daily gripe

merry new year!!

merry new year !! hope that 2007 will be a better year for all!! =)

posted by inspirethereal @ 11:30 PM 0 straight, not straightened

happy christmas everyone! *grin*

happy christmas everyone! *grin*

posted by inspirethereal @ 11:10 PM 0 straight, not straightened

X'MAS auctions!

so i have decided to sell off some of the stuff i own, that i have painstakingly accumulated for long time in exchange for money. this, as you all very well know, is a heart-wrenching and painful decision. BUT i have pondered this long and hard for many moons and i have come to the decision that i must make a sacrifice and relieve you of the burden of cash and pass you something that you need in return.

barter trade - i take money you take goods.

1) Schott Zwiesel DIVA Burgundy Glasses - each box comes with a pair of 2 DIVA glasses. selling at $20/- per box. i have a total of 7 boxes.
http://sg.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/i::90576334

2) Nike daypack - yellow & grey daypack. 3 main compartments & 2 side pockets. selling at $20.
http://sg.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/auction/214257393

3) FILA pouch - pink; good for travel to keep valuables close. two compartments. selling at $15.
http://sg.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/i::214269475

4) FILA shoe bag - red with zip. good for one pair of shoes. selling at $10.
http://sg.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/auction/214271671

5) Timberland haversack - black with one main compartment. comfortable shoulder straps. good for day trips. selling at $25. almost new condition.
http://sg.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/auction/214275273

6) Kyocera camera - 4MP camera, multiple mode shoot. twistable lense (see picture) to capture hard to catch angles. excellent macro functionality. one year old.
http://sg.auctions.yahoo.com/sg/auction/214280949

please support and email these links to ALL your interested friends and family!!

X'MAS SPECIALS!!

posted by inspirethereal @ 11:07 PM 2 straight, not straightened

sunday's over! woohoo!

this is the best photo of the lot that i captured. we were at the starbucks outside raffles city and the group had started to perform. this guy was literally carrying his laptop and skyping/msn/yahoo IM-ing his friends to check out the dance. cool!!

after the day-long activity, we headed to dinner at this place called waraku at katong village. the salted lotus root not bad as well as the mushroom tempura. i already tried two different curry udons (seafood and grilled chicken) which was really quite good. UOB credit cards give you like 10% off the total bill. the bill came up to about $80+ for 4 people both times that i have eaten there. go give it a try, i give the place 4 out of 5 ticks!

posted by inspirethereal @ 1:30 AM 0 straight, not straightened

curse of the golden flower gets a thumbs-up!

caught Curse of the Golden Flower on tuesday, tks to Wayne from IS. it is a good show. serious. go watch. even if you only want to laugh at jay chou's acting. but besides the comedic effect he lends to an otherwise serious show about the historical power of an emperor from china, the cinematography is 'wow!'. the colours, the action chereographs, the script...really quite impressed.

upgraded to IE7. the interface not too bad as well; think they rip off mozilla lots, especially with the add-ons and the tabs functionality. still more choice for the consumer cannot be a bad thing. hope they continue to try and top each other for long time to come.

had an interesting conversation with my dad today on blue chips/stocks; anyone with an opinion want to drop me a comment? are you investing in shares at the moment? do you use POEMS or a traditional broker? how much is each?

yes yes i know i should spend time to research, spend money to make money but no sense recreating the wheel...even when you know you can do it better.

posted by inspirethereal @ 11:53 PM 0 straight, not straightened

i am really feeling very drained out after the past 3 weeks...

the title says it all. it's been 3 really really tiring weeks with all the work, dealing with the bitch of a housing agent, working out the loan stuff with the lawyers and the bank. i am *pooped*, drained, tired, exhausted, mentally blocked, adrenaline un-fixed. whatever.

work just never seems to stop piling up! i cancelled my finally-earned-missed-so-much leave this week because i had 5 activities happen in 7 days from end November. i mean i freakin' worked on my birthday for cryin' out loud. and so i entered this week thinking that it would slow down.

was i ever wrong man. blardy hell, i have been coordinating projects, doing normal day to day, fire-fighting and standing in for my team. it's like there is no rest. farkin' hell. i am paid to consult and advise my clients. why do i not feel i am doing any of that...my team granted has got compromising circumstances - one is sick, one is overloaded, two are offsite, one is handling different parts of the account - but really, just sometimes, i feel really du lan. tell me about it.

and...at the same time that i already have a full plate on my table. i still had to get the freakin' bitch of an agent to get me the signed OTP form so that i can meet the lawyers to get the conveyance process sorted out. then i had to ensure enough money in the account. never thot i would say this...tk god for citibank ready credit. and at the end of it all, i meet one of the nicest, confidence-inspiring lawyers today who seems so lao jiao that he knows exactly how to advise me on my property conveyance. to top that up, the seller is not too bad a guy as welll; since he is like saying aside from money he is willing to pretty much let me move in and renovate really soon.

so lotsa ups and downs to handle. oh yeah, the ofc is moving by this friday so i need to get involved with handling my own stuff and the client inventory in the ofc so that's not funny. add to that a full day mtg next monday which needs a 3-4 hour presentation preparation period. did i mention that i foolishly took leave on friday? this is not funny. really.

the AD index, for those of you who know my MSN, has really blardy well hit the fuckin' roof!

posted by inspirethereal @ 9:49 PM 0 straight, not straightened

"known issues" on blogger worked!

sam has this awesome party at her place on saturday. there was lotsa food and even more alcohol. discovered that malibu and cordon bleu can mix to become some coconut tasting thing. and that the christmas ham from mezza9 is very very delicious. i also found that glenfiddich ancient reserve 18 yrs is very drinkable w/o a mixer. now i am corrupted by expensive high quality whiskey. i also realised that having a window overlooking an indoor pool isn't the best of things to have when people are drunk. the number of guys climbing to the second floor and jumping down is damn funny!!

and after all that fun over the weekend, i started work on a monday morning early, lasted through the 9 hour mtg day (divided over three meetings) and then stumbled home at 9pm to do a run.

damn i hope december won't be like this.

posted by inspirethereal @ 11:42 PM 4 straight, not straightened

what is wrong with blogger?

this is so weird. blogger beta seems to not be functioning that well. i don't have the task bar that lets me choose font or colour or *shudder* add photos.

so i cannot tell you about the great ad i saw with fish outside plaza singapura at the bus stop or of the great dinner i had at azhang with cornbef fried rice or of the cool happenin' party on saturday at sam's.

i cannot show the different things i bought on sunday, not that i would have but i could have. or wax lyrical in different fonts about the incredibly long and tiring day i had on monday with meetings back to back for 9 straight hours.

*sigh* hope blogger comes back soon, else i might have to migrate to livejournal.

posted by inspirethereal @ 11:37 PM 0 straight, not straightened