thoughts....

It was relatively quiet, hardly a hum in the background, just intermittent sounds of people getting ready for a day's work that was about to begin.

I had been awake for 3 hours already, due to the combination of having to walk the dog and staying real far away from work and I was in my thinking place this morning, wondering what to blog about. It's a great place to contemplate due to the tranquil setting and easy access to toilet paper (for my sinus), plus the feeling of the cold seat is so invigorating.

Having weird and funny thoughts worth blogging about is one thing, actually writing it down in a blog is another. Maybe i suffer from blogger's block......glob-block?
(Note: GORBLOCK Idiot, twit, moron, etc. "Why are you such a gorblock?" courtesy of talkingcock.com)

Then all of a sudden, it hit me. 'It' being water, water from the cistern. The automatic sensor thingamajig had flushed.... while i was seated on it. Not good. I tried a series of evasive maneuvers but there is only so much you can do mid-motion while sitting down. Arrrrggggh. Luckily there was the aforesaid abundance of toilet paper which was immediately pressed into service, don't you just hate the feeling of water, knowing that its been in the bowl? Breathed a sigh and grinned, i just found my blog topic for the day. Was about to execute the final coup de grace when it happened again. Arrrrgggggh. At least i could siam better this time by standing up, but it did feel odd to be standing there in the middle of the cubicle like that.

Well, that's my bit of toilet humour for the day. =)

Jeanie at Pasir Ris park

Jeanie at Pasir Ris park
Originally uploaded by zeenie.

Another picture of Jeanie from Sunday's outing. She was quite tired from all the excitement of posing and running around and catching balls...... huge grin on her face though. =))

We go sailing....

sailing
Originally uploaded by zeenie.

Well, the sailing bug has truly bitten WW. After we went sailing last weekend in a laser pico, she has signed up for the basic laser course (despite several capsizes)(it wasn't my fault, a storm blew up of nowhere). Of course there was the funny incident regarding bringing in the boat.

A friend recommended the laser pico because it could seat 2 and it was idiotproof, yet i managed to screw it up quite convincingly (fools can be so ingenious). A conversation on the boat:

WW: Where are we headed?
zeenie: whichever direction the wind blows and the tide flows my dear....

There was just so little wind that we just had to make do with what we had, so we ended up sailing away from the shore, then towards the shore which we shortened to "In" and "Out" and it became that our course of progress was "In" for like a minute" then "Out" for a minute. Sounds alot like a couple of turtles making love but i digress.

Due to the strong winds from the storm, we decided to head back and went straight for the beach. Nearing the beach, the guy in charge of the boats starting shouting "Point! Point!" ie point the bow of the boat into the wind before getting out. I guess it was tiredness or even frustration at having performed the ubiquitous capsize drill like 8 times in a row, but i thought "but i am pointing.....straight at the beach" so i ignored him and beached the craft rather unceremoniously. I did save the centreboard by telling WW to pull it up as we neared, so no damage to the craft at all. =))
I did offer an alternative, in that since the winds were so strong, i might have parked the boat straight on the trolley.

Jeanie the model

Jeanie the model
Originally uploaded by zeenie.

We had breakfast at Pasir Ris park today and it was great to be back there. Been so long but the attraction is still there and its idyllic setting was truly beautiful. Small wonder that couples choose to take their wedding photos there. One of these couples actually asked to borrow Jeanie for some photos, and i think she looked pretty good in them. Actually got red packet somemore ah! LOL

Hoegaarden

Hoegaarden
Originally uploaded by zeenie.

A pint of refreshing nourishment, perfect after a day's work. Good for those on a 'vegetarian diet' of wheat malt and barley.

This is worrying

I sense a disturbance in the force.

• First the indomitable mr brown talks about being spread too thin,
• then Mr Miyagi's computer spoyr,
• the calm one sticks to his promise of retiring now that life at Ngee Ann has started,
• Platypus is unplugging to take a break
• Update: Adri from Popagadhi has also decided to take a break. sigh.
• Update II: Idle Days has gone on sabbatical.
  

Jeepers, what's next? Finicky Feline and Tripleperiod going for a dinner date, getting together afterwards and living happily ever after and retiring from the blogworld?

At least LancerLord is still around and he provided this great link to Kung Faux. I used to watch it on tv (in NZ) and its damn funny!

Lift door

Lift door
Originally uploaded by zeenie.

Why do lift button designers have to be so politically correct and have these abstract symbols as door open and door close? Why can't they just put 'OPEN' and 'CLOSE'? Many a time i have tried to hold open the door for someone only to jab the wrong button in my haste and incur the wrath of the person outside. All i can say is "Dun blame me! I meant to open the damn doors!! Really!!!"

Jeanie close up

Jeanie close up
Originally uploaded by zeenie.

