YTuesday, November 06, 2007
in case you didnt know, ive moved on to www.dried-black-roses.blogspot.com
much love,
ruz
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YFriday, June 22, 2007
sigh. so many things have happened lately, that i dont know where to begin. but whatever the case, it doesnt matter whether ive been telling you my probs or not, i wont forget you my dear friends. and even if you may feel that ive changed (for better or for worse), i'll be there if you're in trouble. i love you guys and please remember that. i havent blogged for so long and its touching to know that you still come by! =)
yesterday felt like a super long day.
during my lunch break, my department and i visited a colleague who just gave birth the day before. i dont know how she did it without anesthesia but she said giving birth that way feels entirely different. the emotions and stuff. i was kinda touched. and then this cliche chinese phrase about "mothers being wei(3) da(4)" came to mind. oh and the baby's so cute. it's got a head of hair though it's only a day old! her name is Giselle and she cries in a gentle manner that made me think, "wow, so not all babies' cry in an irritating way." sweet moment.
but my mood was a lil spoiled when mei feng directed the question at me.. "so huiru, have you changed your anti-motherhood views?". -__- doubt it was intentional but she really put me in a tight spot.
after work i dined at Saprino with my colleagues before going to the PS arcade. i played the Ah Lian basketball thing where you gotta shoot as many basketballs you can into the hoop. sounds lame but its highly addictive. no wonder the Ah Lians cant stop!sigh. but this game makes it hard for me to hide my violent side. i mean, i usually throw the balls with too much force and it's quite scary, according to my colleagues. haha.
later, some of the girls left and it was just me, mei feng, and 3 other guys. we headed to clarke quay for drinks. i had a pina colada at iguana's and recommended esther to order cocktails as well, instead of shots. her first time at zouk was last wednessday so i told her to go easy on the drinks.
still, all she drank was half a glass of cazuela and by then her face was red as a tomato. we all were shocked and worried for her. as it was near 1 in the morning, i offered to send her back but she declined. so in the end she cabbed home alone while i shared cab with my toa payoh colleague. it was sweet of dad to stay up and wait for me cos i didnt have my keys with me.
but you know what that means? i cant stay out too late the next week or so, if not mum's gonna nag about me staying out too late and stuff. already she's complaining that i hardly eat dinner at home.. sigh!
anyways, i'll be shutting myself at home the next week or so lah. cos i need to MUG for my stupid exemption tests at NUS. so yeah, gotta work for that.
till i see you all (and i mean in person) again, take care. love you loads.
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YFriday, May 11, 2007
busy!
ive had a busy week, catching up with poly and sec sch friends. ive been seeing quite a bit of rachel this week. and also i caught up with mengsy, grace, jemmy and yoonnee. we've all grown up!
and... ive been pigging lately. marche @ vivo, tung lok (colleague's farewell lunch. great timsum there), mon petit, vila'ge... then last night's dinner was damn damn good. fish & co with clar, eugene and charles. i shared a seafood platter with clar baby.
oh how can i forget, that yummlicious hot fudge choco cake. sigh. that one's so freaking good that you cant stop. i mean, not only you cant stop, you also forget about the whole world around you when you're chomping on it. the two of us gals were like stuffing our faces with the cake non-stop that we didnt bother to talk to the 2 guys for awhile. (oh but den again, charles was busy sucking something....) lol. we almost ordered another cake but guilt held us back. haha. but the cake is REALLY good (and sinful). sigh.
tonight im gonna eat a heavy dinner too. celebrating mother's day with my big family (as in, with grandma, cousins, uncles and aunties) at Asia Hotel (near Scotts). yup.
another confession to make - ive been spending on NETS lately. my latest shopping conquest is a pair of shoes from Aldo. i hope mum doesnt question me why ive been getting so many shoes lately - a few weeks ago i got a hot black glossy pair from Tinkerbell that was on sale. but those tinkerbell shoes, no doubt pretty, are hell to walk in. they bite.
so ive sworn off cheap pretty shoes from far east. yup. so my zebra-print Aldo flats are my first investment in maintaining healthy feet. but anyways, i think i need to get another pair of plain black flats... cos zebra prints are a lil hard to match with clothes. haha. yet another excuse to buy a pair of shoes! tsk.
oh by the way, just two days ago i went back to ngee ann poly to try on the graduation robe thingi. we are the pioneer lot to try this cos other batches never wore graduation robes for their grad ceremonies. but really, i'd rather wear blazers and business wear. the graduation robe is fugly. when i donned it, i felt as if i was wearing one of those American choir outfits. and my size is an XXS. luckily i tried cos if i booked online, i would have thought an S would have been fine. seriously... this thing is gonna waste my money.
boohoo.
