therapeutic driving

*lonely souls flock together...just like birds of feather.*

i went out with sherine yesterday for supper at the famous ba chor mee place in bedok. as i was driving along from my parents' place in ntu towards her house in tampines (a 45 minute journey no less), chatting with bruce springsteen about the streets of philadelphia...boyz 2 men about the end of the road...and robbie williams on how to be a better man...when i started to feel better about things...i think driving is a form of therapy for me. in fact, when i had the car for the 3 months that my parents were overseas, i could go about my daily life in peace (more or less). of course, there were the odd times when i would get really frustrated with the other horrendous drivers in singapore, but generally, i'm a happy man on the road...especially if i have good music and / or company in the car.

anyway, i have the car for about a week, so i can probably drive to my heart's content to wherever i feel like going. another photographsky trip? perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. =)

(p.s. - i had another nightmare last night...except this time, she was begging me to go back to her...apparently the ironies of life also occur when you're unconscious...haha.)

autumn

after reading about ene (who, btw, just recently became a friendsky) and her gardening exploits with her little secret garden and troy, i've decided to write a bit about my own meandering experience with plants recently...

a few months into our relationship, when all was well and green, adeline bought me a bonsai plant...which kinda looked like this:


common pomegranate

i would water it diligently every day when i woke up...add fertilizer to make it strong...it even blossomed tiny flowers a few times.

then a few months after we broke up:


autumn

(btw, the specks of white you see on the leaves is not mold...i'm not THAT irresponsible...it happened when the stupid painters came to paint the ceiling and accidentally (i hope) dripped a bit of white on it.)

hmmm...maybe the leaves are brown cuz it's just shedding it's leaves...you know, trees tend to do that sometimes right? which is why i'm gonna call her "autumn" for now...maybe if i take care of her from now on, she'll be "april" soon. wish me luck. =)

maids

what is it with singaporeans and maids? when i was in the states, maids were like almost non-existent...meaning that only the rich and famous could have one (or more). but here in singapore, you see them in almost every household. are singaporeans becoming too lazy? or is the pace of life here too hectic for household chores? are children being too pampered? what happened to the good ole days of "you can't go out till you mow the lawn"???

and then we have maid abuse...other then the physical abuse cases that we see on and off (which are so disgraceful), there are also cases of psychological abuse...in the form of not letting the maid out for off days, not letting the maid go back to visit her family, and even things like not paying the maid her wages...it's quite sad. imagine if your employer did the same to you.

sigh...time to vacuum my room again. damn it.

double interview

msn conversation again...with jo this time...check this out...

big boy jo says: yo
mobySKY says: sup
big boy jo says: i was looking thru CVs for a logistic asst position today
mobySKY says: then?
big boy jo says: 1 guy working at ABC company as logistic asst, reporting to logistic manager etc.
mobySKY says: ok...then?
big boy jo says: couple of CVs down, i saw another guy from ABC company, position is logistic manager
big boy jo says: hahaahahah
mobySKY says: hahahhaha...cool
big boy jo says: should really mess them up by arranging their interviews in sequence
mobySKY says: haha...yeah man, i'm gonna blog about this later...hahhaaha
mobySKY says: funny shit
mobySKY says: unless you plan to lah
big boy jo says: double blog also can...i dun mind...hahaha
mobySKY says: haha..but i mind
mobySKY says: you blog about it lah
big boy jo says: u blog it then i update with the reactions...hahaha
mobySKY says: hahaha...
big boy jo says: damn bad....might get the subordinate fired
mobySKY says: sekali both get fired...hahaahaha
big boy jo says: i think i not gonna do the double interview thing....sekali really both no job then i cant sleep man
mobySKY says: then i'll do it
mobySKY says: muahahaha...

what would YOU do if you saw your boss at a job interview? haha...i know what i would do...but that's for me to know and for him to find out...muahaha. >=)

nightmares

i've been having nightmares non-stop for the past few days. is something wrong? i'm not getting enough sleep cuz of it. the scariest part of it all is that the dreams aren't the traditionally scary kinda "the ring" nightmares...i shan't elaborate too much, lest all the get-over-it-already-lah-find-a-new-girlfriend-people start heckling me again...i know lah!!! but it's really bothering me cuz it's not like i've been thinking about her or anything...anyway...*yawn* time for work again...btw, even my boss is wondering why i'm going to work so early everyday...i'm so tired.

