Have to translate 1500 mandarin characters into English in 3 hours.

熬过灾难重重的两个月，庆幸大家过得还好。但往深一层想想，刚发生的一切都存在着千丝万缕的因果关系。美国若承诺履行《京都条约》，天灾并不至于达到肆无忌惮的地步…

我要风疯了!

Gawd, I’m becoming some sort of health freak.

I ate pizza and KFC for lunch yesterday and I felt indifferent. I had one slice of pizza, one piece of chicken, popcorn chicken and a few nuggets and that was it. People were like, you ate one slice of pizza only?

*Applause*

I didn’t do any exercise last night and felt so gross! So I went down, ran 2.4 as quickly as I can cuz I don’t wanna go to bed too late. But I still feel unhealthy cuz I felt it wasn’t enough and that my heart is gonna fall out due to inactivity.

And get this, my current food rave is papaya milk! I HATE all fruits except strawberries (with sugar). And I used to hate papayas the most because I thought they taste like vomit.

Lastly, I had salad for lunch and I enjoyed it tremendously!

What is happening to me!!!!

I think I need to force some junk food down lest my body slipped into detox mode and start purging toxins through my skin. I cannot breakout further!

On the other hand, I’m still sleeping on average 5 hours a day and binging on creamy pastas, dairy products and all sorts of sugary desserts.

In the end, it all balance out eh?

Sidenote: I have a sudden wave of inspiration for my room poster! Now to find the time and some high resolution pictures!

Speaking of pictures, haha see this..

I wasn’t reflecting on anything serious, but it kinda striked me yesterday that my drawn towards introverts may be largely due to insecurities of having an extrovert as a boyfriend. Extroverts tend to have more friends, they meet more people and there will be more temptations thereof?

But…

- I think I get along better with extroverts seeing how my closest buddies are extroverts…
- My previous relationships with introverts like Adrian and Tom has been KuaKuakua…
- My Dad is extremely extroverted and he turned out to be nothing short of wonderful…

Hmm…but who cares right.. Que Sera Sera…

Anyway, I took half day off yesterday! In the end, I realised I wanna be a tai tai in the future!

For the whole of yesterday, Murphy’s laws prevails; what could have gone wrong, went wrong. But it wasn’t too bad really. In fact, I didn’t know I could have so much fun by myself, I think I should do this often if I didn’t have the tendency to talk to myself a lot when I’m alone… that’s a bit loony isn’t it? What? You talk to yourself too? Gawd you’re mad.

So here’s a summary of my some kind of wonderful day if you’re interested.

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JuJubes says:
so how?
starlie ☆·.·* says:
I can’t la…I’m disfigured by Mac..oh the irony
JuJubes says:
so bad?
starlie ☆·.·* says:
yea
JuJubes says:
dun worry, even if you’re pimply and fat still chior then most girls
starlie ☆·.·* says:
bullshit…wait…I’m very fat izzit?
JuJubes says:
oops.

Dunno if I should laugh or cry.

Blogbites

• Finally caught Million Dollar Baby. A few tough guys told me it’s really touching, even the brawny macho Raja said it is. So I was expecting a few stirring scenes…I waited and waited and waited until the credits started rolling. And I was all…”So that’s IT?” You guys are such babies.
• I planned to go Wet and Wild this weekend with the girls but my breakout is REALLY BAD. Everyone commented about it. So I think I really really have to detox this weekend and go see a derm or something. Sheesh.
• It takes a lot of self discipline to put on my running shoes but once I start, I simply cannot stop. I jogged for around 5 km on Sunday night, after my Ikea feast of Swedish Meatballs, Smoked Salmon, Chicken wings and 3 cups of coffee. I don’t know how long the whole run took exactly, it was about a nutcracker suite (24 minutes) + a few odd songs (my time measurement technique kickass!). Miraculously, I wasn’t outta breath or tired in the end. Gosh I’m awesome!
• Whoa look look! A Biatlon Medal!
  
  It’s not mine though heh. My Dad won it over the weekend. W00t! He went for that 21 km army thing too. While I’ve gotten the running fever, he caught the marathon bug.
  