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YSunday, April 15, 2007
last night, a friend sent me a pic, saying some new Hongkie actress looks like me. i dont know if it's the pic or the actres but she sure looks freaky in the picture (so to be honest, i was almost deeply insulted). haha.
anyways, i put the on msn for a short while to get some opinions. and i had mixed responses.
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YSaturday, April 07, 2007
Plan B?
clar eugene and i hung around town last night. as much as i try to be happy.. i think what's bothering most of us at the back of our heads is the fear that we dont get accepted into the local Unis we want. already one has closed its doors on me. ive went for the SMU interview. ive got a little hope i guess. then for NUS... they've called me for a discretionary interview.
better than nothing but you know what a discretionary interview means right? MY GRADES DONT MAKE THE CUT.
not that my grades are extremely sucky but i just have to admit, there are loads of brains in singapore. and over the years my IQ has slid. haha. bahhh wadever.
so... i need to think of a Plan B should i be unable to land into a local uni.
1. go to SIM?
2. stay in deloitte?
3. try out being an air stewardess? (pay will be about 2K+, definitely be higher than if i were to work in an accounting firm with just a diploma)
4. be an entrepreneur?
5. join my elder sis in magic? (or maybe rope in my lil sis too and we'll be the 3 Charmed ones. heh)
i never knew getting into the U would be THIS hard.
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YThursday, April 05, 2007
haha. guess ive told quite a few of you about my ear? dug it too hard and "pop!'. ruptured the membrane outside my ear drum. but doc says this is common and it usually heals within a month or a couple.
anyways, my hearing isnt all that bad. i think i can still carry on a conversation with little "pardon me?" in between.
yup. it was great meeting rae for dinner at spaggedies last night and chatting till late at Lido's 24hrs Mac. work, uni, cholesterol, calories, boys, love and relationships. we had much to laugh and rant about.
anyways, remember the guy i like? the one who's got a place in SMU? i sorta tested him, on whether he really wanted to see me studying in smu. so i told him about the call for my NUS interview, and how happy i was about it. honestly, the NUS call was a real ego booster after the whole sucky NTU episode, because this NUS interview's for the BBA course - i.e. my first choice course at NUS.
he replied that "that's good..." and his voice trailed off. i smiled and nodded to act happy. but he added, in a more enthusastic manner than the previous sentence, "but im sure SMU will call you and that will give you a greater ego boost!"
haha. so... he was trying to remind me not to forget about SMU... lol.
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YSaturday, March 31, 2007
the "out" tray
i feel bad leaving Mr Nice Guy wondering on his blog, "is being nice enough?" and he ranted " kinda feel that gals in SG are typically looking for the whole package. Good looks / physique is one thing, having a good career is another, having a car is definitely a bonus. Being nice is the icing on the cake. I have seen my gal-frens falling for bad boys, only to have the bad boys cheating and bullying and abusing them and the girls just can't get enough of them. *rolls eyes*"
well.... i guess he's really sore but honestly speaking, i have to say being nice isnt enough. also, he got it wrong. it is in my opinion that good looks and physique isnt a must, neither is a good career or a car. i just want to see a lil more personality other than "nice-ness".
sometimes, nice is plain and forgettable.
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my "in" tray
last night i had my first date with J at marina. i was late by half an hour cos my mean manager gave me work (on a blardy saturday mind you) and wanted it in on saturday itself.
luckily, J didnt make a fuss about it. we caught Bean. and our seats were the ones without arm rests between us. it was him who bought the tickets so when we found our seats, i gave him that -__- look. but it wasnt intentional. it just happened that these were the last row, center-most seats. the movie was alrite, nothing much to "wow" about though. but we later had dinner at swensons, with loads of fun and laughter. since the first day i met him, ive found the old chirpy cheeky side of myself, which has gone missing for pretty long.
yup. looking again at Mr Nice Guy's description about girls who go for the whole good looks, car and career package thingi, well, i guess it doesnt apply to me. J is sporty but he isnt very tall nor does he has model looks. he's the boy-next door kind (but i kinda dig his ear stud. haha.). and i dont give a damn about car because mrt rides can be exciting too, especially missing trains or dashing into them the last minute. and for career, J's gonna be a double degree student at smu for the next 4 yrs or so. definitely not a career that reaps in money. haha.
yup. it is partly because of him that i'm pretty determined to go to SMU. but... i'll leave it all up to heaven to decide. got a rejection call from NTU. alrite not quite a rejection but indirectly it is. a few days ago some prof called me asked me go for an interview for the psych course interview. that's my 4th choice. so you know what it meant right? i failed to qualify for the business, accounting and econs courses at NTU. arghz.
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