I saw the news footage about MJ's death on Friday afternoon. In the hotel lobby which I stayed in KL over the past weekend, to be exact. I was totally shocked. And I kept pointing at the plasma screen hinged on the wall and went "Omg omg omg..." I bet the couple beside me got a shock, but soon their eyes were fixated onto the screen as well.
It was so sudden and unbelievable. Truth is, I have never been a great fan of MJ, but I do recognise his talents and he is defo worthy of the title - King of Pop. Nevermind his bizarre outlook, the fact that a black can be so fair, and his plastic surgery, and him trying to "dangle" his youngest son in the hotel in Berlin, and child molestation accusation, and the list goes on... That aside, we are really talking about a musical genius here. No less..
His passing is definitely a loss. Our loss..
To everyone... Here is MJ and his signature Moon Walk, the first ever Moon Walk he performed in 1983 (which I wasn't even born yet).
... marks the first day of my second year into the workforce. To be exact, in Nielsen.
Time flies. It seems like I just went to the interview yesterday. The past year wasn't exactly easy to get by too. I have put in much effort, long hours, weekends, and not forgetting my youth and soul that comes along with it.
Is this worth it? This seems to be the question that I have in mind quite a bit lately. Ultimately, I am giving myself 2 years in Nielsen, to see how I can stretch myself and how much further I can go and grow. 1 year down, 1 more year to go...
After being "kicked" and "boo-ed" by my dearest friends.. I've decided to move my fingers... to blog.. Am seriously so demotivated! Haha..
Well well, I think I haven't posted anything for 2 months. Lots of things happened though. Let me post everything at one go!
First up, the bf's birthday. We were at La Villa's. A place that I chanced upon while I was on the way to Zouk. Haha.. The atmosphere and the alfresco dining concept totally blew me away. It was such a cool place!!
We settled for the seafood grill, which was $30++ per person and it's free flow. You name it they have it. From beef, to chicken, to lamb, and even salmon, prawns, and more.. The food's alright. Not really spectacularly good, but the ambience made up for it!
Part 2 of the boyfriend's birthday celebration was with my cousins and some friends at Bar Stop off Killiney. It's been a while since the gang met up. And I think everyone had fun. We all got the bf a new Prada wallet. Hope he likes it! (: *I have a huge hole burnt in my pocket!)
So there you have it. The boyfriend has reached his quarter-life crisis. And I know this is terribly belated, Happy belated birthday once again, Hun!
Meet-up with my darlings, right after my ground-breaking haircut. By the way, am having bangs now, and the most common comment that I get is that I look super Cheena, like Shanghai dolls, whatever they mean. (:
Met up with WeiShi and Shiyou on Good Friday for drinks and dinner at Dempsey's. It's always nice to talk to my dears to catch up on life, work and BGRs... Mr Koh, we think Miss Lim is ready to start up a family.. *ahem hint hint* You know what to do huh?
Anyways, we were at Ben & Jerry's and we had pasta, burger and sausages (which is Miss Lim's favourite by the way)
See, I've told you!
Then, we popped by The Wine Company for some wine... By the way, am a new fan of wine and champagne! Nice sweet tastes!!
The exact same lamp at La Villa's
As usual, our youyou (aka Liu San Jie) is red!! (:
My colleague, Melvyn's quarter-life crisis. We were out on a Friday afternoon, to celebrate his birthday at Hot Stones at Clarke Quay.
Just in case you didn't know, Clarke Quay is having $15 nett set lunches promotions at almost every store. And they offer complimentary parking from 12 to 3pm as well. Well, I could understand that because Clarke Quay in the afternoon is deadly quiet, a far cry from the burstling night life after 9pm every night!
The second installment of Melvyn's birthday celebration was at Settler's Cafe (his idea, boring!!) and chilling out at Forbidden City at Clarke Quay (Woohoo!!)
I think the staff there could not stand us because we kept bombarding him with tons of questions and we eventually discarded the game because it doesn't make any sense! Haha..
Super glad that the 2 hours ended!
Off we go to Forbidden City!!
