To Grandma
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving
Anyone gonna invite me to their party? Here's a little warning..
| Thanksgiving Horoscope for Libra |
 You're the sign most likely to upstage the host or hostess with your charm. Your signature dish: Green bean casserole Your signature dessert: Chocolate cake This holiday: Make plans early and stick to them. It's easy for you to change your mind. |
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Lost Me Phone
Lost my phone today as I got out of the cab rushing to work. The bloody driver was in a rush too.. and sped off before I can get a good look at his number. Anyhoo, I'm not sad about losing the phone, just irritated that I lost some numbers that I have no idea how to get back at the moment. The phone was the least of my problems, being almost 3 yrs old and having been sent through torture tests. Recently it went free-falling without a parachute, cracking it's head till it kinda sticks out and won't stay down. Later on it decided to go swimming in the sink of water. Well, it was bound to die sooner or later, so good luck to the bugger who actually picks it up.
Anyhoo... to anyone who's reading this and wondering why I haven't replied to your messages today, now you know. I should be contactable at the same number by tomorrow. And to those who get stupid calls due to my phone being lost, I apologise for the shit you have to go through but then I guess you know how to best handle it if they party is dumb enough to let u know their number.
Anyhoo... to anyone who's reading this and wondering why I haven't replied to your messages today, now you know. I should be contactable at the same number by tomorrow. And to those who get stupid calls due to my phone being lost, I apologise for the shit you have to go through but then I guess you know how to best handle it if they party is dumb enough to let u know their number.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Back To Work
Started working back at Dome today. Feels damn great going back to that place, especially without a certain person. Thinking back, if that person left before me, I wouldn't have left this job in the first place. Then again, I guess maybe there's a reason behind what we do and when we do it.
Anyhoo.... started missing the place about 8 months ago when I went there for a coffee after my friend's wedding. At that time, the assistant manager had asked me to return but I was in the midst of getting my driver's license and also starting school, and sadly had to decline. Later, every time I went for a coffee with Mark it just made me miss it much more. What eventually got my butt back to the place was the boredom during my 3 weeks break from school. So after the Biennale trip with Shirley, took a short walk down to Dome PM, and got myself hired.
First day and I get a nice little short 4.5hour job but was I bored the first hour. There were a few tables occupied when I came in @ 10, and it was dead for about an hour after they left. I totally didn't know what else to do and ended up making myself and the other girl a coffee. Best part of the day was being up on the bar again, messing around with the coffee machine! Coffee beans grinding, frothing the milk, foam flying everywhere.... Bliss!
Worse part is the pain that hits you after the whole shift, having all the muscles that were long forgotten start to ache again. Thank goodness typing only takes the fingers... although the right wrist hurts a little too... for once the pain feels great!
Anyhoo.... started missing the place about 8 months ago when I went there for a coffee after my friend's wedding. At that time, the assistant manager had asked me to return but I was in the midst of getting my driver's license and also starting school, and sadly had to decline. Later, every time I went for a coffee with Mark it just made me miss it much more. What eventually got my butt back to the place was the boredom during my 3 weeks break from school. So after the Biennale trip with Shirley, took a short walk down to Dome PM, and got myself hired.
First day and I get a nice little short 4.5hour job but was I bored the first hour. There were a few tables occupied when I came in @ 10, and it was dead for about an hour after they left. I totally didn't know what else to do and ended up making myself and the other girl a coffee. Best part of the day was being up on the bar again, messing around with the coffee machine! Coffee beans grinding, frothing the milk, foam flying everywhere.... Bliss!
Worse part is the pain that hits you after the whole shift, having all the muscles that were long forgotten start to ache again. Thank goodness typing only takes the fingers... although the right wrist hurts a little too... for once the pain feels great!
I'm on a high.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Whoopi!
Got to drive my uncle's car today... Whoohoo! Thank goodness it was a short ride... cos he was kinda getting irritating asking me to slow down. Well, it's his car and I bet his heart almost stopped the few times I went a little faster than he expected. Heh... driving at night ain't that bad.
Who's gonna loan me their car next?
