tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52262712011-12-14T11:59:28.343+08:00Mrs BrightsideMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.comBlogger16641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-7668540600601362362010-08-23T20:39:00.003+08:002010-08-23T20:46:14.702+08:00Haven't posted in a long while, but what I want to say couldnt fit into the FB status bar so decided to write it down here.http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/video/video.php?v=455621345922I'm sure many people have watched this video by now, that has gone viral on Facebook and Youtube. Its a ten minute video showing all the returning US veterans surprising their loved ones at home, in school and Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-64812412210818927062010-06-04T00:38:00.002+08:002010-06-04T00:46:59.616+08:00i am back! yes.. after recently receiving complaints about being MIA for too long. was thinking that perhaps its time to restart this. a good way to organize non-work related thoughts.first up - exam in 2 days time!!! today was a super demoralising day. Kept getting declining scores on practice exams, plus when i reached home my laptop failed on me. The screen is not working now :( no more fancy Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-64812698283890514102009-11-09T21:47:00.002+08:002009-11-09T21:53:55.099+08:00ohaio!yes im back. Nepal was wonderful, and a great experience, but work has sapped all the freshness and energy out of me......so im back to my usual self. Today i shall post about something useful, although I doubt google search will boost my page up front. Hehe.How to remove unwanted or broken excel linksYou know how irritating it is when you have an excel workbook that is littered with Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-8624480294193472892009-10-18T10:32:00.001+08:002009-10-18T10:32:39.045+08:00hullo!am off to nepal on 19 Oct, Monday. Be back on 28th :)Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-19867700507870628642009-09-16T23:49:00.003+08:002009-09-17T00:32:25.068+08:00On the Maclehose TrailYes hello. Welcome back. Its been a long while.. But before my memory fails me, I wanted to write about this - Hiking Section 2 of the Maclehose Trail. This panoramic section provides you with views of the East Sai Kung peninsula, and starts from Long Ke to Pak Tam Au. According to the official website (http://www.hkwalkers.net/longtrail/eng/mtrail/mtrail_02.html), it takes Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-5726835495282583422009-06-09T22:12:00.002+08:002009-06-09T22:14:59.769+08:00I havent had music in a longg time.After going on a self-imposed ipod quarantine, due to the fear of going deaf from prolonged exposure to loud music in the ear canal, I finally opened my itunes on the laptop today to listen to a little dave brubeck and glenn miller :) very refreshing indeed!! Wish there was some place in SG I can go to enjoy these songs. possibly dance to them! that would be Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-71996240715795930812009-06-09T21:21:00.002+08:002009-06-09T21:24:57.240+08:00haha, my turn to apologize now :( sorry for a) the lack of updates and b) the no-show on sunday!! :( i really wanted to come, but that infected nerve/sinus thing resulting in root canal treatment is no joke. ask hongyi! i think as a result of the root canal treatment i've developed side effects, namely sorethroat and a cold-ish kind of behavior... when im perfectly healthy otherwise. i dont know Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-22323529312268691552009-06-02T01:03:00.002+08:002009-06-02T01:25:51.642+08:00as instructed by yq, i should document this event that happened at 11.59pm, 30 May 2009:0-10km:spent squeezing and jostling with many other runners; this was actually the most difficult part of the marathon for me. to tell myself to keep running and to not stop walking because its just the first 10km!! Just keep going. just keep hitting the road. what made it worse was that it was along changi Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-15333200647812955402009-04-13T21:48:00.002+08:002009-04-13T21:57:31.018+08:00someone once said this to me:i dont understand why singaporeans always talk about which secondary school or jc they come from. it happened so long ago already! what sec sch or jc you came from doesnt mean anything now, its just too long ago.I thought about it at that time, and agreed - how true. Somehow one of our favourite topics is discussing "eh which sch are you from?", long after we have Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-56899803340798672872009-04-04T16:04:00.001+08:002009-04-04T16:04:58.117+08:00is irritated that i have nowhere to go for the long weekend.URGH!Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-66473964933525325462009-03-24T23:49:00.000+08:002009-03-24T23:50:57.223+08:00I LOVE COLDPLAY!!!!!!!!!!Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-12648169750445387302009-03-22T21:25:00.002+08:002009-03-22T21:43:16.353+08:00Hello! Sorry for the long absence, just that nothing very interesting has happened in my life from the last update until today.So anyway, i decided to be a bit motivated and run far far today. Part of the marathon route involves crossing Kembangan mrt, so i decided that ok maybe i'll stop there and take bus back if i'm really very tired.For that, i needed some money to take bus. I brought some Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-90383877052603896622009-03-08T23:52:00.002+08:002009-03-08T23:56:45.535+08:00Tired!But healthy? Haha.. me and yq just did the full sundown marathon circuit - on bicycles of course. it took us approx 4 hours, starting off at about 9pm and reaching back home at 1.20am! Of course, considering that we stopped at changi village for supper, toilet breaks etc. Wah damn shiong ok.. Then we came back and next morning we had to wake up at 8.30 to return the rented bikes! :( And Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-61313413775406349302009-03-01T22:52:00.000+08:002009-03-01T22:53:01.368+08:00i would like a new hobby.help!i'm sitting at my desk surfing random dive operator websites, thinking of whether (and if) i should go for a trip some time soon, just for fun.Next to me is my german homework, lying untouched for days. Oh shit.Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-84237901614738004392009-02-28T01:03:00.002+08:002009-02-28T01:17:20.274+08:00regrets.maybe because i'm a bit free at work now, plus its the emo time of the month, so my mind starts to wander off and i think about things again. this time, the topic was on regrets. somehow, it seems like most of the major life decisions i had to make involved choosing between one or the other. despite being happy with my choices, i always wonder "what would it have been like if..." Perhaps Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-62462824278463509282009-02-18T12:54:00.001+08:002009-02-18T12:56:05.774+08:00Went for a wisdom tooth op yesterday.. and despite the dentist claiming it a success, i felt the real pain when the anasthesia wore off 4 hours later. OUCHHHH. had to hurry up take pain killers. but now its alright already, so i just have a swollen cheek that makes me look like i have some sort of a square jaw and uber pouty lips. Haha..the dentist also commented that its "amazing how such a Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-74625028451434195152009-02-15T23:21:00.001+08:002009-02-15T23:21:51.040+08:0015 Feb: 11.3km! :)finally crossed the psychological 10km barrier.. though took quite a while to finish. i think almost 1 hour and 40min. thats quite shag.. :/ need to run a bit faster, haha.Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-4309573073516818982009-02-14T02:30:00.002+08:002009-02-14T02:31:00.580+08:00Ok, i shall be honest with myself:12 Feb: 5km13 Feb: 6kmSeems like my distance is dropping.. The elusive 10km psychological barrier has still not been passed. shit! i have 3.5 months more!!!Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-54522077657734527132009-02-13T20:39:00.002+08:002009-02-13T21:11:58.668+08:00kop from chloe! :P my name damn hard to do lah, start with y. hhaha.Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag ten people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real...nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-40259980952365266962009-02-10T23:06:00.002+08:002009-02-10T23:07:43.208+08:00im upset. i've got a wisdom tooth growing out at a very weird angle (sideways into the cavity of my mouth, pushing against my tongue) and i've scheduled the op for next week. i predict it will be a very painful time. which means no more running leh. very upset. :(Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-21460979338167288782009-02-07T23:54:00.001+08:002009-02-07T23:54:52.464+08:007 Feb: 7.6km34.595km more to go...Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-30822843312230623142009-02-05T22:44:00.001+08:002009-02-05T22:44:43.724+08:00running diary!Today: 6.6kmLast week: 4.5kmomg.. 35.595 more to go..Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-9928293845868584292009-02-02T23:22:00.001+08:002009-02-02T23:23:42.975+08:00i have a new goal for the niu year 2009 - run a marathon! have signed up for the sundown in may, hopefully i can complete 42.195! Go yenny! :DMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-8806260653793648852009-01-28T00:27:00.002+08:002009-01-28T01:19:09.693+08:00after 2 days of bingeing, i am SERIOUSLY FAT. its time to go on a post-cny detox and get rid of all the dangerous pineapple tarts, toxic keropok and basically all the rubbish that entered my system.actually not rubbish lah. i ate a lot of good food, just that in too huge a quantity. So yup.. time to get rid of it.thanks jasmine for the lovely cny dinner! it was wonderful :)Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-52638884524124831492009-01-19T21:04:00.003+08:002009-01-19T21:14:19.201+08:00its too early to make a judgment call on the job, but i've had a revelation about myself: i'm seriously under-read, under-exercising, not well travelled enough, not sociable enough. this has got to be improved.on another note, i realise that i tend to learn things from the people around me, especially if they become some sort of a role model to me. like the more i hang out with someone, esp if Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-55172611722708559422009-01-17T01:00:00.002+08:002009-01-17T01:04:00.182+08:00started work on thursday! and it really has been very fulfilling and challenging thus far - of course the beginning is always like this, lots of reading up to do, learning, steep curve ahead. but things look promising :) great colleagues, nice boss, dream job - what more can i ask for? i would say i'm lucky or heng, but i know yq would say sth else :Pnow to find a hobby to occupy my time! any Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-37955849375702417362009-01-10T15:53:00.002+08:002009-01-10T16:05:41.517+08:00I'm back from macau!ok lah, didnt win at jackpot so i'm not a newly minted millionaire but it was fun! i dont understand why people tell me macau is boring, nothing to do.. when i still have places to go that i didnt manage to see! And i wanted to learn texas hold'em poker at the learners table at wynn casino but didnt have time too. Haha.. and i've yet to do the skywalk X at macau tower bcos i Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-22719058271864096102009-01-06T11:30:00.002+08:002009-01-06T11:31:09.050+08:00Leaving for the airport in 1 hour! Going to Macau for a short 3 day-4 night trip - think gambling, shopping, eating, breathing cold air? Haha.. Bis Freitag!Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-7171102661637493052009-01-05T10:01:00.002+08:002009-01-05T10:05:57.474+08:00Empty nest syndrome - school time version.Today, school begins for almost all of my friends. And the feeling is so weird! Like i'm left out; like they all have school and i'm just not there. Haha.. first emo post of 2009. I'm imagining the school buzz, the greetings between long time friends who havent met since the last semester, the gossiping - who's with who, who's wearing what, who's gained Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-16326868389155906082008-12-29T23:22:00.003+08:002008-12-30T00:10:46.720+08:00I'm back! Although i bet this blog swats flies now, since even the chatterbox has been deleted due to underuse.. Sad :( Any comments, leave it in my blog posts k. Haha.. Anyway, i've been inspired by gin, who gave a short reflection on "Life in 2008". So i shall attempt to do the same! Hehe.Hmm. I think in 2008 a blessing in disguise, in the form of yq came into my life. And i'm very thankful forMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-41993066616603617482008-12-06T14:13:00.003+08:002008-12-06T14:16:20.650+08:00Not really a bout of emo, but heard this song at acid bar last night with hongyi, sq and her friend and it strikes a chord within me. For those who have loved and lost:But I'd rather you be mean than love and lieI'd rather hear the truth and have to say goodbyeI'd rather take a blow at least then I would knowBut baby dont you break my heart slow- Vonda Shepard, "Baby don't you break my heart Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-1795343971785522642008-11-30T01:53:00.001+08:002008-11-30T01:55:16.078+08:00End of formal education!!!!!!!!Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-38493973938383584922008-11-27T22:29:00.001+08:002008-11-27T22:30:13.062+08:00demoralised. I don't wanna fail ok... sigh sigh.Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-3382709259840650152008-11-24T00:23:00.002+08:002008-11-24T00:30:07.488+08:00I have resigned to fate.After a thorough calculation of my gpa - yes i know, i shouldnt be doing that OR blogging, should be studying instead - i've found out that it is almost impossible, an uphill struggle, to graduate with a summa cum laude.basically i would need something like 4As, 1A- and 1B+ minimum in order to hit that elusive 3.8 mark. Which is seriously impossible.It's time to throw in Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-62779275280375400542008-11-21T11:44:00.001+08:002008-11-21T11:44:54.940+08:00last presentation in SMU...I need all the luck in the world not to screw this up...Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-52099675479219530392008-11-17T21:29:00.002+08:002008-11-17T21:35:47.862+08:00As I approach the end of my university life and reach the end of formal education, my thoughts and feelings could perhaps be summed up in this song below:And now, the end is near,And so I face the final curtain.My friends, I'll say it clear;I'll state my case of which I'm certain.I've lived a life that's full -I've travelled each and every highway.And more, much more than this,I did it my Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-66916543501501874082008-11-11T08:37:00.003+08:002008-11-11T08:38:26.173+08:00One year on, the treks and beautiful scenery of India are calling out to me again...Ladakh.Unfortunately only accessible from April to October. Any takers? ;)Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-66564156550592834682008-11-07T00:58:00.003+08:002008-11-07T01:03:43.114+08:00Seriously, nobody makes noodles like the Vietnamese.Talking to yq now and we're both just gianing PHO!!! Staple food of Indochina, had it every single morning (ok almost every single) while travelling through Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam... Mmmm. Stomach is growling very badly now. I WANT.Together with a thick cup of ice coffee. omgggggggggggMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-62236672557588686752008-11-04T01:31:00.002+08:002008-11-04T01:44:45.411+08:00i hate it when i brush my teeth.cos everytime i'm brushing my teeth, some new revelation will hit me and i'll be thinking to myself "mmm thats a good idea!" or "how come i never thought about it before?" and by the time i'm done wiping my mouth and coming back to the laptop i would have forgotten ALL about it. sigh, so much for inspiration.anyway, today hasn't been very productive. my life is Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-27444156290615141602008-10-12T20:47:00.002+08:002008-10-12T20:56:25.346+08:00Can I just say that it's a reversal of fortunes?A country, ranked 10th