26 September 2010

Money Never Sleeps, So Does My Blog and the World We Live in!

I was super restless during the 1st half of service today so I Twitter spammed to keep myself entertained and on my seat. Thankfully it got so much better towards the end! Cheers to more of ARB and double P! :)



You know, I can’t help but constantly feel a pressure to perform, to be the best, to be the head and not the tail, to be the top, to win.



I think it's largely attributed to the fact that I live in Singapore, one of the most advanced and fast-paced cities in the world. But perhaps, it’s just me.



I expect a lot from myself. I’m naturally a highly competitive person who loves to win. It is especially reflected in the way I play games, be it Monopoly Deal, Volleyball or whatever, I just love to win and hate to lose!



And of course, not forgetting the fact that I’m a Christian, and like what Dr. AR Bernard said today, I have a responsibility not to let darkness triumph, and to let my light shine and be a positive influence to society.



Pressure from society, pressure from self, pressure from community and definitely not forgetting pressure, spoken or unspoken, from family… It will just about cripple anyone in the right mind!



So I’m really thankful that I have God, because He helps me to carry the heavy burdens that I can’t carry myself. Yeah, call me weak and whatever, but I just know there is so much I need to accomplish in this lifetime but I am too limited in many ways that it would be rather impossible to do ALL that I’m meant and supposed to do in this lifetime just by my human strength alone.



Well, maybe I can achieve a grade ‘A’ in life on my own, since after all, God did actually say that human beings have such strong will power that they can achieve all that they want as seen from the Tower of Babel. But with God, I probably can achieve A+++ to the power of infinity. Anyone in the right mind would choose the latter! :)



So I’m learning through all the drought and seemingly endless days of waiting in my life right now to trust in God, that my big big leader up there has a great plan installed for me and that I just have to be patient to take things one step a time (though I really wanna take 10!!) and not fret! :)



He’s gonna do a great work in me, let’s all wait and see! No I’m not conceited, I’m just confident of His power and His call upon my life. And it takes courage to say that! Can you imagine if my life turned out to be a big flop when I announced to the world that it’s gonna turn out great? =D



So why am I saying all this and what has it got to do with the title of my blog!? Well, I just watched Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and it’s kinda reflective of the pressure from a ever-demanding world with so many things to achieve and seemingly unless material goods to obtain.



Thanks to Gopal who smsed me during service to tell me bout the complimentary tics he had! Can’t say no to impromptu (means exciting, fun & NOT boring) free stuff! =D






I won’t spoil it for those who haven watched it but it’s a really brilliant movie filled with unexpected twists, intelligent dialogue and artistic camera angles! Definitely worth the money. I even teared watching two scenes!! Sentimental bitch person I am, can’t help it!



It’s about the greed of human beings that caused the Wall Street meltdown and financial crisis in 2008 that experts said that the world had not witnessed since the days of the Great Depression!



If anything is for sure, it’s that America’s movie industry will never collapse, at least not imho! Cos no other country in the world can beat their pure ingenuity when it comes to entertainment. Not Bollywood, not China and definitely not Europe (London, u needa catch up!). Hmmm, when I have the money I should invest in American production companies if that is even possible!



Anyway to digress a little, Michael Douglas, the old man in the movie poster, is having stage 4 throat cancer. Hopefully he’ll survive it! If u' re clueless bout Michael Douglas like I am... I found out that he's married to Catherine Zeta Jones, who is 25 years her junior!






Can you imagine being so hot and marrying a man who is older than yr father? Well, she did and have been married for 10 years now with 2 kids! All things really are possible huh!?


Jamie gladly accompanied me to watch the movie even though she was supposed to meet her bf! *Feels honored* We had a good chat about work life on our way back and it’s kinda therapeutic in some way!


When I became a working adult in July last year, it sometimes felt lonely cos like 90% of my cg members are still students so there were moments when I felt that it’ll be difficult to be on the same page and to click.


But now that Jamie is official a working adult on her first full time job, it’s so liberating! We talk to each other about it and it’s so refreshing and I no longer feel alone. Yes, I’m a highly sentimental person, what to do.


So money needs to be earned, the world will keep spinning and my blog will be available 24/7 even when I’m asleep!
 

So… cheers to a great future dear blog readers! We got to believe it no matter how bleak this post- 2008-financial-crisis-world may seem, we’re all in the same boat so it’s still not that bad comparatively!


It’s a challenging time I must say for my generation, especially us university students who just graduated last & this year what with the lousy job market now, but the best is yet to be cos we ARE the future.


