April – the season of… leaves?

dunnoice — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:09:23 +0000

it’s one of the nights that i was so caught up thinking about many many things that i didn’t realise it is near 5am already. and, i have got work tomorrow. okay, 10 more minutes.

after shopping aimlessly on gmarket, some blogshops, and ilovedeals.sg, i typed wordpress.com in the address bar and stared at the screen blankly for a moment. i thought i forgot my password. that was how long i had not logged in, i guess.

met up with angelgoh and lxy this evening, and we talked about dreams, ambitions, relationships, friends, people around us…. all seemed random and of cos, bits and pieces. nonetheless, i am very proud that i found my short term goal (at least for now), which is to travel.

working is mundane. you can’t deny it. kills brain cells, face politics, angst at stupid people, stressed time lines, felt unfair that others is getting near your pay but contribution stays at zero (maybe minimal), teach people things when you just learnt it yourself…. and more more more. kee chiew if you felt you met at least one of the listed above at work. singaporeans are really smarter, no doubt, but of course there are people who act smart, and people who act dumb. and omg all these people, can be found in my department, of 15 people.

so, traveling has became a necessity. even if it means going to JB. once the passport is stamped, there is an unbelievable relief. and gradually, traveling has became an addiction.

to satisfy this addiction, there needs loads of financial planning. and that brings me to the title of this post. april, the season of leaves.

feeling frustrated cos no one can meet my impromptu holiday needs, and i can only take leaves at the very last second. which made me end up either in KL, Batam or Genting.

Reiterate again, my resolution this year is to travel once every 2 (or is it 3) months. and yes, bangkok hanoi sydney taiwan are all within the plans, subjected to tix and companions.

by this time, i dont understand the point f this post. but anhows, if you are reading, and interested to go any of the above, pLEASE contact me. thanks:D

29 feb 2012

dunnoice — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:16:26 +0000

hello leap year. this date only occur once in every 4 years and not knowing if this year the world is going to end, i better commemorate this date.

luckily its my off day, and im able to spend this date sleeping, catching up w all the dramas, or you simply call it – nuahing.

i need to swim, i need to travel, i need to fly. bonus letter came yesterday, much up to expectation. now, i need to save too.

felt a tinge of happiness that my hardwork was being appreciated like finally, and i’ve got a bit more spare cash to pamper myself at this age. hoho.

chop chop, loss for words. shoutout: i really wanna travellllll!

intimewithyou.

dunnoice — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:52:30 +0000

today, i wondered how much do i know you and if we have a communication breakdown between us.

8th feb

dunnoice — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:52:40 +0000

Recently my back seemed to be going through a roller coaster ride. It got so well that I felt I could run. Btw, emphasizing on the word ‘felt’. I won’t dare to run though. All was well until that very fateful day, I sprained my ankle. It was a bad sprain. I feel it. N I was right. One of the worst in recent years.

Been telling ppl vividly that my back hurts, but it doesn’t imply how pain is the pain. It’s like u stand up straight n in seconds ur feet is numb w pain. The sole the ankle n the calf. sometimes you can’t feel anything n u r prone to sprains easily. Hip muscle hurts too. It will spasm by itself. Trembles uncontrollably. Just that particular muscle. I cant tell nor explain why.
Tightness felt on the thigh n calf. Throbbing pain worsen when u can’t stretch it straight.

That should b all. Any kind dr who came across this page please advise. Sigh. Sometimes I blame it on my luck, n questioned what did I do to deserve all these.

Stop the lament.take care me.

Love,
Me

7th day of 2012

dunnoice — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:38:22 +0000

/i’m actually waiting for the pathetically experimented nails to be dried enough to put on another coat of polish.

/i hope the wind from typing will speed up the dry up process

first of all, hello you there. there or not there. before i realised,know,think about it, we are already into the 7th day of the new year. let me play some music, as i try to draft some haps during the last few days.

/oh shit. i missed out the taiwan post. i really needed to do one cos im missing this place so much!

let’s just start from christmas. the entire week of christmas at work was plain boring. maybe busy is an underrated word for work then. i dont know what the hell i was rushing for, but i can only remember each day i had to bloody post-it myself the to-dos, and the items for submission etc.

oh yes, i like this year’s christmas. and there are a few attributions to it.

Most important reason of all, i do not have to work on eve and day, and the following boxing day is also a holiday! that explains a long weekend. hurray max.

next, i met up with really loads of people whom i wanted to meet. most, but not all though. my sec school mates, cliques, friends….. shall upload when i aint this lazy. mahjong session checked. and apparently i forced these small grp gatherings to play secret santa:) loves this christmas, packed to the brim. and of cos, i finally made time for the boyf.:)

following week was as busy. work and socially. haha, dates everday after work. and eventually, its the boyf’s bday. had lunch at my fav brunch place piknik, and dinner at pasta inc. we need more fine dinings practices, and of cos, need more money too. talking about that. i still owed him a present! thanks for his understanding cos apparently that also happened to be the busiest day of the week AND im on leave! *faints*

calls after calls, constantly checking emails to make sure things are on track. and more calls after calls. even i was annoyed. thanks babe!

