::stephy::

2008-12-09T21:56:00.007+08:00

I haven't blogged in a really long time, haven't I??
This blog feels almost abandoned..
Anyway, here are some updates.

Yes. I chopped off my long hair, which I've had for more than 6 years.
It's a more refreshing look but more maintenance is needed.
When I'm lazy with the blowdrying, it really looks like crap. Haha.

My company gave us super nice butter cookies directly imported from Denmark.
I heart my Maersk Line butter cookies. It's good breakfast for me.

My other close colleague Jason just left for Copenhagen for expatriation for 2 years. He gave me and 3 other colleagues a daisy bouquet each on the day he left to thank us for the farewell gift. That was very sweet of him. I hope he hasn't frozen his butt off in Denmark. Haha.

Then just before December, I attended my colleague Nora's wedding cruise.

Last friday, I received a big surprise at my workplace.
It was a huge bouquet of white lilies and blue roses from Mister.
Absolutely gorgeous..

Haha.. He planned this 2 weeks back; to order a nice bouquet for our 33rd month anniversary. And it came in a vase too~ How super thoughful!

Today the flowers are kind of dying already. How sad..
I wish they could really live forever because they're awfully pretty. (Also awfully expensive because I found out the price already)
This bouquet made me really really happy though. It's the prettiest and biggest that I've received.
Thus I must take more pictures before it wilts. *beams*

2008-10-12T10:00:00.008+08:00

Nothing interesting has really happened for the past 1 month I guess.

I did go soak up the F1 Night Race spirit.

Attended my childhood friend, ChiJun's 21st birthday celebration at Grand Corpthorne.

Visited the Istana where I met the President of Singapore.

Went to the beach twice in a week. Met up with Mister's colleagues, his boss and her adorable kid, Keller.

Celebrated my 23rd with a simple dinner. Mister gave me the best gift, I love it so much.

Competed in my company's bowling event, which I came in last. Went to Paulaner's thereafter for drinks and had a good time.

Went out with my BS buddies for a Turkish dinner on friday night and had a really awesome time. But besides all these.....

Mmmm... Nope. Nothing really interesting happened this month.

2008-09-17T21:35:00.002+08:00

Updates after a long long time..
Over the past weekend, I was involved with the guest item for the NUS Blast! Shut Up & Dance bi-annual concert.

The concert was really good.
But I feel that I didn't perform to standard again.
I'm very disappointed with myself yet again.
I'll have little time to go back to MJ for dance already. And I'll really miss those guys badly back there. Hopefully, all of them will dance better and better. Eventually, they'll put up a superb concert to impress other dance clubs.
Well, after the weekend's concert, I can't help but realise that I've lost weight again.
Yes, my abs are back and more defined than ever.
But my boobies and bum has shrunk yet again. *snorts*
Now that I'm what Mister calls an OL (office lady), I should hopefully be able to gain back more pounds.

Oh yes. That reminds me of the other big update: I'm working already.
For privacy issues, I'll just say that I'm in the shipping industry now.
It's quite a big change from my field of academic studies in biological sciences and there's so much that I don't know about the shipping industry.
And I'm currently having inductions now to let me familiarise with the business, systems and organization.
It's stressful and draining.
At the end of each day, I feel like I've taken 10 final exam papers consecutively. *headache*

2008-09-02T16:22:00.001+08:00

Sigh... :(

2008-08-20T13:05:00.002+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates.
This was taken last thursday night when we were catching the Olympics Individual Mens Gymnastics broadcast on TV.
Mango got so excited. Haha.

She likes Yang Wei too.

Check out the video.

Joanna! Cute right?? Haha

2008-08-12T16:24:00.002+08:00

Is she pregnant or is she not??
It's the common problem.
The train or bus gets packed at rush hour and you're thankful you've found a seat to rest the limbs. The next moment, you see a plus-sized lady standing right in front of you.

You look right up at her face. She looks nonchalant.
You look at her body. There's a slight bump on her tummy.
Pause.
Is she pregnant?
If she is, I'll definitely let her have my seat.

