Ppl of all sorts

No matter of countries. Everybody behave differently. Everybody have their their funny way of surviving in this world. Well, I see it as funny as I hope to be as optimistic as possible...

Recently, I sense that one colleague is less friendly towards another.  Colleague A is undergoing major restructuring of her family bcos she has (soon to be had) a cheating husband. Or so I thought.

In this world, everything happens for a reason. And it depends on each individual on how u see the story... for me, I give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Unless I hate the person hardcore. Even in a car accident, I see myself if I'm in the wrong first.

So, this colleague whose quite dear to me, is having her second divorce. It's really difficult for her initially. But she's now stronger and trying to settle her issues. However,  colleague B feels like A is taking things for granted. Well, a lot of things. Or should we say, enough to piss her off.

Both of them were really close when I just got to know them. A will send B home when they finish work. They will go for dinner together. This is what I heard and understand.  But B was unhappy that A is making use of people or glorifying some things that she's doing. There's some habits that B thinks its bad.

For example, A kept complaining that she's short of cash and how her lawyer is saying nasty things to her. On the other hand, she's buying gadgets and luxury goods but saying its bcos her kids needed them. If one were to analyse the situation, I believe that would be the last required thing. Even if your kids are noisy, you educate them. Throwing them a tablet wont solve the problem. In my opinion, it creates more problem. Like they will fight over who uses it more, they show they wanna watch, etc.

In another case, B asked if A wanted to buy moonies when there was a bazaar, A mentioned that she don't take mooncakes. However,  today A opened the moonies that was supposed to be for tomorrow's celebration. I would say its my fault bcos I forgot to mention that. I told her she can eat. B was unhappy when A came to want to open the second mooncake. She was almost whining when I asked if she already finished the first one.  So much for "I dont eat moon cake." I think it should be, I don't want to pay for a mooncake.

My way of surviving is putting my woes on a platform that nobody around me sees. I don't tell anyone about this blog and do not reveal any person particulars. It is never my intention to bitch about people. I just wish to have a channel for expressing myself. Penning something down also help to construct my views to certain things. 

.when things are difficult, don't make them impossible.

Caught in a minor accident

Was caught in a bump while coming out of a gantry in malaysia customs. Hit a malaysian toyota black suv. Had some minor scratches. Undergoing polishing now... 40RM including car wash.

I'm not sure whose in fault. The 6268 is definitely going too fast. Unable to stop in time. I'm sure baby didnt check before coming out of the gantry. That's why the hit.

Anyway, I really had no much brain cells left to think about it. As long as his ok, I'm ok, car is ok... den everything is fine. There's nothing that money can't settle at this stage.

I reckon that if I want more things, I'll get more stress and I most probably have to work to get it. Nothing is free in this era.

ilo ilo 爸妈不在家。

I am a fan of radio 100.3. I listened to their station almost every weekday morning. I also participated in their games and won some prizes. I like how they chat wittily and disturb each other. Lol! There's also parts where they teach chinese 成语 to children, tell parents how to communicate with kids. I like how they make advertisements interesting and informative like the yakult ad they do every morning. 

At a certain point of time, I actually thought of being a DJ myself. I reckon that I do not have such enough talents for it. What I have is only a decent voice. 

Anyway, back to the topic. The DJ 黄文宏 participated in the production of this SG movie Ilo Ilo. It was about a domestic helper who came to a Singaporean family from the Philippines. The story took place around the 80s. I find it very close to heart. Something like what I went through. It's almost scarily similar. 

This is also the first movie that was awarded the 66th Cannes Film Festival  Camera d’Or . It was reported that people stood and clap for 15 minutes to praise the cast after the movie was showed in Cannes. Well that's something. Foreigners who spoke a different language relied on the subtitles and the wonderful acting skills and really appreciated the movie!

I purposely picked a weekday afternoon to watch this show so that I can watch in a quieter theater. Unfortunately, there was a big crowd of aunties and uncles. They went in a group. At least 10 of them. They were seated at the top centre of the theater and was chatting and discussing the plot ALL THE TIME! Up till the point where someone "Shhh" them. But still.. They continued chatting... Thinking that they are at their own house. Etiquette!

