All good things come in threes.
triquetra.threemusketeers.2for1bargains.trilogies.
threeblindmice.triathelons.muffins.goldilocksandthethreebears.charmed.triangle.
three-toed-sloths.triplets.orion-belt.mahjong-dice.
NAT-MEI-ELI.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Here are the vids,
This is me and my sis sand sledding
This is us riding. Yup! we rented our own bike and learnt how to ride in 5 mins! SUPERB FUN!
In a totally bimbotic moment I have to say that I have come to a realisation that I have a thing for guys with small eyes. hur. which explains why i think willin low is so hot. plus he's a chef. double yum.
Other than that, life has been alright. Halfway through PLC*, trying to make the most of it with the little cash that I have, I've officially switched firms and I'm completely at peace with the decision to leave my previous firm. In fact I'm more than at peace i'm completely relieved at the fact that I don't have to deal with insane individuals anymore.
I've finally started on my driving lessons, Manual, in case you're wondering.
It kinda feels like I'm using this PLC period to tie up the loose ends, ya know, do the things that I was supposed to have done like over the years but never really gotten down to doing. and i'm cruising along quite happily, but we all know that this cruising bullshit never lasts and there's probably something big and bad just waiting to happen soon. can you just smell it in the air?
its not pessimism, i'm just being realistic.
*PLC = Practical Law Course. A 6 month post graduate course that all law grads are required to undertake if they intend to practice here.
ive also realised that I never really finished posting the photos from vietnam and cambodia, so here's the rest of them!
Ok So the last leg of the trip and where I left off was from Mui Ne, a beach off Vietnam about a 6 hour bus ride away. It was really a great way to end off a rather stressful holiday and I say stressful because the cities are constantly buzzing and budget hotels have very thin walls so you never really get a good night's rest because its ALWAYS NOISY. Several stall owners that we spoke to in Vietnam didn't think that Mui Ne was the nicest beach around and there's apparently a nicer one about 8 hours away but that was too far off for us. I can't remember now what its called. So anyway, for 20 USD a night, this was our hotel
There were a couple of natural attractions in Mui Ne and this was Fairy Springs, which was a lovely 15 min hike up to the source of the spring. It was the closest I was going to get to any form of nature related activity the entire trip!
Us at the source!
Then it was the sand dunes. endless piles of seemingly soft red sand. Wasn't quite so soft though because it was rainy season
We also rode further up into the mountains along the never-ending roads, with the sea breeze in our faces and the fabulous beach and mountain backdrop. I never felt more carefree i swear.
Have some vids taken while we were riding and will upload them onto Youtube soon.
The rest of Mui Ne was spent lounging at the beach and relaxing and before we knew it, we were back in dusty old Cambodia. I suppose Cambodia has a certain charm it, but it didn't quite appeal to me. It mostly made me depressed because of all the poverty. I think its one of those places that'll be really meaningful if you're there to help with likeminded people. Perhaps we just didn't get to know it well enough.
the perks of working in a spa is that i get free treatments. sometimes, they want to pamper me but more often than not, they want to use me as a guinea pig. a week ago, the lead hairdresser looked at me and said that my hair is growing out way too fast and its looking messier than it was chic. i received a call from her today while i was at work, asking me to come in earlier tomorrow so that she can cut and dye my hair for me. she said she was tired of it and since she also had an interviewee, might as well be there to test her out too.. i can't figure out whether i'm being the guinea pig or their target of affection. nonetheless, its saving me close to $500. yeap, i spend that much on my hair. that last time i cut and dyed it, i used up all of thomas's savings that he almost killed me.
my favorite show for the summer just ended and I was basically quite surprised at the winner. I liked all four finalists and i absolutely loved the show. So I am definately very sad that it has ended.
This is my favorite dance routines of all though. After following episode and watching all the routines, this one still touches me the most. Maybe its the chemistry, it might even be the song. But I love the way she danced and I loved the romance in that short 3 minute routine.
Anyway, here's the winner (Sabra) and here's my favorite routine. I had to host it somewhere because I know that I'll be watching it for a long time to come.
mei says: my bro went out u know mei says: haha mei says: class dinner Amadeus says: wah solid Amadeus says: i need to teach him the fine art of poaching a girl Amadeus says: poach poach poach Amadeus says: like a panther
Your life is your poem. Each action, each decision, becomes an immortal word or phase within the verse of one's life. It is essential therefore to decide at the earliest age the style of poem your life will depict: a poem of love, a poem of loss, a poem of tragedy, a poem extolling virtue perhaps. For the moment you make the decision on your poem's theme, no movement, no word can be too inconsequential to ignore. The way you catch a pretty gentleman's eye in the reflection of your looking glass, the way you tilt your head when you are in conversation, the way you laugh, the way you hold your glass, the way you love, the way you bear your sorrows, your losses, all these things form the phrases and verses in the poem of your life.
Basketball festival in Rome Cinderella Carriage Venice Harrods Bears in London Harry Potter Premiere (background noise = screaming girly Radcliff fans hours before it even started!) Yummy ice cream from Thortons!
Paris = breads, pastries, cakes = Pierre Hermes = 2 smalls slices of cakes +1 dessert mousse + a few macaroons = $80+ gone. moulin rouge effiel tower at night cute car! cuter dogsss! pretty pretty carousel in fontainbleu town notre dame cathedral
I'm a bitch sometimes and I get carried away especially when I feel like I'm being wronged. Yuan Wang. "Reputation, reputation, reputation" Othello says (it was always the easiest quote in the book to remember).
When Eeks called me two days ago bearing news of juicy backstabbing, I was so angry that I was at a loss. I didn't know how to deal with it but be angry because I felt so trapped. Yelling at her wasn't going to do any good, because it would only serve to prove her right. Talking to her directly and nicely hasn't worked at all because it was exactly that that has put me in this position of her public enemy no. 1. Worse still, knowing my temper as they do, even my friends doubt that I didn't yell at her or raise my voice at her.
so now, i'm a teenage mum abuser hurhur. and prior to last night, i was plotting the downfall of the teenage mum abuser. until the speaker for edu-dine last night reminded us to always keep our cool. for some strange reason it was some moment of epiphany for me, compounded with another epiphanous moment when jing began with the words, "frost, as a friend i must tell you..." and although we didn't really get to finish that conversation, I got the point. It was an epiphanous night, and I think being in the chapel made it more epiphanous haha. i should stop saying epiphanous.
anyway the point is, after last night, I think i can honestly enough say that I'm letting it go and putting it behind me, and I am no longer going to plot or carry out the downfall of the teenage mum. so thanks jingy, for being my level-headed friend and saying the things that need to be said. I probably wouldn't be able to live with myself if the teenage mum got fired or something. (NO i wasn't plotting to get her fired!)maybe dire circumstances force survival instincts up to the surface hence her need to always claw her way to the top. howell!