*luckily, all went well*

Alrights. Eve. Work. More work. No sleep. Cos work. explains it all. more in details? 16 hours of work, breaking my work records. how about that? nuff. oh yea, countdown in the resort. luckily i managed to smuggled in to a table with all the staffs( it was empty, and we smuggled in really) and just in time for the au lang syne. at that point in time i really cannot remember what did i do throughout the 2011. i know that it was a bad year for me and my back, and i really prayed hard things would be better in the new year.

/when i was schooling, this song will make me cry. the entire stuffs i had done in that year flooded back into my mind then. now? not really. if it really makes me cry, its because it reminds me of how heartless time is.

eventually i concussed till the new year. met the tj cliques for lunch in my pasir ris town, and mind was filled with backlogged works. crappy. i really needed more sleep then. forget it, skip that.

2nd of Jan. i cant really remember what i did. OH. repaired my back, and shopped and slacked with the boyf. loads of errands to run. i’m tired. on this day, i realised the dependency of mine, on caffaine. oh and the ipad entertained me throughout.

abrupt stop. my train of thoughts broke when i accidentally touched my nails.

okay. now its time for the right hand. till then, see ya:)

loves,

myself.

2012.

dunnoice — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 11:50:52 +0000

Hello 2012.
Goodbye 2011.

My memories of 2011 are quite vague. Other than working, it’s still working. The only very significant thing that I remembered is trying to adapt to my back problem.

Another, probably is the huge loads from work.

Alrights, all the bad things aside, 2011 is the year when I made quite a lot of friends from my office.met up with loads of ppl whom I always wanted to, and of cos travel to a bit more places than usual. Traveling is really a therapy that I adore.

In the year of 2012, I’m going to construct a list of resolutions soon enough. haha. Making wishes seemed pretty useless. But I’m still going to wish/pray that my back will recover soon enough.

Alrighty, happy new year everyone!:)

disappearance from the blogsphere

dunnoice — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:52:48 +0000

many reasons why am i disappearing from the blogsphere

1) daily rantings are on twitter

2) happening photos are on facebook

3) life is really damn mundane now that there’s nothing much to update

4) dont feel like keeping any memories for my daily happenings nowadays. i mean, 5 yrs later and read back how sucky ur job is and everything else? nah.

5) too tired on weekends to blog

6) too sleepy on weekdays to blog

7) indulging in my random shoppings online and i forgot to blog

8) my command of english sucks so it’s not wise to blog

9) finding loads of excuses not to blog

10) *okay, decided to find time to blog those really important thinng*

trust

dunnoice — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:30:29 +0000

you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

steve jobs

dedicated to the greatest innovator in my life time – steve jobs

dunnoice — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:08:50 +0000

On 5th October 2011 Wednesday, this great man passed away. I wonder how can i feel so much (relatively) for someone whom i don’t even know, or don’t even know my existence. No doubt, he is really one greatest innovator, revolutionist, in my life time. and he is mr steve jobs.

looking at/ staring at/ depending on my mac and iphone everyday somehow made me feel that i do know this person a little bit afterall. in my opinion, when the whole world thought that Microsoft is going to monopolize the world’s IT, and that a phone should only go smaller and prettier, Steve thought otherwise. till now, i had never regretted the day i chose my mac and brought it home in 2007. the feeling is like choosing a pet that you really fancy and wanted to bring it home to live with. thank god i chose it.

in the same year, i bought my first iphone. it was iphone 3 then. prior to that, there was iphone 2 that was rather fail. i got the iphone 3 cos i thought it would be compatible with my macbook (that feels like looking for a suitable partner for your pet). i think mine was the 1st or 2nd Gen. and at that time, people was like asking, why is ur phone so big? it’s ugly! it’s not user friendly! it’s touch screen yucks! it’s fat! okay, look at urself today, are you also taking an iphone now?

thanks Jobs for ur dying spirit that made the macbook/iphone better and more amazing. you brought what was thought to be ideals into this world, definitely changing the lives of many others.

thank you because all these gadgets indirectly/directly made me who i am today (errm im not any big shot though, hahha) and the apple, together with your, spirit lives in our lives.

rest in peace, the great man.

PS: this is one of the best article on steve jobs so far. http://techland.time.com/2011/10/05/ap-reports-apple-says-steve-jobs-has-died/

Loves,

min

In an hour or two

dunnoice — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:37:52 +0000

It’s my favourite week of the months. In an hour or two, I’m officially 23. Yes frigging 23 years. No wonder they say when u reach the twenty plus of age, rate of time passed seemed to multiply w each year.

Inspired by a friend, I would like to write a letter to the mighty one up there.

Dear god/gods,

Hi how have you been? Throughout my 23 years of my life you have appeared in a form or another, in different religions, trying to speak to us mortals through stories be it myths or legends. Thanks for taking care of me n my family n my friends, bestowing all the awesome people that existed/existing/will exist in my life.

I didn’t want to ask for more. But I wish you will grant me the wishes below on my birthday for this coming year and more.

1) may my back be fine. Free of pain n numbness. So that I can run and jump and venture more things. I promise to be good to my back and take loads of care of it.

2) health is the most important thing in life. Wish my family n friends the best of health.

3) excel in studies for my brother sister n the bf.

4) happiness in My friends n family. Daddy business to prosper n earn big bucks.

5) if possible, I want a bit of wealth to travel:)

Thank you very much and hope to hear from you very soon.

With loads of love,
Shimin.