Listed according to Shock Element.

Liquid Foundations
I bought Mac Select SPF 15 two week ago because there was an event and I wanna try liquid foundation for a start. It made my skin looks incredible but broke me up pretty badly the following day. Gosh, somebody please buy it off me so I won’t be tempted to use it again! I dunno if the breakouts due to my skin being unsuitable for liquid foundations generally (Noooo!) or because Mac Select is a sucky foundation that seeps into your pores and SEALS them up. Maybe I should try another brand to test.

Ipod Nano
After a bit of research, I have a few money saving options if I wanna buy nano. I can..
- Suck up to my cabin crew friends so one of them will help me buy one from Japan.
- Get Aileen to buy one from US using her Penns U student discount.
- Buy a 4GB Nano from a friend who is selling them at $300

$300 is questionably cheap, I don’t want to end up owning some factory reject. But the warranty’s covered too. Hmm…

It’s You!
Ok I know this Ben for a while and last night I discovered something after I peeped at his friendster profile. The following msn convo ensued

starlie ☆·.·* i hate mac…HATE! says:
HEY!
starlie ☆·.·* i hate mac…HATE! says:
WTF
starlie ☆·.·* i hate mac…HATE! says:
you’re from singapore idol?
Ben says:
erm…
Ben says:
nope hahahaha
starlie ☆·.·* i hate mac…HATE! says:
u are…
Ben says:
AHHAHA..
Ben says:
YEAP I AM

I actually blogged about him before.

Benjamin from Singapore Idol is SO VERY CUTE! *flutters*

Ben is Benjamin, Benjamin is Ben see? They are the same person… Ben..Benjamin. What are the odds really.

Most Shocking of All
My favourite female club dancer is actually a mapok. *FAINTS*

The Carnal Lover
22% partner focus, 52% aggressiveness, 60% adventurousness

Based on the results of this test, it is highly likely that:

You prefer your romance and love to wild and daring rather than typical or boring, you would rather pursue than be pursued and, when it comes to physical love, you concentrate more on enjoying the experience rather than worrying about your performance.

This places you in the Lover Style of: The Carnal Lover.

The Carnal Lover is a wonderful Lover Style, though it is often confused with terms like “player” or even “slut.” The Carnal Lover is not necessarily either of those things (though sometimes is) but is instead a lover of life, romance and pleasure. The Carnal Lover is a treasure to find, though can sometimes be difficult to keep happy once found, because a Carnal Lover often loves a variety-filled life.

In terms of physical love, the Carnal Lover tends to be dynamic and driven, and can therefore be quite pleasurable. Given the right motivation, and the right lover, the Carnal Lover can be a
delight in bed.

Best Compatibility can probably be found with: The Surprising Lover (most of all) or the devoted Lover, or the Liberated Lover.

Link: The lover Style Profile Test

Had a wonderful time with group of colleagues from the Drafting department. We went for sushi and my friend taught me how to eat wasabi and sashimi. Wasabi is quite nice but that raw tasteless gooey stuff…alamak what a torture! How come it doesn’t work the same way as steak and venison? I like those meat bloody. The word here is blooooody. Red juices…woohoo.

Anyway, we were talking a lot of shit and laughing at our lame jokes when we were not enjoying the food…it was fun, reminds me of all those jc/nus canteen banter I really miss. I told them I’m on a diet but ended up eating lots just like what they expected, they aptly resume calling me Dinosaur like they used to. I was still hungry in the end but didn’t dare to say so.

I went home to finish up Friday’s breakfast, pizza toast from Breadtalk and 2 durian puffs from Polar. Topped it up with 3 nougats and one bottle of nescafe mistra. Current weight, 52.2kg!!!

Sheesh. Diet indeed. Fat Diet. I am such a disappointment. Kinda wondering if my sin is really sloth and not gluttony. I can’t be THAT lazy if I’m so willing to chew eh?

I’m having a breakout due to too many late nights, too much clubbing, sun tanning and pure laziness. Orbee orbee. Sucky time for me eh? Fat and pimply. *sighs*

I was planning to detox for the weekend but looks like the plan’s been smashed by the sweet beckoning of easy money. I really need to start taking care of myself.