BUT!!
What if she's not??
What if she's just..... having weight issues?

Most of you would rather just let her have the seat to play safe right??
Wrong.
The fact is... if she's not pregnant and just fat, she would be utterly insulted by your actions.

So what would you do?

I've encountered this situation many times before.
Yes, she looks swollen.
However, that belly looks proportionate to her plus-sized figure.
It's so ambiguous.
I really don't want to insult her either.
As I'm mentally struggling with my decision, the guy beside me stood up to alight the train.
The lady remained nonchalant and daydreamed as she stood before me.

A split-second later, a middle-aged woman from the other end of the cabin bashed her way through the crowd for the seat beside me. How typical.

2008-08-11T00:50:00.006+08:00

Nanyang Primary School - Class of 1997
After almost 11 years of losing contact with my primary schoolmates, Facebook brought us back for a gathering on 08/08/08.

Although most of them are all over the world, it was ~~great~~awesome meeting up with some of them.
It's not like I knew to every single one of them then. I don't even recognise some of them now.

But it was interesting seeing how much everyone has changed, in comparison to what I see in our annual school book.

I'm already looking forward to the December gathering when the overseas schoolmates are back!

2008-08-07T14:05:00.005+08:00

Hide and Seek
Every morning when I get up to wash up in the bathroom, the girls will wait by the toilet floor mat to greet me.
But yesterday morning only Mango greeted me, Satay was missing.
So I went around looking for her but couldn't find her.

When I called out to her 'Satay!', she would let out a sweet meow. It was as though I said 'Marco!' and she replied with 'Polo!'.
When I eventually found her, I realised she was hiding under my pillows.

Found you!

She's so so so adorable!!!
Hours later in the lazy afternoon, she'll be dozing off on my bed.
Check out her sleeping position...

Ugli-ness!
Totally demanding a belly-rub. Haha. Shame shame~

2008-08-05T16:07:00.003+08:00

Note to self: Do not practise double pirouettes beside a glass coffee table.

Yes. It was awful.
The moment I got up, I said to myself "Omg. Stephy Chua, what did you just do!?!!"

And it took me almost 2 hours just to clear the mess up.
The intact top layer of glass was so heavy and I had trouble putting it aside alone. I had to wrap all the thick pieces of broken glass in newspaper and there were so much glass chips lying around on the floor. I didn't get any cuts but I feel as though I've got glass embedded on my skin in my leg and finger. Thankfully Mango and Satay was not near when I collapsed and shattered the coffee table.

After sweeping up, I proceeded on to vacuuming. I plugged it into the extension cord shared with the house phone and wireless modem, and stupidly dragged the vacuum cleaner across to the other end of the room. This resulted in the phone set and the modem collapsing onto the floor.

Oh goodness. Everything that I touch seems to be breaking apart today.
Okay, I'm not leaving my room now.

2008-08-03T03:01:00.002+08:00

Alumni Party @ St James

The event itself was pretty boring. Aside from the awesome performance done by the MJ juniors, everything else was quite low. Maybe because I didn't enjoy the mambo music as much.

It became much more fun after Renchun won the 1st prize in the lucky draw, a 8gb Ipod Touch and a $50 voucher. And Thienthien won a freaking huge rice cooker. It's quite funny thugging a huge box of rice cooker around in a club. Haha.
Anyway, generous Renchun treat us all to a round of flaming lamborghini and the music took a turn for the better. Things became much more fun and we had tons of drinks.
It has been a long time since I went to a fun party. It must be because of the company. Yes, it has to be.

And surprisingly, I don't feel old and cranky after all that clubbing. *beams*

2008-07-31T07:43:00.002+08:00

It was 3.29am.

That was when the Rod Stewart song came on Class95.
"Have I told you lately that I love you..."
I turned to look at Mister beside me.
He was making adorable slurpy noises while in deep sleep.
"Have I told you there's no one else above you..."
I looked over my pillow.
Mango was sound asleep above me.
"You feel my heart with gladness..."
I tapped my quilt lightly.
Satay jumped onto my chest and purred aloud.
"Take away all my sadness... Ease my troubles, that's what you do..."
Oh.. suddenly I feel blessed even though I'm having an insomnia session.

