Day 10 - Someone You Don't Talk To As Much As You'd Like To

I don't feel like there's anyone that I don't talk to as much as I'd like. If I don't talk to you as much as you like then.... TOO BAD! MWUAHAHAHAHA!

So I'm not one to really talk to you unless I really trust you enough to let you know what's on your mind. Plus half the time, I end up listening to people more than talking. 

Well I guess maybe there's one person that I haven't been talking to often enough - Mandy. Most of the time she's doing her own thing, only seeking me out if there's a problem or if it's high time we met up. Well, I guess it's about time we met up again. 

Time for a text message. 

Day 9 - Someone You Wish You Could Meet

Of all people, I know I don't want to meet people from the political scene. I just don't really get politics, and I would think I would just stare at them blankly if I were to have a conversation with anyone such as MM Lee or Barack Obama. 

I think the few celebrities I would like to meet are Jamie Oliver, Curtis Stone, Oprah Winfrey & Ellen Degeneres. Among the 4... probably Curtis Stone, just because he's cute and can cook. Hahaha!

I wish I could also meet someone who would help me set up my dream business. Maybe I've met this person or persons and not really know it yet. I do know some people have been showing that they just might be the ones. 

Guess I can only know when the time is right, if ever!

Day 8 - Your Favourite Internet Friend

At one point in time I had a few people who I would chat with online quite often. They were from the other side of the world, or sometimes even a few countries away. Then work took time away from the computer, and the communication that kept these friendships going lessened.

There were a few people that still kept it going through all the new networking sites that popped up, and there's one lady which has always made me laugh from the first time we made contact. Ms Fancy Crayons, aka Kay, is one hilariously bitchy person that reminds me of myself, especially when we're pissed of with stupid people. Her son is also part of the package, and he's growing up to be as sassy as her. She's one cool mom, and I hope that I'd visit them when I finally get to visit the US.

If You See Kay, Can You Tell Her That I Love Her.....

Day 7 - Your Ex (Boyfriend/Girlfriend/Crush)

I'll go ahead and pick "Your Ex Crush" as today's topic as I don't really have the other two to even start with. I do find the topic a bit strange as crushes tend to be just infatuation from a distance for me, and I can't really be bothered to find out more about the person like their birth dates and who knows what else people dig for.

Anyway, since crushes come and go, and I've already blogged about some on day 2 of this challenge, I don't really have much else to write. Sometimes it's just something a crush did that just blew out the flame... and some just come back to haunt you years after you've long forgotten them.

That's Life. 

Day 6 - A Stranger

How can I really write about a stranger if I don't really know the person?

Well, this challenge was set by someone who is a stranger to me, even until now.

Strangers can come up to me and tell me their life stories.

Strangers usually come up to me to ask for directions.

So other than the few facts above, a stranger is just someone you haven't really gotten to know, or you could call someone you haven't seen in a long time one.... which reminds me, I've got a few strangers I know. Do I want to bother getting in touch with these people? Not really. They're probably strangers for a reason, and the reason is that they're not worth keeping in touch with. The other reason would be that they owe me money and have decided that running away from the problem is better than facing up to it.

Oh Well.....

Day 5 - Your Dreams

My dreams can be rather weird and full of crap sometimes, and sometimes they even give me deja vu. Then there are a few that are so emotional that I end up waking up angry, or really sad, with tears in my eyes. Apparently dreams are formed while the brain reshuffles information around as we sleep and so it's supposed to be a reflection of what we've been through. I do wonder how I can dream about things and have them come to life a few months down the road, even though in the dreams, they're just like a movie trailer with short takes of one event all transitioning into a 3 minute clip. Or maybe I've been to the future and not know it? Hmmm.....

Day 4 - Your Sibling

I've only got one, and she was a bitch to me during the younger days, but I guess time has given us some sense of maturity and compromise.

My sis, who takes on most of my dad's character and interests, was slightly more of a tom-boy during the early years. Even now that's she's grown out of the boyish looks, she's still quite interested in motorcycles & fishing like my dad, but she's also quite good at sewing, which is my mom's forte. After learning all the tricks in school, she's teaching mom a few neat ideas that's beneficial to me!

So now she's in Australia, trying to earn a permanent residency there, with hopes that my parents would have a choice to go over there one dad retires.

Fingers Crossed

Day 3 - Your Parents

My parents, according to a lot of people, are the best - which I wholeheartedly agree, and would also include that I'm lucky to have them.