in the world by GDP per capita is now turning to the IMF for money? Wasn't it barely a decade ago that the Asian financial crisis happened and many South-East Asian nations turned to the same fund for help?Oh man. it's difficult to make sense of everything that is happen so fast, so furiously. even RBS, which just took over Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-54812399730551441742008-09-28T12:21:00.002+08:002008-09-28T12:25:01.060+08:00Ok lah, the big race is tonight and I'm so jealous of chua wei ling, lily and whoever else got tickets to watch :/ But anyway, that's not the point of this post.The point is to congratulate Singapore on a job well done. As usual, it's nothing short of perfection, painting an exciting, vibrant picture of our little city. It's just really cool to see the cars zip around the flyer, CBD, Fullerton Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-62415345437956617592008-09-22T18:21:00.001+08:002008-09-22T18:24:54.542+08:00I love accounting kittens! Haha..Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-87319208556730135262008-09-21T17:02:00.001+08:002008-09-21T17:04:20.482+08:00What is the world coming to!?!?First, every other major bank in the USA is going to collapse.Then, we cannot eat ice cream anymore because of tainted milk! :( No more Walls ice cream or Solero...I'm very sad.. it's like the end of the world to me.. no money or ice cream :(Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-82183073803194365212008-09-18T10:39:00.002+08:002008-09-18T10:58:39.484+08:00I am proud to announce!After a 17 day trip to Indochina, some doses of lactose and Zentel later, I am proud to announce that I am 45kg!!!To spare everyone the disgusting details, basically function has been restored to my general digestive system, and that has helped me keep my diet and appetite in check, as well as to improve absorption when I eat.So, I'm happy! :)Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-830306125477049782008-09-10T23:46:00.002+08:002008-09-11T00:04:00.618+08:00A phrase i've heard a lot about lately during my job search is the idea of a "dream job". Some of my friends already have their dream jobs, some came close to getting it but chose an alternative path instead, some don't know what their dream job is, and some know it but have yet to arrive at it.So, today I shall share what my dream job description is. Basically, at the current moment, it would Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-8392259487298900942008-09-03T09:24:00.002+08:002008-09-03T10:52:06.465+08:00Not much of a foodie, but I shall try this, since it's boring in class.http://www.verygoodtaste.co.uk/uncategorised/the-omnivores-hundred/1. Venison [x - Lu Rou at zi char stalls]2. Nettle tea [No.. but I've tried nettle soup before? Quite nice :)]3. Huevos rancheros4. Steak tartare5. Crocodile6. Black pudding7. Cheese fondue8. Carp9. Borscht10. Baba ghanoush11. Calamari [x - all the time]12. PhoMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-59981686910095204082008-08-26T23:29:00.002+08:002008-08-26T23:29:45.133+08:00Thank you Ginny!! :) It was a great dinner today heh.. Hope you don't have to stay late in the coming days :/*cheers! To our up and coming careers!Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-31758790503066485392008-08-24T04:44:00.002+08:002008-08-24T04:47:28.089+08:00Good morning world!Ok its not a case of "it's 4am and i cant sleep", more like I went to bed at 11.30pm, and somehow tossed and turned and woke up at 4am. I wonder if its because of the panadol extra i took, or whether my illness is just taking a toll on me.So anyway, I decided to head out to shop and save to get some groceries and my list of shopping looks like the who's who of sugar rush Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-44172648778920775542008-08-16T17:09:00.002+08:002008-08-16T17:11:35.152+08:00Haha courtesy of Sammie's friend! Are you smarter than 98% of the population?Haha.. I took quite a while to solve this. Dont peek at the answer k!There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.1. In a street there are five houses, painted five different colours.2. In each house lives a person of different nationality3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-73842416791370844862008-08-16T02:18:00.003+08:002008-08-16T02:37:11.786+08:00and i'm back!After living out of a backpack for 17 days, it feels weird having to stay put in one place. Nothing much has changed while we were gone, except that time flew by and I think I had the greatest times exploring Indochina with yq. Yayy! :)I think travelling should be about experiences - not just going to a place and shooting with your camera (unless of course you are a photographer). Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-81015343524609165002008-07-30T13:10:00.003+08:002008-11-13T10:42:54.264+08:00DEAR ALL, I BRING JOYOUS NEWS!!!As of 30 July 2008, I think I will be able to graduate successfully at the end of 2008! YAYYYYY :DManaged to get all the modules I bidded for, plus another core accounting module. Hurray! Thanks so much to Adeline and Jancy from the school administration! :D:D:DSo happy now.. Hahahaa. YAYYYYYYMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-15650121027523850742008-07-29T01:47:00.002+08:002008-07-29T01:49:52.043+08:00Ok long absence... Sorry, sorry. I apologize. Been away in Shanghai since last Saturday and just came back last night. 