I want to find out what I'm like before my boyfriend came into the picture.

The words of my friend, Netty the beautiful diva.

My other friend Bird the durian made a new yr resolution of salvaging and strengthening friendships.


So Saturday was spent celebrating the combined bday of the two girls.
I gotta say this,
it is true,
very true that ever since the girls from bird n co got themselves attached,
I'm seeing alot less of them.

Its like a zero sum game.
Like there's a fixed 24hrs of time per day,
and there's just one of them.
So now that there's a boyfriend in the picture,
friends like me will get a smaller share of them.

Hmmph!!!!

But then again,
I wouldn't want them to go back to their old single selves,
cos yes, even thoh we were all happy and cheery in the past,
and of cos we still are happy and cheery NOW,
the difference is,
they're all beaming,
glowing,
and that's something that used to be missing.

Seeing almost the full bird n co on Sat was really good for me.
Althoh it was just a quick lunch/early dinner,
I'm glad it was quality time used to catch up and stay in touch with everyone.

If I'd gone to see a fortune teller 3 yrs ago,
and he told me that 3yrs from then,
I'd be sitting in manhatten fish mkt on the SIXTH floor at PS,
eating with
Angel, Beeteng, Netty, Bird, Jasmine, and Limei,
I'd strip off my shoes and slap him with them,
before demanding compensation for trauma.

More than anything else,
I'm grateful for this unexpected, unique friendship.

I'm easily satisfied.
Just spare a lil thought for me in ur busy lil lives,
and I'll haf u noe that besides ur boyfrens,
there's still lil me,
who cares.

Then there was an impromptu meet up with two of my favourite boys from back in my JC days,
which was totally unexpected.
We reminisced about the good old days while sharing abt the going-ons in our current lives,
and of cos,
gossiping-I mean,
keeping one another up to date on the lives of others as well :P

And oh my,
how the boys have grown.

My dear Ah-dam and Ah Tay,
thanks for askin me out so spontaneously
such that I've no time to look presentable.

Grr!!!

They say friendships formed in JC are the weakest and that they never last,
at least mine lasted 3 yrs after graduation.
I'm glad there's exception for everything.

Naturally,
after a day packed with glorious company,
the walk home got a little lonely.
My fingers took on a life of their own and dialled bestie's no.
A few minutes later,
a familiar car appeared in front of me,
and yes, silly me had a sudden crazy urge to burst into tears :X
Don't ask why.
There r certain days in a month when women behave in ways that are incomprehensible.
Living with it is the only way,
so just live with it.


Bestie and her 男朋友s ended my Saturday on a very high note.
A "thank you" isn't enuf to express my appreciation.
But unfortunately, I cldn't find a better word than "thank you"
Thank you Mr Teo for U-turning back to pick me up.
Appreciate it.
And ur feeble attempts at redeeming urself are so adorable,
how not to forgive u leh?
Thank you Mr Seng for appearing cos it's been a really long time since I last saw you.
And yup, for ur tacit understanding and truly entertaining antics
when I know you are really really really tired.
Thank you Mr Tan for being the normal one,
u were the only anchor of sanity last Saturday,
u are important cos u are DA BALANCE.
And mu,
thank you for being so generous to share ur 笑宝s with me.
And thank you for just being you.

Speaking of mu's 男朋友s,
ok, I changed my mind.
This post is long enuf,
I'll just sum up and say that,
I'm very appreciative cos,
our friendship began in a very weird very unexpected way,
and these guys are really one of the nicest nicest bunch I've met.
So nice they accept me into their cozy lil circle of 4,
just bcos I'm mu's fren.

So,
my initial plans of going hm to catch up on sch work after the meet-up with the girls went down the drain.
Together with my 1st class honors.

*SIGH*

My brother,
the 财神爷。
Just pray to him with fruits.


I didn't post this lorry picture of my brother to scare the daylights out of people.
It's afterall,
still the festive season.

I posted this pic bcos I've got a family political story to tell
and I figured this attention-grabbing pic makes a great start!

