xiao hong... my fave...

I know I look crappy in this pic... but... I dont care! I juz wanna show the whole world that I took photo with the flying hero!! Hng!

The mean machines revealed

Look! Its a bird!
Look! Its a plane!
Its AIRBUS!!!!

Presenting: SINGAPORE Airlines A380 Airbus

But WHY did they named it BUS?? Bus so cheapskate... should name it AirCAB? AirLimonsine? or AirPLANE??? hmmmmm

lazy...

It's been long since I blogged....
The reason is..... again... yawnz.... LAZINESS

Sometimes I really dont feel like committing these few minutes juz to blog.... but... yes... its still my passion to share my interesting life and deep thoughts with all of u.

It has been a busy busy weekend for me...

Saturday went for a gathering with my ex-colleagues...
1 of them just got a big liamond ring on her finger.. yes.. getting married soon....
So we were on this topic abt marriage. Out of 7 of us, 3 voiced they want their wedding to be simple. Best is dont throw dinner, dont invite friends.... make it as simple as possible
Huh? Why?
Marriage is a once in a lifetime affair. If I ever get married, I am not going to make it simple man. In fact, I want it to be extravagent! Its once in a lifetime ok... and the bride should be the superstar of the day. I want all my relatives and my friends to witness the happy reunion. I want all of their best wishes (and of coz angbaos!). I want to be surrounded by the people who would wish me the best of luck. Best will be @ ritz carlton ballroom ok?
muahahaa... ok... i know.... i will not be married... it usually dont happen to any1 who tries too hard...

Why are my peers going for simple low-key wedding???
Is it that I am stil a traditional, old-fashioned thinking aunty, that I havent been progressing with the society and youngsters?

Oh yes! and my ex colleague asked me...." Did u recently went JB??"
Huh!!! I got spotted even in JB... damn... the world is really too small for me to commit any bad things man....

ok... then sunday came along. its AA2006 day!! hahahaa
woke up very early (730am... yawnz) coz i gotta be @ pasir ris @ 10am!
Journey to the East!!!

Hmm, its was pretty interesting... especially the flying display.. wow... the way the planes flip and turn.... i am really amazed!!! The pilots are soooo heroic!! They can do all sorts of stunts up in the air. Wooo I wonder what were they thinking, and what was their expression while they were in the upside down plane.... and I wish I am sitting in the plane as well.. the thrill... think its gonna be ooooohh-sooooo-scary experience!
I wanna know the heroes!!! Nex time i shall encourage my son to be a pilot! Its simply cool!!

So that was how my weekend was spent...

Today, being Monday again and closer to my last day @ HP. Had farewell lunch with my ex-boss and some colleagues... oh so sad to leave these nice people.... sobz...

Anyway, tomorrow is the last day of Feb already! So fast....
And there are still no news abt my prince's happiness release in Taiwan. Dont think it will be released in March then.... Anyway, there has been a big uproar among the fans against his company HIM. We are very buay song that HIM is neglecting our prince, kept delaying his album release, and refusing to answer our enquiries about when. Every1 is making alot of noise (including me!).

Jane, what has that got to do with u? U stay in Singapore leh! And you already got 3 copies of happiness lor... what u wan??? what u wan????

Thats not the point!
1. My prince biggest wish was to release his album in TW... i will be sad if he doesnt... so its my business
2. I was planning to go TW in March, and in conjuction with his album release, I was planning to go and see/support him during his launch. Now all my hopes are dashed.... my prince wont get me to go support him... sighz, so thats my business as well....

But sometimes I wonder... is this a scheme from HIM?? To make all of us kanchiong and to fry some news, so that his album release will be a big bang when it is released??
Well, if its for the good of Z, then i dont mind.. As long as his happiness is released in TW, and he is happy....

Well, Hope his happiness will be released in Taiwan soon! And hope I can get to see/hear him soon!!

the only constant

is CHANGE!
yes.. theres right.. nothing is constant except change, agree?

Yes, I am talkin about me...
Past weeks, I was busy researching abt taiwan, where to go, what to eat blah blah.. went lib to borrow at least 10 books.. and enthusiastically trying to know more abt taiwan so i can go up my fave mount.........

Suddenly today, i decided to change my plan to HongKong... hahahhaa and i havent done any research on HK yet!! damnz....
Yesterday was chatting to my HK fren who encouraged me to visit her.. i was thinking.. why not???
Since I am only goin on a 5 day holiday, the time aint enough for me to explore taiwan... so i better give up the idea... I think I have to shelf tw to maybe year-end??

So juz now start to research abit of HK... actually its not that bad lah... maybe i can go visit disneyland too??
Yes... was getting all excited about it...
Suddenly 1 of my fren commented... if you go taiwan, you may see zchen on the street

bbbbbbrrrreeeeeaaaaaannnggggggggggggggggggggg

I was happily planning my HK trip that i temporarily forgot abt my prince... and i was reminded!!! got me thinking.. oh man! ya!! i should go tw......

So where should I go?????

then suddenly, an idea sprang up on me....
hey.. i could bring my parents to cruise!!! (hehee.. they are now having senior citizen promo.. they get to travel for freee!!!) so its quite affordable for me...but then.. need abt 1 k lor....
1k cruise
1k hk/tw

and my bonus will be wiped clean!!!

but.... its worth it rite?? hehehe

hmmm.... tw.....hk...tw...hk...tw...hk....tw....hk..........

So glad u r back!

Yes... I am really happy to welcome you back!!!
I was constantly thinking.. why and what did I do which sent you away...?
Tried all means and ways, but I still couldnt get you back

But now that you are back, I will treasure you....
I am really glad that you came back to where you are in the 1st place.....

My links! They are back ! They are no longer at the bottom bottom where nobody can see them!
Links, pls stay where you are! Dont roam anywhere in my blog ok....

Do you know how to love?

How much is your love worth?
Throughout my 26 years of life experience, I did witnessed some love which are worth like million dollar, while I saw some which are worth just 1 cent...

How do I classify them...?
Its according to the sincerity, the depth, the loyalty, and all the essences which accompass true love.

What is true love?
You will love her with all your heart, willing to do things for her, willing to give up, willing to care for her, able to connect with her via heart, will be there for her, trust , respect and understand her. It has to be lasting... she should constantly be in your heart, even if she is not there phsyically.

Despite all, you should retain a sense of your own identity. When you love some1, you should still have your own preferences and now juz like follow blindly whatever she like... its a chicken behaviour ok... At the end of the day, nobody is happy like this. Guys who behaved like this have no brain of their own. Plain silly...

I am pretty disgusted by those whose love is only worth less than 50 cent.
Dont you know how to love? If so, you are really not suitable to love or be loved...
If you do not love with your true heart, what is the point? Is lying or acting that fun? Do you feel good when you acted in love when you are not? At the end of the day, what do you gain? I really dont understand people who can swive in and out of relationship.. to you, is relationship juz a form of companionship? What is the purpose? Are you lonely? Do you want the feelings of being loved? Are you too free? I dont know....
These acts... I definately wont commit.

I am a very real person, who will not deceive myself. Love means love. No means no. There is no in between in such things. And I would not anyhow commit myself to any relationship unless i am certain that the feeling is real and deep.

The world contains a bunch of ignorant fools... should I be their guiding angel?
No, dont bother.
Let it be.. let it be....

ARE U PREGNANT????

This was the alarming question that I got asked... 1st time in my life....

