is hope for ugly people, join acting!!"

Loves,

With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Movie Review: Midnight In Paris

2011-11-07T14:41:00.004+08:00

Midnight in Paris

I'll get straight to the point.

I loved this romantic comedy/fantasy movie!

I'll probably rate it 8.5 out of 10 but its gonna boil down to individual preference. I love this show because of the 'oldies' elements in it and it's a comedy with short, sharp scripts.

It's about this writer (played by Owen Wilson) who takes a walk at midnight in Paris and... he suddenly finds himself meeting people in settings that he's always sorta dreamt of. And famous personalities from the past like Ernest Hemingway, Picasso etc are brought to life. So... for someone like me who personally love oldies and things/people from the past, this show is close to perfect. It's kinda romantic too since its a setting in Paris anyway.

To add on, he has a fiancee who is very critical of his work and doesn't quite share his passion. So that adds a bit of tension in the storyline.

And there is a very beautiful woman in the plot... ain't gonna say who or what lol. I think she's really uniquely gorgeous - just like the way I think Audrey Hepburn is.

Alright.

Ain't gonna be a spoiler and say further.

It's a movie worth watching if you're the classical, romantic, witty-loving kinda person.

There's one thing I dislike though. I found the ending quite abrupt! I was like "HUH, END ALREADY??" and looked at the ending credits in 'awe' lol.

But still worth watching. :)

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Movie Review: Change-Up

2011-10-28T15:33:00.002+08:00

Hello everyone!

Just thought I'd do some updates out of nothing-ness.

For a start, I went out with pigster yesterday and we both had an awesome time shopping, eating and bitching. Super fun TTM! Now I have leg cramps and maybe mouth cramp too coz I laughed too much. :D

I also finally stocked up my usual Acuvue (moist) daily lens after procrastinating for a longgggggggg time. I really had to get it this time because I had used up the last pair last week lol. So, bo bian (meaning 'no choice'). And I have many things to do... where I need my lens - I cannot wear spectacles for some occassions you see lol. #1001excusesforbeingvain

Two weeks ago, I watched CHANGE-UP (a M18 movie). Why I have to mention its M18 is... because I didn't know that M18 means you can see the actress being half naked on top at some parts of the show. No censorship at all. I was pretty shocked actually but maintained my cool. Don't laugh, I'm a noob when it comes to movie ratings. However, it was actually quite a good show. Everyone in the cinema was laughing all the way til the movie ended. Yep, it's a comedy. And the babies in the movie are mad cute!!

You should watch it! Here's the cast and sypnosis if you're keen:

Cast: Leslie Mann, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde, Mircea Monroe, Jason Bateman. (Full Cast)
Sypnosis:

Growing up together, Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman) were inseparable best friends, but as the years pass, they've slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility he liked. To Mitch, Dave has it all: beautiful wife Jamie (Leslie Mann), kids who adore him and a high-paying job at a prestigious law firm. To Dave, living Mitch's stress free life without obligation or consequence would be a dream come true. Following a drunken night out together, their worlds are turned upside down when they wake up in each other's bodies. Despite the freedom from their routines, the guys soon discover that each other's lives are nowhere near as rosy as they once seemed. Further complicating matters are Dave's sexy legal associate, Sabrina (Olivia Wilde), and Mitch's estranged father (Alan Arkin).

Anyhows.
Looking forward to this weekend as I'll be attending a Halloween event with my friend. I have a bad feeling that I'm so gonna be spooked. But my friend said he'll bring garlic HAHAHA. -__-"""

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

The difference between unconditional love and trying to impress

2011-10-18T00:31:00.001+08:00

Just thought that I should elaborate a little more on my previous post on ' How do you know how much you love him?'.

First, let me reiterate that I ain't talking about getting attached or the initial stages of dating in a relationship. I was actually referring to the stage where you're about to get married - how do you ascertain that this person is THE ONE and that you really really love him unconditionally?

