It's confirmed!

The team will be participating in a competition in conjunction with the Penang Beach Carnival happening this Saturday, 28th November.



We have been training very hard, I even went for training yesterday despite still recovering from flu and cough and some dude accidentally hit me real hard on my back during the session *ouch* Coach was pretty satisfied with our performance, at least he stopped picking on me to lecture :p and since I was the shortest person there, he made a joke about me bringing a pillow to support my leg so I'll be higher cause supposedly the real boat is slightly higher and wider on the sides and we have to REALLY reach out to paddle, not to mention it's easier to bruise our thumb too FML Fuck la, being short now is also a crime is it? Well in this case, it is definitely a disadvantage :(

I'll show him, he'll see! Will be training at Batu Ferringhi beach tomorrow under the hot scorching sun with the real boat so we'll see how it goes. Hopefully we won't train too hard that our arms will be too painful to row on the real day itself.

If you have nothing to do for the weekend, come support us and see us lose win, hopefully not number 1 from the back *fingers crossed* The club will be sending out 4 teams to compete and our Mixed race is the last, which will only start around 4pm and we have to be there by 1.30pm wtf

Anyway, win or lose, this will be definitely a new experience gained. Life is too short to pause and wonder, just do it! even when you're short and ppl make fun of you -_-


After that we're gonna be partying the night away and try to get someone drunk YAY~!

Am excited! Wish me luck!

Twilight craze

Before you read the rest of this post, do spend some time to read this funny article written by a man on his understanding of Twilight

I have to say, he's god damn right about what he wrote. I didn't understand the Twilight craze when the first movie came out, perhaps I have long stop trying to act like a 13 year old. Even long after the theaters stopped showing the first movie, the craze continues. Everyone just have to get their hands on the books.

1. Twilight
2. New Moon
3. Eclipse
4. Breaking Dawn

That's right, I must confess that I've read all 4 books that I can list them out in order, who can't? Does that make me eligible to be recruited into the Twilight fanbase now?


Thanks but no thanks.


But why do I read all the books?

Curiosity - am curious how Stephanie Meyer did it, what is it about her writing style that took the whole world by storm, much like the Vampire version of Harry Potter.

Her writing style is smooth, flow-y, descriptive and I mean down right precise to every inch of Edward Cullen's body, which probably makes up 40% of the book, 10% bout his forever changing eye color, 10% bout his smooth HAIRLESS hard rock porcelain body, 10% bout his SWEET breath and the other 10% bout how they're supposed to be fucking like rabbits already because there was just too much temptation and yet they can't because the vampire is afraid of hurting the poor weak human girl. Seriously, it makes you frustrated thinking "Oh get laid already!" from book to book and let me tell you this *spoiler alert* they didn't have sex until Book 4, if I remember correctly. Apparently vampires are good in controlling their lust for sex too HAHA

One will also need to leave behind scientific logic or reasoning when you're reading it; like how vampire + human can make babies, how a predator rather starves itself than to eat its victim, the existence of 'vegetarian' vampires (vampires that only feed on animals), basically negating almost everything you've been reading about vampires from Bram Stoker.



The immortal perfect man, definitely too fair for my liking

Edward Cullen IS popular but he is definitely less popular than the other Edward....







Edward Kennedy aka Ted Kennedy, the late US Senator



because Google said so..

Dream a lil dream vacation

It's not that I am not focused at work today but someone started my day by tempting me with links of blogposts and pictures of the beautiful paradise we're going to go in 2 months time.



2 months! Still a long way to go but we're already getting so dreamy about the whole vacation thing.

I ended up

- spending a lot of time researching and ogling after beautiful pictures of the place.

- estimating my shopping budget

- wondering if I'll be lucky enough to spot a dolphin in the sea



- fantasizing about the gazillions camwhore pictures we're going to take

How can one not get dreamy and look forward to the next 2 months when you see pictures like these!









That Someone is not going to be so happy with the bikini girls though (esp the one in the middle) HAHAHA

If shoes could kill...

I almost died of frenzy shoe shopping yesterday but I had to limit myself to only ONE pair and spent the rest on dresses

After running around 4 shops in Singapore looking for the right size and the right color, I finally purchased this in BEIGE on the second trip to Charles & Keith in Gurney.

This better be a good investment.