Haha.. actually it happened like this. I went for this medical checkup for my new job (yawnz... waste $). Then I need to take Xray, and the doc ask me to fill in my last menstruation period... To tell u the truth, I do not take much notice about the dates (coz its irregular.. heehee). But I think the doctor will be soo shocked if i told her I 4got, so... i acted smart and juz anyhow fill in 17th Jan .
The doc saw and exclaimed *LOUDLY*: ARE U PREGNANT?????
I was so shocked, but when i recovered frm my shockness , i replied... no...( with a foolish smile... thinking how could i be pregnant lah??)
she stil lamented.. "r u very sure??" "i wont b responsible if you have any kid, u sign the letter already" "u VERY SURE AR!"

waahhahaa.. yes.. i am NOT pregnant!!! dont b silly loctor!

and speaking of period, I think i am having my pms now.... suddenly i feel sad about several things...
my bro moved house today.. i am sad...
despite how sometimes i loathe having him around, i still love him. Its quite sad that he is not stayin with us anymore... sobs sob.... Hope he wil come back often to see our parents..
Digressing abit again, I think his house look pretty cool... so much better than my current house. I can see a theme there.....(my house is a rojak !) Now then i know why ppl wanna buy their own house. Its really a sense of belonging, etc... to build a house from the scratch.. hmmm.. I wan my own house too! I wanna get marry too!
Ok.. back to my PMS stories....
I am even sad that I am leaving my current work soon... I cant bear to leave everything and everyone(except for that assy chang). Going to work late, going for long lunches, going home when i feel like it, MSN-ing, surfing my zchen websites, all my suka suka actions... I will have to leave them all behind... and also some of my nice colleagues... oh man.. this is soo depressing... How I wish I do not need to leave... and i am not lookin forward to my new job at all... damnz.... what is happening to me????
I am also sad when i eat meat... I feel so guilty to eat meat now... I will think of the life which was taken juz to satisfy my stomach... haiz.... jialat... i cant be thinking so much! I will go crazy like this!!

yes... pms.... its harmful...

Anyway, its all the mindset...I need to change my mindset...
I should be happy for my bro for having his own flat now.... and of coz he will be back to visit us often... I muz believe in him
I muz work hard for my new job. It is not that bad... I can do it!

hmmm.... arrrrgghhhh!!!!! uuurrrrgggghhhh!!

OKOK... let me think abt my taiwan trip lah.... taiwan taiwan... here i come!

a sinner I am...

Hi! Its been sometimes since I blogged something interesting for my fans here... I am sure many are missing me like crazy...

I am sooo sorry... I was lazy, lack of inspiration, sick and committing sinful things here n there... thus.. I did not blog.

Wait!!! sinful things?

Yes, I did many....
1st... I lied and acted as if I am Singapore's most hardworking employee and that cpf would lose out alot if they did not hire me. I acted committed, very interested, very hardworking, very self motivated... and my acting was soo convincing that they really hired me... I am such a good actress man...

Then I lied to the doctor abt what a bad migraine I had, and need to take a mc for that.. i was like soo stressed up at work... the doc gave me MC... yes... i made it through with my acting again!

Then when they told me I was hired, I lied that my contract wil only end in end March, so I can only start work in April...

I went JB on Sat... did some sinful things which need to be *beep beep* here... but yes, they are equally sinful.

I was also busy cursing and badmouthing my "ass-y" manager...

And also, I got a deep dark secret which I cant share with just anybody! I was being good abt keepin my mouth shut... but.... is that the right choice? hahaha.. well... i am not saying anything! My mouth is pretty tight....:X

See.. my life was pretty filled up with sins til, I got little time to blog....
pls do excuse me, but continue to come back for more!

Anyway, let me share the pictures of the animals which I has killed on saturday

You reap what you sow

The universal law is, you reap what you sow.
If you plant a bitter melon seed, you will get a bitter melon. You will never get a sweet melon. Yet it never occurred to us that when we work for others, it comes back to ourselves. So every action, every thoughts that we have... if it is motivated by love, it brings us the fruits of happiness; it brings us health and happiness. If we cause harm to others, it will come back to harm ourselves. This is not a "big" Law. It is nature's law.

Was reading a book on stories of refraining from killing and liberating lives... was rather awed by what i read...
"All living beings are forever revolving on the wheel of birth and death from the time of no beginning. So, they are all related to one another. However many a time they change their forms to become animals in the process of transmigration. So how can we be so unkind as to eat their flesh? Thus the offence of consuming meat is beyond description.

After reading parts of the book, i felt somehow guilty to be killing other animals to eat... come to think of it... it is really cruel rite? Every animal has the right to live.. and we human are killing them to eat them... how cruel!!!
But then, its quite hard for us not to eat meat as well. So many delicious food are of meat...

Well.. i wouldnt commit to saying i wont eat meat anymore. Its really pretty hard, but i will lower my consumption. at least I can kill less animal like this rite?

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Yes, dont doubt... i am the so-called "mrszchen"
:)

sometimes, things juz fall into place nicely...

Juz now i went to buy some you tiao(In English, it is known as dough fritter) coz i was @ clementi... and the stuff there are nice....

Came home.. n discovered that my mama cook Bah Kut Teh!!

What a coincidence

油條跟肉骨茶是觖配﹗

How things juz went on nicely... my mama n me... are linked heart to heart....

sugary sweetie me

Oh man! Sometimes I think i am soooo sweet and thoughtful....

Ahem... I still havent give 1 of my best friend her birthday present(which is in Dec... ahem...)...

Kept thinking what to give... then suddenly, I have an idea...

I wanna develop her wedding photos, put in a frame and give her... it will be oh-so-sweet!
I did took many pics for her ROM....

But... damn!!! I have deleted the pictures.... :( but i did save them in my yahoo photos, so was thinking still ok.... so i "saved" them in the CDRom to develop during lunchtime.
Then went to develop.... cannot develop..... u know why? Coz I did not saved the photos in.... grrrrrr how blur can I get????
Nvm... so come back lor
This time made sure i saved them!
Then I walked over to PSA building to develop.... ( gloomy sky... anytime can rain kind!)
Turned out... the faces are slightly distorted, coz my pixel aint enough... damnz......

It was such a perfect gift.... She would be sooo touched by my creativity and sincerity... but all spoilt by the outcome of the photos.... I feel so 抱歉for my Yunyi....

There is no chance for any changes, coz i am meeting her 2 hours later!

But nevertheless, I hope she liked my present! hehehe

Happy Belated Birthday my dear Yunyi!!!

p/s: I think this photoframe is such a cool thing! You can display 12 photos in it.. so everyday u can display different pictures easily... cool right? It operates juz like a table calendar. I would be so touched if some1 give this to me!

volunteeree taitai

Hello!
Received a piece of "good" news this morning... that is.. I am being offered a position.. why "good"? Coz i wasnt really that keen to get the job. So it came as a shock.... but after some considerations, I decide to say yes to the job 1st... Well... theres always a thing call "quit" right? Well.. of coz i hope it works out lah... Hope it will be suitable for me!

This morning, a group of students got up the bus. they are not normal students... they are people who have low mentality(please excuse my language for I cant think of a nice word to address them) . I saw some people who looked at them with a frowned face.These people are sooo 沒有愛心.. There is nothing wrong with these kids really... They are borned like this... Not that they want to, I think the rest of the people shouldnt look down on them at all. we are fortunate to be born like this, they are just alittle unlucky.. If there's any parties which deserved to be looked down, i think are those people who look down on them. Disgusting people with no heart!

Looking at them, i suddenly think that it will be quite meaningful to work with them. Actually they are cute kids, who think simply.. not like the creatures in the society(yes, i mean us!).. If I am married to a golden turtle, I will not be a taitai. I will be a volunteer!! to provide service to the society....
oh man... seee... now i think there are good reasons for me to have a golden turtle rite????? U HEAR MEEEEE????????