I'm pretty sure that many of us, male or female, would do our utmost best to IMPRESS our partners when we are in a relationship (at least during the beginning). We will put on our best foot forward.

I thought hard about this a few days ago.

Doing something to impress and doing something out of unconditional love - there's a difference, yes?

My take on this is that.... doing things to impress should occur a lot in the beginning but as things settle down, the rest should largely be based on unconditional love (though of course gotta take effort to impress once a while too lol).

Do you cook a meal for him so that he'd have good vibes about you OR do you cook a meal for him just so that you can watch him smile as he eats it happily?

Anyways.
I also know that it might sound a lil dumb to think this way as reality could be different, but I'm just saying only coz this is how I would wanna feel when I think that someone could be "THE ONE"! :)

PS: I just had my bangs trimmed recently. Loving it!

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PPS: With regards to the 14 year old Thai girl who lost her legs due to the accident at Ang Mo Kio mrt station some time ago, the news says that she has engaged a lawyer to file a lawsuit against SMRT. Here's my 2cents worth.

*Pic taken from AsiaOne website

Although my heart goes out to her and I feel that the initial offer of S$5,000 by SMRT as 'compensation' was peanuts, I don't think if she should be asking for S$4 million from SMRT now. Seriously. She could ask for more than S$5k but definitely not til a whopping S$4million. Boy...

In fact, if she succeeds in this lawsuit, then I wonder how many others are gonna try to replicate this incident to try to get "compensation" out of smrt. Ya know, esp those gamblers who are on heavy debts. It's crazy to think of it, but who knows.

For whatever reasons that she somehow fell onto the mrt track, I don't think if SMRT should be held TOTALLY responsible (albeit yes I mentioned in my previous blog post that smrt is indirectly responsible due to the safety barriers not being up yet).

It's like contracting a terminal illness and then asking the government to compensate for it. She could ask for donations out of goodwill but definitely not a compensation with a figure like S$4million. That's too much, imho.

I guess the keyword here is 'COMPENSATION'. She shouldn't be asking for compensation and taking goodwill for granted. Period.

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

How do you know how much you love him?

2011-10-05T05:19:00.002+08:00

In the past when you guys read my blog, you prolly had to imagine me - with the vague pic that I provided in the old banner (the one with my head faced down lol). I still have that pic on my twitter & (my miserable low activity) FB page though! :D

Now that you can see my face in the new banner, I'm not sure how it feels like for the regular readers as you read my blog currently. Got any feeling anot? Did I burst your bubbles, not up to your expectation, totally different from what you had imagined I was, etc etc etc?! LOL. I don't know. It's okay, no need to tell me coz I'm Gold 90FM - Only Hear The Good Stuff. Hahaha.

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HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH

YOU LOVE HIM?

Something that I was thinking about when I was in the toilet earlier on.

I'm not sure if its easy to tell if a guy is 'THE ONE' when you're in the dating stage of a relationship. I never quite completely felt that way before. There's always something missing. Not quite there. Lol.

But I know what I want.
Thus, IMHO, I think this is how I'm supposed to feel and this is what I will envision if I'm truly, madly, deeply in love with someone whom I want to spend my life with forever. Don't laugh ok. I really gave it a thought while I was taking a dump in the toilet earlier on. So I came up with the following:

1. You wanna cook for him everyday. Learn to cook his fav dishes and watch him eat happily.

2. You wanna wash and fold his clothes for him. Including his dirty underwear and smelly socks.

3. You love and recognize his body smell.
(Don't tell me you don't know that it has been scientifically proven that EVERY human has a light, unique body 'smell'. And this body 'smell/ scent' is crucial to the amount of attraction we feel for the opposite sex - which is why we are attracted to some people only. Aiya, anw its some attraction theory, you go google about it if you're interested to learn more lol. Btw, it's NOT referring to body odour ok, it's supposed to be a light humanly scent.)