Many tosses later, I looked over at the clock.. 4.14am.
Mango has started snoring.
Mister flipped over and was snoring almost immediately.
Satay retreated to her carrier bed.
And I was still wide awake like a squirrel high on caffeine.
I tried not to think of anything but that cup of Teh Cino kept reappearing in my mind bubble.
Damn. I really shouldn't have drank it during supper.

Thank goodness I didn't stay awake to hear Majulah Singapura at 6am.
I probably fell asleep at about 5am.
But my alarm rang at 6.30am.
Time to wake the man up for work and make him a wife-yish breakfast.
Laziness override me.
I left the job to Mina after making him a cup of instant coffee.

7.35am and he has left for work.
Now I'm blogging.
*taps feet*
And surfing.
Waiting for time to pass.
And my eyelids to tire.
Mina says I'll be dead asleep at 10am plus.

I think so too.

2008-07-30T20:18:00.003+08:00

After more than a year of tossing and chewing, Satay's favourite toy is falling apart.
So I upsized it.

She totally loves it.

Still as territorial over her favourite toy though.
Growls and hisses at Mango whenever she came close.

2008-07-29T14:39:00.003+08:00

I bathed my two princesses after a really long time.

They still hate water.
They still make so much noise.
They still shake their way out of the bathroom.
But they aren't as scrawny-looking anymore.

Oh I looooooove 'em

2008-07-28T00:27:00.004+08:00

I totally lost my voice the day after Convocation! Totally!
Perhaps due to the excitement and lack of water intake.
Not a good state, especially when I have a second interview to go.

Anyway, all went well.
Both Mister and I were ill and down with fever on friday night.
But we're recovering now.
Hopefully he gets well and survives his day at the office tomorrow!

Oh yes.. I love this photo.

2008-07-25T11:40:00.002+08:00

Stephy convocates!

It was fun and memorable.
More photos on Facebook!

I totally lost my voice.
And I have an interview later.
I'm so screwed!

2008-07-23T23:47:00.000+08:00

Mango plays London Bridge while I attempt push-ups.
Satay tries to march across my body while I do sit-ups.
Mango then reaches out for me while I do squats.

I think my cats have an affinity for my perspiration.

2008-07-22T16:12:00.005+08:00

Went to the Night festival last saturday night.
It was a very good event.
Although we had to squeeze with 10,000 other individuals along Stamford Road outside the National Museum, it was very much worthed it.

Our 2 favourite acts are the two hot-air balloons (Moon & Sun)

The two women attached to the bottom of the balloons were stunning.

and the floating ship with its mistress of the sea flying around it.

I'm amused at how these people can still move so gracefully while suspended and swung around high up in the air.

I'm looking forward for the next Night festival this coming friday.
Lauretta, can I date you this friday????

2008-07-20T00:25:00.002+08:00

My dad pissed me off so badly today.
So fucking pissed off that I stormed out of the house.

He doesn't fight for the channels when my brother is watching. Neither does he say anything when my brother switches the radio channels in the car. I try not to dig into the whole favouritism issue but my dad really gets VERY unreasonable and short-tempered with me.

Everything is always my fault.

Can I not retaliate when you snatch the tv from me?

Obviously you're the one being unreasonable today, so why can't you admit it?

Somehow no matter what I say, you always end your arguments with 'So what? I'm your father! You cannot speak like that to me!"

Yes. I am your daughter. I odd to respect you, I agree.

But until now you should know what pisses me off and what doesn't?

Unfortunately, you never seem to get it. I'm so disappointed.

Do you really think I like to snap back at you?

Can you not understand that as you have your bad days, I have mine too?

I feel so sick of all these.

2008-07-18T00:04:00.002+08:00

I borrowed my brother's laser pointer in hopes to excite my two princesses.
Omg. I've never seen them so excited since the last time the lizard appeared.
I'll try to get it filmed soon.

