Hi! I'm Kate Rose, and I believe my mummy Kelly has talked about me before :) I'm a gift of ♥ Love ♥ (from Bern to Kells) and I'm really feeling that I'm part of the family! Yesterday it was granny's (read: Kells' mummy) 50th birthday and I was part of the family portrait :)
Just today, mummy got rid of my 'out-of-the-box' hair and now I can catch a whiff of Ascience shampoo in my hair. No more nasty tangles, just smoooooth and shiny hair :) I hope I can get a haircut soon, but I think it will take mummy some time to acquire the skills. You know, I rather wait for mummy to learn how to cut my hair than having her cutting it now without the know-how! You know once my hair is cut, it won't grow back right? :)
Anyway mummy got me a new outfit and a pair of shoes, I can't tell you how happy I am! =D I'm really looking forward to wearing it during our HaiNan Island trip.
I got to sleep now, mummy has taught me the importance of sleeping early. I don't want dark circles that resembles that of a panda! You should sleep early too :) G'night all!
I need to pop by Parisilk and get my camera admitted in A&E. =~( I hope the warranty is still valid... If the repair is gonna be too costly, I think I'll prolly get a new camera.
On another gadgety note, I just found out that the Motorola Raz2 V8 LE phone is exclusive to Singtel subscribers only (I'm a Starhub subscriber) =( This sucks, I never had to make-do with another phone before, and this feeling doesn't feel good at all.
Ohohoh, my mum is getting us a Wii! =D I can see all of us fighting for the controls, all wanting to play! teeheeee
I'm looking forward to going home early, treat my feet to a well-deserved foot soak and scrub and play with Kate Rose! :) FYI, Kate Rose is the name of my Blythe. I can't believe my sister thought I called her "Cake Roll" *faints* I think I better buy her some clothes (or convince my mum to make her some clothes, after all how much cloth can she take up?) that's suitable when we go on holiday at Hainan Island with my family :)
The song to the opening scene of Juno, love this song! :) p/s: It's a great film with awesome indie music, so go watch it!
If I was a flower growing wild and free All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee. And if I was a tree growing tall and greeen All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves
If I was a flower growing wild and free All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee. And if I was a tree growing tall and greeen All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves
All I want is you, will you be my bride Take me by the hand and stand by my side All I want is you, will you stay with me? Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.
If you were a river in the mountains tall, The rumble of your water would be my call. If you were the winter, I know I'd be the snow Just as long as you were with me when the cold winds blow
All I want is you, will you be my bride Take me by the hand and stand by my side All I want is you, will you stay with me? Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.
If you were a wink, I'd be a nod If you were a seed, well I'd be a pod. If you were the floor, I'd wanna be the rug And if you were a kiss, I know I'd be a hug
All I want is you, will you be my bride Take me by the hand and stand by my side All I want is you, will you stay with me? Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.
If you were the wood, I'd be the fire. If you were the love, I'd be the desire. If you were a castle, I'd be your moat, And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float.
All I want is you, will you be my bride Take me by the hand and stand by my side All I want is you, will you stay with me? Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.
If you were a key, I'd be your chain, And if you were a sink I'd be a drain If you were the window I'd be your shutter, And if you were the cow, I'd be your udder If you were the chalk I'D be your dust, And if you were the bread, well I'd be a crust If you were a candle I'd be your wick, And if you were a doctor, I'd be SICK!
dimanche, février 17, 2008
Hi, I'm Ariel! :) I've been stuck in my mermaid outfit for ages (it can get really cold wearing so little at times) and I finally get a change of clothes today! I really like my latino fiesta dress and the matching choker. Can't talk anymore, got to go now, i'm gonna salsa the night away in my awesome dress and catch some guys' attention! ;)
Well well well... It's a day that I got through with mixed emotions; work was really hellish but I had Bern standing on my side throughout the day. I really don't want to talk about work anymore because it's an emotional vampire on its own. When I see Bern during dinnertime, everything felt normal, okay for once. :)
Oh yes, we had dinner at Carousel at Royal Plaza on Scotts. :) I had a great meal, love the spread of food and of course the desserts had me shaking with excitement! Earl grey creme brulee, bread and butter pudding, raspberry yogurt cheesecake, ice cream with cookies on the side, chocolate desserts and the list goes on. Oh, and instead of the regular chocolate fountain, there was a strawberry fountain! Dipping marshmallows in it was a really delectable and sinful treat. :) I don't think I tried everything but I was really bloated by the time we decided to call it quits.
Here are my pressies! :) I asked for Kiehl's limited edition french rose lip gloss and I got it!
Both Bern and I have the same necklace. :) He gave it away when I saw him wearing it during CNY and prior to that, he let slip that he's getting us matching stuff over a dinner with my sister and I. ;) I'm a smart girl, there's nothing you can hide from me hahaha!