10, 20 years from now in 2020,2030? I think we’ll so be rocking the world & making it awesome... we’ll be living in a time with the highest percentage of educated people in world history? Imagine that! 


Btw, it’s my cg leader’s birthday today! So here’s a shout out to the birthday girl who is celebrating her first birthday as a married woman! Does it feel different and extra special I wonder??



 She's getting more and more pretty with time! Her skin's like so good!



Anyway Zoe, if u asked me, I think what sets you apart from other DT leaders is that you have the ability to impart unto the ladies how to beautify themselves & become more demure and gorgeous which although is surfacial (i just invented the word) is really important since the bible says that people look at outward appearances! That I definitely can't learn from Justin and you know who! Hehehe.



Also, you are a great boy-girl-relationship advice giver. Those moments when you helped me in my R/S were most memorable. These are two areas that I am most impacted by you in! :)



Also I love your cool, calm and contemplative side though there are moments when I wished u'll be more RAHHHH (a.k.a assertive/aggressive) but I've since learnt and am continuing to learn to accept you for you & not as the image of an ideal leader I picture in my mind. :))))


Baby, baby, baby, Oh! Time for a baby, baby, baby! Hehehe.


Thanks for everything Zoe! :) <3 you!


P.S: Listen closely to the lyrics of the songs playing in the Wall Street movie! “The wheel keeps spinning”! Love how it fits the theme so perfectly! Anyway Gopal, u said u wanted to meet me but we didn't even meet though we in the same theatre! How lame of you! =p Haha but really thanks, the movie was awesome! :)

25 September 2010

Finally a Blog-worthy Saturday!

So much energy even at 2+ am (took a nap in the afternoon!) so it’s finally time to blog! Been procrastinating this entry for a couple of day! *smacks my naughty blogger butt* LOLL!


Dim Sum 


Since the last dim sum lunch I had with my friends at the above eating place (I won’t call it a restaurant cos the interior is quite bleah if u know what I mean) somewhere in Geylang a few wks back, I’ve been very gian (Hokkien word for strong desire) to have a cheap dim sum buffet cos I felt that the one we had wasn’t value for money!


So finally last Saturday, Aaron and I went to have a dim sum buffet but the cheap one (less than $20) at a restaurant we found on a list that Ladyironchef posted on his blog was actually closed down. :(

 
Replacing it was Pearl Garden restaurant & after taxes & service charge the bill amounted to $40 per person! Absolutely not worth it! I should have called before going! *beats chest*


Please don’t go there even though I’m talking about it because it’s really not worth the money! Very ironic I know but here are some pictures to tantalize yr taste buds!


 

P1010247 This porridge was delicious!



P1010245 text Thanks to Aaron for helping me write the words!
Teach me Photoshop asap plssss cos I’m a handicapped blogger now, boo hoo hoo!




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Horrible horrible Char Siew Bao. Even those 80 cents kind in coffee shops tastes better lor!



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Below average spring rolls. :(




After the buffet, I headed to Sasa at Bugis Junction to have my night makeup done for clubbing later that night! The makeup artist, Jolin, was friendly & efficient as always! :) Having ultra-awesome makeup with fake eyelashes, superchio eye shadows & all never fails to up my confidence level a notch! ;)


Reached Expo Hall 8 at like 5.29pm(phew)! Pst Kong preached about Crisis & I had a fave part but I shall leave it for a particular blog post in time to come! It’s gonna be good so stay tuned!! :)




P1010250 The Inseparables!



P9180252 My bible study student & 21st Birthday boy looked like
a preacher with the huge bible in his hands & that long sleeved shirt! =p




We headed to the recently opened Esplanade Xchange! They seriously didn’t do any marketing (at least not tt I know of) so I’m guessing most Singaporeans haven been there nor heard of it even unless they passed by! It’s not even up on SMRT's shopping website though it’s been opened for more than 2 months! Somebody say lousy!



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(Source: Xinmsn)



We went to a restaurant called Rock & Ash to celebrate Edward’s birthday! The place was average I would say! Worth a try though cos the prices are reasonable. $9.90 and above meal combos! Their specialty is different flavored fries! They even have fries with chocolate sauce but we didn’t try! Boo hoo!



P9180256 Vann’s chicken fillet & fries! 



