El Cant del Barça

The El Clasico is happening in 5 hours' time (It's 2300hrs now) and I really really really hope I stay sane enough to watch it. Once it ends at around 0600hrs, I swear I'm going to go to work and for once, be really early.

Right.



Top: Camp Nou
Bottom: Santiago Bernabeu

I am a Barca fan over Madrid. However, I wish I had taken more photos at Bernabeu...or even took the stadium tour. Mentioning tour, the Camp Nou tour was so-so only because we couldnt go down into the dressing room (unlike my Old Trafford tour which was nothing short of spectacular!) but the following day, I managed to secure passes to catch the La Liga's Barca-Valencia match and it was...AWESOME!






And here we were...with some Spanish boys.
Awwwwooo!







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Marry you

Glee has redeemed itself...especially in its last 3 eps. I watched last week's ep in school (in my office) last week. I was having lunch with the rest of the MassComm/HnT lecturers and after finishing my food, I took out the iPod and resumed Glee. Then came the wedding march in...





...and I started to tear, okay! I mean I wasnt upset. I found it just so sweet and endearing. Abercrombie then asked why was I tearing..so I had to rewind and pass the ipod to her. Then, she started sniffing too.

Good one, Ryan Murphy.

Good one.


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Lost in the world

And I always find, yeah, I always find somethin' wrong
You been puttin' up wit' my shit just way too long
I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most
So I think it's time for us to have a toast

Let's have a toast for the douchebags,
Let's have a toast for the assholes,
Let's have a toast for the scumbags,
Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast to the jerkoffs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
Run away fast as you can

She find pictures in my email
I sent this girl a picture of my, dick
I don't know what it is with females
But I'm not too good with that, shit
See, I could have me a good girl
And still be addicted to them hoodrats
And I just blame everything on you
At least you know that's what I'm good at

See, I always find
And I always find
Yeah, I always find somethin' wrong
You been puttin' up with my shit just way too long
I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most
So I think it's time for us to have a toast

Let's have a toast for the douchebags,
Let's have a toast for the assholes,
Let's have a toast for the scumbags,
Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast to the jerkoffs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
Run away fast as you can

Run away from me, baby
Run away
Run away from me, baby
Run away
Doesn't have to get crazy,
Why can't she just run away?
Baby I got a plan,
Run away as fast as you can
Run away from me, baby
Run away
Run away from me, baby
Run away
Doesn't have to get crazy,
Why can't she just, run away?
Baby I got a plan,
Run away as fast as you can

24/7, 365, pussey stays on my mind
I-I-I-I did it, all right, all right, I admit it
Now pick your next move, you could leave or live wit' it
Ichabod Crane with that motherfuckin' top off
Split and go where? Back to wearin' knockoffs, ha ha
Knock it off, Neiman's, shop it off
Let's talk over mai tais, waitress, top it off
Whoes like Hoechers wanna fly in your Freddy loafers
You can't blame 'em, they ain't never seen Versace sofas
Every bag, every blouse, every bracelet
Comes with a price tag, baby, face it
You should leave if you can't accept the basics
Plenty whoes in the baller-nigga's matrix
Invisibly set, the Rolex is faceless
I'm just young, rich, but your tasteless
P!

Never was much of a romantic
I could never take the intimacy
But I know it did damage
Cuz the look in your eyes, it's killing me
I guess that gives you an advantage
Cuz you can blame me on every thing
And I don't know how imma manage
If one day you just up and leave

Yeah, I always find somethin' wrong
You been puttin' up with my shit just way too long
I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most
So I think it's time for us to have a toast

Let's have a toast for the douchebags,
Let's have a toast for the assholes,
Let's have a toast for the scumbags,
Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast to the jerkoffs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan
Run away fast as you can


Nailed it, Kanye!


P/S: Need to start planning. London 2011.


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Raise your glass

I am Lauren-less for a week. She has gone to see Sean in Melbourne...and also to see U2. She'll come home for a few days after that, before running off to Beijing for work purposes.


:(



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Let's live for today

I went to catch Bruce Lee, My Brother just now and well...of course I enjoyed it. I've never seen a HK movie which I havent liked.