When I got home last night,
my brother walked over to me and said,
for the second time this week.

"Cheh, I know u've been jobless for a week le. Let 老弟 take care of u "
and pressed a $10 note into my palm, insisting tt I keep it,
before going over to my mum and dad and giving them $10 each as well,
in a towkay style,
that is so unlike him.

And that was about 3/4 of his pay yesterday.

5 min later,
not to be outdone,
my dad walked over and gave me $50.

"Nah! Daddy also make contribution" (of cos he spoke in teochew)

I looked to mummy,
my usual financial backer.

"Don't look at me. My business (mahjong) making losses recently."
wow.
I never knew my family's a strong believer in welfare states.

So happily,
I said,

"Thanks guys!!!I've decided not to work le!!I shall just concentrate on my studies while u support me!!!"

Both men immediately looked like they've just shitted in their pants.

So much for welfare states...... -_-!!

My family is pro-govt afterall.

It's just workfare bonus.

As usual,
Christmas eve was spent with the usual mates.
I can't remember when it all began,
but it has since become a ritual that must be kept to.

*Kudos to ewe phua phua and wowo for makin it down to our annual stoning session.

This was,
unfortunately,
yet another testimony that age has caught up with us.
For we spent it in a rather "aunty-ish" manner.

Aunty Zee went for a haircut-correction.
hair TRIM
at the usual hair salon prior to the gathering.
It was having a promotion.

$10 for hair cut!!! Only valid until 5pm on 24/12/2007 & 24/01/2007
screamed the huge poster outside.

So we walked in.

The hairdresser, Ryan,
supposedly a senior stylist was done in less than 5 min after striking a couple of very real poses,
and flipping a few strands of zee's errant hair here and there.
Of cos, he blew it with a hair dryer and rubbed some sort of serum on it as well.

COME ON, IT's $10. HE HAS TO USE SOME PRODUCT.

Just a few poses ain't gonna convince me that it's a haircut worth the money.

Unfortunately,
or fortunately,
depending on how you look at it,
aunty zee was VERY happy with the (non) results.

Because according to her,

" precisely 就是因为是$10, 所以剪这样就够了
如果是$20, 就叫他剪多一点。"

No wonder she always gets scolded by Ms Phua Phua whenever she goes for a TRIM.

So after that very eventful,
or uneventful ceremony,
depending on how u see it, AGAIN.

We went to take the train.

Yup,
u wld've expected the very youthful,
happenin me taking the train heading towards marina.

In fact we almost did,
if not for the very bright and alert me.

Yes,
we spent Christmas at a very aunty aunty uncle uncle place,
AMK.
crowded around a steamy and hot pot of boiling water,
getting fat
and all fired up because of a guy.

ELVIN NG.

10 yrs of friendship....
*sigh*
Because of this guy,
my goldfish memory and blabbermouth.

I shall just shut up when I'm unsure in future.
Intelligent guesses are so not my thing.

说多错的更多

So I decided not to open my mouth.
Besides, what good are smses if u dun use them?

Yes, we made up after that.
*phew~*

Speaking of gettin fired up,
I wasn't the only one caught in the fix.

Mr Tan got into trouble with Ms PJ over his one night stand with four office ladies
from his workplace as well.
Greedy pig, never satisfied.
The result of too much free booze.

Unfortunately,
he doesn't read peggychang.wordpress.com

女人是要拿来哄的！

So that about sums up my Christmas eve.
3 chipmunks watching 3 other chipmunks on the big screen,
$13.90 nett steamboat dinner (which was way better than the steamboat we had wit I**S),

Xmas gift exchange with Ms Ewe Phua Phua as the 老鼠屎 again,

a very kanasai not worth it taxi ride back home which costs more than $10.

我们真的不年轻了。

Merry Christmas!!!

Sometimes it's not about being sticky,
it's out of free choice.

Because sometimes,
when you love something very much,
you just want to be surrounded by them
every minute of everyday.

It's an obsession
and it's not good,
but it sure feels right to me.

