What happened to the term “Ugly People = Nice People”?

I grew up knowing a fact that no one is perfect.

So if you tend to have some good attributes, there are bound to have bad attributes to counteract them.

Just like Ying & Yang

Simple example is:

A woman with a gorgeous body and when you look her face; she looks like a car had run over her face.

[You don’t dare act goody-goody with me; I know you have seen such women and think such things!]

Good looking people tend to have an ugly side and the unattractive ones are usually the nicer people. I know that not ALL good looking people are 'meanies’ and not ALL ugly people are nice but they are in the semi-majority class.

2 years ago, a group of big sized women from another company but within my district take a service bus that sends us out to Simei for lunch.

They are so obese that they have to walk sideways on the walkway of the Comfort Bus and they are so sloppy looking; one would think nothing of them right?

WRONG!

They are so freaking insecure that if Jhon and I laugh, they immediately think it is about them and they would say sarcastic remarks towards us. Most of the time, we would not give a damn but one can’t help but get pissed off right?

They have been at it for 3 years and even when we don’t pay attention to them, they would still comment very loudly at our direction, “Si dua tu ada” or “Menyampah” loosely translated as “The two of them is here” & “Irritating”

Lately, they have been talking less about us only because they have new people to irritate. My two malay colleagues who are very nice ‘kakak’ (sister). Infact, they are so nice that they are the rare few that I am close with at work.

These obese women would keep turning to stare at these ‘kakak’, saying things like “yang tu, yang pakai tudung” (the ones who wears a headscarf) & “ADA MATA PANDANG!!”(If you have eyes, just look!!); thinking that my colleagues are trying to sneak a peek at them. -_-

Who want to look at obese, ugly & sloppy women walking like crabs every day?

Here we are minding our business; they are only bringing attention to themselves in a bad way.

Their self-esteem issues must be sooooo low that they have to stoop to such a level to feel good.

Every day, we try to brush it off, not let our anger get the best of us and pity them for being a human that is ugly inside and outside.

Like Father Like Son - My brother & nephew

It has always been obvious that my nephew, Shibly is a replica of his father and none at all from his mom.

It was only when my mom, Jhon and I were rummaging some old photo albums, we found baby photos of my brother.

Resemblance is uncanny.

Now that my bro and wife are expecting soon (1 month time), we can't help wonder will there be another "clone" of him or the next boy will follow mommy?

Shibly, you will be a brother soon!

Playing spot the difference with SG flag...

Singapore's National Day is coming in a couple of weeks time (on 9th August 2010) and although it is still a long way to go, I am already excited.

Why?

Usually by this time, Singapore flags are already up, decorating almost every building/HDB and for the first time in many years, my neighbourhood comminuty made an effort to hang up flags since no one are patriotic enough to do it ourselves.

Kudus for comminities to make an effort but it also means I can't do what I always do when it is nearing the National Day.

Spot flags that are hanged on the wrong side. To me, it is almost like playing "Where's Wally" and giggling to myself.

Lo and behold, when I thought it is almost impossible to spot them unlike many years ago, I saw one at Tampines Ave 7, Block 401, opposite Tampines Reginal Library on the 2nd storey, hidden behind a few trees.

Unfortunately, it was dark and armed with low quality camera phone so this is the best shot.

I swear, this is not photoshopped! It was the first time Jhon saw it and can't stop giggling himself too.

Perhaps if you guys are along the way, you can take a sneak peek ya? and if you have your own share of pictures of people hanging the Singapore flag the wrong way, please share with a permalink! I just love it!

Heck, if I have a good response and makes my day, I would even make it into a contest with a small prize. *wink wink* lol

Mom's 57th Birthday (20th July 2010)

I initially planed to take the whole family to take Singapore Flyer since my mom ever mentioned to me that she wished to ride it. I managed to get real cheap tickets, unfortunately, we can only use the tickets next month so it is going to be a belated gift.

Right after work, Jhon and I rushed to my place so we, including mom, sis and bro in law can head to Newton for dinner together.

We reached there first while my bro and family came 10 minutes later.

We did not get to eat at our usual food stall so we had no choice but to try another. No regrets! Food was if not equally, more delicious especially the fried rice.

Everyone ate until their stomach was bloated. Both ladies are pregnant with a baby while bro in law is pregnant with food. (smiley face on his face because he looked possessed here lol)

Last dish was fried buns, which was heavenly I could've ate more if I was not so full.

Glad my mom really enjoyed the night and was laughing away even as we reached home.

May you have a long lasting & fruitful life mommy! =)

Madrilenial Butterfly - the bloodsucking butterfly

Yup, you read it right, a supposedly pretty harmless butterfly that sucks blood!