This is serious business

Hello everyone,

I need your help, seriously. It's time to get some input from everyone. You know how much I love traveling. You know how much I love to enjoy life. You know I'd go the distance for it, anything for the blog, like... ANYTHING. Most importantly, you know how passionate I am in this blogging business. 4 years..... after 4 years, I'm still trying to update regularly, like everyday.

You know I have a dream, a dream I never thought could come true but now, this dream could be possible. And I'm trying very very hard to make this dream of becoming a travel writer come true (even though chances are probably very very slim but no harm trying right?) .

I am going to take part in a competition to win a free, all expenses paid trip to Tokyo for 7 days, blog about my experiences for the whole entire time I'm there.

TOKYO!

We're talking bout the big flashy neon billboards!




We're talking bout watching these bunch of obese ppl live in action!





BUT this is not all, the most interesting part is the chance to get my 'work' featured in the 'Rough Guide' series!

God I swear I'm hyperventilating as I'm writing this.

You know what's ironic? Initially I was planning to go Japan end of this year, sometime in December to spend Christmas there but due to some personal reasons, I decided to back out and tada! a new opportunity presents itself for me to step my foot there for the first time!


To win myself this assignment to Japan, I have to write an essay, a 500 word essay based on a personal experience around one of the following themes of which I have narrowed down to 2;

a. 'A Journey that Changed Lives'

b. 'A Memorable Experience Involving Food in a Foreign Country'

I'm thinking of going with option A since I don't have much experiences involving food, oh wait.. there are a few now that I think bout it. I can think of so many things I could write about but I don't know where to start and I need your help/guidance/comment/critic. It could be my bad English, grammar, vagueness in details, anything!

Most importantly among all my travel entries (not that I have a lot to boast), which is one the one that you think I should write bout? Let me make it easier for you.


Some shortlisted entries :

Option A - Whaleshark sighting + The whole Philippine experience / or the summary of being in US alone for 6 weeks + Skydiving / or the summary of Europe travels (I'm forgetting a lot of it by now @_@)

Option B - Berlin dine-in-total-darkness experience + Eating SUPERSIZED meal / Eating balut

500 words! too short lor! -_-

There are more in this link. Help me choose!

Yes, I'm serious. This could be a one in a million opportunity for me. I admit I'm not the best blogger out there but I definitely want to give this a try. If I try, I have at least 0.0001% of winning this but if I don't, the chance is down to 0.

Appreciate every input I can get :)


Thank you~!

Closed case

The last entry has indeed sparked a lot of controversial comments. It was very intriguing to read what everyone had to say; some of which were very enlightening and well...thank god no blood was shed in the process (kidding!)

I supposed most of those who are with Obama with the whole bowing thing, we think it's only respectable of the great man to do so to show his respect to the Emperor of Japan. Now we're all just little minions in this society, rooted with the culture to bow is to show respect, and that's about it. Simple as that. Period.

Why do we have to go the distance to criticize each and every move made by an honorable respected man? As one of the readers had commented, Obama has proved himself time and time again, earning respect from civilians and leaders from all over the world. Is he such a perfect being that one has to find faults in the things he do?

*shrug*

Ok, maybe there is an international policy to how a leader should react when meeting with other leaders and maybe he broke it, yea big deal, but does this make the man a far less better person than he is now? No. Ok let's move on.

In any way, again it was really interesting to read the each and every one of the comment. Thank you to those who 'debated' their opinions, though I may not be politically up to date enough to voice out much, but I do appreciate reading and learning bits and pieces along the way.

In times like this, I do miss having someone to 'argue' things over with :)

When bowing means more than just respect

Since when one is criticized for bowing to a leader or an elderly person?












Since some retarded, ignorant, self centered Americans said so




If anything, Obama is the most respectful leader I've known and I just don't understand how bowing low to a country which observes bowing as a form of respect is perceived as a form degradation to US or even seen as 'groveling before a foreign leader'.

Use your brain dear 'katak di bawah tempurung' sheltered egocentric Americans, if all the problems in the world ie in this case; the economy, can be recovered just by the United States alone, why do you think President Obama is making trips to the Asia continent?

Read this and more in the comment sections from ireport

I feel disgusted just by reading how shallow some people can be. Really, do they really expect this pair of old couple to bow lower than Obama? What if they crack their bones in the process? Just saying you know.. AND.. what if the emperor is practicing what the Americans have been doing all along? Shake hands and not bow! How bout that?


I am sure the phrase 'When in Rome do as the Romans do' does not only apply in Rome and I'm sure as hell Obama knows that.