歲月不留人

我非常疼愛的小孩。。。。一路看她長大。。真有趣﹗

從她是個小baby到現在已9歲了﹗
我老了。。。

可愛﹗

madness

the fun we had... at orchard ROAD....
its the 1999 Nanyang Business School (NTU) Orientation...
Great fun!
was diggin out my old pic... hahahaa... will try to reproduce them all over again...

heeeeheeeee

10 Feb 11.20pm
dun worry, i eat well, sleep well n drink well:) /zchen

11 Feb 12.05pm
sorry, jane. jas read ur sms. i miss ur birthday:( happy belated birthday.. hope u forever young n happiness!! /zchen

14 feb 5.39pm
sorry 2 hear tat ur gong gong pass away. hope u wont b sad.. take k!!! /zchen

Mysterious object

Always, when I go toilet and see this... i will wonder what this is for....

Can any1 tell me what is this device for???
Thanks!!!

Poooooot!

yesterday i went for the interview.... it went on pretty well, i think... At least.... i think i did not talk nonsense... hahaa

people say brain have 2 sides... i think my heart has 2 sides too!
1 side wanna get the job, the other side dont want...

Why want? I think it will be quite a challenging job, and hopefully i will be able to perform and excel in it.... (but do i need to handover my precious time and life to them??)
I can secure a job and kick my sucky ex manager smelly butt gdbye!
At least, my future is not that uncertain..

Why dont want?
Sounds busy! and its a supervisory position.... i believe i will not be a very good supervisor...and i dont have such experience too....
Gettin the job means i have to start work on 1st April (Happy April Fool day!!), i cant slack any longer... i cant wait for my prince's album release....555555

So should i get the job? I dont know... leave it to fate...
I wouldnt be sad if i did not get it... now i am really a believer in fate. If i did not get the job, its a sign from heaven that the job aint suitable for me.... I would accept it gladly.. :)

Anyway, getting more n more disgusted with my ex manager(from now on known as andrew the ass...ATA!)

Yesterday he emailed my colleague to get her to get me to handover my work to her.... and the basic thing he should do is to cc me in the email. But he DID NOT!!! what the fish!! what kinda useless n brainless n gugu fellow is he!!! damn lousy!!!!! useless bum!!!!

Ok, since he treat me as transparent, i shall do likewise man!!!! I will pretend i do not know anything! Yes what, since he never let me know... i will juz sit back and relax... no initiatives from me! I dont know what!!!

And yes, from today onwards.. he will ceased to appear in my vision... he will appear as a transparent gas to me too...
well.. human call it... fart!!!
yes! he is a smelly fart!!!!!
andrew is a smelly fart!!!

when i was 18.....

Are u Lonesome..... tonight.....

Look at this poster....
"Spend your money wisely" pasted outside the shop which is having sales... How is it possible to spend our money wisely??
Strange....

Anyway, yes.. today is Valentine's day. Saw many couples walking around, carryin flowers...
Honestly, i feel so paisay for the ger who is carrying the flowers. I think i really wouldnt want to receiev any flowers on this particular day... somehow.. look so loserish..
people may think... those who dont recieve flowers are the losers.. but i dont think so...
its so childish and meaningless to have flowers juz for this day which other people declared it as a day of love....

How can they juz take the day and make it a lovely day? how can we juz adopt it like this?

I think... vday is for those whose brains have not fully developed.. why spend sooo much money on things which would cost half the price during normal days... why make tis a day for u to be "romeo"? Dun understand!!!

Anyway, jus now was chatting with my friend.. and she was telling me a uni mate is getting married in May.... then.. i start to feel stress again.... oh man... i am old, and i have neither money nor honey! i am not establishing a good career and i dont have any good honey! I better do something abt it. Even if i dont have honey, i should have money!
Then nex time if people ask, i can still say that i am busy making money, so no time to find honey! hehee
Else, if i continue like this... next time people ask me why i no honey, i can only act dumb n blink my eyes...

Yes, sometimes i feel lonely too...

hmmmmmm

Cooled down...

This is my lunch!
Doesnt it look oh-sooo-healthy???

hehe.. not really... beneath the leaves are actually pasta!!! carbo....

Anyway, yesterday i was really pissed over my work thing. But today, somehow i have calmed down, after getting so much advice from my wise friends...
Why get worked up??? I should act cool and play along...

hahaha... thats how some things happened when one is impulse. If i were to settle things yesterday, i sure will make a mess out of it... Lucky I have 1 day to react, and by now...(though my anger havent subside much), i know that i should use my head, not heart to tackle the situation..
Lucky i have a brain which can process information effectively... hehee

Thanks Steven for helping me write my PROFESSIONAL-feel letter .. haha.. i am sure i did stunned them, and now they must be thinking how to retain such an outstanding staff like me! kekeke

My last day here is coming soon! yaaaaahoooooooo!!!!!!

wimpish boss with no balls!

Damn!!!
I was sooooo angry with my "manager". from today onwards, i will call him a wimp!!! he is no more my manager.... ok... the most.. he shall be my wimpish manager!

as u know.. my contract is ending. Yes, though i am not renewing, but i want to hear what he say... how he handle the situation of "jane i am sorry, i am not renewing ur contract". As a manager, he should handle tis kinda stuff!
But til today, there is no news from him!!! damn... wat a lousy fellow he is!!! Dont he dare talk to me about it?????

So i contacted my agency....G*P whether i can encashed my leaves last week. The email ans was yes. Today i emailed them again.. they said no.. it was a typo! damn!!!! what kinda mistake can they make!!! shit them! So, i asked them how many days of leaves i have....damn...
i tink these 2 parties r damn lousy in handling my case! the G*P did not inform me that my contract is not renewed, and never tell me abt my last day,etc.... So how? What do they expect??? Expect me to work til 14th... then realised that i cant encashed... and I work for nothing for 5 days! shit lah!!!! Lucky I checked b4hand!!
So now, i will leave 5 days earlier... quite good also... I am left with 14 days of working.... and i will not be contacting that idiot abt my job anymore....
I will only tell him 1 week b4 i go.... i ASSUMED he know abt my intention, juz like he ASSUMED that I know my contract is not renewed... i shall ASSUMED all the way from now on....

Jane: "I dont know!!! i thought u know... oh... i really thought u know when u never say anything...."

I am really pissed by this affair. Though i have no intention of renewing the contract long ago, I am still not happy with the way they handle my case.... very unhappy...
That it shall be reflected in my behaviour....
Go work LATE
go LONG lunch
knock off EARLY

thats how i will spend the remaining 14 days......

Andrew Wimp Ch*ng!!!!!!!!!!(* is not O!)

The waiting game

Yes... i know i blogged alittle too much today... but i promised.. this will be my very last 1... during working hours... ok?
Suddenly got inspiration mah... u know thats how artists work... when they have inspiration, they will juz need to do it immediately.... do u understand?????

Well nvm....

was talkin to a friend.. abt waiting.....
here is how the story goes....

Zchen is waiting for his company to release his album in taiwan

I am waiting for Zchen to release his album (so i can go! hehee)

My future employer is waiting for me to fulfill my dream b4 they can own such an asset like me... (coz i really dont feel like startin work til i visited tw, and i dont know when will that be)

the banks is waiting for me to get a stable income so that i can put more money in them (yes, i am planning to start saving seriously when i get a stable job)

See... its a waiting game..... oh man! am i really goin to do it??? Well.... hope his album will be released real soon, or else.... i hope i get a super duper high payin job which can make me give up on my dreams....

whatever will be... will be...