 I learnt about this a few years ago on Animal Planet but I only decided to share it today as it randomly came to my mind.

The Madrilenial Butterfly does feast on fruits BUT it also feasts on blood.

Look at it drinking with flies... eww..

Watch the video here

 Good news is that it is from Spain and it only sucks blood of dead carcasses.

So before you sigh from relief, I found out another blood sucking insect,

the Vampire Moth.

This moth is sucks blood of the living! And it comes from Russia.

Moths & Butterflies will never be harmless in our eyes and your welcome for adding one more irrational fear to your list. =P

"Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, NO!!!"- JJ Lin's not so great Cheer

If you are a Singaporean, you are probably aware of the overated and overwhelming advertisement of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) which will be held in Singapore.

Our Mascots, Lyo & Merlyn.

 Idea came from our Singapore mascot, MERLION. yea, you don't have to be a genius to know that.

Months it even officially started which is on 14 August 2010 there where banners, posters and celebrations all over the place but my post is not about the overly enthusiastical commotion but about the infamous JJ Lin Cheer song.

It is has a catchy beat complete with dance moves but it is only appealing to kids & old people. (I have seen and heard people from both classes singing the song -_-)

It is purely irritating to people who are in between. Sure, I could not write & produce any better but see how I am not writing and producing one? I never knew JJ Lin until now but I heard he is an awesome singer so what happened?

Thank God they have an official YOG theme song that is less irritating.

Despite of EVERYTHING that annoys me, I cannot deny that I am somewhat proud that Singapore managed host the YOG and I absolutely love the advertisement.

Inspirational

Why didn't they have such advertisemet when I was younger? I could've have been a  professional runner/badminton/swimmer by now instead of a couch poato. =(

"Bye bye love..."

"... bye bye happiness, hello loneliness, I think I'm a-gonna to cry" - Everly Brothers

My Jhon has left Singapore to be back home in the Philippines for 5 days. Yeah, not a big deal since usually he would go for 1-2 weeks but it is always hard when you have a very loving boyfriend who you would spent most of your everyday with him. hehe

His flight was supposed to be on 12+am on Wednesday but it was rescheduled to 5pm due to Manila's Typhoon Basyang (Conson).

I didn't think it was serious until I found out that 90% of Manila has a power outage and Jhon's hometown is one of them. 20 were found dead thus far. [click here to read more]

Anyways, for the first time since I met Jhon, I did not get to send Jhon to the airport but I am glad to know as I am typing this, he has safely landed in the Philippines.

He has been extra sweet lately by letting me borrow his laptop while my computer is in the "hospital" and later exchanged it with his computer so that he can bring his laptop and we can chat online.

He even enthusiastically bought headphones with mic and a webcam but all is in vain his house has no electricity at the moment. I hope it will recover asap. =(

I hope everything goes well in Manila and everyone is safe.

To think I almost made a spontaneous trip to follow Jhon. =/

Accident Prone Me

So far, it is nothing serious, not like I broke an arm or have wound that needed stiches but I have been accident prone more than usual for the past month.

Thus far, I managed to...

• punched myself in the face twice
• hit my fingers countless of times
• banged my forearm twice, one left a wounded gash
• banged my right cheek on the corner of my side table; slightly swollen
• stub my toe and nail is semi peeled off
• twisted my knees
• get accidentally (I hope) hitted in the face by Jhon

and other random bumps on my body.

I don't know why am I so accident prone even if I am being careful.

I just hope that one day it won't get worst and lead me into crutches!

The Reality of Paul The Octopus

Even if not a football fan, everyone knows by now the famous Paul the Octopus.

The funny thing is that there are few people who didn't know that Paul is an actual octopus and thought it was some dude whose nickname was octopus. lol

Apparently, he is an oracle that predicts which team wins by "choosing" between two boxes containing food that is labeled with respective country flags. So far he is 80% accurate for UEFA Euro 2008 and 100% accurate for Fifa World Cup 2010.

 

Since he has been right for the World Cup so far, I am sure he has gained more believers. To a point the supporters of the winning team want to protect and 'sayang' (love) the OCTOPUS and who supports the losing team are swearing and planning seafood recipies.

 

It's always somebody else's fault right? Blame the octopus for losing, NOT the players. *rolls eyes*

 

If everyone really thinks the matches are determined by an octopus, then why bother hiring people to play football?

 

Why not everyone sit in a circle, surrounding the octopus and let him determine the winner and that's it.

 

 

Since World Cup 2010 is ending real soon, 11th July, it boils down to

Uruguay vs Germany for the third place and Netherlands vs Spain for the finals.