Cheers to many more occasions together~
Big or small,
special or the most insignificant,

I love them all,
just the same.

老娘真的不年轻了。。。

The realisation struck me real hard as I woke up this morning dead beat,
only to snuggle back under the blankets seeking the euphoria of the concussed state.


Out clubbing wed night:


"We're alrdy tryin so hard, and u all r still so cold. Y r u all so unsociable?"......
That's not gonna score a dance or a no.
That only pisses pple off.

Ms Carol,
being polite used reason on the boys.
"Even if I gave u my no. it wldn't be real. Even if I gave u my real no. I wldn't pick up ur call"

Ms PJ,
just turns her back and gave her no. to another random guy.

Spiteful bitch, I LIKE!!
and it doesn't hurt tt she looks damn good in a green dress!!!!

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Enuf abt the lousy attempts.
They were amusing though :P
Enquiries, pls direct them to the two girls directly.
They'll be glad to fill in the details of the other stories :)

Onto more exciting stuff!!!!!

Just as the clock struck twelve,
and happy cheers of HAPPY HARI HAJI rung out,
the lights came on, and the music stopped.

In the limited span of my clubbing career,
I've never been caught in a raid before.

And just like on TV,
The men in plain clothes busted in!
Fired in the air!
and shouted above the din of noises

"Guys on my left and girls on my right!!Get in line and we'll get this over and done with!!"

The girls,
naturally were frightened out of their wits.
They were super lost,
and if not for their other more experienced friends ard,
they wld've probably been shot in the crossfire and chaos that ensued
as the kids who were on the wrong side of the law dashed for the toilets
and any other forms of escape.

Now, r u falling out of ur seats yet?

I'm just kidding.

A raid isn't as exciting la,
u think HONGKONG meh?
With all the syndicates running the nightspots meh?

There was a raid,
according to the others.
But there was no gun shots and no plain clothes.
At least I didn't see any.
Only the lights came on, music off and loads of waiting time,

which of cos we used for camwhoring :P
*Pics not wit me. My collection's limited to those taken under the flattering lights of the loo*


Road trip Thurs:

Ms Furnie taught me a new phrase yesterday,
inspired by our male companions

"这么笨，谁生的?"

I thought it was rather apt.

You know they say women are petty,
they say women are silly,
they say women are lousy direction givers,
they say women are incorrigible shopping addicts,
they say women are noisy and that three women makes a market.

I beg to differ.

You would agree too if u'd seen how a 25 yr-old shout
"ORD lo!!!"
when a bunch of botak guys in army uniform walked past

You would agree too if u'd heard how a 25 yr-old gave drivin directions to another 25yr-old.
"Keep to the left lane, no, turn left, no, not right lane, I said left, turn left!!!!"
"Left or right!!!!!!!"
and that is,
we've never left the left lane.

You would agree too if u were luxuriating in the front seat of the BMW,
watching the Katong area flash by through ur window and have it suddenly come winding down.
"Off air-con, save petrol"

-_-!!!

You would agree too if u were in the front seat with 4 guys squeezed in the back,
and you could feel a pounding headache comin on as the non-stop vulgarities
and bitchy conversations travelled forward.

Oh did I meantion that 1 is a SIM-UOL undergrad,
1 is an NTU grad, with honors
1 is an NUS grad,
and another,
an NIE undergrad, a future Econs lecturer?

Yup, I did say, non-stop vulgarities and bitchy conversations.

It felt like the longest 5 min of my life,
much longer than the 5 min prior to breaktime of POA lecture.

Onto more exciting stuff!!!!

While we were turning out of the carpark at suntec
(after droppin off the other 3 to pick up their vehicle, thank heavens),
we were waved to stop by an old lady.
Out of curiosity, Bak kwa stopped for her and wound down his window.

She leaned in and spoke in hokkien.
It turned out that she needed a ride out to the main road where she cld flag a cab home.
We obliged.

I'm not kdding ok!!!Unlike the story abt the raid. This one really occured!!