Just now during lunch, while chatting with my colleague, she asked me.... do you really like ZChen so much????
I blushed and said..... yes.... i really like him...
she: why??? why u like him so much????
me: coz he sing very well.... his live singing is soooooo goood
she: really meh? so nice meh?
me: yes yes... its really niceeeee.... very veyr nice... next time he come singapore, i bring u go... (and my heart was thinking... maybe u will fall in love with him too) and u can witness urself...

ahhahaaa... why i like him so much....
beside his fabulous voice, its also his personality, his cuteness, his realness... and the remaining reason is...... fate!
its fate that i like him soooo much.... why him, and not others?
I dont know...
this is fate... i am fated to like him this much! hahahahaa
((Maybe in our last life.... i was his idol, and he was my fan? so this life... i have to pay back by being his fan! hehehe))

p/s: i got this crazy idea to go tw alone today! hahaha

honeyed prince

My prince is sooo sweet in his reply today... look at his reply.... interesting huh..... he muz have juz drank honey!!! hehehe

Question: Where have u been????
Ans: Nowhere.. i am in ur heart all along...

muahahahaha

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Name:
sunnymonkey (2006-02-13 00:36:02)
Message:
你跑去哪辣???R&B小王子~~~~期待你ㄉ新專輯你ㄉ相簿也太好笑囉原來也是搞怪派ㄉ哈哈...真好玩^^
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我沒跑去那阿．．在你心里．．哈哈哈哈哈

Island of Diversity

Before the Han Chinese immigration began in the mid-1600s, Taiwan was inha-bited by people belonging to the Austronesian race, the members of which lived in a vast area extending from Madagascar in the west to Hawaii and Easter Island in the east, and from New Zealand in the south to Taiwan in the north.

Taiwan's aborigines are believed to have come from the Malay archipelago in different waves about 6,000 years ago at the earliest and less than 1,000 years ago at the latest. Since their languages are very different--more varied than those of the Philippines--some scholars suggest that Taiwan is the original homeland of all Austronesians. Archeological findings indicate that Taiwan had been inhabited by other people before the current aborigines came. However, little is known about them, particularly when and why they disappeared.

When the Han Chinese came to Taiwan, they divided, for convenience, the aborigines into Pingpu (plains) people and Kaoshan (mountain) people. They further subdivided the Pingpu people into 10 tribes and the Kaoshan people into nine. These labels are misnomers, for they don't reflect cultures and languages, or place of residence, properly. A tribe in one division often has more similarity with one in another division than with one in its own division, and three tribes of "mountain people" don't live in mountains at all.
The early Han Chinese immigrants were mostly bachelors, and many of them married Pingpu girls, which sped up the melding of the two ethnic groups. There is a Taiwanese saying that "We have mainland forefathers but no mainland foremothers." The Han Chinese totally overcame the Pingpu people and nearly killed their languages. However, many Pingpu phrases remain in Taiwanese. The word kanchiu (wife) is derived from the Siraya tongue of the Pingpu; and mangga , the old name of the Wanhua district of Taipei, is the language of Ketagalan, a Pingpu tribe that once lived there. None of Taiwan's aborigines had a written language. To study the Pingpu culture, one must rely on archeological finds, written records from Chinese, Japanese, Dutch and Spanish explorers and rulers, and remaining oral tradition.

The Nine Tribes

The Nine Tribes The nine tribes of the "mountain people" live in less accessible mountains, remote eastern Taiwan, and the offshore Orchid Island, where their culture and languages are relatively well preserved. Following are some of the distinctive historical traits of these nine remaining aborigine groups in Taiwan. Noted traits that were common to these groups included tattooing (except among the Yami and Bunun), pantheism, shamanism, and head-hunting (except among the Yami).

Atayal

The Atayal are distributed over a large area in northern Taiwan. Their language can be divided into the Atayal and Sediq branches and is not closely related to any other aborigine language. Atayal men are good hunters, and Atayal women good weavers. In the past, facial tattooing among men and women, for beauty and distinction and to ward off evil spirits, was a feature of this tribe. This practice has been outlawed since the Japanese occupation (1895-1945). Now only those Atayals over 80 years old still have tattoos on their faces.
The Atayal kinship system is patrilineal. Leaders of several religious groups of a community usually constitute the political authority. The prototypical Atayal house is either semi-subterranean or built at ground level, and is made of wood and thatch. There is a watch tower for each cluster of houses.

Saisiyat

The Saisiyat are the smallest of Taiwan's aboriginal tribes in terms of population and area. They are surrounded and strongly influenced by Hakkas and the Atayal, and were the first among the tribes to be acculturated by the Han Chinese and adopt Chinese names. Like that of the Atayal, tattooing was also a feature of the Saisiyat.
The Saisiyat are noted for a unique festival of theirs: the Ceremony of the Pygmies--pas-ta'ai. The legend has it that a group of pygmies once taught the Saisiyat to farm, sing, and dance, but also harassed and raped the Saisiyat women. The Saisiyat entrapped and massacred all the pygmies but two. As the two survivors were escaping to the east, they cursed the Saisiyat. To appease the souls of the pygmies, the pas-ta'ai is held once every two years at the tenth full moon of the lunar calendar, and a grand pas-ta'ai takes place once every 10 years. Like the Greeks observing Olympia, the Saisiyat forsake fights and quarrels during the pas-ta'ai.

Bunun

The Bunun live in the mountainous regions of central Taiwan. They are patrilineal, have strong family ties, and practice the extraction of certain front teeth as a sign of social identity as well as adulthood. The Bunun are good singers and often sing when working. Their harmonic skills are advanced and elegant, and they impressed the world with their "Millet Harvest Song" at an international ethnic music convention in 1953.

Tsou

The Tsou live on the west side of the middle section of the central mountain range. The "Northern Tsou" and "Southern Tsou" are distinct in language and custom. In the past two centuries, the Tsou's population has decreased dramatically due to the expansion of surrounding ethnic groups and also to various epidemics.
The typical Tsou house has rounded corners and a dome-shaped thatched roof which extends almost to the mud floor. The men's meeting huts, or kuba, serve as religious, political, and masculinity training centers. Enemy heads and a box of implements for igniting fires are kept there; women are not allowed in a kuba. The past significance of hunting among the Tsou is evident in their extensive use of leather in clothing.

Paiwan

The Paiwan live in the mountains of the southern end of Taiwan and are divided into the Raval and Butaul branches. They live on farming as well as hunting, animal husbandry, and creek fishing. They have a social system founded on land ownership, and their kinship is ambilineal. The Paiwan are noted for their wood and stone sculpture. The Butaul branch holds a major sacrificial rite every five years, called maleveq, to invite the spirits of their dead ancestors to come and bless the living.

Rukai
The Rukai live in the southern part of the central mountain range. Their economic activities, social strata, and kinship are similar to those of the Paiwan, with the distinction that the Rukai practice primogeniture. Rukai houses are built of wood, bamboo, and thatch as well as stone slab. Some houses, including the roof, are built entirely of stone slabs. Rukai women are good cloth and basket weavers, and Rukai men are good wood carvers. Master wood carvers are highly respected in the tribe. The lily flower is comparable to the laurel worn by the heroes of ancient Greece; only very brave warriors and very chaste women, after being recognized by the chief, have the right to wear it.