Weaknesses of a Sanguine

The Sanguine’s Emotions
Exaggerates. Can’t remember names. Too happy for some. Has restless energy. Egotistical. Blusters and complains. Naive, gets taken in. Gets angry easily. Never Grows Up.

The Sanguine As A Parent
Keeps home in a frenzy. Forgets children’s appointments. Disorganized

The Sanguine At Work
Would rather talk. Forgets obligations. Doesn’t follow through. Confidence fades fast. Undisciplined. Easily distracted. Wastes time talking.

The Sanguine As a Friend
Needs to be center stage. Wants to be popular. Looks for credit. Interrupts and doesn’t listen. Fickle and forgetful. Makes excuses

Strengths of a Sanguine

The Sanguine’s Emotions
Life of the Party. Good sense of humor. Cheerful and bubbling over. Good on stage. Wide-eyed and innocent. Lives in the present. Changeable disposition. Sincere at heart. Always a child

The Sanguine As A Parent
Makes Home Fun. Is liked by children’s friends. Turns disaster into humor. Is the circus master.

The Sanguine At Work
Volunteers for Jobs. Looks great on the Surface. Creative and colorful. Has energy and enthusiasm. Starts in a flashy way.

The Sanguine As a Friend
Makes friends easily. Loves People. Thrives on compliments. Seems exciting. Envied by others. Doesn’t hold grudges. Likes spontaneous activities

Take your test here and post your results.

New in Radio Blog. Revised version of Mona Lisa by Britney Spears.
Lyrics under the cut
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Some people have no orignality. Copies copies copies. *sighs*

It’s okay, Adrian thinks I should be flattered. And he pointed out that it’ll be wrong for me to bitch at some 14 year old. By saying that, he has effectively called me an old hag. But I will be gracious and forgive him and to top off my graciousness…I shan’t bitch about his kiddo, in fact…honey, take it if you must. Ooh I’m classy!

I’m gonna be signing up for a dance class with either my friend or colleagues. They wanted some bollywood yoga thingy or salsa but I’m not too keen on them. I wanna do hip hip but one colleague thinks it’ll be boring. So currently, we are settling on Street Funk. Yay!

Anyway, 3 new Britney songs that are set for release with the upcoming Britney and Kevin: Chaotic DVD set has leaked onto The Internet. I’ve uploaded the catchy “Chaotic” into the radio blog. I’m also diggin the new version of Mona Lisa, I’ll see if I can get the full version, the one I have is cut off before the end.

Lyrics Cut
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This article questions the whole implications of Hamlet’s famous question “To be or not to be”. It suggests that the duality of life as implicated is restrictive and provides fresh perspectives on various aspects of it.

Some excerpts.

Those who have been fortunate, owing to their early upbringing in easier times, to build up an infrastructure of habits which enable them to get up early and to greet the dawn, or to smile after breakfast and to have a sense that they had planned the day, at least have a sense of being able to cope at some level with life. But their sense of coping with it is wholly parasitic upon the acceptance of an excessive valuation placed upon something which is sacred only so long as no one questions it.

One’s ego-sickness thus becomes a form of health. The excess of exaggerated valuation becomes normal because it can neither be contradicted nor falsified.

Only by a systematic and deliberate process of inverting the naming game can a person become self-conscious of that which is fundamental to life itself – the ceaseless motion at the very core of life which cannot be subsumed under any pair of opposites, even life and death.

One gradually becomes a person for whom it is true that in giving up life, one begins to live. One has learned that it is possible to be and not to be – to be in space-time and yet not to be in space-time. This is to live infinitely, eternally, and immortally.

Doesn’t mean that I agree wholely with the article, a bit too spiritual for me to digest. Good food for thought nevertheles.

