Title: childish innocence.
Friday, February 5, 2010 / 9:03 PM
3/2/10
Tell me. Tell me how did the cranes go high up there? Piece by piece of glass being glued, like a jigsaw. And the cranes so high up.
5/2/10
Its a relaxing day at work. Few people in the office today (on leave), and there was nothing much for me to do, so i felt really at ease.
There's seriously a very depressing feeling bugging me down right now. Steph's last day at work today. I intend to work just 1,2 more weeks. Yet, how am I able to let go of my beloved 1 hour bus rides to and from work daily for a month? and my picturesque view of the Proud IR and the esplanade and the tall lego blocks of buildings at Raffles Place?
Today I made a new bus friend. I always make bus friends. On the morn bus to NY i have befriended so many bus friends introduced from other bus friends... Today, this is a girl from NY too, but we have never communicated. :) today i Discovered (LOL, what discovered!!! haha!) that stephanie was weilun's classmate in NY... !!! and i somemore told him "MY NY friend introduced me the job." Oh my goodenss... and guess what! My ny bus friend peiling (bus 156 to NYjc) and she whom i occasionally meet on the bus (no 70) on the way home from Raffles.P, is also from the same class as BOTH OF THEM! OMGosh. Then WHY, did they (peiling and weilun) never said hello at all when we all took the same bus to NY for 2 years....??
Title: Red Roses too.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 / 8:36 PM
Working at Raffles Place is a game. During lunch time, cupids give away free roses in view of Valentines'Day... Crepe paper roses, real rose stalks and today, free Munchy's Healthy biscuits. When we spot everyone so curiously staring at their complementary tokens while walking, my eyes trace the trail of commuters, to its source!! And its interesting to discover the 'part-timers' dressed in flamboyant costumes carrying baskets with the roses and biscuits. So I approached them (too) to take 1! Its not being greedy or cheapskate; You wouldnt know. This little pleasure and excitement in receiving something lovely (as in the rose), complentarily and I wonder who this good samaritan (the company) is, to sponsor many free roses for so many female office girls at R.Place... and then i wonder how many roses had to die.. and how long it took for a single stalk to grow.... Today's biscuits were really yummy! Its life's simple pleasures. When you take notice of such simple pleasures, You'll be a happier person!:) You think of the kind hearted souls and know such nice people do exist! :) Although I've been half defeated in my daily Morning games... Its simply me experimenting with my vibrant imaginations; so, be it! Today, a lady was chasing after the leaving bus and without hesitation i stuck out my arm while sitting on the stone chair to flap wildly at the air to attract the bus drivers's attention to Halt! but, to no avail. The lady smiled and thanked me. Its a sweet feeling. =)
Today I received a well-deserved puff from my working mentor after lunch! Was it a sign of appreciation, or guilt, that they have thrust me all the trivial filing and mundane photostating jobs, but I have performed all these tasks dutifully without any grudges or glitches? Maybe I aint that minute in my own enclaves at my desk after all...
Going to work is a GAME. It feels just like a game today. In the morning I brisk walk to the bus stop to avoid being late, or rather, not wanting to miss a target. But there is this moment I got to make a hasty decision, to guess which bus is the right one to board, when 3 of the same bus number 70 arrives simultaneously. I chose the first. I didnt dare challenge, seize the vacant seats on the other 2. Then i wrestle with people to the back, and when i get a seat I am so conscious to look out for elderly whom i might have to offer the seat to. We arent ugly people. Sometimes we merely overlooked circumstances. I feel so stupid. After i alight, i glance into the 2 buses behind and its getting emptier, lonelier, easier to observe - each commuter still onboard. Spotted. After work i rush to the bus stop to catch the bus which arrives between 6 to 6.05pm. and when i climbed onto the second deck, I glance around. Many people are just... late, and they have missed this bus which i have caught. Why wouldnt these people board the earlier morning bus, leave work earlier, or walk faster, a little??
Its a game that I am playing, catching invisible triumphs, satiating myself. Probably its the only pleasure I can indulge in in the monotony of my days. I wished they had played this game too, along with me.
I am Proud of organising IR escape 2010 with GReeny Gang!!! haha
I dont care if you fret over the $3 entrance fee for the tram into sentosa... but i seriously think its worth it, for the Company and the first-hand late night experience at the new Resorts World Sentosa!!! Well, TEN people turned up!!!! attendence 100%! haha... So nice meeting all of them every now and then, it keeps the lively spirit alive, outside of mundane day jobs... and i am never tired making my time worth these late nights:) I have always initiated such trips, to hold onto, this true, but fragile bondings within the circle of boys and girls. =) randy asked if we wanted to drop by St. James... I SO BADLY DESIRE to go man.., wait till one day I am brave enough to tell mum and retort her, a little.. haha!
At 7.30 pm, there seems to be no other eateries to accommodate 10 people in a row, so we went to Kopitaim for cheap healthy food!
surong aka monsy is VERY hungry! haha
All nyjcians lol except one, JJ, behind randy. but peiqi guanyi and louis are missing!