4. You recognize his flaws and you try to compromise without being too headstrong about trivial things.

*Image taken from Google

5. You wanna wipe his tears away and tell him it's okay for men to cry - once in a blue moon.
(But please don't cry everyday, that's a turn off.)
With that said, crying is not a sign of weakness or a loss of manhood, it only shows that he is very comfortable with you. So yuppppp, I think it's okay to share your tears once a while with the woman you love.

6. You feel safe sharing your secrets, innermost feelings and gossips with him - like totally. And still go to sleep peacefully.

7. You see a best friend in him. Tell him many stupid things but he'll still listen to you attentively.

8. You share (some) common habits, hobbies and interests. And similar philosophies of life. You see your future together with him, not without him in the picture.

*Image taken from Google

9. You let him go out with his boys, knowing that he will come back to you at the end of the day. (Disclaimer: If I give him the benefit of the doubt and 100% trust + freedom, I expect him to keep it up too. So this doesn't mean that he can mess around with sluts on the pretext of a 'boys night out'. Fair enough.)

10. You feel very worried about his whereabouts when you're unable to reach him for very long hours. At that moment, you wish for nothing else but for him to be safe and alive.

Lastly,

11. He makes you feel like a complete woman who wears a skirt and not the pants instead. :)

But of course,
all these are applicable only if the man is NOT a freakin egoistic/ psychotic/ MCP/ shallow one who thinks that he can trample on your head anytime just because he thinks you're nice and compromising. Women aren't stupid, in case some men might think so.

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Have you ever felt cheated before?

2011-09-28T19:24:00.006+08:00

When I was in secondary 1 and new to the school, I was cheated of S$2.00 by a female senior student who said that she forgot to bring her wallet and thus had no money to buy food for recess. She even promised to return the money back to me. I had my doubts but I gave it to her out of pity. The next day, she tried to 'borrow' again with a blatant lie and I flatly rejected her by saying that I don't have any money on me. I despised her from that day onwards and I swore to never be cheated of my money in school again.

When I was a teen, I waited for someone for X years. He sorta promised that I could wait for him til his A-Level exams are over. Then he took off with some other girl immediately after his A-Levels. I continued to wait for another few years before my heart finally gave up for good. I wished him well and I swore to never wait for anyone else and waste my youth again.

When I was a kid, I believed a tv advertisement which seemed to say that I could float on air if I drank (Daisy?) milk. I drank it everyday and imitated the scene in the tv ad but I never flew or float. I was so disappointed til I swore to take all tv advertisements with a pinch of salt from then onwards.

And a couple of years ago when I went to buy nasi lemak from a shop that I used to frequent at East Coast, I found slimy worms crawling in it - after eating 1/4 of the rice. I was horrified. I swore I'll never step into that shop ever again even if it means I have to starve.

But one thing's for sure though.

No one likes to be cheated.

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Right now.
I am trying to believe in the beauty of something once again;

I am treading very cautiously on a tip toe, half-expecting to slip any moment;
Pondering if I should leave or pursue.

P/S:
29/9 - I've just revamped my blog banner. If the alignment looks weird in your browser or something, do let me know. Hope the banner ain't a turn off now that I've shown my real self lololol. :p

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

If Singapore is a person, who will she be?

2011-09-21T17:49:00.004+08:00

[Advertorial]

Every child will have a hero in their hearts as they grow up.
Most of them would in fact look upon an adult in their lives as their superhero.

*Image taken from Google

There may be Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Captain Planet, Wonder Woman and many others.... but no superhero will ever win our mum or dad in our heart, don't you think so? :)

Therefore, if Singapore was a person, I would see it as my mother.
She's smart, beautiful, loving, protective and encouraging. I have no doubt in her abilities.
(In fact, I don't only see my mum but my dad too as my hero, but since Singapore is a 'she' and I can only choose one... oh wells... lol.)

Being bred and fed in Singapore all my life, I have definitely grown attached to it.

Doing its duty like all mums do, Singapore has provided me with the following comfort all these years:

- an education to nurture me
- a shelter over my head to keep me comfortable
- plenty of opportunities to boost my knowledge
- a safe haven (with low crime rates and no violence)

and of course, a place to call my home, anytime without hesitation.