Ami

The Ami, with a population of 123,000--the largest of all of Taiwan's aborigine tribes--are mainly plains dwellers, living in the valleys and coastal plains of eastern Taiwan. The Ami are divided into five groups based on geography, custom, and language.
The Ami began to use oxen in cultivating paddies relatively early. Fishing is an important part of their economy, but hunting is now solely recreational. In Ami society, kinship is matrilineal, but men's clubs are well organized. Ami villages are relatively large, each with a population of between 200 and more than 1,000. The Ami are the only aboriginal tribe on the island of Taiwan to practice the art of pottery making.
The Ami harvest festivals have evolved from warrior training. Nowadays sports, symbolic fishing in the open seas, and singing and dancing are observed throughout the villages in a series of celebrations in July and August.

Puyuma

The Puyuma live in the small Taitung plain and surrounding hills in southeast Taiwan. They are an agricultural people, supplementing their harvest with fishing and hunting. The Puyuma kinship system is ambilineal; while family inheritance goes to the eldest daughter, men and women share in kinship equally. The village is an independent political unit in Puyuma society, and feuding is common among villages. Young men's houses are centers for education, warrior training, and religious ceremonies. Teenage Puyuma boys used to receive spartan education at the men's house five months a year. The men's house also serves as the house of spirits, or karumaan. Each clan has its own karumaan.
Launching a freshly constructed boat is one of the most important occasions of Yami sea-going life.

Yami

The Yami live on Orchid Island, or Lanyu, a small island lying in the Pacific Ocean 60 kilometers southeast of Taiwan. Evidence shows that the Yami reached Orchid Island less than a thousand years ago from the Batan islands in the Bashi Channel between Taiwan and Luzon.
Fishing is central to the Yami economy and is supplemented by farming. Men are responsible for building and fishing, women for farming. The Yami kinship system is basically patrilineal although they also observe matrilineal kinship rules in matters like marriage taboos and revenge. The prototypical Yami dwelling consists of a semi-subterranean house, a work house, and a rest pavilion. Pottery making is an outstanding feature of Yami culture. The first launching of a newly completed boat and the Flying Fish festival in the spring are the Yami's most important celebrations.

Taiwan's Aborigines Today
With tender care
Let us set in motion
our blood that is once again warm
Let us recall
our songs
our dances
our sacred rituals
And the tradition
of unselfish mutual coexistence
Between us and the earth
-- Paiwan Poet Monaneng

Head-hunting is long gone, tattooing is fading away, and pantheism and shamanism have largely given way to Christianity. Young people are leaving their traditional occupations and habitats and are taking up jobs in the cities. Aborigine languages are still spoken; but native speakers are dwindling in number and youngsters, who are more fluent in Mandarin or Taiwanese, have difficulty communicating with their elders. Some traditions are still maintained, like holding harvest festivals and wearing loincloths by men on Orchid Island; but new habits are forming, like watching TV and wearing western attire. Chiefs and other old-fashioned leaders are still respected, but elected representatives and officials have taken away much of their authority and functions. Remoteness and isolation of habitat have attenuated; intermarriage among the tribes and other ethnic groups is getting popular. According to the 1990 Taiwan census the island's total aborigine population amounted to under 340,000 individuals.
The once masters of Taiwan have now become a minority group on their own land. Like other minorities elsewhere, they deserve their fair share of the world. As Taiwan is undergoing rapid democratization and the emphasis on human rights is becoming more prevalent all over the world, Taiwan's aborigines are being more assertive on their well-being. They have become more aware of the need to preserve their culture and maintain their identity. Some are beginning to forsake their compulsory Han Chinese names and return to their traditional names; and, officially, they are now called aborigines instead of "mountain" people.

Aboriginal Culture

Aboriginal cultural performance The aboriginal cultures of Taiwan represent 2% of the population of the island. There are 12 aboriginal tribes- the Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Thao, Saisiyat, Tsou, Kavalan, Truku and Yami .Traditional culture has been greatly influenced by the predominant Chinese culture of the island, but due to a relatively small number of intermarriages and a pride in tradition and ritual, the tribes have remained relatively homogenous and culturally pure.
A Tsou tribal ceremony The best places to encounter aboriginal culture are Wulai, Orchid Island, the areas surrounding Taroko Gorge, Wutai and at the Shunyi Aboriginal Museum in Taipei.

14th feb, a Tuesday

That special day was never registered in my mind this year... Yes.. the day which they call "Valentine's day"..

Some of my friends asked me what I will be doing on Tues, and i merely answered " prepare for interview". Digress abit... Yes, I am having an interview on Wed.. wish me luck! (erm... not really... wish me luck only if the job is suitable for me.... hmmm... ok... nvm)
Anyway, The Valentines day thingy never registered in my mind, til this morning I suddenly think... oh.. Tues is Vday... keke....
No wonder people ask me what i doing... hehehee

Anyway, Vday is of no significance to me... its juz another day for florists and blah blah blah to earn alot of $!!! a stalk of rose can shoot up from $1 to $10!!! geez!! I wanna be a florist man... Anyway, its kinda silly to buy flowers during this day... is it worth paying so much for the stalk of thing? If any1 wanna give me flower, tell u what... u take the $10 note, fold into flower n give me better!!!

Anyway, Vday is quite a silly day... its over commercialised and it is supposed to be a day to be lovey dovey... oh pls!!! If you r in love, everyday is Vday rite? If not, its sooo silly to declare ur undying love for ur other half juz on this day.

Oh man.. i am so unromantic....
but then.... i am juz being rational really.... I think celebrating anniversaries is much more meaningful than the Vday....

But then, since i should accomodate to the big big world, I hereby wish every1 reading this blog.....
Happy Tuesday! :P

Best Wishes ZChen!

Juz watched My PrinceZ's videos again... its been quite some times since i last watched it...
U know.. some things... u will never get bored of it... juz like the videos...
i think i have watched almost 100 times by now... and everytime i watched it... it will still bring a smile to my face....
his voice, his moves, his smile... oh everything is soooooooooo memorable...
I really loved the NUS Campus Concert nite... he put on such a fantastic show... How i wish i can juz turn back the clock to that nite... and sit in front of him to hear him sing again....

When wil i actually get to hear him sing live again??? I really hope sooon........

Recently, his fans have been showing impatience. I mean his Taiwan fans in general. Although I am feeling fustrated as well! Why...?
His new album was released in Msia, Singapore, HongKong & China in Aug last year. Everywhere but Taiwan... They kept saying will be released soon... the fans has been waiting patiently since August last year... til now. The HIM is stil sayin will be coming soon. Exactly when is soon??? There is no definate answers from them!
What are they doing to my PrinceZ??????? Why are they doing this to him?????

It seems like HIM is unwilling to release his album in Taiwan. Whereas my poor princez really want to release it in tw... many fans asked him when will his album be launched in tw, and he always answered he dont know.. he hope soon... every1 pls pray for him... these kinda uncertained answers from him. Apparantly, there has been no dates given to him as well, else he wont be so lost too!
Why??? Is some1 over there unhappy with him? Or are they focusing on their gold miner(SHE), that they are neglecting my princez?

Though I am not affected by the delay in the release of his album, I feel unhappy for my princez. Its kinda frustrating, dont u think so?? Imagine u got an album which is ever so ready, but u dont know why it is not released... worse still.. u dont even know whether there will be chance of it releasing.... oh.. my poor princez.....

I really wanna scold HIM Taiwan!!! I cant really blame much on Singapore HIM, coz the promo was a nice lady who worked quite hard for Z when he came to Singapore last year. But still, I think the promotion aint enough. I didnt see any TV ad for the album at all! It seems so hush hush launch... sighz.... BUT TW's is worse!!!!!!!

I really hope that they are planning something big for my princez for his release. Give my prince a break, and release his happiness in taiwan please!!!!

From the bottom of my heart, I give my princez my bestest wishes!!!!