Blogbites

• There’s this man who stays in my void deck. If I didn’t woke him up with my footsteps which led him to curse at me, I wouldn’t have noticed him in his dark corner, sandwiched between two dirty mattresses. I noticed his black soles and immediately thought of a pair of slippers my guy friend gave me, don’t ask. Left them on his mattress last night. I wonder how he feels about them. If he feels insulted, that’s for cursing at me.
• MSN users should adopt some sort of fixed identity because the nick changes is making it extremely hard to track people. Anyway, I made the people I like to chat with add a rainbow in front of their nicks. We are aka the Rainbow Club. Haha. If you think this is such an embarrassing idea, the rainbow club actually have more male members. I can’t be more embarrassed than them!
• I feel stupid giving money to parents who thinks my pay is pathetic, who offer to sponser tours, further education, various gadgets, makeup and clothes because they think I’m too poor to afford them and that I’m very wei qu. Silly parents.
• A pleasant surprise awaits me at home after meeting Xinying for threading session. Krispy Kreme!!! *drools* All the way from Sydney, but too bad the original glazed is not krispy anymore. Bleh. I ate one original glazed and one key lime pie.

Anyway, I’ve been eating tons of sweet stuff these few days. Mooncakes, at least 5 donuts, bread and butter pudding, muffins etc. Ahh Sugar overload!

Someone wanted to buy my PDA. I find that when dealing with cheapos, tact is unnecessary. Haha

prixie ☆·.·* says:
200
blah says:
exexexex
prixie ☆·.·* says:
then i’m sure there are cheaper alternatives for you
prixie ☆·.·* says:
you considered azone notepad?
blah says:
too cheap
prixie ☆·.·* says:
wow I’m shocked!
prixie ☆·.·* says:
at first I wanna suggest toilet paper

Anyway, who wanna buy my ipaq h1940? If you think it’s dirt cheap, feel free to comment. If you think it’s too expensive, keep quiet. Personally, I do not know, but I just thought 200 looks cool. You know…two and two circles…nice.

Blog Bites

• Friendster enabled css editing, about time! The current look in my profile reflects my personality perfectly. Muahahaha!
• There may be a majorly cool gig coming up, mostly because I’ll be dancing with Paul! Yay! Fun!!!
• Number of mooncakes consumed to date: I don’t even wanna think about it.
• Uploaded some wedding photos into friendster. Yea I look stoned but try surviving on 13 hours of sleep for 3 days, suckers.
• Funny how your eyes appear smaller when you become chubbier? Cotton baby, I don’t have round eyes anymore. Boohoo.
• This is a very good read, a bit related to my post on happiness.

Anyway, to end this entry, here’s a little quiz.
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Friday
7 pm – 8 pm: Swimming (frolicking and tanning).
9 pm – 1 am: Gig
1 am – 5 am: Chinablack.
Black was fun. We clowned around while playing truth or dare and met, in Paul’s opinion, the best hiphop dancer he knows. That guy’s very nice and fun, like most dancers.
7 am: Sleep

Saturday
12.30 pm: Lunch
2.30 pm: Meet up with my girls for pedicure/manicure session.
8 pm – 12 pm: Tiger beer promotion at Fluid.
Had to forgo a dance show because of this. I hate promos la, but my partner is really hyper and fun. She’s quite chio, one of the Miss Singapore Universe finalists. We spent loads of the time talking, playing darts and dancing in the toilet.
1 am – 3 am: Made a CD full of love songs for Huixian’s ROM

Sunday
7.30 – 1 pm: ROM! Officially Mrs Ong!

Going swimming, followed by Mooncake Celebration dinner and then a proper mooncake celebration.

*edits* 12 am: Mooncake Celebration

Paul’s entry made me emotional cuz what he said is so true and it reminds me how I love my family soooo much!

Since birth, my parents gave me everything I want and then some.

The best is probably a gift of happiness so self-contained and resolute, it might as well be inbred. This happiness keeps me optimistic and sustained me through many trying times…In fact, I got through the shit so easily, makes me wonder if they are considered trying in the first place.

And they taught me how to love myself. You may think its such an easy thing to do since I’m so amazing and talented and awesome and wonderfully nice and everything… yea you’re partly right. But I love myself mostly because they love me. And it’s really important to love and respest yourself and know that you should take no shit from anybody. This is also the reason why I’m spoilt and bratty but you know.. my parents love me and my sisters, you jolly well treat us right too.