Finally, a photo from my (semi) new camera phone. This was taken over brunch on Sunday. Yummy! Then went to the botanical gardens for a stroll...is the construction there ever going to be done? It has been ages!

aRise Lord zeenie

No, the errant capital letter is not my way of joining the cOoL and hiP crowd, who give their caps "a bit of zest" (to which i say, the caps would like you to leave their zest alone). It was just the way that Senator Palpatine (Darth Sidious) said it to Skywalker (Darth Vader)(check out his blog!! Best blog ever imo), quite cool way of pronouncing it but then its been given quite abit of airtime already. Maybe i should just speak like Yoda today, lol, that should irritate some people, especially since i have a presentation to give today. On a more serious note, i thought Star Wars ep3 was quite cool and not as dark as i thought it would be.
Update: In the spirit of sharing, here's an alternate ending to ep3. =)

Eng Wah seems to be trying real hard with this latest effort to bring in a 'famous Paris cabaret'. Funny thing was the first thing i thought of was "don't we already have Neptune?" and my thoughts flowed back to a time when a dinner and dance for a certain national uniform group was held there (actually no dance, just dinner. or rather the dance was done by other people of scantily clad attire). I suppose the organisers thought it was educational for us young chaps but i was rather disgusted by it, and left after dinner. I still feel sickened by the thought of that dinner.

Beware of what you say!

Soup anybody?

Facinating, and i thought the story was the work of script writers, and even has the rules! Or is it? Could be the other way round. Whatever it is, the soup menu looks good. LOL what's next? Central Perk Cafe in New York? Whoops, that's been done. Maybe someone may be brave enough to set up a construction company called Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd? (can't believe wiki had it...lol) Did a google on PCK and came up with this. LOL

NanaPrata

NanaPrata
Originally uploaded by zeenie.

Yummy! It sounded weird at first, but the cripy outside and smooth banana insides which melted in the mouth just went so well. Pictured here with chocolate sauce, curry optional. =)

my dog has balls

jeanienew 035
Originally uploaded by zeenie.

A truly ball-mad dog in her groove. Jeanie loves balls, especially those of the tennis ball variety. Lately she has taken to scrounging around the bushes where we go for our regular walks, because of the tennis courts nearby. It was quite funny the first couple of times, and it still is funny now, just that we've got the problem of storing all those balls. In a week, she has found about 15 balls and we are running out of places to store and dry ('cos of her drool) the darn things. If only she could find money or gold, but i guess to her, those are useless, balls, must have balls.

weekend...

The weekend started well with a meeting of my sec 2 classmates, it was really good to see them again and they haven’t changed a bit, still the same great sense of humour all round and it was heartening to note the sense of camaraderie. Ops orders were issued regarding Alvin’s upcoming wedding, tasks were handed out, advice was dished out and insults were flying. It was a great meeting, if only work meetings were like this,

Funny line of conversation on Sat:

ww: do you wanna go see macau?
z: errr, I just came back from NZ, land of the sheep and cows! why do I want to see your cow? Is it a special cow? This is not part of the “you have two cows” joke is it?

After Sat’s soccer (wearing the right shoes does help), I found out that my secondary school classmate actually knows my jc classmate because they went to the same uni in UK. Now how cool is that? LOL

Apology time: I’ve been meaning to put up photos but can’t seem to do so from work, I’ll try to put up something but no promises (my hello hung on me quite a few times already, I really should get a flickr account. lol). And I did notice the spike in the sitemeter. Woah, miyagi-san is indeed powderful, I have gotten more hits in a day than in the past month.

Funny pictures....(thanks to Faith)

MRT ride

Had a funny thing happen to me on the way home from work yesterday. I took the train east as usual and came across an empty seat (premium space since it was rush hour) beside a young feller with a gel-ed up hairdo and camo pants. I think the stress of looking so ‘hip’ took a toll on him ‘cos he kept falling asleep and leaning on me. Thank goodness I don’t suffer from Aphenphosmphobia (fear of being touched) because it was quite disconcerting to have to prop this lolling head with my arm so that he doesn’t end up with his head on my shoulder. We would have looked like a right odd-couple as I was in work clothes and somehow I found it quite amusing.

In leaving the train, I couldn’t help but worry a little. I was worried that he might keel over and split his head or even worse, mess up his hair, but at the same time worried that the next person to sit down would develop an allergic reaction (it was pretty strong hair gel he was wearing) or a new phobia (whyisthispersonleaningonmephobia). Strange thoughts in a weird world.

Looking back, I can see why that seat was empty. LOL

Update: This happened to someone else too, only it was on a bus, and it was a girl. LOL

the spirit is willing....

I read this news article regarding an International Awareness day for Chronic Fatigue and it was kinda sad but amusingly poignant that the group could not do as much as they hoped since most of them suffers from myalgic encephalomyelitis.

