I find that my dad surprises me at the oddest times...

I remember the last time he bought me something (as in nicely volunteer and not by request) that was really queer was during my secondary school days. I was really into basketball then. He got me a basketball that was made really good use of in my two to three years of basketball past time. Get this. He got me a 蓝球 (篮球). You get it yet? The ball was literally blue. It was cute and I adored it. Everyone had a good laugh at it in fact.

Ten years later he got me, a retractable mouse (i.e. I paid for it), that can't exactly be classified as a mouse because it looked suspiciously like some weird mutated fish from the ocean depths.





The eyes can even glow when it's plugged in. LOL

I meant this to be updated a really long time ago.

Anyways, here's a picture of Cookie caught red handed while she was masturbating on my sister's bolster. Wahahahahaha~!



Now that we've gotten this away. For those who haven't seen the photos uploaded on my facebook, click on the link for the photos I took during the Singapore versus Liverpool team play offs.

( At Kallang Stadium! )
Seriously, I don't think I would go to another soccer match. I tried... Maybe if it's Liverpool versus MU or something. But definitely not against home team. I do believe that the Singapore national team has vastly improved from the last time I saw them on TV but the competition is just too good.

My sister found these gems. LOL

Lost and Pirates of the Caribbean Parody




Lost and Harry Potter Parody


Lost and Lord of The Rings Parody


Lost and Twilight Parody

Seriously. I mean seriously.

I can't believe someone actually made a movie like this. Lol. It's just too bizarre for words.

Pouring today when I met barefootlawyer for a dinner and a session of manicure and pedicure at CityVibe.

At Ramen Ten

dev_androgyny: Remind me to take my umbrella hor.
barefootlawyer: It's in quite an obvious place...

Paying the bill for the meal, a waitress walks up to us handing us our umbrella. We break up in peals of laughter.

dev_androgyny: And you said it was in an obvious place! Damn you! (LOL)

At Nail Palace

dev_androgyny inserts umbrella between the seats.

dev_androgyny: Remind me to take my umbrella hor.
barefootlawyer: It's right between our seats. I don't think we will forget it this time.

After mani and pedicure, about to take the escalator down. The girl from the Nail Palace rushed out to pass us... MY UMBRELLA.

dev_androgyny: Argh! This is the second time already!
barefootlawyer: And I said it was right between our seats~

We break up in peals of laughter. Apparently, we are not umbrella carrying people. Wahahaha.

I must be leaking some really friendly pheromones this evening. Perhaps, ones waving signs that says, "Oh come and have weird social interactions with me, stranger!". Because that's exactly how I feel after having two older men approach me.

Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that way.

I was on the bus minding my own business and when I flicked out my ipod to watch True Blood, this middle-aged (?) looking dude who was sitting beside me flashed his mobile at me...

'Can you let me watch your ipod?'

Or something to that effect. The result was rather bizarre because I sort of gave a surprised-snort-laugh response and tilted my ipod towards him so that he can watch it too. I was a little worried because I thought he would ask me if he can share earphones as well because there's no way in hell I'll do that, sanitary reasons and all. But fortunately, he didn't so he watched in silence...

After he saw Sookie, he flashed his mobile at me again:

'So cute'

I gave another unglam snort-laugh.

We spent the entire bus journey bonding over the silent but not silent episode of True Blood on ipod. Thank god, there weren't any nude scenes. That would have been mighty awkward.

AND then we got off at the same bus stop. I accidentally on purpose walked very slowly so I don't have to meet him at the void deck/ lift and whatever.

I still met another over-friendly ah-pei at the lifts. Ok, he's much older than the ah pei age. Maybe ah gong? Anyways, he spoke to me way before I actually noticed him talking to me because I had the Transformers soundtrack blasting in my ears. By the time I realized it, we were in the lift together and he asked me if I just got off work... You know sometimes there're just some random people talking to you as though they know you? Well, I had that vague "what the hell, do I know him" feeling. Sure, we're essentially neighbours, but in SIngapore, that doesn't count for much.

So we bonded for a minute while the lift elevated itself agonizingly slowly to the sixth floor.

Seriously, can anyone say "weirded out"? Totally.

Wahahaha. I've been neglecting LJ~! Wtf. It seems like you really DO stop aimless ranting when you're more or less (1) contented with what you have or (2) too effing fed up with life in general and just give up.

My colleague sent me this spoof a few weeks ago, yep yep, I only got around to watching them today. These vids are simply hilarious. I'm sharing the joy dudes, sharing the joy.

For those who haven't seen the original version of Total Eclipse of the Heart, here's the original.


Here's the spoof!

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I read this on my sister's blog and totally lol-ed. It was damn hilarious whenever I think back on it. By the way, the "sister who was totally freaking out" was me. Wahahahaha.
Anyway, I was sitting on a stool playing with Doc Oct near my sister when she suddenly shouted, "DON'T COME NEAR ME!!!!!!" and ran away like I had swine flu or something.