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Friday, November 03, 2006
Singapore Biennale 2006
Shirley sent me a message one day asking if I'd like to take a look at this exhibition, but I think her mind was more set on collecting the badges that they were giving out. The badges were part of a competition, but no one said we couldn't collect them as souvenirs, and they were free too! (well sort of). We started off on the 1st of November with City Hall as the first location, one place neither of us have ever stepped into or even climbed up the stairs. So risking my life to try and get a nice photo wasn't such a bad idea for a while. Didn't get the pic I want but at least I got something that shows nicely enough.
When we stepped in, the girl at the reception appeared as though she was on some kind of noise restriction, whispering details to Shirley while Shirley was loud with her replies. I doubt she was on any restriction to talk at a normal volume cos the guy sure explained everything rather clearly. We then had to take the lift up and was greeted by a cardboard cut of an artist in a Singapore Girl uniform... and she justs looks plain weird. Guess it was a prelude of things to come. We decided to take the nearest entrance and the first few exhibits we saw were expected, paintings and pictures of things we wouldn't really understand. Just opposite them was a dark room with videos playing, marking the start of creepy exhibits to come.
Some exhibits were actually voices for specific topics, like the one cleverly set in a courtroom seeking justice for a woman that was stoned because of some religious laws. Most of them were displayed in rather dimly lit rooms, some almost pitch black save for the light from the displays, and flash photography wasn't allowed. Guess it was something to do with light and damage to the art and all that jazz. Funny thing was that we were allowed to take pictures of the exhibits but we weren't allowed to take pictures of the building. That I really don't get, but I got some before we were informed about it anyway.
Is This Part Of The Building?
Something Interactive
One Of The Creepy Ones
Something For Customs Officers To Note
Room Lighting & Decor Ideas?
Deep In Thought
The next few photos are from a collection that has obvious connections with Christianity but I didn't get the one with the lion and how it actually connects. Anyone can clue me in, post a comment.
This one was an interesting view on time. The video playing showed the artist along Orchard Road, throwing the notes that were printed to look like currency. Thinking that it was legal tender, people started picking them up and returning it to him (how honest), until they realise that it was just wasn't of any monetary value. Another one had people exchanging their things or wrote poems about time in exchange for a time-note. That souvenir would be kinda cool.
Back to creepy stuff and these are the few of those that ranks high on that scale:
As well as entering a really dim area to hear hysterical laughter and only noticing a conference table in the centre. Click here to watch the video.
Then more fun stuff greeted us towards the end of our "tour" of City Hall:
Saw Me Taking This Pic In The Microscope
Camera Between The 2 Ducts
Different Take On 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Turning The White House Totally White
"White House" Video Here
We then took the free shuttle and headed to another one of 4 locations, Tanglin Camp, where we were told was much more eerie. The skies decided to add to the ambience by giving us a nice thunderstorm. Deciding to start off at the very last block, we were greeted by a big pink bomb-like structure sitting on railway tracks that had broken pieces of clay-replicated people scattered across them.
This location seem to house bigger displays, with some just painted directly onto the walls of a room, while others were just a pitch black room with some lighted effect on the floor to create the illusion of lava. One room had just 5 speakers surrounding a circular platform, with a music video playing across it... the video was a sight to behold but I didn't get the whole point of it anyway. The room was basically filled with the music so if it was some surround sound thing, I don't get it. Most blocks were left either really dark, or were dimly lit, some were even really cold and the worst bit was when u turned a corner and u were greeted with an image of a dead person on the wall.
Watch the icky video here.
Wanna Feel Like A Fish?
No Idea What Was On It
Get Hypnotised?
Merlion Chop Anyone?
Thinking Of Redecorating My Room...
Pop Ur Head In....
And See This.
The next day, we continued with the other 2 locations, the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and the National Museaum. Starting at SAM, we weren't too sure if the exhibits were part of the Biennale or were actually just somethings displayed permanently there. Photography of the artwork wasn't allowed, but I took a pic of a painting before I knew.
We then took a short walk across to SMU where they had some more badges to grab, as well as one of the souvenir shops where I got a few t-shirts and some tape. So don't be surprised if your Christmas presents this year are taped with "Belief" all over it. Hahaha!
Right across SMU, was the final destination, the National Museum, where there were irritating screaming schoolgirls greeting us at every corner. The lady at SMU told us that the one thing worth having a look at, or watching, was a documentarty entitled "The Last Supper". We missed about the first 10 minutes but as we watched the reat of it, those bloody schoolgirls had to come in and make a whole lotta noise and commotion. Thank goodness it was nearing the end when they came in, making them tolerable. We ended the whole trip watching another video done in reverse, with the artist actually quoting part of the bible rather clearly. Turn to get out of the room and we were once again met by that bunch of bimbos. The only memory of that place was the final picture I took of the new dome atop the building.