This is Fred and he's super funny. He went to the dance floor with Kelly (his wife) right after we put our bags down. I couldn't do it. I need alcohol to garner my courage! Haha
With the qualitative team ladies, An Qi and Kelly
We saw 2 "policewomen" on duty in the club and we dared Melvyn (birthday boy) to take a picture with them. He CHICKENED OUT!
See our big mel, Melvin... He's so game!
Fred held about this "deal" and went forward to take a picture with the ladies too!! (:
Fred feeling very proud of himself! (:
Just look at the contrast!
That's Melvin's 25th for you!
Am super tired after such a long post. Will be back with the second installment of my comeback soon (*keeps fingers crossed!*)
Shiyou and I finally went to Mambo night! Our very first one since we started working about 10 months ago. Oh boy, the crowd at Zouk is so young. We feel like lao aunties. Dbl O's crowd was better, in that we feel more at ease when we were there... (:
We only took a few shots (pun intended) that night. And all of the photos were taken in Dbl O. To continue my quest for alcohol, I had 5 shots, 1 beer, 1 screwdriver and 1 vodka ribena. Thereafter, I had to run to ladies to "let the water out", and we were ready to go to Zouk!!
Shiyou, next time, you gotta drink more ok? Make your trip to Dbl O more worthwhile!
BFFs!
We danced the night away and left at only 2ish.. I'm glad Shiyou had lotsa fun (right?) WeiShi, if you are reading this, you HAVE to join us for clubbing next time. You have run out of excuses to not join us anymore..
It's been so long since we last met up! By we, I mean Zhen Xiang, Samuel and me! I miss hanging out with them so badly, that I initiated a meet-up! (:
See.. the last time we met was eons ago..
Yeah, that was how long ago lah! This time round, we first met for movies at The Cathay. But even before that, Zhen Xiang came to pick Samuel and me up from our houses! Rocks to have a buddy who drives! Yay!
Initially we thought "Wolverine" was airing, but no it hasn't. So then we caught the unborn.
Sidetrack: As the movie poster above suggests, The Unborn is a horror flick and we just couldn't stand the movie-goers in the cinema! Case in point: some teenagers who were seated in front were screaming non-stop when the ghost appears. *fucking irritating* Plus, I swear I got a shock more from their screamings than the actual ghost itself.
Then, when the spirit possesses someone, the possessed person's head will actually turn 180 degrees (i.e. upside down). Not really scary but more of gruesome. Then got one chao ah lian behind us kept going "Dom ba leh tou" (i.e. upside down head) which was again, fucking irritating! Towards the end of the show, she actually had to cheek to chide the girls in the front row and she went "Wah lao eh, 前面的人si beh kao peh lor..." It was so unglam, we actually felt embarrassed for her.. What's going on with our younger generation?!
After watching the show, we went to Manhattan's for dinner and then to The Wine Company at Dempsey's for some wine, duh~
At The Wine Company..
Sam is fat!
That concluded a very fun-filled catch up session with my boys!
Some weeks ago, my colleagues and I were at Timbre at the substation. (Haha.. backlogged again!) It was an unusual gang, cos the regional folks, Retail Measurement guys and Consumer Research peeps (which I am from) got together for the first time. It was nice mingling with them. And the atmosphere was great. Just chilling, talking and listening to the live band. I love it!
A rather simple affair with beer, wine, pizzas.. Oh man, I can so feel my beer belly bulging out already! ):
Mike and mich
Uncle mike with Terry. Terry is SOO funny!
It was a nice mix of people from all around the world - Singapore, Indonesia, US, Australia, South Korea... And we managed to sabotaged Mike to go onstage. It was his birthday, and we got the emcees to invite him onstage to dance to the tune of "Dancing Queen". Everyone just kept laughing at the birthday boy. It was so funny!
Then, we headed to Chijmes cos the boys wanted to catch soccer match. Soon, I got bored and headed home with some of the girls. But still, it was a fun-filled Saturday! I am sure there's gonna be more of such activities to come. My colleague is planning a karaoke session and/ or a BBQ session really soon. Can't wait!
My boss is promoted and the team had its very last team outing at... THE PUMP ROOM. Yes, the place where Shiyou hearts!...