One thing it's because they never put pressure on my sis and myself to score the top in class or in the school, and were satisfied as long as we completed the basic requirements of school. Then the choice was ours when it came to deciding which school to attend, and finally what course we wanted to take, always with the thought that if they chose the path for us, we would most likely fail because we might just dislike the subject matter. So if we choose the path, and fail, it's our fault... see how cunning they are? :p

Then when it came to curfews and freedom, it was just a simple phone call to let them know roughly how late we might be back that would settle any pending arguments about "how late it is to still be out and about town". Then they're also a call away if we ever needed cash to settle a late-night taxi ride home.

It also helped that I'm huge and could possibly injure someone by sitting on them, and that my sis could, and would, definitely throw a punch if the need arises.

As the saying goes, money isn't everything, and it has been proven by my parents who gave us the best childhood even though my dad had to have two jobs at one point, and my mom had to juggle finances very carefully. Now because of that, they have enough saved up to get whatever is needed and splurge once in a while.

LOVE YOU BOTH!

Day 2 - Your Crush

I could say I had one in every school I went to except for the part-time course. Guess it's good that it didn't continue to every workplace I went to as well.

Thinking back to all of them, I couldn't think of anything similar between any of them except that they had dimples.

Apparently dad had dimples as well, and maybe it's something about "looking for something similar to the first man in your life" thing.

So if you have a cheeky smile that causes dimples to appear, don't be surprised if I happen to start getting interested in you just a little bit more. :P

To Alex Loh & Javier Tan

Day 1 - Your Best Friend

I don't have a best friend as I've always told everyone, but I do have a handful which I could label as such. Even in school, I came across some of them in really odd ways, sometimes only getting close to them after leaving school. For the ones I found in school, I think the only one that was rather instant was Airol. Even though I felt he was too flamboyant before I even got to know his name, he turned out to be one of the strange ones that just fit the criteria. It also had to partially do with the amount of crap we went through to get our projects done. He's the one who is either asking me out to enjoy life, or the one enjoying it with me.

Amy I didn't really notice at first, probably because she was quiet, and spoke Mandarin more than English. So during primary & secondary school days, I veered towards the non-Chinese more as my Mandarin was crap (and it still is). Then it was some midnight chit chat over the internet that seem to help us understand each other, as well as help me understand some really interesting facts about the human mind. She's the one who keeps me sane.

Then there's Mandy, who was sort of the outcast in the class of outcasts we were in. I'm not sure what her history was in the Hua Yi primary, but when her school joined Queenstown, the other students from Hua Yi seems to have something against her. Then as I still cannot remember the majority of my primary 5 life, I cannot remember how, or why, I started talking to her (because I'm sort of a loner in the corner) although I do remember doing some projects with her. She's the one who's bringing me back to my roots.

Shirley was sort of similar in a way that she was bullied in some way in primary school. I don't recall her from kindergarten, but I do remember her from the very first day of primary school, and one really disgusting classmate that still can gross us out after 20 years. She's the one who keeps the childhood memories alive.

The strangest one I got to know is still Eddie. I got to know about him even before I was in the same class, and it wasn't a very good first, second or third impression during the first 2 yeas in secondary school. Even when we were in the same class in the 3rd year, I still wasn't that close as I still stuck to the few from the previous 2 years. It seems Eddie is the one that I didn't have to bother getting to know better as he's almost a mental replica, and the one that definitely is the strength to my weaknesses.

The latest addition would be Angie, the one that I was never really close with in school. Firstly, we both hung out in different groups, that had some people disliking each other. Oh the drama! Well, finally got to talking with her and realise that we're both allergic to stupidity. The joy of bitching at work to relieve stress is shared with her.

Then there are the few people I met at work that have become one of the few best friends, mainly because we probably have the same hatred for our superiors. Adi was the one who I got close to because of a certain bunch of people in the first outlet we worked in. Due to their positions in the outlet, they usually bullied the new staff, and if they didn't like you, they'd try to bully you into quitting. So well, since I didn't really like them, and Adi was new, I sought her out for my sanity at work. Good thing was, the friendship didn't stop there and it worked out really well with a lot of music, dancing and singing. She's the one who keeps me up-to-date with entertainment, or she's the entertainment.

Next one was Yana, who I met while working at the bird park. She was more like a mentor and thought me a few tricks, but mainly shared a similar dislike for the boss who was quite an idiot sometimes. I think she's still the only one who can be bothered to twist that hatred into something good for herself. She's the 'Si Fu' that thought me to put theory into practice, and I'm grateful for that.

Another new addition would probably be Yau Ching, even though he talks more than he listens. He's probably the one who has the most similar work-mind, and there would be a few more things from his mind that I won't mind tapping. His ideas can be a little out of this world sometimes, which can be rather entertaining to listen to. However, there are times when his ideas could possibly be done given time, effort and finances. He's the one who brings inspiration and drive when everything in the world seems to hold me down.