I felt that the movie was great! The acting skills of Yeo Yann Yann and Angeli Bayani was superb! They fully demonstrate the difficulties that they were facing. The script was well-written. Some humour or terms are very local. The plot was interesting although quite predictable for me. I'm not expecting it to be a Da Vincci Code or something. Just an enjoyable movie that brings tears and laughter. 

I am looking forward to watch it again with my mum! She does not frequent the cinema but she's a listener of Radio 100.3. She's also expressed interest in this movie. So yeah!

being fat in sinful city

Singapore is a city filled with delicious food. Most of them are high in calories. Due to our vast culture, we get to eat food from the different race and religion. Chinese likes stir-frying and deep frying methods of cooking. Although we do steaming from time to time, most of the food that's calling your names are those packed with loads of fats! For stir-frying dishes, we have Char Kway Tiao and Fried Hokkien Prawn Noodles. Both are fried with deep fried lards to have the extra fragrance and omph in it. Although I don't quite fancy it, a lot of Singaporeans do!

There are simply too few places with steam goodness. There's one that I really liked but it's more to the saltier side (equals to high sodium). How come we do not have any places with simple steam dishes? Think they are not nice or tasty enough to survive on our local foody population. Where people actually don't mind eating something nicer for the same price. People tend to choose tasty over health. So much about being healthier. LOL!

Our Malay friends sell wicked Satay, Mee Rebus, Nasi Briyani and etc. They do not use lard due to their religion. Muslims do not eat Pork. But they have a lot of Mutton dishes. Their Mutton Briyani is to die for. Now that Briyani is available anywhere, anytime, it's really hard to avoid the savoury goodness of the spices and colourful rice. Also, the melt-in-your-mouth mutton, cooked till super tender. It's also sucked in all the flavours of the spices thereby covering the gamy smell of the mutton.

I just ate Roti Prata and Mee Goreng yesterday. There's this super sinful shop in Thomson area. The roti prata they serve is the crispy-est  I've tried in Singapore. And they have this special paper prata, where the super thin dough is fried and have sugar added in one side and condensed milk on the other side. Imagine the about of sugar, fats and calories packed in that one plate of dough. It's not even filling! But it's damn good. I cannot resist this sweet sin! God please give me strength!

Although the Eurasian occupies the least in our population, the food is definitely everywhere! From fast food chains to fine dining options, There's all sorts of options to suit your budget and taste buds. Recently, there's been a rise in certain types of restaurants. Example the Salad Bars, Soup restaurants, All day breakfast joints, Sandwiches eateries. All these gives a feeling that it's the healthier choice, but we've all seen articles that some of the food are misleading. For example, a sandwich looks fine, but the amount of carbs that you are getting from the bread is too high, the sodium from the ham and meats is unthinkable. So, you think you can't really go wrong with salad bar. But the salad bars in Singapore is too damn expensive. Would you choose to buy a $6.90 salad that is not filling, or a packet of $2.50 that is yummy and makes you full? Do your maths. Now, that's the reason for our obese teens. Further, these salad bars are not as easily available as our chicken rice stalls.

Apart from real restaurants or food stalls, we have LOTS of places for desserts. And trust me, these places are really making profit from the look of it. We have a lot of ice cream shops that operate 24 hours or at least till like 3am. These places are not cheap. Usually $3+ for a scoop. If you want waffles or brownies to go along, please add another $5-$10, depending on the restaurant you are at. Places that do not only sell ice-cream, sells cakes. We all know what goes into the composition of a cake right. Do I still need to break them down?

Apart from all the above DAILY sins we commit, we still have special occasions. We eat like gluttons during Chinese New Year. We have the sinful Bah Kwa, all those goodies that's usually filled with lard also. I recently found our that my favourite brand of Bah Kwa contains 977kcals in one single slice. How sick is that?! Can you imagine the healthiest choice is Mandarin Oranges? That's ok if you eat like one or two. But usually each family will get a box of oranges during CNY, where do you think all these oranges goes to after the 15 days celebration?

We also have Hari Raya where our Malay friends will handmade those homemade goodies like pineapple tarts (also available during CNY), cookies (X100 types), rolls, cakes, chocolates and their kuey kueys. Usually, all these delicacies are packed with butter!

