Johann Low

土曜日, 2月 24, 2007

[flight changed]

I am glad I took half-day leave ytd, if not I think I might not have enough time to pack. Anyway, the time of my flight has changed (again). Initial flight was a 1.20AM on 25th flight but now it is 4.50pm on 24th. Tho the time has been cut short but now I am flying with my manager and 2 other colleagues which I think is good cos at least there's more company.

Anyway, I hope we will be going back on the same day as well. if not zzzz...

To all my friends, please miss me, ok? =D

elow at 11:08 午前 | (0) comments

木曜日, 2月 22, 2007

[beijing]

The seal has been casted, the stuff more or less prepared.....i just realised this morning that i will be leaving the comforts of my home my bed my bolster my pillow my mac on Saturday night!!! The flight is on a Sun morning 120am, so what on earth was I thinking that i will be leaving on Sun? Yes technically i AM leaving on Sunday but I had to get my arse out on Sat night..... =(

Ok so I realised the new colleague whom im flying wif is from Mauritius. So which prick told me he is a Malaysian? Anyway he seems ok and I still remain the YOUNGEST the only one SINGLE in my office woo hooo...im the kid there.

I wanna make full use of the valuable time in sg to enjoy all the nice food. I had char kway tiao and hokkien mee oredi..so the next local delicacy i shld whack is...chicken rice? =O~

Yeah the day started with kai gong ang pao of $12 + 2 mandarines + alot of work.

Latest news, PS3 wil be out in SG officially on the 7th Mar!!!! AHHHHHHHHH GUNDAM MUSOU!!!!!!!!! ガンダム無双 $92 nia : O

Time to buy buy buy?

elow at 11:55 午後 | (0) comments

[ended]

Good old CNY holidays has ended and the day of my departure to Beijing is drawing dreadfully near. I wun mind so much IF im flying with the rest of my colleagues but nooooooooooo, prob to save some hotel's fees (prob like SGD20/nite in a 2* hotel) I was asked to fly a nite later WITH a new Malaysian colleague. Oh I suppose that will be SOOOO nice, so anticipating.

Heard the fog is pretty bad in Beijing right now. Surely I hope it will not affect my flight. I just want to get it done and get it off. Hopefully, there will be some time for some relaxation and some shopping.

The day is spent @ Cityhall and Funan with an old friend. The weather is sweltering hot and it is honestly VERY uncomfortable. I walked a mere 10min from my home to the mrt station and I was perspiring like nothing. How can it get so uncomfortably hot??? I dunno what's wrong with my feet or what my right foot is hurting from the walk and I do get a throbbing pain at times. Oh, we walked ard suntec and it is still rather hot even in suntec itself except when we were in toys'r us. Some of the shops were so stuffy. Funan is not much better but it beats walking outside where the air reeks of charred wood (again).

Holidays ended and tml is work, once more. =(

elow at 12:17 午前 | (0) comments

月曜日, 2月 19, 2007

[The CNY]

This year's CNY is a little different from the previous. Firstly, my ang pao's amount declined greatly. Secondly, I went visiting to more relative's places.

The CNY afternoon was spent at the newly married cousin's place @ Queenstown. The weather was bright, sunny and HOT. Nothing much there except we watched some homemade DVD of my cousin's wedding, played ard with his new laptop running VISTA home. The laptop is nice and thin and cheap for its specs but VISTA is really another skin wrapped over XP with so called enhanced security features. Besides the eyecandy, the rest took them 5 yrs? Makes me wonder what in the world are they doing.

Anyway the cousins initially intended to come to my house to pay a visit but due to the on and off rain changed the plans and we went to a aunt's place instead which is one station away from my home. The dinner was nice, home cooked mian hun kway! The soup was boiled from dried scallops,pork and shrimps. And mian hun kway mst have home made chilli padi sauce...anyway I had 3 small bowls which were not too filling haha.