I'm really glad that my team is so close. In fact, I am pretty sure that my team is the most close-knitted team in the whole of Nielsen! Credits to my lao ban. She's big into team spirit and "invests" a lot in team bonding sessions! (:
Directors and Senior Managers
With Connie and Wai Ling They look good as moms, don't they?
We were afraid that Connie would cry as she was rather emotional that day. So, the executives decided to play a prank on her - nominate her to go onto stage! Check it out!
Connie with a bunch of birthday celebrants on stage
With "rod montero" and "the octopus from the little mermaid" onstage
Look how happy Connie is, but Wai Ling seemed bored. Haha
The execs got lao ban a Microsoft wireless mouse and a webcam!
Lao ban got us gifts as well! Melvyn got a Agnes b. tumbler...
Happy boy
.. and lao ban got Mich and I one Agnes b. handphone chain each!
Nice bah? Retailing at S$65! *Gasp!*
My team! See.. My blood circulation is spoilt. Not red at all!
Yvonne was the first to take off her heels
And I followed suit
Our feet got tired! haha
Just then, we saw PDA going on! Yucks...
We decided to get Wai Ling shots cos she looked so bored and unhigh..
Yvonne trying to convince her to take the shots
Looking very hesitant
In the end, Mel, Mich an I took it! Haha!
Well, that concludes our very fun first clubbing night out! I'm sure that there will be more to come. We're going there again on 24th to celebrate Mel's birthday!
My bad.. I don't know how old my granny is this year.. In any case, it has been a long-living tradition that all of my family members would get together in a restaurant and have a sumptuous 10-course dinner, followed by a cake-cutting session. And ah ma will give all her grandchildren $100 ang pow each! *woot!*
This year, ah ma's birthday "bash" was held at a Chinese restaurant called "Taste Paradise", located along Mosque Street. The food there is superb! I think each table costs $800++ and we had 5 tables! (: This year's birthday dinner was strangely on a Friday evening. So right after work, I lugged my laptop and rushed down to Chinatown.
And since a few years ago, it has been a habit that some cousins will actually chip in and get granny a decent birthday present. Over the past few years, we have given her Biotherm skin care products, fragrances and lipsticks, Goldheart necklace, clothes, Fendi pouch. And this year, we got her Coach bag and coin purse!!
Hope granny liked it! (: *hugs*
Ok, food galore!
Mandatory shou taos..
Fruit/ unagi salad
Roasted pork
Foie gras, scallop and bacon with cheese..
Double-boiled sharksfin
Prawn in wasabi mayo
After this, I got distracted and kept leaving the restaurant to make phone calls.. Hence the lack of food pictures from now on..
Then comes the "sheng ri kuai le" song!!
Cousin Robin and my nephew and my cousin's gf
I left the restaurant right after cake, cos I had programmes lined up for the night at Pump Room. Stay tuned to my next Pump Room post..
See, I've told you!
The exact same lamp at La Villa's
Super glad that the 2 hours ended!
This is Fred and he's super funny. He went to the dance floor with Kelly (his wife) right after we put our bags down. I couldn't do it. I need alcohol to garner my courage! Haha
With the qualitative team ladies, An Qi and Kelly
Fred feeling very proud of himself! (:
Just look at the contrast!
Mike and mich
Uncle mike with Terry. Terry is SOO funny!
Directors and Senior Managers
With Connie and Wai Ling
Connie with a bunch of birthday celebrants on stage
With "rod montero" and "the octopus from the little mermaid" onstage
Look how happy Connie is, but Wai Ling seemed bored. Haha
The execs got lao ban a Microsoft wireless mouse and a webcam!
Happy boy
My team!
Yvonne was the first to take off her heels
And I followed suit
Our feet got tired! haha
We decided to get Wai Ling shots cos she looked so bored and unhigh..
Yvonne trying to convince her to take the shots
Looking very hesitant
Hope granny liked it! (: *hugs*
Mandatory shou taos..
Fruit/ unagi salad
Roasted pork
Foie gras, scallop and bacon with cheese..
Double-boiled sharksfin
Prawn in wasabi mayo
Cousin Robin and my nephew and my cousin's gf