I am thankful to Singapore for the above and I love her! ♥ ♥ ♥

If Singapore is a lion, then I'd be its cub. ♥

I'm sure you've seen how loving & protective lions could be to their cubs, rightttttt?!!

And I get that warm fuzzy feeling everytime there's a national event like the NDP, YOG etc - just the way I feel it from my mother whenever she pulls the blanket over me as I sleep. (Awwww... ♥)

Thus...

I have decided.

If Singapore is a person, she'd be my mother!! :)

Visit http://www.cine65.sg/ and like the ciNE65 Facebook fanpage at http://www.facebook.com/ciNE65 to see what others had said about Singapore!

Update: Do check out ciNE65 Awards Ceremony 2011 which I attended on 16 Nov! :)

Loves,

With lots of sweets & chocolates.

When I feel like I no longer belong

2011-09-20T00:29:00.001+08:00

I guess people do change.

I feel like I no longer belong. I'm not a part of it anymore.

So I'm gonna take a step back and leave after I'm done with what I'm supposed to do.
I don't like to owe anyone favours or any form of goodwill, so I will do the right thing before I go.

There are some things that I can never say.
Some things are not meant to be told either.

So I've decided to quietly move away.

Not happy to do this but well, I guess nothing is constant in life. Unfortunately, we all cannot have the best of both worlds if there are conflicts of interest.

If I find myself being unable to share what's on my mind directly to someone, that's when I know that something is very wrong. So now that I have figured it out, I know where exactly the problem lies.

People come and go.
Words are cheap.
Lip service is free.
I guess some things were never that important to begin with because when the time comes to choose between two, I know which side of the scale I'll be at. I've had enough feeling like crap.

I have decided.

P/S: Definitely not referring to BGR etc, so don't imagine too much lol. I am not so drama when it comes to dating hahahaha.

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Sunday Food For Thought

2011-09-18T01:48:00.003+08:00

Food for thought.

If you're dating someone new, who has no prior knowledge that you have a public blog (not referring to those private blogs where only you or your friends have password access to lol) , what do you do?

Would you feel like you are in a dilemma of sorts?

When is the right time to tell the other person?

Or should you even tell?
Lol.

What if whatever you write on your blog somehow jeopardize your relationship with the said person hahahahahaha. Especially for someone like me who writes about paper boys and closet sluts (all the sensitive, bashing, loud kind of blog posts), I gather that it would take quite a rational, calm and secure person to continue being friends with me after he reads my blog lololol. This is a very serious issue, you know! HOW???!!

Ok, just wondering only.
Have a good Sunday everybody! :)))
(New blog banner is on its way... just wait...)

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

A Revolution

2011-09-13T12:48:00.000+08:00

If you follow my twitter, you'd have seen my tweet that I'm in the midst of changing my blog banner.

To something that is rather....... well, let it remain a mystery til you see it lol.

So.

I'm heading for a revolution.
A fresh change to my blog banner.

Do look out for it.
REALLY SOON.

Xoxo.

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Facebook wants to saboh me!

2011-09-11T16:47:00.002+08:00

I am facing a very big problem with Facebook now. =(

I think FB wants to *saboh me because it has gotten me HOOKED to Sims Social and that's bad!!!! =DDD
But but but I'm a very happy Sim. I have one bedroom, one dressing room, one living room + study corner, one kitchen, one bathroom, one music room and a mini garden outside with lotsa flowers. I will die a happy Sim, if Sims can die that is.

Oh no, but my Sim is still single and not dating, so cannot die yet!! >.<

This is how my Sims look like:
Hey, don't judge me by my Sim okay. For eg. I don't wear half tops (like the purple one) in real life!

I created my Sim to be a socialite, so that explains the wine glass and she's a bit cranky too hahaha.

Everyday I make my Sim wear those same pair of boots, belt, hair band and the gloves. She is a socialite what... so must maintain!! Actually I'm the one who loves those.. =D Anyway, I didn't spend much on clothes so that I can spend more on the house!