我叫金三顺

Juz finished watching My Lovely Samsoon 我叫金三顺。As you know(or u may not know) I am not a Korean show fan.... in fact, i dislike watching korea shows....
But this show really catch my attention... Maybe coz i look like San Shun(I mean her figure lahh)! whahaha But I think its a funny show, and somehow touching at times too... San Shun is very natural in her acting, and also sooooo hilarious... i am always tickled by her actions and her talkings.

Oh.. now.. the male lead confessed that he like her too... so pretty interesting to see how they progresss... Will watch more next week!
Alittle tempted to buy the vcd n watch... hehehe

Here's the synposis...
This serie is as sweet as pastry goodies. If you like characters with distinctive and interesting personalities, then this is the series for you. MBC's new series "My Lovely Samsoon" will begin airing on June 1st, and inside there is an unique character named "Samsoon". As a 29 year old single woman, she is not pretty, not young and not too educated. However, she is strong, has a great passion in everyday life, and have the spirit to go forwards no matter what happens. She met her first boyfriend in Paris when she was there to train as a pastry chef three years ago. However, as the days go by, he gradually became bored of her. In the end, the three year relationship ended up in heart breaks and a few sheded tears. She lost her man and her job in one day. Just when she was scolding fate for her bad luck, destiny seemed to have other plans for her afterall. She met resturant owner Hyun Sam Sek, who offered her a job at Bon Appetit and that she would pretend to be his girlfriend for $50,000,000.

Happy Belated Birthday papa!

i juz spent a whooping $70++ on dinner juz now!
why? coz its my papa's "birthday" today... thats why i decide to treat him a feast....

went to buy... chilli crab, oyster omelette, hokkien mee, fried rice, fried kailan... and yu sheng!!!

My papa asked me... why u buy so much food today??? you tio 4d isit?
Me: no lah.... coz its ur birthday
Papa: My bday is yesterday
Me: oh oh!!!

damnz... i was so proud that I remember my papa's birthday this year. and woooo!!!! I got it wrong!!!! I am smart rite??

But.. better be late than never rite??? hehehe
I am sooo happy to spend $ on him.. coz i seldom spend $ on him...
Also, i bought him a pair of loafer... which cost me $59... so his bday present was like...100+....?
Wow... not bad.....

Hope he is happy!!!

Expertise feedback

Hahaha! The thick skin me invited the song writer of this song “路” to listen to me crooning here...

And... he actually did!!! Or is he juz entertaining me....?

hmmm.. oh whatever!!! look at his reply! hahahaha

:D

Subject:
好好听哦！ (Sealed)
Name:
janech18 (2006-02-05 00:18:19)
Message:
买了梁静如的丝路karaoke dvd, 才发现是你写的“路”，好好听哦！发觉你写的歌， 我都很喜欢。 就是喜欢那些歌，后来才发现是你写的。 你好神啊！我都非常欣赏像你们这么会写歌的人， 真得好像神！！

我也试唱唱“路“， 请你去听听！ 哼哼。。我还会唱得更好的， 因为最近喉咙有点不好。请多多指教!

http://enaj18.blogspot.com/
Reply:
很有意思,好像在現場聽你唱....謝謝你啊!

Statistics

Look at the stats....
hundreds thousands ppl can collect $.. even if its $20... but why not me?????

Winning Shares
Prize Group
Share Amount (each)
No. of Winning Shares
Group 1
$1,154,032
9
Group 2
$35,485
82
Group 3
$1,309
2,223
Group 4
$406
7,173
Group 5
$30
110,538
Group 6
$20
172,580

u mean its not me!!???

I am feeling sooooo down now..... my dreams are shattered!!
Yes! I am actually not the millionaire afterall... am still a pauper... :~(

Sighz... why does it seems to ez to have the 7 numbers, but it will never happen to me??? U know what.... I cant even get 4 numbers.... damn....

Another bad news... is that I received a letter from MOE, n they are rejecting me(a wonderful candidate)! Sighz.. its not that I am very after the job... but i juz like to have the luxury of rejecting them... and i aint even grant the chance to do it!!!! sobzzzz

This has been a bad nite.... i cant take it anymore!!!

OK... Let me forget my pain temporarily, and talk about happier things...
Yes, today i met up with my beloved ex colleagues. 1 of them got back from Aussie, and he will always find us when hes back... such a nice guy( or is it juz that he got no other frens beside us???) Anyway, had a wonderful time talking cock with them... my mates... they are great! I think have to wait til nex year when hes back from Aus again... til then.... maybe i can look for him at the butt of the bus. hahaha.. yes, if you happened to see bus 75, theres this guy who was posing and acting cool for Monash Uni.., thats my dear loctor friend. The self acclaimed most successful alumni of Monash..
*shrug*

And i met a wonderful cab driver. Sorry that I did not take note of the license plate or the name of the driver. But it was a golden London Cab. He was very polite... When i reached my place,i gave him "$18". The fare was 17.80... so i took the 20 cent n got off the cab. Then he honked me...
He said i gave him $2 more! And he actually gave me back! wow.... what a nice driver!!! He could have secretly swallowed the $... What a nice chap!
But i think its also bcoz I am a kind person, thats why i meet nice people. During lunch, i helped my colleague to buy tea, which cost 30 cent. But she blur blur gave me a 10 cent and a $1 coin(thinking that it is 20 cent). I gave it back to her! Yes.. i am a honest lady too!!!
See! what goes around, comes around!!!

sighz.. suddenly i think abt my $10 mil which flew away.... and i got sad again....
why not me???? why..?????

tales on the road

As I was kinda bored now, i shall blog....

I cant stand impolite people...

Example
U know sometimes how nice bus drivers are to wait for you, while u run to catch the bus. What is the minimum u can do??
You should thanks the driver, for willing to wait for you... he could have jolly well drove off without you ok!
Why are some people so rude...? Their parents never teach them courtesy meh???
Sometimes, when i saw how they juz walked up the bus nonchalently... i feel like goin over and give them a big tight slap on their gugu face!

Pls... be polite! Be grateful that the driver saw u, and wait for u.
Thank them!!!! Or at least... smile at them?????

Another thing...
drivers will get fined for using their mobile phones to chat while driving the car( of coz i dont mean dont with the earpiece lah!). Yes.. its dangerous to be handling the wheel with onyl 1 hand

But what I saw sometimes are equally dangerous.
They ate while driving!!!! ISnt that the same? their concentration will b diverted to the food, and they need to hold the food, and stuffed them into their mouth. isnt that dangerous?
Why doesnt they ban eating while driving too? I wonder if any1 got into accident juz bcoz he was eating while driving.... Maybe not yet... but when it happened, you will know.. i am right!!
You should NOT be eating while u drive!

JetStar Asia

Yesterday, my new idol appeared in 康熙来了.　He is 李连杰. He is actually quite attractive. I never did take much notice of him, though i watched his films like huang fei hong, etc. But to me, he is juz a gong fu actor. It was til I watched Fearless, then I start to pay attention to him.

He looks like a nice guy. Yesterday, he kept stressed that he is a thinker, who thinks alot. Juz bcoz many ppl said those who fights are usually quite brainless, thats why he start thinking... he dont wanna be a brainless person. haha! so funny (U know how much I love thinkers... hehehe)

Juz now was surfin net for more info abt him...

Check out his website!

http://www.jetli.com/

He nearly lost his life in the Asian Tsunamis... bless him! else our movie scene will be missing such a talented gongfu star!

Look!! His daughter is called Jane too!! hahaa

LOS ANGELES, CA - - Actor and world-renowned martial arts master Jet Li and his wife, Nina, welcomed their first child, a girl, Jane Li, born Wednesday, April 19th at 7:53 am in Los Angeles. The baby weighed 6 lbs., 13 oz. The Lis were married last fall in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

HE IS SOOOO COOOL!