Then I reluctantly went wif my mum and 2 uncles to visit my eldest aunt who is staying in AMK.

Then it is night time and now is the 2nd day of CNY.

elow at 7:41 午後 | (0) comments

日曜日, 2月 18, 2007

[HAPPY GOLDEN PIG YEAR!]

WISHING ALL A PROSPEROUS GOLDEN PIG YEAR!!!
May Your Wishes all come true.
May the golden Pig bless You with Good Health and Good Wealth

elow at 2:14 午前 | (0) comments

金曜日, 2月 16, 2007

[i feel better after i.....]

It just crept in stealthily. I was feeling the blues after work,which is rare. Mayb it was sheer tireness, maybe it was the routine, maybe it was something else. Food never perk me up, well the pretty OLs I saw did abit somewhat lift up some of the blues...anyway I was so tired I simply conked out in the train and....I drooled onto the backpack strap, WHHAHAHAHAHAHA =D

I guess I must be really tired. Of what? Of everything?

At that moment, everything was simply grey.

Well,strangely enough,things somehow went back to normal after I released my 'love' into the toilet. Pangsai really works wonders.

HAHA~

elow at 12:22 午前 | (0) comments

木曜日, 2月 15, 2007

[love is shit]

Latest quote from Fan Jian Xin Xian Ren, Lan Cai He said 'Love is shit' 爱情是大便. Niu Lang asked him what is love and 爱情是大便 is his answer. My God, this line is so RIGHT. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

The V-Day is spent outside! woohoo, nah i was alone, sort of. It is not as bad as I thought, it is almost just like any other day. My over hyper imagination portrays an image of the streets full of lovey dovey couples smooching with bouquets of flowers in hands brimming from head to toe bathed in rays of love like the sun rays bursting from a grey cloud *retch* (heh new word learnt)

Anyway, it is just like any other day. Honestly, it is. To someone who is swinging single, it really does not matter, much.

Yesterday night was spent on the phone with a new friend, it has been a long time since I chatted until like 2am in the morning. After hearing her story, I feel so glad I am not tied down from the shackles of love. Even I slept at ard 2am, I was not that tired at all, strange enough I can feel quite tired if I sleep at ard 1am which is like now...if i slp at 12+, i will feel more refresh..haha

The 'V-Day adventure' ended with a bus ride home...and guess what, i saw this middle aged man who dressed like a woman and always wear shades..in a dress. Quite a grotesque sight actually. Fug, he/she/it lives in Chong Pang! hahahaha.

Beijing trip has changed, i will be flying on the 25th 120am flight, phuq, with the new Malaysian colleague.zzz anyone wanna see me off?

elow at 12:30 午前 | (0) comments

日曜日, 2月 11, 2007

[CNY's shopping+++++++]

It is one of the rare weekends where i will actually go out to meet the world. HAHA, not that i wanted to do but I have to. A friend was so surprised that I went out on a Sat, duh.

The Sat is spent at Bugis at Raffles Hospital. I went down to get my AHA Wash which is running out.....and also to take a look at The Vineyard Man DVD which I saw earlier on Fri.I cld not buy my doxy cos Dr Yeak's not ard Why am i so keen on this K-drama? Cos.....YOON EUN HYE IS STARRING IN IT. She does not look as good as she does in Princess Hours. Stil I feel Princess Hours and Jewel in the Palace have set the benchmark for my idea of a good K-drama. Anyway the dvds costed me $49.90 tho @ Laserfair, it is selling at $47.40. But since I was at Bugis Junction already, walking in the blazing sun to SLS to save $2.50 seems abit mad.

The show is not that bad actually. Any show with my princess IS NICE CAN! ahem nvm

The Sunday is spent @ the temple to offer our prayers to my dad and then to AMK Central and Causeway Pt for CNY's clothes shopping. Damage, $59 for both a bossini tee n bermudas, $79.50 for a G2000 long sleeve shirts for work. I cld not find my jeans! so nvm.