And as usual,
Deer started chattin with her in Hokkien in the backseat.
She said that she came to town to look for her fren.
And it has been so long, her fren is no longer here.
Not only is her fren no longer workin here,
the whole place has changed so much so that it's so confusing now.

We stopped at the taxi stand at the explanade,
intending for her to hail a cab from there.
Instead of alighting,
she counter proposed for us to take her home for $20,
saying that it's very hard for her to get a cab.

There were 3 empty cabs waiting at the taxi stand.

We didn't send her home,
and bak kwa had deer check the back seat after she got out.

She seemed like such a poor old woman,
and I was a little taken aback that the guys needed to search the car after she got out.
I mean, what?
You expect her to leave a bomb in ur car?
They said better safe than sorry.

It does make me wonder at our Singapore culture.
I wonder how long she stood at the exit of the carpark waiting for someone to give her a lift out.
I wonder how many ppl turned her down because "better safe than sorry"
I wonder how many ppl saw her wanderin helplessly and denied her assistance such that she ended up at the carpark basement.
And I wonder how her kids cld just let her out like that and not worry that she wld've gotten lost.

And I wonder if Singapore is such a fine city afterall.

Human beings are progressing as a race,
but is humanity?

Maybe in this race for moving forward,
we have left some behind.
And maybe in the minds of some,
it's inevitable,
cos it's every man for his own,
only the fittest survive.

Doesn't this strike u as a vicious cycle?

ANYWAY!!!!!!!!

It's been a long long time since I had such a packed schedule,
the 嘛辣 steamboat that is neither numbing nor spicy,
its after-exercise,
and the adventurous "road trip"
and I haven't even shared abt how funnily outrageous my mum is.

I really wasn't kidding when I said I'm gettin old.
I dun think I can keep up my midnight movie date later on.

Call me Ms PANG SEH KIA

*off running~

Ang Gek Ting!!
you wanted to see the end product of the head gear I handmade?
I just grabbed this from the bday babe,

There you go~


Yes, you can call me
Ms Talent.

Of Good Luck Chuck....

Ms C says, "If the guy truly likes you, he wldn't mind even if u had 3 boobs"

I say,

"Even if u had 3 boobs, u needn't worry cos there r bound to be weirdos ard who like it.

The more the merrier"

A friend of mine was put thru the "best friend test" awhile back.
And I think he flunk it man.

So here I am doing the male species a grand favour.
Thank aunty fairyinagoldfishbowl when u get ur girl ok?

*claps twice*

Listen up!!!Ten yr series ok!!
Here's the oldest question in the book,
you'd think the guys wld've aced it after being asked this like a million times.

Apparently, they never learn.

*shakes head*

"What do u like abt her?"

Now, now, there can be variations in the way the question is asked,
for example,

"Why do u like her?"

"What's so special abt her?" etc

but the requirements are all the same.
Let me give u the marking scheme

.
...
.....
........
..........

I'm kidding.

Actually, the ans all best friends are lookin for is really very simple.
Nothin fanciful.

All best friends ever want for their sistas
is a guy who is sincere and true,
someone who won't stray,
someone whom they can trust their bestie to....

A warm embrace that can take away the cold,
from their bestie.

A pair of shoulders that can absorb all the pain and tears,
from their bestie.

The reason for the glimmer of bliss in the eyes,
of their bestie.

So all u have to do guys,
is just assure the best friend tt their best friend is special,
at least to you.

"......I really don't have an answer to that...
(pause and then look at the best friend straight in the eye)
I'm just,
I'm just incredibly drawn to her.
And I can't help it."

It is tt simple.

Just make sure you mean it.

Now aren't u girls glad I'm NOT a guy?
And aren't u guys heaving a sigh of relief
tt I'm not part of the competition?

Patricia,
the Ribena-loving,
cream slathering,
ben and jerry's fanatic
marketing lecturer of mine
once shared with us this thought of hers.

It's regarding food (like what else, when it comes from me?)