I was damn scared. By her reaction, I knew it couldn't be anything good. By that, I mean there must be some kind of insect or lizard on me.

I panicked and I went after her. I wanted to know what is it. And Doc Oct was still in my hands!

"WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT!!!!!!????"

"DON't COME NEAR ME! WHY ARE YOU STILL FOLLOWING ME!!!?"

I couldn't take it anymore so in that moment of panic I just put the struggling Doc Oct down on the floor and ran to the living room mirror to check out my back.

I was thinking it's some huge ass spider sprawled across my back or maybe some house gecko sticking on my shirt. Nope. Then I saw something brown on my hair.

I was so irritated because it's just a stupid beetle! And my sister was having an end-of-the-world fit over it. I mean, I'm freaked by it, but I thought it's not as scary as a big spider or the gross gecko.

Anyway, the funny thing was that the beetle landed right smack in the middle of my hair on top of my head. After a while, my sister sort of calmed down enough to try and help me get it off. I tried scraping it off with a cup that my sister handed to me.

It was like on top of my head and I had the "now what?" thought. My sister went to get a magazine to scrap it off and OMG I felt it's claws grabbing on to my scalp. Stupid beetle.

Well, I've kept it in a plastic container to see how long it can last without food.

This ought to make anti-Twilight fans laughed to tears. At least I did. It will only make sense if you've actually watched the movie or read the book too. 

Hahahaha.


And this also made me lol-ed. I haven't watched Valkyrie yet but I did watch Milk. I could still get the joke. LOL

I think my antibiotics are making me fart like crazy. I swear my farts smell like antibiotics!

Not a good thing at all.

Well more precisely, it's known as the teacup pig! Because it's like a miniature pig the size of a teacup. These dudes don't really grow much bigger than that.



I used to want a miniature dog. Er, I still would like one, unless I can get my hands on a teacup pig. But it's virtually impossible to get one in Singapore... =(



It's so adorable! They're smart, small and cute! And they have fur! Or is it hair?

And now I shall spam you with more piggyness!





Awwwwww...

Chinese New Year isn't over for my family. Not yet. I'm expecting some relatives over this afternoon/ evening? I've woken up to the spewing vacuum cleaner and my parents hasty speed-cleaning preparation for people coming over.

Anyways, this pic was due long ago. One of my breakfasts of cny leftovers.



Mee hoon, satay, fried chicken wings and a cup of tea to wash all those oil down my abused oesophagus.

( +2 )

The past working week flew by me. I've been getting busier and busier and whenever it seems that I may get a breather, things start coming in again. I'd made a few mistakes but managed to quickly fix the problem without the important people knowing any better. Hahaha. I'm such a shithead.

Dad's birthday was a simple dinner out at a void deck tze cha near our home. Meet the birthday boy!



( +4 )

On a random note, I think my memory is failing me! I booked tickets for Doubt yesterday and told my friend that the movie was at Cineleisure when it was actually booked for The Cathay. As a result, we were both so very confused because I know I wouldn't book it at Cineleisure. Fortunately, my friend drove and we hopped to The Cathay and I was right, I DID book it at The Cathay! I wonder what was going through my mind when I was smsing the details over.

Braudy hell. Need to eat gingko nuts!

I want to go shopping: to buy jeans, to buy shoes, to buy some nice tops.

I want to go for pedicure!

I want to go for a massage!

I want to go for facials!

Braudy hell, and I keep telling myself to resist temptation.

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I had my orientation this week. It was okay. Even if the company was too cheap to rent transportation. So we had to travel via MRT and bus to the different places and then HR would reimburse us the transportation fees, which is like... a few dollars?

At the end, we had to do a quiz to test our knowledge! For those of you who knows where I work, great, you may get the joke.

Where did (insert company's name) originate from?
My answer: A book store in Edo.

Colleague (who had the misfortune to "mark" my quiz) said, "But... it has got nothing to do with the name?!"

Figures that I got the dumbest answer out there.

Ip Man



My rating: 4 / 5

Plot outline: Based on a real biography, Yip Mun is a master of the Wing Chun martial arts - a technique he created and mastered himself. This tale brings us through his life in China, from when he was a young layabout to his tribulations during the Japanese occupation in China and his escape to Hong Kong.

( 世上没有怕老婆的男人，只有尊敬老婆的男人。 )

Australia



My rating: 3 / 5

Plot outline: An English woman decides to go Australia to check up on his husband's activities there. Unfortuntely, he was dead when she arrived and she eventually took over the management of the ranch. It was a race with a ruthless competitor in order to gain a contract with the military. Through this, a bond develops between her and a young aboriginal boy and she has to learn how to let him go.