I don't want to show you my Sims house because it's not very complete yet. I need to earn more Simoleons and Social Points so that I can paint nicer wallpapers and change some of the furnitures.

Btw I was wondering why Sims Social on Facebook cannot make babies.
I would soooo love to have a baby room and buy baby furnitures!! But of course, Sims Social must not encourage unwed pregnancies even its just online hahaha. Btw, can Sims marry on Sims Social? I think they can't... if I'm not wrong. Any one of you tried to marry off your Sim yet??

*saboh means to sabotage someone or to get someone else into trouble to benefit yourself.

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

Rest In Peace & Goodbye, Jojo.

2011-09-08T12:00:00.003+08:00

Last night, I gave some water to Jojo at about 11pm-ish, posted a tweet on Twitter and was gonna do a blog post on Jojo. I wanted to say how cute he was coz he sorta 'waited' for me at the same spot (Spot C, refer to pic on right) from 5pm+ to 11pm. I know the timing because my mum sorta noticed and so she told me.

What was supposed to be a happy post is now gonna be a pretty sad one.

Jojo is dead. =(
(I wanted to say that Jojo has passed away, but it sounds kinda weird.)

Yes, he is really dead. =(((

Those who have read my previous blog post would know what Jojo is. For those who didn't and don't, Jojo is a lizard - who somehow became my accidental 'pet'.

I know that this may seem a lil/very funny to most people - because Jojo is a lizard instead of your typical cat/ dog/ hamster/ fish etc.

I too, might have chuckled, at anyone who writes about a (pet) lizard adoringly and then grieves over its death - had I not met Jojo, the house lizard that changed my perception and made me feel comfortable.

However, I too am surprised with myself for this strange encounter/ bond that developed between Jojo and me over the weeks. I always felt that all lizards were disgusting and scary but Jojo won me over. Somehow, I began to care for him like my pet, fed him water daily and simply felt very comfortable with his existence in the house because he was a disciplined lizard (lol). He kept to his usual spot and wouldn't run around to scare me or anyone else. He was just too unique and too good to be true! How can I not feel sad when my pet dies? If you've had a pet before, I'm sure you'll know that feeling.

Thus, it's not that funny actually. I feel equally sad just the way anyone would if their cat or dog dies. Good thing is I only had two weeks with Jojo, so I didn't cry that bad.

*Pic credit to Petmemorialsfromtheheart.com

Actually, the cause of his death is still unknown. It is a mystery; I don't know.
One of my guy friends said that it could be due to an overdose of water - which is unlikely coz I only feed him drops of water each time and Jojo will always auto move away if he's full. That same friend said it could also be that Jojo is possibly an already old lizard that's near the end of his lifespan (perhaps that explains why he was so obedient all these while). He could also have been sick or starved. No one knows, but I'm hoping to find out why - how to when I don't even know what breed it is?!

OH GAWD. AS I AM TYPING THIS, I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING!!!!

I'm not sure if this is the reason but... it could be possible.

Remember I said in my previous post that I found two dead baby cockroaches near Jojo's hiding spot?

Later on, I found out that those dead cockroaches were there because (the town council??) was spraying pesticides into the refuse/rubbish chute of all the households in the same flat (older flats have rubbish chutes IN every house unlike the current ones). Thus my mum said those two baby cockroaches were the effect of the pesticides and not because Jojo killed them - as I had assumed in my previous blog post. Fyi, the refuse/rubbish chute is somewhere opposite the washing machine's area.

Here's a pic again to remind you on where's the toilet.

That same night, I found a HALF body of a (not so) small dead cockroach in the toilet. HALF a body??!!! And it was one that's been sprayed with pesticide earlier on!! How could half of a cockroach body land in the toilet (the toilet ain't so near the refuse/ rubbish chute). COULD JOJO HAVE EATEN THE OTHER HALF THAT WAS FILLED WITH PESTICIDE???!!!! OH... MY... GOD.