9 days there was a wee bit too long.. Towards the end there was just nothing much to do apart from the eating and the shopping.Then came back, unpacked and repacked for Wed night.. Taking the night train to KL followed by flight to Vientiane (Laos), hang around Laos for one week Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-43703749170198065822008-07-01T00:43:00.001+08:002008-07-01T00:43:47.650+08:00devastated.Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-79795071155513653932008-06-26T14:44:00.000+08:002008-06-26T14:46:41.547+08:00Hello!I'm planning a trip!Singapore-kuala lumpur-vientiane (Laos)-Luang Prabang (Laos)-Bangkok-Siem Reap (Cambodia)-Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh-Singapore!!! :D :D from 30 july to 15 august hehehe. anybody want to join!!! :DMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-44293157243920469672008-06-14T12:40:00.003+08:002008-06-14T13:12:37.781+08:00As a request from fels last week, here it is! Lifestyle's recommendation of the coolest ulu chillout places around.In the eastMid Summer Nite Breeze, 133 Pasir Ris Road (tel: 6584 6515)Beach bar located at the far end of pasir ris beach park, carpark E.Bech Culture @ Watercross, 131 Pasir Ris Road (tel: 6584 0080)Located next to Mid Summer Nite Breeze above, I guessBark Cafe, 1000 Upper Changi Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-50636182251352435572008-06-10T21:44:00.001+08:002008-06-10T21:54:56.274+08:00congratulations ginny!!! :) you owe us lunch treat! wahaha :D :D :Danyway, i just finished reading inner economist today. rushed through it on my sick day off at home, but i didnt particularly fancy it. either my ambitions of being an armchair economist have died, or the book did not particularly reveal things that "shock" or, for that matter, the book didnt answer the questions it claimed to setMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-55073600010646652392008-06-05T01:08:00.002+08:002008-06-05T01:18:52.324+08:00In How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, French literature professor talks about how you should not read books and ways to hide it if you encounter awkward situations regarding books you have not read. In my own screen book terms, this book teaches you a few good points:1) Reading a book is equivalent to non-reading. Every moment that you are reading, you forget what you have just read. At Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-40685286443450521182008-06-01T23:44:00.004+08:002008-11-13T10:42:54.476+08:00A couple of blog-worthy things have happened, but being not really in the mood or having the time (or setting aside the time) for individual blog entries, i shall just lump it all into this one:1) Cut my hair. Am never going back to the same salon/stylist again. Bad service, wishy washy, the stylist charged me maximum dollar (given the bad service) and was dao, indifferent and unfriendly. Also, Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-63248635166494725922008-05-30T20:59:00.000+08:002008-05-30T21:01:53.100+08:00To anybody who has ever watched Mythbusters on Discovery channel:From icanhascheezburger.comDAMN CUTEEEEEEMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-49273935412676640632008-05-26T02:35:00.002+08:002008-11-13T10:42:54.623+08:00New shoes from Club Marc!And everyone should go there to shop! They're having a storewide 50% discount, all day, every day! from 2.2.2008 to 2.2.2009 in the world's longest 365 day 50% discount marathon. Sounds too good to be true but it is! (or maybe its a marketing ploy; maybe they usually sell stuff at $40 a piece anyway and now just put the price to $80 and then tell you there's storewide 50%Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-8768786924158725722008-05-22T01:29:00.003+08:002008-05-22T01:31:28.725+08:00omg im having some serious kafka freaking out right now. i just found not one but TWO giant cockroaches in my bathroom! just when i was about to brush my teeth and take out my contact lenses and sleep! One was sitting right on top of my contact lens box!!! After spraying copious amounts of shieldtox it finally died. but not before contaminiating my contact lens box and my toothbrushes. Damn Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-70562800351755926912008-05-21T20:56:00.002+08:002008-05-21T21:06:56.582+08:00hello! long absence, finally had the chance to sit down and think and write my blog.Before I start, i must first say that batam with rina wannie fel sq shaun yq and hongyi was THE BEST!!! haha :) and i'm really thankful for this bunch of crazy wacky people, our friendship stemming all the way from when we were 17.. It's more than 4 years already! I'm glad we're still close and enjoy each others Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-45976121165185355672008-05-07T23:53:00.002+08:002008-05-08T00:34:58.916+08:00Of all things, I am addicted to Xi You Ji, the Channel U show where host Belinda Lee goes to 10 countries in search of Singaporeans in far flung places. So addicted, that I actually bought a mobtv 1 month subscription just to watch the show and the previous season. (yes now you know who to go to for your monthly dose of local drama serials, all available online)The Tango FanaticI watched the Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-7876236522031631282008-05-03T13:38:00.002+08:002008-05-03T14:11:46.930+08:00I try not to touch work stuff on weekends, cos it'll be a bit of an overkill and theres time to relax and let my mind off stuff. To