My only grouse is that...the movie is in Mandarin. Or rather, it is dubbed into Mandarin here in Singapore. I hate watching shows where the characters are clearly mouthing something else. I mean, why cant we have Cantonese movies when we can have French, German, Arabian, Spanish ones?

I am sure there are more Cantonese-speaking folks here than those who speak German. Why am I deprived of watching HK movies in their original Cantonese?

Bruce Lee spoke Cantonese, okay!
Tiu lei.


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Only girl (in the world)

It has been a rough weekend and early week. The company had moved to a new location and the collective frustration and angst all multiplied rapidly in that building down in Bishan. It's quite emotionally unbearable for me...but then, I am always that angsty kid sitting at the corner.

However, the week will get better...

...it better be, because I got this!



iPod Touch 4G, baby!!

I dont need xBox 360 & Kinect anymore!!


P/S: It's like I'm going all out to pamper myself this year. I deserve all these cause I have never worked so hard in my life. But next year...I will start saving, go back to school and pamper myself spiritually.

P/P/S: Promise.


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Sweet insecurity

This is silly. I'm not the one who even said "Preposterous". I don't even use that word cause it is beyond my vocab.

Just because I am a sarcastic and a cynical bitch, it doesn't mean I don't joke, like how others do to me too. It doesn't mean I go out to hurt my friends. Yes, my friends.

Preposterous.


P/S: I'm glad it happened. If it doesn't, we wont know.


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Plateau

I thought the factory shit was over when I left ShitNPee but boy I was wrong.

Today was the first official day working at Jalan Pemimpin (Marymount) and boy, I havent felt this hot, flustered, pissed and depressed for a damn long time.

Spent 2 hours sitting around in the morning cause there was nothing to be done - no tables, no chairs...nothing. Had to go all the way to J8 for lunch and to buy detergent at NTUC. Came back and unpack amids the lack of cupboards and other convenient tools. On top of that, one of my boxes is missing. The most important box!

Bad mood the whole day.
Wasnt the best person to be around also.

Thank God I met the Moonies for dinner. They were a hoot tonight...the joyous news (congrats IsmaTini!), the never-ending marathon conversation, the anorexcorsism of Jason Woo and the lure of $1000 for finishing 10kms in 60minutes (go for it Nani and Jo!!).

Me?
I was just sitting there wondering why the eff did I buy the bloody iPod Touch. Thank you, anger-shopping!

So yeah...another new gadget. As I bought this with the immense frustration and angst in my vein, I shall name my mp3 player after the best grunge singer I've known.

People...meet Cobain.


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Keep on moving

After sleeping and eating the whole day, I dragged this fat body to run at 1945hrs.

7kms in 80mins.

Maybe I should just quit this business of running a 1/4-marathon. I dont want to be the known as the fat woman who held the event because she hasnt crossed the finishing line just as yet.

Ahhhhh...the horror.

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Sugar Mountain

Today was the last day I would be working in City Hall...Capitol Centre to be exact. From tomorrow onwards, my base will be at Bishan...Jalan Pemimpin (off Marymount) to be exact. Excited, yes. Sad, also yes. Shopping and food places wont be as convenient. Getting to town will not be so convenient.

The good things are there's going to be a Mass Comm studio and that it is just 2 train stations away from home. Even if I were to hop on a cab, the damage will be 1/3 or 1/2 of what I would normally pay.

Pfft.

Those are the only reasons.

I'll miss you, City Hall!!!









Good bye, North Bridge Road!




P/S: By the way, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 is the bomb!!


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What's my name?

What a football weekend!

Man U came from a 2-goal deficit to level things up by full time.

Liverpool lost to Stoke .. 2 goals to nothing.

Chelsea lost to Sunder-freaking-land...3 goals to nothing.

We're #3 but hey...we still have a clean sheet and the gap between us and the top dog has now beed reduced.

Rejoice!




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Refresh me

Am on a Grey's Anatomy rampage. I stopped watching at Season 7 episode 3 because episodes 1-2 sapped the living daylight out of me and made me so upset and emotional.

Then I want to Spain...had fun, got rejuvenated, went to work, got depressed again and angrier and last night at 0200hrs,I decided to watch Grey's Anatomy again. Fell asleep at 7x6, woke up and have been continuing now. 2 more episodes and I'll be up to date. Who cares if Manny Pacquiao is punching the crap out of someone right now? Boxing is not my thing, anyway.