Just one more and I'll need my toes to count them.

Finally, The Start Of The 30-Day Challange

Finally I start on the journey of a 30-day blog challenge to write about a different topic every day. So hopefully my posts won't disappoint those looking forward to reading the stuff I churn out for the next 30 days.

Happy Reading for November :D

and not forgetting...

Happy Halloween Everyone!

One Small Step For The Furry Friends In Boston

Read a little snippet of news that the firefighters in Boston just got a bunch of masks for pets, and that they will implement it to the whole city. It's a tiny little step, and hopefully it will get even bigger with every firetruck getting at least one.

Wonder if the fire brigade here has them....

Coffee Clearing My Nose

It seems that when you are testing different fragrances, it's best to have a small amount of roasted coffee beans with you to clear your nasal passage in between fragrances. I guess it's probably the reason why I tend to pick up certain smells better than some people around me. Smelling coffee almost everyday seems to have given me slightly better smelling abilities but it is not always a good thing though.

Oddly enough I could smell that the jar of biscotti was open, even though someone who had it right under their nose didn't realise it. This would be one of the good days, like smelling bread that is about to burn and get it out before it does, or notice that someone decided to try on a new perfume.

Bad days include times when you smell something rotting and realise that it's a dead rat, or that a customer hasn't showered and decided to start the day off with a cup of coffee and his book.

Seriously, how can you not shower before you leave the house face the world? Gross!

To Edith Tee

New 31-Day Challenge Set

After going through the list of the previous 30-day challenge, which I've yet to start, Angie and I both realised that the topics were rather boring and she even decided to change up a few. So we thought that we would come up with a slightly more entertaining, and hopefully fun, topics to write about in the 2nd 30-day challenge.

1. Favourite Romantic Movie
2. Favourite Talk Show
3. Favourite Action Movie
4. Favourite Musical Group
5. Favourite Theme Song from a Movie
6. Favourite Animated Movie
7. Favourite Musical Male Artiste
8. Favourite Comedy Series
9. Favourite Host
10. Favourite Musical Famale Artiste
11. Favourite Horror Movie
12. Favourite Book to Movie Adaptation
13. Favourite Music Video
14. Favourite Musical Movie
15. Favourite Author
16. Favourite Actress
17. Favourite Music Album
18. Favourite Book 
19. Favourite Female Character in a Movie
20. Favourite Celebrity Couple
21. Favourite Song
22. Favourite Drama Series
23. Favourite Actor
24. Favourite On-Screen Couple
25. Favourite Male Character in a TV Series
26. Favourite Comedic Movie
27. Favourite Female Character in a TV Series
28. Favourite Male Character in a Movie
29. Favourite Theme Song from a TV Series
30. Favourite Variety Programme or Reality Series
31. Favourite Athlete 

OH MY BACKLOG!!

I Work With An Idiot For A Supervisor

"I'm so mad at you right now
That I can't think straight
And I should shut my mouth
So I don't let out the cruel things I say"

Sometimes I wish to get back at you for what you did to Aunty Carol, but I won't stoop so low as to hit below the belt with lies spun out of you stupid head.

To Angie "RF" Ong

Now I Know Why I Didn't Bother Looking

"Being single is a lot wiser than being in a wrong relationship." ~ Jodi Lipper

And after all the years of listening to people gripe about the crazy stuff in their relationships, I guess the quote just sums everything up as to why I've never bothered looking to start one.

And So The Challenge Is Out...

A blog a day, for the next 30 days with the following topics:

Day 01 — Your best friend
Day 02 — Your Crush
Day 03 — Your parents
Day 04 — Your sibling (or closest relative)
Day 05 — Your dreams
Day 06 — A stranger
Day 07 — Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush
Day 08 — Your favorite internet friend
Day 09 — Someone you wish you could meet
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to
Day 11 — A Deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 12 — The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain
Day 13 — Someone you wish could forgive you
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from
Day 15 — The person you miss the most
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country
Day 17 — Someone from your childhood
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be
Day 19 — Someone that pesters your mind—good or bad
Day 20 — The one that broke your heart the hardest
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression
Day 22 — Someone you want to give a second chance to
Day 23 — The last person you kissed
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory
Day 25 — The person you know that is going through the worst of times
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to
Day 27 — The friendliest person you knew for only one day
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life
Day 29 — The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirror

So good thing about this challenge is that it fills up the blog, and it gives someone something to read. Question is, is anyone even reading this? Oh well, benefit to me is that I might get back the blogging bug, and I definitely will have more insight to my life and the things associated with it.

Now, when do I start?