When we stepped in, the girl at the reception appeared as though she was on some kind of noise restriction, whispering details to Shirley while Shirley was loud with her replies. I doubt she was on any restriction to talk at a normal volume cos the guy sure explained everything rather clearly. We then had to take the lift up and was greeted by a cardboard cut of an artist in a Singapore Girl uniform... and she justs looks plain weird. Guess it was a prelude of things to come. We decided to take the nearest entrance and the first few exhibits we saw were expected, paintings and pictures of things we wouldn't really understand. Just opposite them was a dark room with videos playing, marking the start of creepy exhibits to come.
Some exhibits were actually voices for specific topics, like the one cleverly set in a courtroom seeking justice for a woman that was stoned because of some religious laws. Most of them were displayed in rather dimly lit rooms, some almost pitch black save for the light from the displays, and flash photography wasn't allowed. Guess it was something to do with light and damage to the art and all that jazz. Funny thing was that we were allowed to take pictures of the exhibits but we weren't allowed to take pictures of the building. That I really don't get, but I got some before we were informed about it anyway.
Is This Part Of The Building?
Something Interactive
One Of The Creepy Ones
Something For Customs Officers To Note
Room Lighting & Decor Ideas?
Deep In Thought
The next few photos are from a collection that has obvious connections with Christianity but I didn't get the one with the lion and how it actually connects. Anyone can clue me in, post a comment.
This one was an interesting view on time. The video playing showed the artist along Orchard Road, throwing the notes that were printed to look like currency. Thinking that it was legal tender, people started picking them up and returning it to him (how honest), until they realise that it was just wasn't of any monetary value. Another one had people exchanging their things or wrote poems about time in exchange for a time-note. That souvenir would be kinda cool.
Back to creepy stuff and these are the few of those that ranks high on that scale:
As well as entering a really dim area to hear hysterical laughter and only noticing a conference table in the centre. Click here to watch the video.
Then more fun stuff greeted us towards the end of our "tour" of City Hall:
Saw Me Taking This Pic In The Microscope
Camera Between The 2 Ducts
Different Take On 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Turning The White House Totally White
"White House" Video Here
We then took the free shuttle and headed to another one of 4 locations, Tanglin Camp, where we were told was much more eerie. The skies decided to add to the ambience by giving us a nice thunderstorm. Deciding to start off at the very last block, we were greeted by a big pink bomb-like structure sitting on railway tracks that had broken pieces of clay-replicated people scattered across them.
This location seem to house bigger displays, with some just painted directly onto the walls of a room, while others were just a pitch black room with some lighted effect on the floor to create the illusion of lava. One room had just 5 speakers surrounding a circular platform, with a music video playing across it... the video was a sight to behold but I didn't get the whole point of it anyway. The room was basically filled with the music so if it was some surround sound thing, I don't get it. Most blocks were left either really dark, or were dimly lit, some were even really cold and the worst bit was when u turned a corner and u were greeted with an image of a dead person on the wall.
Watch the icky video here.
Wanna Feel Like A Fish?
No Idea What Was On It
Get Hypnotised?
Merlion Chop Anyone?
Thinking Of Redecorating My Room...
Pop Ur Head In....
And See This.
We then took a short walk across to SMU where they had some more badges to grab, as well as one of the souvenir shops where I got a few t-shirts and some tape. So don't be surprised if your Christmas presents this year are taped with "Belief" all over it. Hahaha!
Right across SMU, was the final destination, the National Museum, where there were irritating screaming schoolgirls greeting us at every corner. The lady at SMU told us that the one thing worth having a look at, or watching, was a documentarty entitled "The Last Supper". We missed about the first 10 minutes but as we watched the reat of it, those bloody schoolgirls had to come in and make a whole lotta noise and commotion. Thank goodness it was nearing the end when they came in, making them tolerable. We ended the whole trip watching another video done in reverse, with the artist actually quoting part of the bible rather clearly. Turn to get out of the room and we were once again met by that bunch of bimbos. The only memory of that place was the final picture I took of the new dome atop the building.
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