Then there’s Pamela, who is like so clever, sensible, capable and dependable. I will so suck up to her soon because I think my future well being depends on her.

Last but not least is Pink Jr. She’s basically me ten years ago…pain in the neck, in other words.

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Korea Tour Package, 27th – 31st Dec, my mum and baby sister is going with some relatives, $900 each.
New Zealand Tour Package (10th – 21st Dec). My dad and both sisters are going, $3700 each.

Dad thinks my salary is pathetic and offered to sponsor me but my heart is aching for him, how can he fail to see how ridiculously priced the NZ package is. Yet he insists on everyone going even if nobody is really interested. See how spoilt my Dad is?!

Yours Truly has helped the very fortunate parents save $4600++.

I’m thinking. Asking them to get me an ipod nano for my birthday is TAI PIAN YI LE TA MEN!

Maybe I should throw in a digicam too. Hell, an imac also can la. I shall think about it.

Anyway, weekend post!

Friday: Swimming or rather, frolicking in the water. Sinyee’s birthday party at DXO
Saturday: Chinablack + Strategic meeting + Birthday Dinner

Saturday night and I’m at home blogging. As you read this, may I inform you that the time when I was typing this exact sentence, is a time where a miracle is at work. Feels awesome now doesn’t it, this paragraph has taken a whole new level meaning. In fact, this whole post is nothing short of a miracle. Wahhh…

Anyway, the previous camwhore post is a joke. I don’t consider myself a camwhore at all! Apparently, Adrian thinks otherwise.

i think remember the first time i met you in class at NUS, the first thing that came to my mind was “thats the cam whore”

Ahahaha funny! I took a series for a new cam image. Here are the rejected ones cuz they are not very joy.nu. I take this camwhore business very seriously.

Me: hey that time I paid 400 plus for my mini right
Ong: yea
Me: you know there’s this new ipod nano?
Ong: Ya you told me yesterday
Me: Oh. You know it’s only 300 plus? And there’s a black one too, so sleek!
Ong: You told me that too
Me: Izzit? Hmm… then I’m telling you again. Do you think there’ll be a pink one?
Ong: omg you’re really obsessed with this.

Ong has managed to calm me down significantly by pointing out how as a gadget freak, I should set a good example by following the gadget rules when it comes to buying new toys, the rules which conveniantly flew out the window during my 24 hr period of intense hyperventilation.

Oh Apple, you sly and cunning organization.

Ok, I knew about the 7th September Apple conference long ago, so I kinda know something’s coming up today.

Darn right I was, introducing iPod Nano! Be charmed!

Do I need it? Yes! Shuffle was grand but not without some minor flaws. Like how it sounds muffled compared to the real deal and how Apple’s signature clickmouse is sorely missed. On top of that, my shuffle looks thoroughly abused, courtesy of his frowzy owner.

Then we have the pull factor, Nano is gorgeous! There were loads of speculations and mock-ups of how nano will look like but nothing beats this. Ok I know it is simply a mini version of the 4th Gen ipods… but the fact is, it still looks orgasmically pretty!! I really hope the battery life doesn’t suck, the 8 hrs battery life they claimed an ipod mini has was bollocks.

Which reminds me, I am bloody lucky I didn’t buy another ipod mini when I lost the old one, if not I could have attempted to hurt myself really badly. Ipod mini isn’t even listed in the site anymore!?

Yay yay! So happy! New gadget! Anyway, when is that motorola razr V3x coming? I’m sick of waiting, maybe I’d just go with another ipod.

Definately the 2gb, I’m not big on size. The question now is: Black or White?! I don’t think there’s ever gonna be a pink yea?

Oooh my birthday is coming, I recall someone once mention something about buying me a ipod mini. Hur hur.

My best friend is getting married, I never thought such things would actually happen! We met each other 10 years ago when we were clueless juveniles… I’m still the same but she’s doing all these adult things I see on TV. Wait for me!!! *sobs* I feel the gap already. She’ll be known as what…Mrs Ong?? Alamak! *faints*

So I had this convo with Mrs Ong a few days ago.