So she said,

"I always ask myself, if I don't eat this, will I lose a KG? No right? Then eat lah! Don't you agree? Correct not? And then you always eat more when you're under stress. And then what? You forget that weight is another reason to be stressed about."

I cannot agree more.

So I've been eating lots of really good food lately.

Recommendation:

1) SUANTHAI,
(their green tea with sugar cane....pomelo salad...pandan leaf chicken...omg...orgasmic!!)
located at the basement of Liang Court.
Affordable Thai cuisine.
It truly is a sight to behold when you've got two boys who can REALLY eat at your table,
and they can eat so much that the manager of the restaurant comes out and peep at ur table,
very UN-discreetly.

2) ICHIBAN SUSHI,
I don't know if it's really good or I've got wonderful company :)
My seasons plus the bride of chucky and her boob-crazed travel mate.
Bless her soul and may she be safe and keep her bra on AT ALL TIMES.
On second thoughts, all she's got to do is stuff him with food,
becos according to him,
"food is better than sex" :X

To A.M: I still think Tony Leung's character loves Tang Wei's character in [lust, caution] , albeit in his own warped way. It may not be alot, and it may be for the wrong reasons, but he does love her. Maybe he doesn't know how to, maybe he just needs more time to learn how to love someone, and given the environment that they're in, the war period, where the world and everything else is splashed with a coat of perverseness, that may be the only kind of love that is real.

3) KIM GARY,
I've always loved HONGKONG cafes,
and this one actually has a new dish which is the korean style stone rice.
I LIKE!!
Ok....this one may be biased too cos food tastes especially nice when you've got the LK gang with you.

4) 小二！！来点女儿红！！
I'm kidding, it's dian xiao er~

5) ELVIN NG,


6) RAINIE YANG



and

8) ANGELINE TAN LAY TING


I know, those are not exactly food....

And yes, Angel looks good enough to eat.
So good I could forgive her for the "mad hatters" theme that cut my friday night out short,
(to design and make the headgear)
and missed the chance to meet spank-spank's supposedly hot aussie fren.

On second thoughts,
I wouldn't have gone out even if he did drive over and haul me to zouk.
5 min on the ph with the Aussie is enough to convince me that I'd better stick to Asians.
I mean, I'd rather be seen as the girl who is adequately competent in english,
than the girl who is a blabbering idiot with grammar from hell.
Yes, as much as I admire fluent english speakers,
I do get intimidated them as well,
even more so if they're ang mohs.

Besides,
I find it really really tiring to try to comprehend the kind of English that Aussies speak.

And you know what?
I think Ruben (the aussie) had a really hard time understanding my kind of English as well.
Lol~

Oh well,

Thank goodness I'm not an SPG!!!

Yes, speaking of ANGELINE TAN LAY TING.
She turned 21 last sat and held her very special bday party at Settler's.
For those of you sua gus who don't know,
Settler's is this cafe where they provide you with a super wide variety of board games
and allows you to tear the place down with your screams and violence.
I bet they have a very good contractor and carpenter....
otherwise the table would have collapsed,
and the glass shattered after 10pm....

6) CRISTIANO RONALDO and mushroom cheese prata
I know, the former is strictly speaking, not a food,
but he really looked good enuf to eat,
so good it made my prata tasteless in comparison.

Thanks prettier-than-angela and Xinhui 老师for persuading me to join u and the boys for supper. Must have a proper meet up soon!!

I know I've said it before but I'll say it again....
teachers these days are so HOT...

扮猪吃老虎。。。 lol~

So tell me,
with so much yummy real food and eye candies lying around,
how can I not gain weight?
No wonder Deer asked me,

" 你是不是最近吃的比较多一点点？"

*faints*

Swimming tomorrow!!!!!

please don't rain.....

But you know what?
On second thoughts,
it's not as if I'll lose a kg if I did not eat that sushi,
or those pandan leaf chicken,
or that prata,
or those thai style tofu,
or that super stone bowl rice with that droolicious gravy,
or that cheese baked...
chicken skin............