2008-07-17T14:43:00.000+08:00

Who am I kidding....

I can't even do a proper push-up.. *sulks*

2008-07-17T00:59:00.002+08:00

I SWEAR I'M GOING TO DO 100 PUSH-UPS, 100 SIT-UPS AND 100 SQUATS A DAY!!!

I SWEAR I'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT STUPID ANTI-GRAVITY-KFC-ADVERTISEMENT MOVE BY THE END OF 1 MONTH!!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR..

2008-07-16T15:57:00.000+08:00

Miss Satay's tail!
Video-ed last night! Super cute!

2008-07-16T13:43:00.003+08:00

Virtual reality
Some observations of my dreams...

1. I dream every night.
2. In my dreams, I do not know that I am dreaming.
3. Hence, I have no control over my dreams.
4. I often remember my dreams after I wake up.
5. Mango & Satay have not appeared in my dreams yet.
6. 95% of my dreams occur in or around my old house.
7. I only started having dreams in my current house this year (2008).
8. I dream about flying (or more accurately, swimming in air) more than falling.
9. Sleeping with a pillow above my chest causes me to have nightmares.
10. I have dreamt of dance choreographies which I've never seen before.
11. Thus far, I've only had one recurring dream. It recurred about 5 years after the first and it happens to be one of the scarriest nightmares.
12. I so often dream of peeing in a toilet. (and I know you guys dream of that too!)
13. I dream about the past and present more than the future.
14. My dreams are so surreal that I often or always confuse them with reality.

2008-07-16T13:16:00.003+08:00

She's really a baby

Do my cats.....

snore? - Yes, both of them but Satay does it more often.
fart? - Only heard Mango fart once.
dream? - Yes, both of them often twitch, slurp and lick while sleeping.
kneed? - Nope, they don't seem to know how to.
stick out their tongue? - Yes, occasionally they forget to keep their tongues in.
curl up with me in bed? - Yes, every night.
burrow under the quilt? - Yes but only Satay loves to burrow.
hump a pole or leg? - Nope, they're both females and neutered.
puke cat hairball? - Nope, the premium cat food they eat prevents that.
play fetch? - Only Satay plays fetch.
follow me everywhere I go? - Yes but only in the house. They're 100% indoor cats.

2008-07-13T17:20:00.001+08:00

He's finally back!!!!!

with lots of gifts!

Him, being the most important gift of all.

2008-07-11T00:20:00.004+08:00

I was just reviewing the old videos of my two mistresses and I realised that...

Omg. They grew like lightning-speed over the past year.

I really love my cats.
I still remember that the first week after adopting them was really really tough for me because I had to make a lot of changes to my lifestyle and environment to fit them in.
But now, I look forward to see them when I get home everyday and I can't imagine my life without them.

Awwwww.. They're such a bundle of joy.

2008-07-03T14:52:00.002+08:00

I'm starting this like a new blog with fresh entries.
It turned out a pain to delete all 750+ entries so I decided to make all of them as drafts.
If not my diary since 2004 would be tragically destroyed just because of a friend's stupid remark.

I haven't been doing much lately.
Progressing with my Patapon game (thanks to Mister who lent me his PSP), sending random resumes to random companies and checking if playful Satay threw her fetch-toys in my bag.

Look. If I don't want to talk, just leave me alone and stop calling me. Especially when it's past midnight.

2008-07-02T00:23:00.003+08:00

Okay. I've had it.
I'm deleting EVERYTHING!

2008-07-01T23:49:00.003+08:00

This is my blog.
But I can't say what I feel or vent my frustrations.
Simply because this is afterall.. a blog.
My friends and relatives read it.
As much as I want to make things personal, it will never be private.
Simply because people who do not know me read it too.
Remarks and judgements passed like they know me so well.
And there's nothing I can do.

Because I choose to blog.
It's my fault.

But you know what... it pisses me off the most when you're one of my closest friends.