the princess and the toad

one day, a princess said to a toad,
let's be friends, friends till we're old.
the toad said ok, sure...why not,
so off they went, without a thought.

on the second day, the princess cried,
pain! please come here right by my side.
the toad said ok, sure...i'm here,
when you're in trouble, the solution is near.

on the third day, the princess weeped and mumbled,
don't leave me here, in case i stumble.
the toad said ok, sure...no fear,
what can't be solved with hope, my dear?

on the fourth day, the princess (fine and placated),
said: toad, i want to be elated.
the toad said ok, sure...no hurry,
the best will be coming, don't you ever worry.

on the fifth day, the princess demanded and groaned,
why you never call? why you never even phoned?
the toad said ok, sure...my mistake,
i'll try harder next time, just for your sake.

on the sixth day, the princess wailed and deplored,
sob, sob!!! you don't even love me anymore!
the toad said ok, sure...i'll try,
but princess, i'm one...i'm only one guy!

on the seventh day, the princess roared and demanded,
that the toad was owned, and was to be branded.
the toad said ok, sure...i'll hold,
was anyone around to see him explode?

- moby sky

videographsky - singapore fireworks festival 2006

i struggled through the horde and crowds to go to the singapore fireworks festival 2006 on saturday night with pei hwan...

we ended up on the grass patch at the padang for our first fireworks display together...while i promptly ran out of film within the first 3 minutes while taking in the sights and scenes during the show...

check it out...



i can't wait till next year's flash and bang...cheers. =)

promotioNOT

at a one-on-one sales performance meeting with my boss today:

boss: actually, i don't think i'll put you up for promotion next year.
moby: oh ok.
boss: if i could, i'd promote a and r...firstly cuz a just got transferred to our team, and she didn't get a pay raise...which i'm quite pissed off about...
moby: err...ok...
boss: and r, well...i think he'll be suffering quite a lot this year, so i'll give him something to look forward to next year...
moby: right... *glum look*
boss: aiyah, don't like that lah...as long as you're getting the money, what for you care?
moby: different people look for different things boss...
boss: no lah...if i were you, i'd just look for the money lah...
moby: and it's been almost four years leh...
boss: we'll see...

what the fuck. how motivating is that? i look forward to working for yet another year without any significant increment. that's just great...superb in fact. =|

photographsky - singapore botanical gardens

i went out with my dad today for one of our sunday walks...to the singapore botanical gardens again...

there are always photo opportunities every time i go there...it's a great place for amateurs like me... =)







i just realised that they have these lightning counter thingys on most of the tallest trees there...it's actually linked to a lightning rod at the top of the giants, connected via a metal wire...it counts the number of times the tree gets struck by lightning...



this lucky guy kena 4 times...electrifying stuff...haha.



anyway...back to the story (pictures)...





















why don't you bring your dad out this coming tuesday? it's 爸爸节...in my books at least. hehe.

cheers. =)

planning

planning for anything is never easy. especially when other people are involved.

i like to plan my schedules...in fact, i love planning all the times, and the routes, and the itinerary. it doesn't have to be to perfection, as much as i'd like, but i need to have at least a clear idea of where i'm going, at what times, and who i'll be meeting. it's very difficult for me, more so on trips out to a foreign land, to just "go with the flow".

this doesn't mean that i'm inflexible...it just means that i like to have a good time at the place that i'm going, with some purpose, without having to worry too much about the other stuff.

but then again, sometimes, the fun and experience element starts with the unexpected. i guess we'll see how things turn out then huh? haha. cheers.

clickity click

with a click click here and a click click there...















and we're off to see the wonders of thailand for 11 days...more updates later as "the plan" rolls out.

cheers. =)

mindless indulgence

after a long and tedious afternoon of cleaning up my parent's place (cuz my dad is coming back from the states tomorrow night), i decided to partake in my twice yearly ritual of mindless indulgence:


spoils of shopping

the main objective was to buy a new pair of shoes cuz my old ones were getting a bit worn out, so we started off at zara (liat towers) to check out the sale items...but since i recently tore a pair of jeans that i bought only a few months ago...don't ask me how...i came away from the spanish clothing line with only this:


moby-street-wear (front)


moby-street-wear (back)

i liked the logo. hehe. =)


moby-street-wear (logo)

moby-street-wear damage: S$59.90

i heard from jaime's husband, rothman, about this place in pacific plaza that sells pretty decent looking shoes...so i checked it out, and ended up with more than i wanted...although i did manage to get a reasonable discount for buying 2 instead of 1 (20% off each, instead of 10% each).


moby-peds

yeah lah, yeah lah...i know that they're the same design, but i like! you can see the difference better with flash...really!


moby-peds (with flash)

moby-peds damage: S$135.20 each = S$270.40 spent at malebox (pacific plaza)

for good measure, i dropped by topshop @ wisma atria to check out some work clothes...and since office pants are not much different everywhere around, this is that:


moby-office-wear

moby-office-wear damage: S$56.00

total damage: S$386.30 sigh.

i bought so much that i was even forced to ask pei hwan to help me take some of the stuff...hehe. other guys have to hold all those girly handbags for their chics, while i get help with my shopping...eat that, suckers! muahaha!

i'm happy...hehe. cheers. =)

waiting

i hate waiting.

my supplier made me wait for 2 hours at a meeting with my client before finally not bothering to come at all.

my customer made me wait for 45 minutes in a stuffy room to do a presentation before coming over to tell me that my product wasn't what they actually wanted.

my colleague made me wait for 30 minutes to eat lunch...which was eventually cancelled cuz of her tardiness.

what the hell man...3 hours and 15 minutes of my day was wasted waiting for people and things to happen. i hate this. i need to be in motion...i need speed...i want to rule the world!!! muahahaha!!!

sigh. i think i'm going crazy. stressed out. speaking of stress, in this week alone, 3 people from my office have picked up smoking. scary. =|

i can't wait to leave. haha. cheers. =)