Oh anyway, they get an ‘A’ for their service standard cos they gave Val and Vann a complimentary potato & cheese side dish each after mixing up their orders & making them wait at least 20 mins! AND, when my order was not what I expected it to be (the Potato Gratin I initially ordered is like only 2 mouthfuls of serving, don’t order!!), the staff/boss gladly let me order another meal & refunded the difference, no questions asked! How awesome! Restaurants with insincere service, are you listening? 




P9180253 “I wish… to be a millionaire by age 30”!
No lah, actually he wished for greater capacity.
Yes, the cafe we bought the cake from didn’t have candles. =S




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But that didn’t stop the BD boy from blowing. Haha! =p



P9180259 The designer was very proud of her creation.
But the receiver couldn’t keep his eyes wide open with flash!
Somebody say _______! HEH! =P



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Victor,”I like to qiang jin tou (be in the spotlight)”! =p




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Our gift to him was a Zara t-shirt. Nice!? :)




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Yes, we love Zara or what?




After dinner it was time to get buttered! I haven clubbed since Oct last year so I was really looking forward to it! Almost a year of club-fast (not deliberate), I’m like so over clubbing cos it’s getting boring…. I’m turning 23 sooon, booooo!



 Rid, "I'm soooo ready to partaayy!"


Initially, I was a little upset when I realized tt Rid got us on the guest list of Fash which plays electro music but we couldn’t go into Bump, the main Hip Hop room (cos I thought he told me tt he could). In the end we paid the entrance fees to get into the latter sometime close to midnight so it was all gd!



62015_432236774031_752419031_4998747_8065291_n Did you know that Forlino, where Xiaxue had her wedding, is just right beside Butter Factory!?
Vann & I were mad excited we ran in to pose in front of the atas interiors!



I only realized I forgot to take my camera with me after I checked it in at the counter & the bitch girl at the counter said I had to pay another $2 if I wanted to take anything out! DAYLIGHT ROBBERY! 



Zouk gives complimentary bag check-ins & most clubs I know do so why is Butter Factory so stingy/greedy!? $2 to check in a bag I can undertstand but to make us pay again when we need to put or take something out!? And what’s more, when you check in yr bag together w/ another for example, you have to pay $4 to take something out from one of them! Simply ridiculous & a major turn off! Butter Factory’s team, I hope you are reading this!



Rid brought along 3 other NUS friends, two of whom were from India too & they were really gd-looking! Check them out! Stole photos from their Facebook cos one of them brought a camera & took photos but the camera turned out to be their friend’s and I haven got the pics until now!Punishment for leaving my cam in the bag. :(



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Introducing Varoun Gandhi!  
Looks damn handsome in this photo & so model-esque right!?
And really friendly & dances well too. HOT!



61699_1493611434614_1663902016_1137379_2474986_n Okay this photo doesn’t do Ris justice cos can’t fully see his
handsome face but that’s about the only decent profile pic in his FB!
I’m guessing he only joined it recently!


He’s transferring from Computer Science to Mass Comm cos he doesn't like the former after taking it for a couple of weeks! I hope the appeal went through! Did u, did u!? :)



Their fave pose!


 
The Indians were the real party animals and spenders!


The charming star of the night!






Exposed!

 Jon Ong, where were u!?



Butter Factory’s experience tt night was only so so. The music was really average, the crowd was 90% working adults in their late 20s & above and they didn’t had any smoke machines.



No smoke and no gd music equals to un-spectacular partying atmosphere. :( Still no club I went to in Singapore can top Phuture. How sad! Hmmmm, maybe I should open one in the future that will!! What should I name it? The Better Future!? How LAME!!! LOLL.



Before.



After! It was Jon Goh’s virgin clubbing at 21 yrs old!
Never kissed, never clubbed till 21, so innocent can!?



Wen Long was even more high! No lah, he wasn't drunk!
We had barely a few sips of Volka Ribena/Volka Sprite
and ordered orange juice and coke in the end and they
taste so much better! HA!



But really, we mostly went to celebrate for Edward so hope u had a fabulous 21st Birthday! Pls pls pls arrange Bible Study classes with me sooon ultra-hardworking businessman! :)



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Partayyy everyday, partayyy everyday!



No lah, seriously, partying is actually very physically draining! I dunno how the working adults do it on a Wed night still manage to survive working 9 to 6 the next day! K-kinda crazy!


Btw, Jamie, Ade, why don't yr take part in the Mango Fashion Bloggers contest!? Mango shopping vouchers to be won! Go go go! Advertisement at top left!


P.S: Varoun can I have the photos soon pretty pretty pls? *pouts* Got them and updated! Thank you! :)