*Image taken from Google

And if you're already bored of reading, you may stop here.
If you're not bored, you may continue reading as the following are on...
(but I would suggest you read my previous post if you've not at http://zazabong.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-think-i-love-my-new-housemate.html first so that you'd understand what I'm talking about.)

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THE LAST FEW MOMENTS I HAD WITH JOJO

The night before yesterday when I saw Jojo, he was still going good. I didn't see him yesterday morning though but I thought he could be under the washing machine like always.

Thus when I was home last night, I was told that Jojo had been lying at Spot C ever since 5pm and he was still there. He did move around Spot C abit but he didn't move elsewhere - typical of him, albeit the long hours which was unusual.

I looked at him for a while. I thought he looked rather lethargic and I attributed it to not having anything to eat/drink the whole day. The last time I fed him water was the night before yesterday and I didn't see him yesterday morning. He prolly had food on his own like all house lizards do, I thought along the natural food chain.

ANYWAYS.

Jojo's head was looking at the right.
So I sprinkled some drops of water for him to drink and he immediately turned his head to the left to slurp up the water quickly.

I sprinkled a second round and again, he slurped it all up. He was ZOMFG CUTE!! I think he was very hungry! When I tried a third round, he didn't want to drink anymore and turned his head back to the right. I left it at that. Usually, he would move his tail or 'walk' a little after drinking, but this time round he didn't. I thought he looked really tired and a lil weird. Maybe he's pretending again. So I got back to doing my own things.

*Image taken from Google
Maybe Jojo was just emo.

At about 1am, my mum popped over at the kitchen and she said that Jojo looked weird. He seems too still for ages. She took a mop and slightly touched it abit to test for reaction - he did not move at all. She got worried and tried again - still no reaction. She told me he could be dead.

I rushed and stood nearby (shocked and dumbfounded) as I watched my mum keep trying to get a reaction out of him (using the mop gently). Jojo didn't move at all. He was dead indeed. Mum was shocked and felt bad about it but I pretended to be nonchalant about it, hurried to my room and teared (not a lot like boohoohoo, but ya know, teary eyed and a red nose). I was really shocked and upset... yea.. I didn't treat him like a lizard but a pet for the past 2 weeks.

Then I told my mum maybe he is pretending to be sick or acting dead again although deep in my heart, I knew that it all just felt so wrong. I wondered if I had indirectly caused his death. Did he die because I fed him water? I don't know, but I am quite sure that I gave Jojo the right amount of water... and dying from it is unlikely.

I went back to twitter to tweet about his passing. Some readers told me maybe he's pretending. Some told me to feel his body to check for warmth. Some told me to pick up his tail and see if he wriggles. I did nothing because I am scared to touch and so what if I checked that he's dead? I can't do anything about it. #helpless

I left him alone for another 2 hours, just in case he is still alive. #tryingtobeoptimistic
Alas, when we checked on him at 330am, he was still lying motionless with the same pose and... his body was attracting ants. My heart felt so heavy and I blew those ants away. Confirmed dead. We had to dispose him off using a newpaper quickly.

I know that some readers may not

be very comfortable with seeing these pics, hence the small pics. Click on it to view it large.

Goodbye, Jojo!

Rest in peace.

You will be in my memories for being the first and only lizard who stole my attention, made me want to care for you and instilled some courage to be around you - especially when I've been freaked out by lizards all my life.

You've also not lived your life in vain coz unlike other stupid/disgusting/insert-all-ugly-descriptions lizards, you've had a cool name, appeared on my blog for the whole world to see you when you were still alive and most importantly.... you made me smile each time you slurp up water in the cutest manner possible. I really really liked you and I'm gonna miss you for a wee bit.

Life goes on. My mum said everyone will have to die someday and that includes animals, reptiles, insects and more. I understand!

And no, I'm not gonna 'sayang' any other lizards ever again. I still think they are extremely disgusting and perverted, unlike my Jojo.