My great business plan

Juz now on the bus, i suddenly got a great business idea!!!
What business i can set up if I strike the milllion toto tonite....

I will set up a 名歌餐厅!!

Yes... to my knowledge, Singapore only has 2 such places.... There is definately room for mine!

But my place will be a very unique 1... I will collaborate with my PrinceZ, to ask him to be guest singer sometimes... of coz... i will give him a fat pay for coming! hehehe its very worth it. Maybe I can get him to come once per month? hehee
It will be a place for aspiring singers to showcase their prowess... and maybe I can 栽培some sun yanzi-s? hahaha

hmmm... my dreams......

Anyway, my place will be called something like 智成something something.. or ZChen something something.. or maybe Z something something... anyway anyhow, it will be very related to my PrinceZ!
The door will always be open to my princeZ to perform!!!

Woww... i am so excited about my business plan!!!!　Preeeaseeee!!! Let me strike toto tonite!

It's never too late...

What is never too late???

My princeZ lah!!! hahaaa....
u know what? This morning i woke up and check my Msian handphone.... so surprised to see a message from my prince!! Yes!!! The last time he replied me was 4th Jan.... Its now 10th Feb.

And guess what was his message????
Nope.. he did not invite me to his house
Nope, he did not propose to me (or should i say "Have Not"??)

He wished me happy birthday! whahaa.. yes... this has to come 1 month later...

Here is his message (12.41am):

sorry, jane. jas read ur sms. happy belated birthday, send all my regards 2 u in year 2006, may all ur dreams come true:) /zchen

Yipeeeeeee
My dream is definately coming true.... tonite is the nite!!! :D

26 years old woman is the Hongbao Toto Sole Winner

and she takes home with her 10 mil...

Yes.. this will be the headline for Saturday papers everywhere..... but i wont allow them to take my photo... no way!! i will remain an ordinary person, with a fatty bank account! muahahahhaa

Think now, there are many people who are daydreaming like me...
what should i do with the $???

I asked my fren: how much does a house cost? Do you think I can stay in Istana with 10 mil?
Fren: haha... cant. Maybe beside Istana ba
Me: hmmm... then maybe i need to tear down Plaza Singapura
Fren: wahahahahahahhaaa
Me: wahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahaa

But.. u never know.....
*smirk grin*

janeism law

i have already decide (99.9%) that i am leaving my job... unless my bosss give me a super duper big pay increment.

Many people think that I am silly... why leave without a job? I should renew my contract, find a job before i go...
I know... i know thats the most logical solution too..

But I just dont feel like doing it... Bcoz my heart dont want to. I dont like to do things that my heart isnt agreeing... Maybe I am using my heart more than my brain in this case. But my heart is as important as my brain. If i continue to stay here.. i wont be happy... whatever for?

I need to venture out of my comfort zone for greener pasture... b4 i got sooo used (and rotten) here.. this place is really setting a bad expectation for me.... can come work late, can go long lunch, can take mc(without showing my mc), can take leave(without applying in system).. where can i find such haven? I think nowhere else... except here.... But i need to be realistic. I cant be stayin here til i am old rite? I need to move out of my comfort zone.
Its a risk... risk of finding a yucky-er job in the future. risk of not finding a job for a long time. risk of not having income...
Well.. i am willing to take the risk.. I believed this will not be the end of me.
I will find a better job!!!! I am positive!!! I am an optimist!! I am a believer of myself!!!

Thats what Janeism is all about!!

我们不是东亚病夫!

I am back from a movie...

wow... when was the last time that i actually visit a cinema....? I think at least half year ago..... i cant even remember what was the last movie i watched in a cinema! hahaha

anyway, i went to watch Fearless(Huo Yuan Jia). Initially, thought it was a guy show.... wont be nice 1 lah... but.... it was a great show!!! I enjoyed it...

After watching the show, I am sooo proud to be a Chinese. Jet Li/Huo Yuan Jia is soooo coool!!! The story was kinda touching, almost moved me to tears... It was so sad that he killed Master Chin due to a mistake... argh! Seee!! Impulse doesnt help! If only he investigate why Chin beat up his student, then it wouldnt be so bad... causing him to lose his family. He regretted and despaired... gave up on himself. Lucky he met some kind people who led him back to his way.

He went back to his hometown, and the AM had already invaded the place. They even said Chinese are 东亚病夫. Hmpfh!! How dare they!!!
His best friend was a friend indeed who helped him through his thick and thin... wow.... yes... this kinda friends... are the best!!! So remember to treasure your true friends!

The Japo opponent was cool too... he was full of conscience and treated Huo Yuan Jia as his friend. Respect and honor! We must learn to respect and honour each other...

The show is great. As Chinese, please go and watch!!!
http://www.fearlessthemovie.com/

nothingness

i should be sleeping by now... thats what i promised myself juz now in office... i shall be in bed by 11pm... as in to be sleeping...

why am i still blogging now???

haiz....

got this bursting urge to share with you abt the beauty of "nothingness"

sometimes... doing nothing might be a good deal. let me share with you my most recent experience...

juz now after work, i went to buy yu sheng.. with the idea of having "fun" with my whole family.. to toss to a prosperous doggy year. Yes... kinda make it a family thing... so happily went to a place which is not quite in line with my journey home. yes, i need to alight somewhere.. walk somewhere buy.. then take bus to go home again.... (look at the efforts i made! geez!)

then 8+... my sis in law came home... then my papa came home.. yea... left my bro only... i guess he should be home soon! waited waited waited..... my papa went to sleep..... i am so drowsy, so is my mama... but we juz carry on waiting...
then at abt 1130... i told my mama.. Lets go!!! we better stop waiting! Lets go eat!
i called my papa up... but he said.. dun wan.. he wanna sleep (deeebaaaabooom!!)
so the pathetic mother n daughter team tossed and eat.... n left some for them... haiz....

u see.... my whole objective wasnt met.... we did not eat together as a family. and my papa didnt even eat....
i should have juz gone ahead and eat earlier.. at least my papa can eat....
seee... sometimes being a considerate people doesnt help! it does backfire....

conclusion: I regret buying the yusheng today.. if i havent bought it, i wouldnt have the chance to feel the fustration. If i do nothing, nothing would have happened....

so now u see.... sometimes doing nothing might be a good choice!

p/s: lucky the yu sheng tasted good, or else.......

Murphied Brain

Yes, i have been readin my new book conscientiously... its a book which actually introduce me to know my brain more.... do you know that different information are stored in different parts of the brain...? i didnt know.. but now i do.....

There was a part which says that why do we always find that good time flies... while those unbearable moments are soooo slow...?
Its actually no difference. its juz that our brain are sending information faster(eg when we are nervous), hence we EXPECT time to pass by faster... but of coz.. the real time still goes on as per normal. That is why we always perceive time to crawl...

There was this line (I cant recall the exact wording) which says... 1 minute is alot of difference to a guy who is behind toilet door, and 1 who is in front. Aint this true??

hehee... we developed many thinkings due to our perception, our expectation. Actually the world is an innocent world. But with the development, thats why Murphy's Law is developed. To explain human behaviour

hahaha... i am glad i bought the book! its interesting!

millionaire-soon-to-be!

Who???
MEEEE!!!!


Yes... the CNY toto is here again!!! and now i am full of exploding inspiration that i will be the lucky winner!