recharge and be back, up and running for the work week on Monday :)It's been ok so far, I really learnt a lot from all the sources of information available. More importantly, I think I'll have to learn even more from the colleagues there, who come with a wealth of Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-27074366009366411722008-04-27T16:25:00.002+08:002008-04-27T16:33:28.483+08:00First week of work!It has been pretty stressful for me I think, though most of the stress is probably self-inflicted.. What with things cropping up like emergency dental appointment, emergency trip to the China embassy to get visa, thus resulting in last minute cancellation of reef alert dive trip :( Ask me personally what happened, I'm too upset and angry with myself to say it out here... But itMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-56854544752262741582008-04-23T19:26:00.002+08:002008-04-23T19:29:06.566+08:00To all my friends: this week lunch is not good! I'm flat broke cos of a dive trip this wkend! so unless you're willing to treat *hint hint :PNext week! and after the govt money comes in! Hahaha...Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-11820524282757680582008-04-21T09:26:00.001+08:002008-04-21T09:26:57.343+08:0021 April. The day I've been waiting for since last Novembre...Yosh!! Jiayou!Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-6214115192643208862008-04-17T09:45:00.000+08:002008-04-17T09:46:07.740+08:00MARKETING 101!!!!!!!! YOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-73479706034026088632008-04-15T12:11:00.001+08:002008-04-15T12:14:25.994+08:00380 cal - Subway Melt sandwich!upset. they didnt have meatball marinara, which was the messy fatty food that i've been craving for so long. strat case has come in but im feeling very sleepy after lunch. zzz... the mug train trundles along.Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-90892908319541724362008-04-13T14:59:00.001+08:002008-04-13T15:01:08.208+08:00I just popped into the living room and caught a glimpse of an old Anita Mui movie, and she was doing a little ballroom dancing with chow yun fatt..Reminds me of my own teeny experience in Germany, hahaha ;) It was so funny learning how to ballroom dance with alex, rachid and mikael. Especially with rachid.. cos he's way too tall - so i'm like the little girl dancing with her daddy. hahaha..Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-69279614594751771712008-04-06T17:51:00.002+08:002008-04-06T17:55:02.821+08:00I'm bored! 2 days per subject and I am genuinely bored on the 2nd day already.2 weeks more......... Looking forward to 21st April :)I sometimes get my entertainment fix at http://www.marginalrevolution.com/, it really is quite a cool site for nerds like me :PCheck out Japanese barcodes and What people in 1968 thought the year 2008 would be like, and how different it actually is (or is not? hmm).Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-70762476062224115912008-04-03T11:47:00.000+08:002008-04-03T11:49:12.833+08:00From Mr Brown:http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2008/04/some-good-news.htmlAnd the comments after... hahahaha :Pgeez! that was like a lapdance, just when you're all excited and shit, they girl gets up and goes away.with your money, might i add.and you're all high and dry, feeling all f-ed up than before the lapdance.haha but it hurts pretty good, this one.Posted by: tyrMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-24294168110662698642008-03-26T20:15:00.002+08:002008-03-26T20:18:52.199+08:00Oh! The previous post was post number 1,600! *pops the champagneAnyway.. After 3 years in university, I've come to realise the three things I hate to hear from project mates:1) I dunno how to do! Can't find enough information!2) This topic sucks. Let's do another one instead. (but doesn't provide any suitable alternative suggestions)3) I'm very busy! Have no time!Incidentally.. I had the good Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-83628759371009974722008-03-24T15:36:00.002+08:002008-03-24T15:37:25.346+08:00My unhealthy food log. (following chloe's footsteps)1) Ba Zhang (x)2) Kinder Bueno (x)3) Jabriel's haribos (x)4) 1 entire box of sugar-free Strawberry Ricolas (x)5) 1 packet of apple sour sticks (x)Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-29259322291362104332008-03-17T02:04:00.002+08:002008-03-17T02:09:04.000+08:00I also want to ___________. Fill in the blank with the string of things I want to do, like go on an adventure, backpack, trek, climb a mountain, ride a Vespa, go snowboarding, skiing, work overseas, be enriched by brilliant minds, etcetera etcetera etcetera.Sometimes, when I look at people's pictures, my peers who are achieving so much more than me, I get a little tense. I don't doubt that tinge Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-58053303211206219272008-03-15T23:06:00.002+08:002008-03-15T23:08:49.294+08:00I was last Easter!Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-49634079575745125532008-03-11T17:15:00.002+08:002008-03-11T17:28:59.868+08:00You know, my mom rocks. I mean, I've known it all along but sometimes it takes other people to remind me that she really does rock.I realised that all my life, she's never really said no to anything (Except for dangerous things like, going diving, sitting on a motorcycle, going trekking, going overseas alone, most of which she eventually came around and let me go anyway). No, nothing at all. I Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-7900701884534777462008-03-03T12:07:00.002+08:002008-03-03T12:47:06.920+08:00Something from an email I read a while ago...When I made the woman she had to be special.I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world;yet, gentle enough to give comfortI gave her an inner strength to endure childbirthand the rejection that many times comes from her childrenI gave her a hardness that allowsher to keep going when everyone else gives up,and take care of her Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-38606495402088546502008-02-29T16:29:00.002+08:002008-02-29T16:54:44.109+08:00Yeah I know.. it's a bit of a blogger's diarrhoea today because of the simple fact that I've holed myself up at home today so that I have no choice to do anything else but study. Studying however always makes me hungry and I've found the next thing I want to try in Singapore:Afternoon Tea at the Fullerton Singapore Courtyard"For a mid-afternoon respite, visit The Courtyard and enjoy a scrumptiousMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-23586147025726405112008-02-29T13:04:00.003+08:002008-02-29T13:05:21.807+08:00Update: the sidebar has a new feature! The big ticket items wishlist. haha.. It acts as a gentle reminder to tell me to save. Maybe I can get these things for cheap in China, seeing how it's probably the biggest bicycle market around ;)I should be getting back to work. 3 weeks of FIIM and 7 weeks of Strategy to cover in 5 hours.Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-51748868723202317502008-02-26T00:26:00.001+08:002008-02-26T00:27:38.199+08:00Today I read in Life! that this guy broke up with his girlfriend because she got fat.How upsetting. Would any of you guys do that?Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-63383549724065902402008-02-22T01:47:00.001+08:002008-02-22T01:49:51.425+08:00Such a beautiful poem! From Moshe Safdie at TED 2002:He who seeks Truth shall find Beauty.He who seeks Beauty shall find Vanity.He who seeks Order shall find Gratification.He who seeks Gratification shall be Disappointed.He who considers himself a Servant of his fellow being, shall find the joy of Self-expression.He who seeks Self-Expression shall fall into the pit of Arrogance.Arrogance is Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-7296183848319911492008-02-20T14:04:00.001+08:002008-11-13T10:42:55.085+08:00The NewUrbanMale paperbag design. Does anybody know what this reminds you of??Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-34538421481224194482008-02-16T01:05:00.001+08:002008-02-16T01:05:48.166+08:00Thank the one who hurt you,for he reinforced your determination;Thank the one who deceived you,for he deepened your insight;Thank the one who abandoned you,for he taught you to be independent;Thank the one who made you stumble,for he stengthened your ability;Thank the one who denounced you,for he increased your wisdom.-a male bashing post.Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-59536114557546263842008-02-11T00:43:00.000+08:002008-02-11T00:55:10.692+08:00Woopeedoo!After working at my laptop for almost 5 hours straight, I've finally cleared all my to-do list! I'm only left with 3 FIIM tutorials and German homework, the latter of which I shall proceed to do after I take a breather by blogging.But, oh dear. A quick flip at my moleskine shows that I have a mid-term exam this Saturday. Company Law. And I'm still a little clueless. Oh me oh my. :( AND Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-63634022487853662672008-02-05T11:37:00.001+08:002008-02-05T12:04:30.038+08:00I've caught the job search bug. Damn you, all these people searching for internships out there! Now I'm all kancheong and jittery and starting to look for a final job one year before I'm due to graduate. pfff.That said, there are so many options and so many companies to check out. Like, who do you eventually want to work for and what do you want to do there. So, so, so many choices......SometimesMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-77501443684424103662008-02-02T22:34:00.000+08:002008-02-02T23:03:24.092+08:00After reading what Shanglin posted about Ireland finally getting rid of their plastic bag habit, I thought of what I had seen in India. In India, they are more environmentally advanced than most of us are. Purchases are usually wrapped in old newspaper if they are small; big purchases are given a recycled paper bag or once, in Darjeeling, I even got a small cloth bag to put some jars of jam and Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-7604551395714860782008-02-02T01:31:00.000+08:002008-02-02T01:41:43.278+08:00And it's over!At 2359 we concluded our citibank case challenge! Now we just have to keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best on the 4th.Meanwhile.. Today my brother had his first concert where he performed 2 solo songs on stage. It was the NTU Hall 10 performance at The Arts House, and he sang 2 songs solo. Before he started singing, he said: " I would like to dedicate this song to my mum, Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-7869171057712735772008-01-30T14:15:00.000+08:002008-01-30T14:17:16.185+08:00Can planes go in reverse?Apparently, they can. I'm getting used to yahoo! answers, i think its a good way to get some of the answers to my absurd-est questions. In those instances, it works better than Wikipedia :)Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-88726780461758244002008-01-24T14:33:00.000+08:002008-01-24T15:07:21.248+08:00I'm in my Doing Business in China: Communications and Business Approaches course now. It's like a weekly 3 hour dose of current affairs in China. The class is taught by a knowledgeable and fluent professor, always starting with the week in news about China (aptly called ChinaWatch); followed by the day's topic but always in chronological order. Modern history (1950s) up till today, the Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-56232385241186641662008-01-23T21:33:00.001+08:002008-01-23T21:42:30.066+08:00It was great meeting so many of our peers, and in my opinion some of the brightest minds in SMU 2005, all gathering in one place today for the Citibank Case Challenge briefing.It's good to take stock sometimes of our fellow peers, and be reminded once again of the proverb: one mountain is always higher than another, thrusting you with Kanchenjungas, K2s and Everests. These very same people will Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-40693862055906411732008-01-23T09:26:00.000+08:002008-01-23T09:42:46.669+08:00I was at a congress yesterday, and I brought away with me some very important insights:1) Networking is a thick-skin skill that needs to be honed, practised and developed.How do you walk up to a stranger and strike up a conversation? I don't know, you tell me. Because I can't do it. Maybe it's immaturity, naiveity, culture, upbringing or a whole host of all factors but the bottomline is that I Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-18335741802656516192008-01-15T10:55:00.000+08:002008-01-15T11:01:21.409+08:00Bits and pieces for the day:Death Note 3 is coming out!yay omg my favourite all time movie. Which means I have to re-watch DN1 and 2 to recap the good plot. :)Other Events:KT Tunstall, Singapore Airshow, Dim Sum Dollies and Beauty World. Any takers?Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-69434643867216340182008-01-15T01:38:00.001+08:002008-01-15T01:42:16.109+08:00I was going to write something emo (something about seeing Calvin being so happy with his girlfriend... and me thinking that if i were to see pictures of you now being happy with someone else how devastated and shitty I would feel) but nah, let's skip it.On another hand, I found out just recently that 2 girls our age are getting married/have already gotten married. wow. time flies and suddenly Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-59467155689158453582008-01-10T09:41:00.000+08:002008-01-10T09:47:04.415+08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!I'm back, and finally. I know, readership on moleland has dropped; I have lost vital eyeballs due to my absence. I am truly sorry. But I do come back with a great quote, as well as pictures from the biggest adventure of my life so far :)This is by Theodore Roosevelt, from his speech in Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne in 1910 entitled "The Man In The Arena". Read it, Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-36416128594815992282007-12-06T23:51:00.000+08:002007-12-06T23:57:20.101+08:00As requested by Phuong, I present my to-read list:1) Purple Cow by Seth Godin2) All Marketers are Liars by Seth Godin3) The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins4) The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud5) 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell6) Discover Your Inner Economist by Tyler Cohen ***7) Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky8) Catch 22 by Joseph Heller9) Balzac and the Chinese Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-57185838704687510172007-12-06T00:10:00.001+08:002007-12-06T00:10:29.058+08:00I won't deny it - I am nervous. I'm really excited yet nervous at the same time; I dont know what to expect when I'm over there. It might just be something beyond my wildest dreams - the poorest of the poor, the dirtiest of the dirty, the most beautiful of scenery, the coldest of cold. All the extremes, basically. Yet it's so hard to imagine what to expect. But then again, it's not me vs the wildMrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-27798416724382309572007-12-03T00:02:00.000+08:002007-12-03T00:06:36.117+08:00This is SO cool!I have found my heaven. It's actually a cafe featured in 财金追击 tonight; I happened to watch it cos it was on tv.Basically, it has wireless broadband internet throughout the cafe. Then theres this metal strip that runs throughout the cafe on the floor and all you have to do is plug your charger into the metal strip and voila! your laptop is being charged!! damn cooooool!!and if you Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-4775796374844291112007-12-01T01:39:00.000+08:002007-12-01T01:44:56.820+08:00Thanks babes, I had a wonderful time tonight, where the drinks and conversation flowed easily :) love yall! what a wonderful way to destress after the exams! :)Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5226271.post-56354972318540523912007-11-28T16:41:00.000+08:002008-11-13T10:42:55.393+08:00I realise I like piano-bands. *waves to shili and her band*Maybe it's because of my early years training in classical music that somehow gravitates my ear to that familiar sound. Coldplay, Keane, Muse and now Melee, as introduced by Yanti. I like the opening strains on the keyboard of Built to Last :)Although I'm not so fond of the waving in-and-out kind of singing voice.. it sounds a little Mrs Brightsidenoreply@blogger.com2