(side note)
You know what's my thing?
Manchester United and football.
...and last night, Liverpool lost to Stoke.
Go, Stoke!
(end of side note)

Back to Grey's Anatomy...I know I am behind by 2 episodes and I dont know what's happening then {I will in about 2 hours' time) but please please please let Christina Yang regain her composure and confidence. She's my favourite favourite character (and Karev's a close #2!) so please, do not degenerate her like you did to Webber in season 6. That's all I ask from you today.

Okay.
Now it's time to get back to our show.

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Silent lucidity

Just to note it down before I forget.

Few days ago, I had a dream. In it, I dreamed that I was on a date with Eric Dane. I came back to my apartment after a jog and there he was waiting for me at my door. He asked if I wanted to get dinner. I said sure but I just needed to go in and take a quick shower and a change of clothes. Afterall, I was in my trackies,dishevelled hair and all. Still, he held my hand and led me away. "Never mind," he said.

Okay, who could have resisted that?

I got inside his car and he drove to a street cafe by a quaint sidewalk. He stuck out like a sore thumb at that cafe (with checked white-green table cloth) because he was the only one wearing a tuxedo. He pulled out a chair for me to sit and then he took his seat. There was a man playing accordion doing his rounds at the cafe and he finally came to our table. I turned around and smiled at the musician. When I turned back to my date...he was gone and I woke up.

Woke up totally bummed.

What an unsatisfying dream.



P/S: Think I need to get me a new boyfriend.

P/P/S: I spent my Saturday afternoon at the MediaCorp open house with A-Go-Go and JLo. We then headed to Wala Wala after that. There...an Indian man tried to talk to me but I couldnt understand his accent and my wing-woman laughed in his face. He and his friend paid their bill and left. Cruel.

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Free Nelson Mandela

I have finally gotten a work laptop...something that I can leave in the office and not lugged around in my handbags.

Yesterday, I collected my 2nd-hand black Macbook from a seller at Serangoon and well, for about $600, I think this 2-year old model is a pretty decent one. It is well-equipped with necessary applications and everything is well-maintained. Happy.

So now, my Asus 'Ah Kow' has a friend. It is black, old but hardy and wise and therefore, its given name will naturally be...


MANDELA!



Ah Kow..meet Mandela.

Together, world peace.



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Panggilan Ka'bah

To all my relatives who are performing the grand Haj (envy..alhamdulillah!), I wish you a 'mabrur' pilgrimage and may you be safe and sound in the company of God.



I'll see you in a month's time.


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E-mail my heart

I am watching My Fair Wedding by David Tutera on WE TV (on MiO) and wow...it's so awesome - the dress, the veil, weddings on beaches, the magic, the dancing and of course, David Tutera. I love what I see so much on this show that I am always tearing at the end of it. I can really feel the joy in the bride's and David's faces.



Talking about weddings, W is getting married somewhere mid next year. I knew him for a few years and he constantly asked me out but I would always say no. Then he got a new job and met someone new.

Could it be me getting married next year, I don't know. But what I do know life doesn't stop if you're still single. I also know that just because one is not married, one can still be happy at others' bliss and shed tears of joy at other people's weddings.

In my case, total strangers' weddings on cable TV.

Mazel tov!

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The Big Bang theory

"Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!
It all started with the big BANG!"

 

And with that...I ebay-ed myself a Green Lantern t-shirt, The Flash t-shirt and a Shazam t-shirt.

 

Oh, I also placed a bid for a Green Lantern watch with the green motif flashing in the middle.

 

Uber geeky,

Uber cool.

 

 

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The catalyst

My legs are falling out of their sockets.

 

And...

 

Why am I at work??

 

Bullshit!

Pyramid

It took me almost an hour to do 5kms. It's going to be a long, hard road to 10kms. Maybe I should reconsider this whole madness.

But, granted, this is the first time I've done 5kms.

And I haven't been running for more than 2kms in years.

Bah.
Excuses.


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I-O-I-O

Meddled with the hard disk and all is well - photos, songs and documents are restored!

Got a new laptop also...Asus.

Its name?

Ah Kow.


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