And the wkends have ended.

elow at 10:41 午後 | (0) comments

土曜日, 2月 10, 2007

[The red flower]

YES, the biggest 'V-Day' present has arrived early! I was given a slip, something which is similar to my payslip....and.....it is my bonus! It is the biggest red flower I ever received! ahahhahaha.

Read: red flower=flower red=hua hong=bonus.

So what shld i spoil myself with? New ipod? ipod nano? I feel my current ipod is abit huge and I reallyy dun mind a smaller player. But the price of a 8GB nano is the same as a 30GB ipod video, so the video ipod seems more worthwhile. BUT I hardly fill up my 15GB ipod..AND my current ipod is still working!!!! AHHHHHHH....no excuse....ahem

I need to get some new clothes, for work n leisure. My current 'collection' is so predictable I feel tad ashame wearing them to work. But then again, who will notice me? Only I notice pple ahem ahem..Anyway I need to pay back some loan from my mum, my bills, my skin care(CP,doxy etc)...

Or shld i heckcare everything and get myself a PS3? HEHEHE

elow at 12:48 午前 | (0) comments

月曜日, 2月 05, 2007

[beijing 25th-28th]

The day began with a pack of the famous Lim Chee Guan bakgua placed on my PC when I reached the office. Later, I got to know one friend just had her r/s ended.

Anyway, it is more or less confirmed I will be flying off to Beijing for China Fish 2007 exhibition on the midnight flight of 24th Feb / 25th Feb morning. End of the exhibition will be 28th Feb. I still remembered how it was like during last year's event and it seemed like yesterday. Last year's was not too bad except for bad arrangement of rooms and some minor hiccups...well for last yr actually that I knew nuts about the products and well, this yr i also dunno alot of abt the same products, ahahaha..

Work has been rather laxed and nothing much going on. Finally the old Jpn dog replied. I emailed and faxed since 30th Jan and he replied this morning...so my reaction is slow? hmmm....

And the day ended with last night's curry fish head with addtions of lady's fingers, tomatoes (which really made e curry taste sour) and alot of brinjals...and a bloated stomach =( and with some sliced rockmelon in the fridge.

Mobile phones IDD caller alert - I think this is a good feature. I rem it used to be a value added service but now every telco seems to be providing it FOC. But I dunno, maybe some dumb people dunno about this feature yet. Unless one actually subscribe to hide their number from IDD, so that it will appear as 'private number', the number of the caller will be shown on the person's mobile. This is good because, if u have a missed call, people can call u back or u can choose not to bother about it.

I think living in a smalled cramped country like SG has its negative sides on people's temperament and even EQ level. Cramped living conditions with people living in close proximity to each other tend to make people more edgy, I think. Cos it is a natural tendency that most people do not like others to stand too close to them and in SG, we do not really have this luxury. Inside trains, it can get soooo packed during the morning peak hours maybe not as bad as Jpn but it is still packed. Best thing is having the air-conditioners to be off and the cabin felt like some free sauna -_-

oh im whining again and yada yada yada yada yada.......

Does Lim Chee Guan bakgua taste better than other brands? My bossed actually queued up for 20+min =O I hope to have 1 huge bag of sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet Mandarin oranges this yr agaiin hehe...

elow at 11:00 午後 | (0) comments

日曜日, 2月 04, 2007

[hm? V-Day?]

Wonder what was the previous entry about. Anyway felt so much better after a night's sleep.

The day has been peaceful and surprisingly not as bored cos I was helping mum with cleaning the kitchen. Dinner was wonderful cos I bought the superrrrrbly delicious Chye Lai Curry Fish Head. After that was going to NTUC with mum to shop for some CNY's goodies. It was rather packed with people almost all shopping for their CNY's goodies.