Mrs Ong: Can you ask your sister to play the violin on my rom?
Me: What? No lah, it is bloody awful.
Mrs Ong: Won’t be that awful one la, she learn so long already, what’s her grade
Me: I think grade 7…but it’s tamade awful. Besides, she’s having her As, she won’t even leave the house for you.
Mrs Ong: Then you play for me can?
Me: Huh!? I don’t know how to play waat.
Mrs Ong: Learn lah…
Me: …

Ok still my favourite bimbo…alright I should chill…marriage is no biggie.

I hate pink says:
pinkie..
prixie says:
trying to make a point?
I hate pink says:
hey i kinda miss you
prixie says:
everyone misses me…like I’m dead. I’m here waat.
prixie says:
I’m hereeeee!

My friendster profile is becoming some sort of obituary (see testimonials). I am alive in Singapore!! Miss what? Only Aileen have the excuse to miss me, the rest are simply not making enough effort. But I can be very understanding, say if you’re too busy to meet, you can send your love in the form of cheque or cash to my house, I’m not fussy.

Hi Anne,

I’ve talked to the technical team and the issue is not within our control. We suggest you change your email account to an alternative one if you still can’t receive the daily notifications. Cheers!

thanks & regards
Priscilla Liu
E-commerce Executive

It really means….

Hi Anne,

Kindly stfu and leave me alone.

thanks & regards
Priscilla Liu
Helpdesk Officer (for the mentally challenged)

So we know I had a crap day at work. Anyway, it has become a tradition for me to go downstairs and run whenever my day was a boo boo. I would usually stroll around the neighbourhood after my run to cool off, hoping not to bump into anyone I know because I sure stink! Today there was this weirdo following me around in his bicycle; he overtook me, then lagged behind, overtook, lagged behind….(-_-”) I managed to escape by climbing up a flight of stairs that was cut into some slope and slipping swiftly into the void decks….where I bumped into a shirtless cutie fixing his bike. Hur hur.

One fine example of “blessing in disguise”.

Saturday

- Do you know that there exists, a hot pink motorola Razr so divine, I’m drowning in my own drool? Nobody’s sure whether this extremely limited edition will be available to the market. What if it is never gonna be!? That’ll make me wanna….die

- Thought I’d skip lunch for a wedding dinner later. Ain’t happening, I’ve ate enough to last me the weekend.

- Someone is getting married!!!! AHHHH!! *hysterical*

- There are groups of people who said they might wanna club but can’t really decide and is asking me to decide for them where they should be. But my gig ends at one and I might be club hopping. Why ask the latecomer to decide! Irritating leh.

Sunday

- Last night’s gig was cool really cuz I asked my JC mates to visit. It was a bit embarassing to dance in front of them at first, made me so nervous but good thing they came so we could natter in between sets.

They say my current size is just right for dancing, don’t have to diet. Jaze is damn gross, she said “Hey can I touch you, very tempting leh!” and proceeds to molest my newly acquired butt. *pats butt* Ooh Butt, after like 22 years, you finally came.

- I’m home so early cuz Black was full, party pooper. Bah.

So since there’s nothing to do and sleep is too boring, I’ll camwhore! At 4am no less!

Sunday Arvo

- I’m happy! And I’m happy that people around me are happy too. Anyway, I realise that although J.Lo cannot sing, she has some really nice songs. The following is taken from Hold Me Down

Now my loyalty, will always be
With you, if you just promise me
That you’ll stay real just like you are
‘Cause baby you don’t have to change (no)
You don’t know how much you mean to me
Whenever you down
You know that you can lean on me
No matter the situation
Boy, I’m gon’ hold you down

- Think I’ll give comex a miss and go to Ikea for pink room project instead. Anyway, here’s a meme to end my long weekend post, as tagged by Evie

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I’ve been sleeping at around two plus every night and is ever growing fat. I think I need a new plan for weeknights.

6 – 8pm: Dinner/Jalan jalan, reach home by 8 pm.
8 – 9pm: Dance Practice
9 – 10pm: Jogging/shower
10 pm: Read book, TV for Mondays and Thursdays
11 pm: Zzzz.. latest 11.30pm

It looks…. miserable. I’m gonna be a loner in no time. Haha.

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