 

You know what? I think it will be hilarious if Paul's first wrong prediction is on the finals when he has gained many believers and bet alot of money on his prediction. I will be laughing so hard!

 

By then, people can't accuse the octopus and the people surrounding him for fraud and they would answer with "You are the stupid one for believing an octopus!!!" and laugh their way to the bank.

 

Fraud or not, I am not suprised that it would happen since Paul only predicts only for Germany's matches!!!

 

Well, it can go any way right? the odds are only 50-50.

P/s: I know I have resorted to the overated story of worldcup and Paul but I just have to get it out of my chest. =P

Rainbow At Kaki Bukit

I have seen my fair share of rainbows in my life but I have not seen such a clear rainbow at such a close distance. Not only that, there where 2 of them, unfortunately, one of them was faded.

I managed to get a a few shots after gawking at the beauty of it and pointed out to my 2 yr old nephew, Shibly.

Working on a construction site?

Followers of my twitter account would know by now that there is a possibility of me moving to a site office for my Marina Bay tunnel project.

For those who don't know, I work in a construction industry as an Asistant Quantity Surveyor.

Thanks to my new Executive Director, he now insists that all QS is stationed on site instead of the HQ and from my knowledge, this is not neccessary since most of the work can be done at the HQ and QS would visit the site every week for meetings & monitor the progress of work.

But cannot say cannot right?

Anyways, it is not a container site office but an actual 3 storey structural office (4 years project leh) and my mentor will negotiate on the terms since our intial terms state otherwise but I have this feeling that we will still be going to site.

So I got to thinking, is that bad? Thats why I did this.

The more I thought about the politics that I have to deal/witness everyday, the more ideal it is to go to site although I could not hang out with my Jhon at work. I am taking it as a test for us since we are like super glued to each other. hahaha

I really hope everything goes well and smoothly for me when THE day comes, meanwhile, I shall enjoy my pros of working at the HQ.

The sleepy taxi driver

Fizah, Jhon and I went to Queenstown to browse some sports shoes for Fizah which we didn't because we spent too much time at Anchor Point and IKEA haha

Fast forward from the late lunch and window shopping to Jhon buying his TV table and we were waiting for a cab in the rain.

Suprisingly, Fizah tagged along to our place despite the fact that she lives in the North and we live in the East. (had an awesome time btw)

Anyways, we finally got a cab but little did we know, its was a ride of horror!

At first, I did not really pay much attention to the sudden jerky movements of the cab while on the road because i was busy chit-chatting and simply take it as a normal thing. But as the jerks get often and we tend to get honked by our drivers, I was more aware of the driver.

I looked to my left to look at Jhon and he already has this concerned look so I tried looking at the driver via the rear view mirror.

Driver was SLEEPY!! he even closed his eyes and tilted his head and woke up and that is when the cab would jerk.

I was so worried that I held Jhon's hand tight and wondering if should we wear our seatbelts (yea, i know, we should be wearing it in the first place). I have never been this scared before in a car and we can't ask him to stop and drop us somewhere else because we were at the highway.

And as we were reaching our destination while Jhon was guiding him to the minor roads, Uncle told us that he has hearing problems. *facepalm*

Fortunately, we arrived safe and sound but that was definitely an experience we will never forget.

What if we had an accident and died? It would be "funny" news to read by people who knows us.

Headlines: "Friends who always spend time together, died together."

Angels vs Sparks

This is an overdue post but here it is another Jhon’s basketball game that was on last Sunday.

Due to a postponed game two weeks ago, games schedule are a little messy. We ended up having a game on a Sunday instead on a Saturday and 3 games where held in that same day instead of 2.

We were the second game of the day which was not so bad.

Opponent was Angels and Jhon told me that they are the one of the teams to beat. So I am expecting Jhon’s team to lose. Haha i know, very bad of me, but I am realistic.

True enough, they butchered Sparks on the 1st set list.

Sparks managed to keep up and lead on the 2nd set list (only because Angel’s best players are on the bench)

When they realized that Angels need them to win, they were placed back on for the 3rd and 4th list which yet again slaughtered Sparks.

Final Score: 95:82 with Angels leading.

Landslide!!

Besides Angels being top notch on their passing and scoring, Sparks was pretty slow that day. Everyone was dragging their feet and not jumping as high, even the good players are not bucking up.

It sucks but you lose some, you win some.

4 more teams to play with to finish the eliminating round, I really hope Sparks get to proceed because Fizah and I are really getting into the game. =P

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Vs Marunda
Vs Summerset
Vs Slashers
The Postponed Game

Convenience of a lady (boob alert lol)

Nuff’ Said

Now words like “Honey, will you hold my handphone for me?” will give to another different thought.