sundays with parry

i went to play football today at parry primary school with some friends. nearly passed out from all the running...and we only played for an hour. my goodness, to think that i could play one and a half matches before i broke a sweat last time. this is taking a toll on me...and i'm really bothered by it...so i'm gonna make this a weekly affair now. sundays with parry.

in my heydays, i played at least one sport a day...normally after tea time in raffles hall. takraw, hardcourt football, and on the rare occasion, basketball. we'd all play till it was dark, and sometimes, even after that. i remember on more than one occasion when we would still play even though it was pouring cats and dogs. we were crazy with a capital C.

but now? let me just put it this way...i bought my soccer boots about 6 months ago, and today was only the second time it has tasted grass. i blame work and all for the lack of exercise...but they're all lies...when there's a will, there's a way. i'm gonna make sure my kronos boots eats grass every week from now on. =)

mosquito repellent

went to wala wala last night with blinkymummy (or stinkymummy as she's known there), and another two chio girls...jacqueline and angela.

everything was going well until this freaking irritant of a guy came and tried to chat up angela...and he was failing miserably...i mean, i'm no guru on how to pick up girls and stuff, but this guy was saying stuff like "so you were born in the year of the pig???"...give me a break...even i felt like slapping his pudgy bespectacled face. but angela (even though she told us how she irritated she was with the guy while he was away) was being very nice, trying to keep a straight face, and playing the pr game...but at the same time, killing me and jacq to no end with the endless stupidity spewing out of the guy's mouth.

and then when his other irritating friend (who happened to be my jc schoolmate) came and tried to friend friend with me in order to find out more about angela, i knew it was time to pull the plug...so i basically told them that i was angela's boyfriend and that they could fuck on off to mosquito land...well something to that extent.

and that's my good deed for today. =)

wanted: holiday

as some of you might have heard from me personally, i'm in desperate need of a vacation...i just need a change of environment, pace of life, and basically a break from this monotony.

anyway, i was walking alone along orchard road one afternoon (about 2 weeks ago), when this sweet young thing stopped me and asked if i could do a survey from her. i'm pretty sure most of you who frequent orchard have experienced this kinda stuff before, but looking at her golden-retreiver-puppy-eyes made my heart weak, and so i gave in and completed the form for her. in return, she said that there was some lucky draw with a grand prize of 7 nights' accommodation in various countries...i'm sure most of you have also kena this kinda stuff before too...but anyway, i won the grand prize (as expected), and since i had a lot of free time to kill, i decided to go and listen to the time share talk, so that i could collect my grand prize (the aforementioned eyes did the convincing for me once again)...it was for this asian travel club or something like that...

so i listened for about 1 and a half hours to this indian lady telling me about all the perks lah, this and that lah, without actually telling me how much it costs to join the club...which she refused to tell me till the end. to make a long story short, it costs $15,000 for a normal person to sign up, but just for me and only if i signed up there and then, she'd give me the vip special rate of $12,000...after which, i'd still need to pay $500+ per year for subscription fees. wow...imagine how many holidays i could have gone for already just with the joining fee alone. the lady must have thought that i'm damn stupid or something. eventually, i told her that i wasn't interested and asked about my "grand prize"...so she passed me some brochure thingy with some "voucher number" on it and told me to read the instructions...after which, she stormed off (obviously pissed off cuz she just wasted 1.5 hours of MY time).

the brochure showed a lot of different country locations that i could go to for 7 nights of free accommodation...some were really exotic: canary islands, fiji, spain, portugal, bali, goa (india), australia, philippines, and thailand. however, they didn't list any resort names, or even the cities in those countries that was on showcase...then i glanced through the booking form which asked for my particulars...and my CREDIT CARD NUMBER for "verification"...after filling out of which, i'm supposed to send to chaeng wattana road in bangkok, thailand. they must really think i'm a fucking idiot.

but i really need a holiday leh...how? has anyone ever tried this before??? should i risk having my credit card number being spread to timbuktu for the chance of having free accommodation??? sigh, sadly i think i just answered my own question.

BUT I REALLY NEED A HOLIDAY!!! ARGH!!!