It reminds me of this: Dud you hear about the dyslexic, agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wondering if there really is a Dog?

zeenie's west side story

Had to visit the dentist ‘cos my wisdom teeth (yes, plural) were giving me trouble. WW had suggested setting up a lunchtime appointment at Clementi polyclinic (near my workplace) to see a doc so that I could be referred for surgery. Unfortunately Clementi does not have a dental clinic and I was told to go to Jurong instead. I didn’t think that it was that much of a problem since Jurong east MRT was like the next stop after Clementi (I think of places and distances in terms of their MRT stations). When I told her about my appointment, she was skeptical that I could get there in time as she pointed out that the polyclinic was quite a ways from the MRT station and I would have to take a bus, in fact, I would do better to drop off at Chinese Garden MRT and take a cab.

I caved in and took the easy option of catching a cab there instead ‘cos I didn’t want to be late. After seeing the dentist and being told what I already knew (that all 4 of my wisdom teeth had to come out)(I think I’m going for the GA option, I’m not very good with dentists) I proceeded to make my way back to work.

As it was still early in the lunch hour, I thought I would catch the bus that WW told me about, only that I didn’t know which direction to take the bus. To cross the road or not? I felt like the proverbial chicken and to emphasize this, I didn’t pluck up the courage to ask the bus driver or anyone around (they looked really busy and engrossed in their own world).

Just when I was floundering, a free shuttle bus appeared in a distance and stopped to dislodge some passengers. I noted that it went to Jurong Point, at which point the Singaporean in me took over and yelled out “free transport!!” so I hopped on the bus, thinking it would take me to that shopping complex with the cinemas and ice skating rink at Jurong MRT. As the bus drew closer to its destination, I saw that it wasn’t the one I knew but thought that it looked familiar.

It was only when I walked into the MRT station that it hit me, I was in Boon Lay (aka Pasir Ris of the West). Bloody hell! I’m even further from my workplace than before! But at least I was at an MRT so it wasn’t so bad. Then I remembered why it looked so familiar: back in the time when Sispec was at Pasir Lebar camp, this was the nearest shopping centre and we would go there for our nights off. Aside from that, it was also the nearest MRT so booking out every Sat, I would take the MRT from Boon Lay to Pasir Ris (and mastered the art of standing in the train and sleeping along the way, so much so I snored and startled a lady sitting in front of me lol).

So that was my little foray into more distant areas of Singapore where i learnt how large Jurong can be (either that or how misleading that mall name is!), next time, Yew Tee!

Weekend

The weekend started well with wibblewamble returning from overseas on Friday night, funny how we could spend 6 months apart at a stretch, yet a week apart seemed like ages.

Nothing much happened on Sat, was still trying to come to grips with my new phone (will post photos from it soon, promise) and spent alot of money buying CDs and a set of earphones at HMV. Funny how it used to be such a luxury, buying CDs and now I've got to look for a place to store them! Speaking of storage, I am halfway to sorting out my stuff from NZ. Even after the massive garage we had where we practically gave away two thirds of our stuff, we still had about 60 boxes to ship back, so finding storage for them was no easy task. Still, we're well on the way there, thanks to ikea and all i need now is a set of bookshelves and a large CD case. =))

Visited my friend's car dealership which just opened, the flash cars there were enough to send my pulse into overdrive (it reminded me of Friday at the airport waiting for her lol), the list of cars is just too extensive and exotic to say without me wrecking my laptop with drool. But do but ask if you want directions there, bring your own pail and towel for the drool as well as your chequebook, actually make that two chequebooks, 'cos you're gonna need it! ;-)

Linkies

From LancerLord, the ever industrious noble man (and thanks for the mention!), comes this great link of a spoof of star wars. I nearly split my pants laughing, which would have been a laughable matter in itself since cartoon boxers are the in thing right now ('cos i say so!)....ok TMI i know but i thought it might be just the thing to start your week off on. LOL

Just the place for screensavers.... don't you hate looking at boring shite telling you to work harder? LOL Better to see how long more before knock off time (and this post coming just as i am starting work for the day and the week. not good)

Man, this is getting really extreme

But its really funny!!! I've been meaning to blog about my weekend: attended a wedding show with ww, caught up with sec classmates, injured my toe while playing soccer with said classmates, experienced mb's description of military precision in shopping (and parking) at ikea, had multiple milo-pengs in assorted cups like Guinness and Carlsberg but no Tiger..... but haven't found the time to list out the details. Maybe this weekend....... oh look! a flying pig!
Anyways, i just had to link this blog 'cos it's just funny shite.

Update: This is just as good if not better! Oh man....

Champions League

And thus, Liverpool head into the final against AC Milan (who beat PSV 3-1) by beating *dramatic pause* Chelsea 1-0!! Bloody amazing. The resultant fallout from this victory for Liverpool is quite interesting too, with Chelsea (specifically Jose) showing what sore losers they can be. Good on Benitez i say! =)