We are Girlguides!!!! haha... seriously, i miss my long hair here:(... it took painstaking months to grow to this length in the pic. its so thin now, the new hair style i have..:(
Auri auri!!! unglam ar!
on our way to the tram, the whole path is exquisitly ours, this Friday night, haha
who's taking the pic??!
the big giant, celebrating CNY in advance! haha
guanyi's motive for taking this pic... lol
wait, where's the Merlion amidst the darkness?
Here!!!
Resorts world sentosa hotels!
As usual, the road is ours in e night! Its really quiet and peaceful with no crowds...
i love it!
The facade doesnt look grand but inside is spacious and elegant...
Surongs's poster-girl pic- with the street lamp substituting her beloved SUN haha!
the safari theme inside one hotel...
The escalator with themes that can change...this is the... autumn fiery feel! haha
very cool pic~!
the iconic ceiling lamps you've seen on TV yeah?
Eeeee... Act sleeping black beauty..... LOL
okay.. that's about all... too BAD my handphone's camera is like.... no nice pics to depict my life. humph... JUNE, i will replace my Lost phone, when my contract is ripe.. haha. tata!
I didnt walk the long underpass to collect newspapers today. Instead, i strolled along the Pierside - as it was called - towards the Merlion Park along the Singapore river, behind One Fullerton building, opposite the IR constructions:) Nobody was here, no one chasing me from behind, no soul charging against me, feeling the rush - pressure to just keep moving, in those underground tunnels... Where there's no, no slowing at all. This Morning, I still wonder what the names of those prominent buildings are. Today, I didnt want to pretend to be so cold anymore. No more chionging alongside the throngs of office commuters on the escalators, feel the 'Heat' down the tunnels. People become heartless working at Raffles Place. They brush pass you like ZOOM and are oblivious to everything else, but themselves. You hold the lifts and they just charge in like a wartog... You two stall and block each others' ways but you end up giving way to burly guys. and You get squeezed to the corner of the wall, by the herds of commuters going in the opposite direction from yours. Sorry seems to be the hardest word... for trivial acts that could have been more polite. People forget life's simple pleasures - sitting exactly where I am this morning. I could literally feel the earth revolving! Because the position of the sun has moved, from being obscured behind the IR a moment ago, now its smiling on my face! It feels Great. So much so I imagine myself against the barricades belting my songs from my mp3. :) the scene is bliss!=) have you forgotten beauty? After working here for long, I believe People here just turn so heartless, oblivious to conscience, they forget basic mannerisms, nothing greater than their ego and their pending tasks as hand. I'm tellin'you, I wont go there to rush with them this day, I wont relegate to that state, I'll keep my mind - right, and sound. Its peaceful sitting in the sun this morning :) ay.starsplash//
There's One good reason for Loving Raffles Place, that is I roam the Labyrinths of the underground tunnels at my own will, and i stroll pass the many monuments, admiring them. I seriously do. I look upon the many memorial structures in awe, of the Great Heroes. and Yesterday, I walked One round around one such (less-known) monument to learn more about it, but inscribed was merely all the names of the heroic soldiers. Then i reached an underpass and trailed a couple down, the new-found underpass to Esplanade! and i walked up the smelly staircase, the new hidden exit to my riverside busstop!:) I love exploring, I really do. If words can describe how intense this urge is to walk all around raffles place to discover new places like the supreme court, the old parliament house, the way to Central mall, City hall... and to Suntec Tower 1, where i got to rush there after work next Monday... (I'm gonna find a Better job!!!). Oh yes, passing by all these monuments makes me imagnine how i would see the Collosseum, the St Peter's Basilica church in Rome - the iconic stone structural monuments that I desire to visit! and yes!!!! the IR, omg!!! I'm telling you how proud i am of the IR! My one hour busride to and fro work allows me to watch its progress everyday like a painting.. With its construction lights on, its really a Magnificient sight to behold. I'm so proud of tourists posing in fronta the Singapore Flyer and the backdrop of the IR snapping memorable pictures, chilling out onlooking the esplanade and the Merlion.... I'm so Proud of Singapore, if you know how much I enjoyed the Fireworks Festival at the Marina Bay floating platform with greeny gang 2 years back. I treasure the 2 uniquely Singapore RED t-shirts alot; Nope, i never wore it to bed! Its... overwhelmingly beautiful, all of it! Do you know how this simple happiness feels?
Chilling out with dear friend JingJing yesterday at Marina Square!!! I didnt know chilling out can be so therapeutic... maybe its because of her innocent and candid character, we laughed so much about everything and every moment was filled with talks... We shared 2 bowls of dessert in the middle of the table, it didnt matter people looking at us (me) talk so loudly LOL... We changed so many tables to get the perfect view... The captivating night lights are still as mesmerising as ever.
Greeny pals, do you know that the spot where we sat on the ground at esplanade's rooftop has been taken over by a restaurant? :(
This time round, the buildings cast red neon lights onto the IR...:) its really pretty, and the night never seemed too late around the Esplanade, makes me wanna try clubbing!! haha.. even though knocking-off at 11pm from the restaurant, the streets were still bustling with life! That's why I love it there- EVER! =) and ever=)