RIP, okay? :)

I'm not 'grieving' over it anymore. I feel much better than I did last night coz I was just too shocked. Totally didn't expect Jojo to die so soon as I was planning to set him free onto the grass in a few days.

Btw, did you die because you really ate that pesticide-filled cockroach half? Why you like that one? O.O

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

I think I Love My New Housemate

2011-09-05T15:01:00.003+08:00

Before I talk about my new housemate...

I had a craving for banana yesterday morning. So I went over to my kitchen table, plucked one banana away from its 'stem' (whatever you call that) and then I realized there were TWO PAIRS of twin bananas from the same 'stem'!! So I took a pic with my hp just to show you.

Anyways, I don't eat twin bananas because ever since I was a kid, my parents told me that whoever eats twin bananas will give birth to twins in future - and I've never been a fan of CLONES lol. I don't believe in it (scientifically) but the idea just stuck to my head as I grew up. So I stay away from twin bananas at all costs and refuse to touch them even if they are the only last banana(s) left. Btw I have no idea why I felt the need to talk about the twin bananas or even take pictures of it. Lol. =D

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MY NEW HOUSEMATE

So as my blog title says, I have a new housemate who has just moved in about a week+ ago. His name is Jo but I call him Jojo. I think I like him!! He's really cute, smart, funny but weird.

He's been stalking me in the kitchen everyday.
Whenever I go to the toilet, he'll be around in the kitchen! Super weird right?!!! But he's not a pervert. This I'm very sure.

*Image taken from Google

By the way..

Jojo is a lizard.
LOLOLOLOLOL!!

Yes, a real medium-sized house lizard in grey and it has a very long tail which is in stripes. That is why I can tell apart Jojo from the other random house lizards. He is very unique. You must read this!

ANYWAYS.

First of all, lemme tell you that I'm someone who DON'T like lizards. I think they are super gross and totally NOT adorable. I find them disgusting, intrusive, perverted and scary. Perverted coz they appear in the toilet sometimes when I'm bathing or peeing! :(

To me, lizards are the mini version of crocodiles and snakes. They all look the same to me!! DISGUSTING!!

BUT.

Jojo is different. Jojo has left a deep impression on me ever since I got to know him.

This is my story with a lizard who changed my perceptions. You read on:

This is a picture of Rango (a movie) btw.
*Image taken from Google

About 1.5weeks ago, my mum spotted Jojo lurking in our kitchen. For some reason, she saw him for 3 consecutive days near the washing machine ON THE FLOOR at the same few spot everyday (Spot C to B, refer to picture below). I didn't see but she did. So she randomly told me, "hey be careful ah if you step into the kitchen or toilet... these days I've been spotting the same striped lizard on the floor near the washing machine." She knows that I'm very disgusted with lizards and am very afraid of them.

Oh wait... I feel very compelled to draw a sketch of my kitchen (a part of it) now. This is like one of the most interesting thing that's ever happened lol, so I really have to show you a sketch so that you'll understand what I mean later!!

Fyi, I drew this from scratch using Paint programme only. Anyhow draw.. sorry some portion has no 3D effect lol!

Will explain the "sun tan" spot later.

So, I was like "whatever". I didn't pay attention. I mean... who cares about that stupid lizard?!! I don't even wanna know whether he's striped, plain, colourful, fat or short wtf!

On Day 4:

Mum said she don't dare to catch the lizard but she doesn't want to kill it either because it is very poor thing. She said she noticed that the lizard doesn't move much and it "walks" very slowly everytime she sees it. So my mum concluded that the lizard is probably sick. (Awwww.....)

On Day 5:

My mum spotted him again at Spot A. I told her not to shoo it away coz I wanna see which stupid lizard is trying to be funny. Ok lah. I just wanted to kaypoh for self-defense (must see how big it is and how it looks like so that I will be mentally prepared next time LOL.)

I stood from a safe distance and looked at the lizard. Gross. Long tail, greyish body and that same disgusting lizardly face. Most lizards would run away whenever they sense noise, movement or human beings near them but this one was different. It stayed still and pretended to be weak or dead. Mum must be right... he's sick. (Awwwwww again...)