( Walkabout! )

Twilight

Some interesting ways to pronounce Twilight: twee-light, twig-light, twix, toi-let
Some interesting ways to remember New Moon: New SUN!!
Some interesting ways to ask for Breaking Dawn: breaking down!

Yes, there are actually people who makes such mistakes.



My rating: 1 / 5

Plot outline: Based on the novels by Stephanie Meyer, a girl called Bella moves into a new home and meets some surprising pale vampires. And with all cliche teenage romance, the so-called hottest dude in the town HAD to fall in love with an introverted self-absorbed girl. Oh I forget, there's another blood thirsty vampire who is obssessed about her and tries to kill her.

( Why I hate Twilight. )

I've known about Casual Poet for some time now, mainly through blogs and recommendations. So today I decided to find the place and sate my curiosity once and for all. I have to admit that the place took me some time to find... even though it was situated in a prime area. When I finally got to Causal Poet, I was more than a little disappointed.





First of all, the place was TOO small! I was expecting it to be more spacious because that's how it looked like on their blog. The shop was narrow and long and not the sort of place that I will turn into a bookshop due to the layout. Products-wise is okay. They have stuff brought in from Hong Kong and Taiwan and even some local prints which is a good thing but I feel that there won't be that many people wanting to buy the books as they're more coffee table books than actual reading materials. This is especially so when their target audience is supposed to be a young crowd - not independent people with lots of disposable income who will buy pretty picture books. Their photography and design books are interesting though. Chances are that people will be more likely to buy their other products like tote bags and vintage journals.

Part bookshop, part cafe. I ordered an iced coffee and it turned out more milk than coffee which sucks totally. alerione seemed to like his iced forest fruit tea however, so it may be that coffee isn't a speciality. Still, $5.50 per cup is a little on the expensive side, Starbucks would have been a great alternative for coffee hangout.

Right, so I have beaten Casual Poet's reputation down like nobody's business but there are good sides to it. I adore the furniture. The tables, and benches and even the nifty red painted windows panes added to a real nice cozy feel. You can feel that the owners do put in a lot of thought and details in the shop because you can spot little messages like this one that was stuck on our table.



Yes, I do realize that there are typo errors. But that's the nicest part of it! ^^ It makes me feel like taking out my mum's old typewriter and doing things like that too.



I thought this was a really good idea for a reusable, cheap coaster. Don't you think so?

In case you're curious about the place, here's how it looks like.





I didn't manage to get shots of the windows because the window seat tables were occupied.

Well, it was nice but I don't think I'll be going back to Casual Poet anytime soon, unless they bring in some new stuff that I REALLY want to get my hands on.

After coffee/ tea, we headed out and I saw this!



OMFG. These RA films are still showing in Singapore?! How rare is that?! I've never watched one of these RA films in a cinema before and I really feel like going to one just to get an experience. But... I is afraid to go alone! LOL Maybe I shall ask my R21 movie buddy along. LOL Somehow I don't think my buddy will want to watch any of these.

I'm rather glad I brought my camera. Because I got something unexpected. And oh, don't you just dig these hand painted posters? I wish we did more of these nowadays!

In my line of work, I learn new words almost every other day.

Met up with friend yesterday afternoon. Brought me to somewhere I will probably never go by my own initiative.

BOTTLEGREEN!!

It's a place in ulufied Serangoon, restaurant next to a beach. I must say that it was a really nice place to dine, with family, friends or lover! Bottlegreen is actually a type of tree (i.e. the one in the picture) shaped like a bottle. The place had three of these trees imported to Singapore, hence they named the restaurant Bottlegreen. Food is pretty good as well. AND affordable.


We walked on the "beach" and along the cycling track for sometime. People were fishing along the canal. Neat. After that, we went to Serangoon Park to walk. Saw many families setting up tents there. I never knew staying outdoors was an in thing for families to do nowadays. I understand a few here and there but the park was filled with troupes of them.

A sign that amused me to no end. Trees falling? XD

I should be sleeping but I got too involved in creating a ridiculous gay fairy tale of my very own.

For those interested: Create Your Own Fairy Tale

( Read at your own risk )

deviousandrogyny: Har? They charged me $2 for the milk?

Friend 1: The girl did mention the $2 when you were ordering it...

deviousandrogyny: Is it?! Then how about Bailey's with coffee?

Friend 2: It's $13.80.

deviousandrogyny: So, coffee is cheaper than milk...

Friend 2: Yeah, milk is expensive now. Especially without all the milk from China.

Yikes. But at least now I know that there's another alcoholic drink that I can tolerate and even like, even though it tastes a bit like iced Holicks. The list so far:

1. Bailey's Irish Cream with milk
2. Apricot Brandy

I think if I'll try the coffee one next time but I get a feeling I won't like it as much as the milk! XD