We also have Christmas, mooncake festival that's coming up, rice dumpling festival that we ate lots of glutinous rice dumplings with fatty pork wrapped in leaves. Also, we got the ghost month, where we have lots of offerings to the deceased. With the incense and joss sticks, we pray with food! Usually, we have a whole roasted suckling pig, roasted chicken and ducks, steam fish, noodles, rice, candies, tidbits, drinks, or anything that comes into mind. We all know that our ancestors don't really "eat" the food. After they finish "eating", it's said that they blessed the food. So we eat it, to be blessed. And down it goes through our esophagus.

Those above are typical. We still have anniversaries, birthdays that we come together and eat. Rule of thumb, just EAT!

Medical care in sg

After being hit with nephrotic syndrome since 2003, I've been a frequent visitor of SGH.

From steroids to expensive drugs, I've tried all that.

Today,  my condition is under control but I still might have to take coZaar, losartan for the rest of my life. Its qyite demoralising to know that.

It might also have problems to me giving birth.  Too much complications.

Few days earlier, I've got my health screening report. Report says that my cholesterol is too high. N also, the pancreas cancer count. Another bad news.  I havent touch pork n beef ever since.. well.. for the last 2 days...

Today's blood n urine test is sgd126.85. Hai~ medical care is so expensive in sg! Den I saw that doc actually clicked lipid panel, renal panel n liver panel. Thats where the costs came from.. all added up.

Hopefully this time the cholesterol would be good.. hope miracle can happen..

Need to space out the consultation already.  Visiting specialist too frequent is going to burn a hole in my pocket.

If I have any... -.-

Back for my medical check up

Haven't drove such long distance for quite some time.. i was very careful. Reached my destination safe and sound.. violated one traffic sign because I didn't know where to make that u turn.. I hope I dont get penalised for that.

Registered myself using the self registration machine.. second time using it.. it was much faster than waiting for the dilly dally nurses..

Not sure what will my test results be.. I not expecting cholesterol to drop. But pls don't be too high also. Hope my kidneys are doing well too. Gosh I got a long time ahead of me. I sure hope to stay drug free...

Bought my medical report along. Hope she can take a good look at it and tell me about the pancreas counter...

Driving makes me nervous. I think I need more practice.

Sleepy typing.. hope the next queue number is mine..

Stay or what?

Like every other singaporean, life in this fast pace world is not easy at all....

Having a full time job that you dont enjoy, some have problems with bosses, some with colleagues.  Most work like a dog, the rest just simply find their jobs too boring.  I belong to the latter...

Since young, I do not have a specific goal. My aim is to complete my education asap, and be successful. I don't remember targeting a specific industry, but I know I'll be sitting in a office of my own, calling shots, dress nice and look great. Something like Jane Bingum in Drop Dead Diva. Except I dont see myself as a lawyer. I dont have that kind of memory.

As for now, customer service is simply damn boring! Well, at least my job is!

If I continue here, I cant see myself somewhere I want to be in the next five years!

I need a good idea for a business... I'm all rounded. I can manage time well. I can multi task. And I am disciplined. I'm puntual. I a creative. I am talented. Just not in the academic and enough to earn myself a living on streets way...

Today is an especially difficult day for me. I had a very rough night. I didn't slp well.  Had a bad breakfast. Lunch was in a rush. Like briyani within 5 minutes rush. It wasn't digested well. And after the movie (ilo ilo), I bought chee cheong fun and some dim sum. Was damn full half way through.  Yucky feeling in my tummy.

Throughout the whole day, I'm thinking of my business venture. I wonder if H is going to work in Singapore. I wonder if opening a pub in North will be feasible.  The amount of capital involved. I thought about tarts. Capital and involvement. 

I kept thinking. I'm mentally drained but physically uncomfortable.  I definitely need to work out the stress tmr during zumba.  Just that the instructor isn't so great. 40+ uncle who wore female pants. Urgh!

If I want to be successful.  I really need to start in the near future!

Problem is, I don't have something concrete. And I'm not sure if I've got the luck. Really....

God, I need strength.