"Ok, I see already. You may shoo it away now." I told my mum lol.

We tried to make the "shoo!!" sound but it didn't move. We tried to scare it with noisy movements, it didn't move either. So I took some drops of tap water and sprinkled on it (this one I call SHOCK TREATMENT).

GUESS WHAT?!!

Same pic as above,
I post again so that you don't have to keep scrolling up to refer as you read!

Jojo RAN for his life, back to his hiding place - underneath the washing machine. He ran very very fast!! From Spot A to C, all the way UNDERNEATH the washing machine.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.
I laughed at my mum. She got punked by a lizard. The lizard had led her on for so many days to make her believe that he's a sickly lizard that cannot run. LOL. So smart of him and I thought that was funny. Ahuh, but now we know. He's a lying bitch hahaha!

Day 6 and onwards:

Ever since then, Jojo kept appearing at Spot A, B and C every morning and night. I started to observe him.

And guess what?

He's stolen my heart!

Now I think he's not so disgusting anymore.
He's actually very cute, smart and obedient! He's very DIFFERENT from all the other house lizards I've ever seen. Omg, I've never praised a lizard before lol!!

I say he's obedient because he doesn't run around. REALLY!!
He keeps to his hiding place and strictly to the 3 spots. Sometimes, he keeps still, plays dead from Spot A to C and I sit there watching him for a few minutes until he decides to move lol. But he still won't run like crazy. He "walks" slowly back to his hiding place. He seems very laidback, comfortable and cool like that LOL!! I like!

Because of Jojo, my family now adopts the habit of switching on the kitchen light to look out for him (in case we step on him) before we go to the toilet. We do it coz we still think its gross to step on lizards... ewwww.

No other lizard has ever made us feel so "aware" of his existence before. I swear! No other lizard has also ever made me google about them either. I actually googled on whether lizards can see, can hear, can remember and googled further on what lizards eat and drink. LOL.

ANYWAYS.

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'LL EVER ADORE A LIZARD IN MY LIFE!!! Or even think that they are cute.

I'm now very mindful of Jojo and sort of "look after him" like a pet lol. I feed him water (I just sprinkle a bit from far) and he would stick out his tongue to drink!! SO CUTE OKAY!!!

He also seems to recognize me!!
He would come out of his hiding place when I'm in the kitchen sometimes, wait for me at Spot C to give him water before he goes back in. Lol. He's a very funny guy. I really really like him now!

Sometimes, he would be at Spot B, facing the window in the morning, with the sun shining on him. That's why I call it the "sun tanning" spot LOL. He stays still, as though he's doing a sun tanning pose. -_-"

But of course, I don't intend to keep Jojo in the house for long coz I don't want him to breed or something. I still think that lizards are gross (EXCEPT for Jojo). Also, I don't want Jojo to die because I feel that he's not getting food at all and I googled that some lizards may die of cold due to some temperature (not sure... but I don't want him to die because he is such an obedient darling!!)

Thus, I'd be getting a brave friend to 'kidnap' him and transfer him to grassy areas or something so that he can eat insects. I'm not sure what breed he is though.

Here's a picture of Jojo.
Its blur coz I zoomed my hp cam to get this picture.. coz I still don't dare to touch him (I never will lol) or go too near.

What surprises me is that...
Jojo doesn't feel like a guest or an intruder to me. He makes me feel as though he is a family member because of the way he behaves lol. He seems very intelligent and polite. Omg did I just say that a lizard is POLITE???!! LOL.

Anyway, this 1.5 weeks with Jojo has taught me that life is sometimes very unexplainable lol. People, situations and feelings do change. Erm.. wait.. this doesn't mean that I have grown to love lizards. Sorry, I still don't like lizards. But I like Jojo. ONLY Jojo. :D

Also, this morning I actually found two (very tiny)baby cockroaches dead at Spot C and Spot B? I think Jojo killed them. Good boy!

Loves,
With lots of sweets & chocolates.

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