This last present was a total surprise. I have a mini blythe-lookalike doll at home (bought from HK) and I always wanted to get clothes for her so I can take her out and take pictures because she came in a mermaid outfit. Whenever we passed by the toyshop selling Blythe dolls, I would always take a second look at these dolls but I wouldn't buy them since I don't have space at home for them. So this doll came as a total surprise =D She's in an awesome retro looking houndstooth minidress and has boots to boot too! :) From now on, I'll be really happy to receive Blythe clothes as gifts and presents hehehe
To Bern: Thank you so so much for all my presents, must really cost you an arm and a leg. :) I hope you like those lousy agnes b cufflinks and let's go shopping at NUM with your vouchers! :) *hug+muacks*
I needa purge all the thoughts in my head before I go to bed: - Worrying is like a rocking horse; keeps you going but gets you nowhere. - Meditate, be the master of your mind and work with the Secret. - Need to download songs on iTunes before syncing with nano to minimise data loss. Artistes --> The Killers, Saving Jane, Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera, Teddy Geiger, Franz Ferdinhand, Taylor Swift, Amy Winehouse, Justin Timberlake, Corrinne May, Pink Martini, BEP, PussyCat Dolls, Nelly Furtado, and mygosh I better stop if not I'll go on till the next day.
I was LJ-surfing and I came across this entry from a blogger that I would like to make a copy of and serve as a reminder to myself (and I've italised the parts that jumped out to me).
This was a speech made by Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Anna Quindlen at the graduation ceremony of an American university where she was awarded an Honorary PhD.
"I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't Ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has. There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree: there will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your life on a bus, or in a car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank accounts but also your soul.
People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is cold comfort on a winter's night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've received your test results and they're not so good.
Here is my resume: I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my work stand in the way of being a good parent. I no longer consider myself the centre of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today, because I would be a cardboard cut out. But I call them on the phone, and I meet them for lunch. I would be rotten, at best mediocre at my job if those other things were not true.
You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are. So here's what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay cheque, the larger house.Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast?
Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze at the seaside, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water, or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a sweet with her thumb and first finger.
Get a life in which you are not alone.Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. Get a life in which you are generous. And realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that you want to spread it around. Take money you would have spent on beer and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen. Be a big brother or sister. All of you want to do well. But if you do not do good too, then doing well will never be enough.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to take for granted the color of our kids' eyes, the way the melody in a symphony rises and falls and disappears and rises again. It is so easy to exist instead of to live.
I learned to live many years ago. I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that it is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and utterly. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the back yard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a terminal illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived".
mercredi, février 13, 2008
Ahh! :) This morning we had a liondance troupe coming to our office to perform! It's been a long time since I last saw such performances. Later we are treated to buffet lunch at our breakout lounge. With so many things happening, I think I'm still in a holiday mood this week haha! First reunion dinner on Monday, lion dance + buffet lunch on Wednesday, Valentine's Day tomorrow and payday on friday! I wonder where we are going to eat on friday for our payday ritual lunch... =P
Joy Journal: - Big angbao from big boss! --> This goes to my next pair of Irregular Choice shoes =D
mardi, février 12, 2008
*sigh* Didn't have a very good CNY because:
- Reunion dinner sucked; it's not the company, it's the food, OMG. *smacks forehead* - My digital camera died on me on the first day of CNY!! =~( - The wait for the whole family to get ready before heading out for visiting (I cannot understand why we dilly-dally and leave at 1pm when we're supposed to leave at 12pm) killed my mood. - We go home late almost every night! This translates to reduced sleeping time, and understandably dark eye circles/eyebags, clogged pores and pimples come up and play. All the preventive measures done all year round has come undone, totally. - My heels are really dry and cracked, so painful =~( - Didn't manage to catch movie with the relatives. >=( Super not used to it because it's almost a ritual already. But I guess it will be like that from now on, since my uncle's place (paternal side) is not located near any cinema =(
Okay, there's good parts too - Playing with my little cousins/ niece + nephew, bringing my cousin's dog out for a walk with my cousins, mindlessly snacking on CNY goodies, receiving angbaos, and just eavesdropping on people's conversations, hahaha! :)
Just yesterday, our department had our reunion dinner at Seoul Garden. It's been a long time since I've been there, and the standard seemed to have dropped. The tongs to pick up raw/ cooked food were oily, yikes!! Despite that and the oil splattering during the bbq session, it was a pretty enjoyable dinner. Tracy also gave all of us an angbao! =D A really good way to boost employee's morale hehehe
Alrighty, will blog with pictures when I have more time on my hands :)
There's so many things I can complain about this week, but I shall not.
I'm thankful that ... - My mum has kindly cleared my clothes on the chair in my room. - Meet up with the meangirls and we had dinner at Soup Spoon! :) - Meet up with Mag over lunch :)