Next Wed is Valentine's Day. Last yr's I spent it in Beijing and this year in SG, alone? In some local forums, i see couples fretting over what to get for their special one and where to dine on this special day. I find it amusing, why would anyone spend so much extra effort to plan or make preparations for this day? I mean a fine dinner is ok, with some nice flowers? and if possible a romantic overnight stay at a nice hotel suite? =X To me is, if a couple is blissfully in love, almost everyday will be like V-Day already, no need to 大费周章da fei zhou zhang make big preparations for this day.

Still a little sincerity and afford are needed.

And the weekend will end in 15 min...

elow at 11:05 午後 | (0) comments

[have u?]

Have u felt this way?

There's something on ur chest, u felt something but u cannot reckon what it is. U felt u did something which u shld not do, or u nv did something that u shld do and that make u felt guilty. It just weighs on ur chest, it does not suffocate but it is enough to make u notice it and it is enuff to make u edgy enough to blow up at almost the slightest thing.

Yet a few moments ago, I was laughing at the stupidest thing on TV, I was touched at the scenes in the movie on Chn 8. I had quite a heavy supper, it is supposed to make me feel good. But somehow I do not.

I think this is some of the rare moments I feel, lost, needed and sad to say utterly lonely. As much as I enjoy to be alone. sometimes I do hate it. Something is missing somewhere. Attention? I think I need some attention...

Maybe I will feel better if i look at the stars, if any.

Work has been ok, nothing much. Designs of the labels for the coming China Fish exhibition are more or less finalised and so are the new catalog design. The Jpn side is fucking slow as usual and the Jpn dog has the cheek to say my response is slow..slow? how slow? If there are issues from the China side I will reflect it on the same day to them..and they usually take like 2-3days to a wk or more to reply. I need to chase them for my Sales Contracts for 2 weeks..do u need 2 weeks to sign like 3 pcs of paper and fax them? So who is slow?

There are many things which I do say I do not care, I often tell others I do not care how people look at me, I dun care abt this and that yadda yadda yadda... I really hate the idea of people having any negative impression of me. Sometimes I am just being myself and they can conjure all kinds of accused behaviours. I often tell myself that people always think negatively of me,so that in the event when they really do, it is ok. But in reality, I do care, sometimes I wonder if I care too much. Most of the time, I just brush whatever and whatever comments I heard aside to lessen the impact to preserve some of my sanity. I just let them pass me by.

I hope one day, I can stop caring so much.

I feel like I am going crazy. T_T

elow at 12:56 午前 | (0) comments

土曜日, 2月 03, 2007

[想着你的感觉]

This is such a nice song, ever since Hong Shao Xuan sang it @ Ai Qing Hai, the song is stuck in my head. I hope the Chinese displays correctly..zzz

每一次我走近总是那么悄悄的
不敢使你讶异让你发觉自己是幻影
每一次我唤你总是那么细细的
不让寂寞听到嘲笑我用温柔的声音
每一次我离去总是那么轻轻的
不敢将你惊醒让你发觉醒在我梦里
每一次我等你总是那么静静的
不让光阴知道安慰我用无言的期许

一个一个想你的日子砌成一幢孤单的房子
我在上楼下楼开门关门翻着抽屉寻着你名字
一个一个想你的日子从你回眸而去那天开始
我的日记写成诗诗的背后寻到你名字

想着你的感觉有如雨的缠绵
淋湿我的岁月而我却依然不知不觉
想着你的感觉有如风的缱绻
吹乱我的日夜吹也吹不走你的容颜

elow at 12:52 午前 | (0) comments

金曜日, 2月 02, 2007

[we are all so tiny]

Something from the Hubble Deep Space telescope. Something how the Universe looks like.

All those colorful spirals are distant galaxies and our galaxy The Milky Way is just 1 of the billions n billions out there. Do u think how small we are? and of cos how big God is.

We are really really really small.

Maybe on a smaller scale.

from http://www.xanga.com/Currahee101

elow at 12:33 午前 | (0) comments