What will i do if i strike the top prize?
1. stop working for 1 year and go travelling
2. buy branded bags
3. invest the $

hmm.. hahaha.. i really dont know what i will do with the $ and i dunno the exact size of the amount.. what can i actually do with the $?
Can i buy a flat? a car?
Yes.. i will buy a car, but need to learn driving 1st....
maybe i can start a business.. maybe in food or clothing business... its my dream to own a beautiful tea house, preferably in garden setting. Or i can open a shop to sell things which i sourced from overseas... i get to go on business trips often like tis too! hehehe

but its ok.. when the $ is in my hand, i will automatically know what to do.....
God.. dont worry about it.. juz give me the $!! I will take good care of them!!!

Let me strike toto!!!!!! pleaseeeeeeeee

Why the toast always lands butter side down

yesterday, the itchy hand me bought a book again... I think its a pretty interesting book. Have a look! The title: Why the toast always lands butter side down - the science of Murphy's Law.

my friend was complaining... why u buy book again??? have u finish reading the old ones????

NO!!!! i havent... within 1 week, i have bought 2 books already... am i crazy or rich or what??

discovered that i really love to buy books.. but whether i read anot.. hehe.. thats another issue...

i have no time to read!!!
i always bring a book out, intending to read on the bus. But somehow, by Murphy Law, i will b too tired to read the tiny words...
When i get home, i will be too busy engaging with TV n computer..
at the end of the day, i will promise myself to read the next day..
the cycle continues almost everyday.... haha

maybe during my (ideally) 1 month break, i can have the chance to try finish reading those books which are currently being neglected by me...

poor things....

mystery yet resolved

sometimes, i think human are freaked out by "ghost"...
and its all their own imagination....

That day... i was on MRT, and i was spacing out..daydreaming..and i was facing the door which is not supposed to open, meaning the other side from the platform. So my mind was emptied and i was juz staring out at the scenery...
Suddenly, i saw a head there! I freaked... oh my god! what is it that I see?? Daytime... ghost???? Geez... i dun tink im so suay... and ghost are not supposed to be appearing under bright daytime.. oh man.. am i sooo under work stressed that i am seeing things? what happened to me??? yes... these are the thoughts which went thru my mind within 3 seconds...(wow.. my brain really can process alot of information rite?)... then....... i saw more heads..... then i realised... its dover station... the door will open on the other side.. thats why i saw heads....
damn.... its all my imagination.... hhahahaa

Just now...I spotted a very very long hair on my towel... damn.. i dun have such long hair... my mum dun too.... suddenly i think to myself... does it belong to a lady ghost?? its really long hair mind you.... then i console myself .. told myself that it is juz from my neighbours above me.. maybe her hair dropped when my mum was dryin my towel.... but to play it safe... i chant in my mind... " i am so sorry that i touched YOUR hair.. pls forgive me.. and dont haunt me... leave me alone..." and i threw the hair as far as i can.....
but the mystery of the long hair isnt solved yet..... if 1 day... something bad happened to me, it maybe related to the strand of long hair.....

geez... this is soooooo scary!!!!

<<路>>

This song is written by my new found idol... Justin 陈忠义。 he is talented song writer who have penned great hits like 凌晨3点钟，so far away, and many more... n yes.. hes a good friend of my zchen!! this song is written by him too... aint he great?
hope he wil write songs for my zchen soon.. it will be a great combi!!

http://www.wretch.cc/user/justin0206

回头看来时的路
总有些复杂感触
我们走的那麽辛苦
好不容易才到这地步

不被了解的痛楚
到不了爱的净土
是你让我越过冲突
陪我走过
风雨险阻这一段路

如果开始就能看见幸福
不在别人眼光耳语中迷路
或许我不能把爱看清楚
想把你的手牢牢握住
如果这是通往爱的旅途
也许过程注定要荆棘密布
但我不後悔选择这条路
你的爱让我深深体会
活著的感触

不被了解的痛楚
到不了爱的净土
是你让我越过冲突
陪我走过
风雨险阻这一段路

如果开始就能看见幸福
不在别人眼光耳语中迷路
或许我不能把爱看清楚
想把你的手牢牢握住
如果这是通往爱的旅途
也许过程注定要荆棘密布
但我不後悔选择这条路
你的爱让我深深体会
活著的感触

有时我不愿回头看
一路太多眼泪混乱
幸好有你我才变得勇敢

如果开始就能看见幸福
不在别人眼光耳语中迷路
或许我不能把爱看清楚
想把你的手牢牢握住
如果这是通往爱的旅途
也许过程注定要荆棘密布
但我不後悔选择这条路
你的爱让我深深体会
我从不後悔选择这条路
因为你的爱让我看见
活著的幸福

cyberloafing

yes.. cyberloafing... is a new term which i had juz learnt.. and i have been performing it faithfully.. hahaa..
yesterday.. i tried not to loaf during my working hours... but... today is friday.. so here i am.. cyberloafing again! hahaha

I had a night mare yesterday.... about my work!
you see, yesterday i heard from a 2nd colleague that my gugu boss wanna load many many things on me to do... (haha.. lucky i am leaving soon! neh neh neh boo boo).
Apparently, my boss thought i am 100% doing his stuff.. which is not the case... i am 50% doing another stuff too! and he actually dont know.. what kinda lousy boss is this?!?
And u see... i am supposed to be the 1 doing the job.. yet i know nuts abt his plans... and i get to hear it from my other colleagues.... lousy communication. I think he should talk to me 1st what.... what an idiot....

Now u know why i should leave?
I cant work under such incompetent boss
I must go before he sabo me further.....!!

yes.. my nitemare was abt him.. i dreamt he secretly took away the other portion of my work... never discuss with me beforehand... so he expect me to give him 100% now...
damn!!!
i should have thrown the files in his face in my dream and abused him as much as i can... what a pity!

managers.... are usually...... yucky... especially mine!

5 more weeks for me to go!!!

lang sai

I felt that I am quite lucky today...
1. bought a top which i was considering just last week... to buy or not to buy.... it cost 33.. in the end, i chose the others.. and gave this up... Just now while shopping.. saw that it was on sales! its selling at 23 now!! wah say! lucky last week i never buy man!!! Save $$! hehehe
2. bought a book.. at 12.95... where got book so cheap ritE? BY rite should be at least 16.80... i save $$ again
3. wanted to buy a karoke dvd... which cost at least 21.95 in town.. wah.. abit expensive... then my fren called me and asked if i wanna buy from chinatown... which will most likely be less than $20. Yes! Save $ again!!!
ya... i spent quite alot today... but technically speaking... there were some savings right? hehehe.... i am lucky!!

oh anyway, i took half day leave today to attend an "interview". actually its a series of tests... which i personally think its quite extra.... there are 4 parts to it.... most of them are mcq.... only the last test was essay... the mcqs are quite sucky.. when reading segment 1.. i almost fell asleep and i could sense my eyebrow knitting... coz the passages are (boring!).. and believe it or not..... its beeen sooo long since i wrote an essay with a paper and pen... that my finger actually blistered!!! amazing huh? was rather painful.... hence the mood to write was really goood...
anyway, i not very persistant abt the job.... have have lor.. dun have dun have lor....

Oh yes... then as i was on the escalator down to shop n save, a loud blasting sound suddenly scare me!! Oh my god! its lion dance!! wahahaa... exactly at 6pm... they start the dance., and i happened to set my feet in at 6... (wah.. as if they are welcomin me like tat.. hehehe). i actually stood there and watched the lion dance... its been quite some times since i watched lion dance. Actually i quite enjoy watching lion dance. I remembered last time when I was small, i used to "chase" lion dance with my bro.. lion dance is his fave! Really get in the festive mood.. too bad my hp was low batt til i cant take any pic.. sighz.. else i can post the cheeky lions pic here!