ONE DAY I'll FLY AWAY

Wooh, an update in a long time! ITS XMAS NAOO! XDD

First of all, I love working for Mark even tho I do not get to do what I want most of the time. The point is, I like my working environment, the people there are really cool and super friendly. Mark, CK (Jean's still holidaying in Tasmania) and I were supposed to have gone fabric shopping in Geylang, along with a guy from White Room who knows the directions. Ah Hui.
That beng, despite having to meet us in the morning, he went clubbing all night and only returned in the morning all worn out. Smart.
SO, there was no work today and none on Boxing Day either, on my request! XD
Then, met up with Gerard. He gave me log cake and lotsa stuff. Yay! And I gave him something from Muji.
Then there was the bbq at my house. The satays I peng-ed were awesome much.
After that, Aviel, Kai and I chilled out in Joyce's room practising our basic and baby freezes. I finally saw Aviel's air freeze. Awesome~
Then Greg came in handing out stuff to all the cousins with all their names on it. Everyone. Jimmy, Vanessa and Yvonne all received one each even though they barely exhange words with Greg. And guess what, my name wasn't in any of the little wrapped up packages!
He was like "Lol. I think I forgot to include you leh."
"You're kidding! NB!"
But he had a couple of extras and then wrote my name on the ornamental peg so all is forgiven hahaha.
Then we went for the midnight mass, only a few of us. The choir was baaaaadd. It didn't sound like a choir but merely a group of people singing terribly. Stark contrast to the previous years'.
Lol Fr Terrence said in gospel interpretation that, we should forget the romantic ideas of xmas and get real. Hmm. He has a point for where he's coming from, but still, a rather subjective judgement.
In all, this xmas eve was kinda well-spent.

I guess I can't make it to Teck Leng's mom's funeral tomorrow due to family commitments. I think it'd be weird even if I showed up anyway, we never really talked much to each other back in AI. It must suck, totally, to lose your mom a few yrs right after you lost your dad, on xmas eve no less. 
Life's really unpredictable, we should all cherish our loved ones and never take anyone for granted.

The interview yesterday sent my nerves in a knot. Almost. I almost got lost searching for the office. It was located in the heart of Haji Lane. If I hadn't spotted Martin there I don't think I would have found the place. Yeah, he had an interview there before me. After my turn ended, I left and Zul called asking me if I'm here for the interview for the same firm as he. He was searching for the place and saw me acrss the street. Lol.

Anyway, the office is really small. Expected la. But they've got pretty cool products. Graphic on apparel. The young owner Mark was browsing through my portfolio when he suddenly asked me what kind of music I like. I said that I'm pretty open to all genre. But alot of alternative rock and hiphop. Then when they heard me mention Wu Tang Clan, they were all WOAH WAH and laughed at their inside joke. Kinda weird that I can only think of an old hiphop group to answer with, when I only listen to one song by them. -_-;

They sent me an email in the evening, offering the job. OHHOHOHOOH~! Man, I was so sure that Martin would get it. I was pretty bummed when I found out that he was going for the same interview an hour earlier than me, I even called him names. Lol. >.<

ASSESSMENTS OVER! Man, have I got stuff to rant abt!
 

( argh. )

Met up with Greg early in the morning to walk over to Bottle Tree Park. There wasn't much to do actually, other than just helping out with the prize presentation ceremony and all. No, actually, after arranging the prizes and all the medals, Lina and I were instructed to scout for the candidates of the Tarzan & Jane competition. So basically we were hunk-hunting. Wohoho! XD
The first hunk spotted was Rx from music department, he's also the famous flute player contestant in Hey Gorgeous! in Nafa. I suppose that show tamed him and he was game for our approaches after doing some sliiiiiight convincing. I''m trying not to sound biased towards him but he was the full package. Uber hot. AHAH I feel like a schoolgirl again. >///<

But Lina and I not that sexist okay, we were looking out for the girls too. DAMMIT KARNIKA DIDN'T TURN UPPPPP! I would've made sure that she gets through to the final selection with all my powers as a SA. Haha. She called me and was extremely relieved of her absence when I told her of my intentions. I wanted to sign Hl up too lol. She was like " 0_0 No!" haha. 
Many people from dance, fashion and theatre were nominated through their friends. It ended up in a shortage of Tarzan candidates, so Alvin, Justin and Jeffery's names were added. Spontaneous chaps. (:

However, due to the extremely inefficient management by the events organiser in Bottle Tree Park, everything got screwed up. The emcee insisted on choosing his own candidates despite the admin from Nafa SWD telling him of the students' own plans. Soooo, he decided to go on with the show with him making the final decisions instead. Whoopeedo. This whole incident angered half of the SWD people who were present onstage, really dampened our spirits for quite a while la. 

During the lucky draw, I was the one holding the box for the supposedly 'VIPs' to dip in for a number. The whole thing took pretty long because many students have already sneaked home. Oh well, their loss. ;p My number got drawn and I was like "Oh that's my number!".  Emcee turned around "Oh it's you~!" The audience was like lol. Ahah I won some nice expensive cookies! ((: 





 

Last lesson with Max today, so he taught us a bit longer than usual. One of the steps was 4 small consecutive hops with the left leg while tapping your right foot with each hop. All of us had different paces, it was so funny! XD When he wanted us to attempt the whole choreography seriously, I did try, I was doing okay until I saw Haja grinning at me through the door window. HAHAHA I started laughing and Sushi followed suit after seeing my sloppy movements. Gobi also cannot make it. Max was like 'Wth is that! LOL*turns off music* ' Talk about teamwork. ; )
Upon advancing to Intermediate, we'll receive a new instructor, Denise has yet to interview the interested applicants so we dunno who yet. After the class, both of us had a long chat regarding a recent dance performance boadcasted live on television. Lol. I couldn't tell at all that he was feeling that way at that time. Professional seh. Anyways that'll probably be the last time he and I ever talk like that unless I go look him up during his ballet classes. Lol he said can go find him! (Cannot imagine him teaching hip hop in tights la! >_<|||)   

Dinner with Lx and Xt just now was fun. Lx looks so different, time has done something good to her. When I first saw her i could only point at her and kept saying dumbly Wah. Lol.

My work contract have been extended. I was the one who requested for it. Zul called me crazy because he's dying to leave that place just as I was. Maybe he's right. I'm not sure what's making me stay or what I really want. Or rather, I do know but is trying to deny that idea whereas the contract extension is simply a cowardly and hopeless tryst. So confusing. ;d

I went to BOTY last night with Hl and her classmates tagged along, it was insane! Upon receiving the news that Kyu Sang aka Bruce Lee from Gamblers was one of the judges, I got really excited. His infinite windmills are crazy! He wowed the crowd with his little showcase. We were standing on the side of the stage so i managed to see his face quite clearly and WOW HE'S SO HENSEM LIEK OMGGG! *brainz melted*

Afterwards came the bboy battling, it got a little heated up at some point and at last Radikal Force won the rights to rep Singapore in BOTY Asia. There was a team whch didn't make it to the semi, I might sound cruel for saying this but they were pathetic in every sense. The style wasn't breaking and they'd already lost based on appearance alone. All of them looked so lost onstage and one of them even spaced out during their turn! They all look like secondary three kids. When their showcase was over, the emcee said "Give it up for them! (a weak applause) At least they dare to enter!" LOL. So true. Applaud for the courage!

Hl and I subsequently took the train home from Marina, a fat man sat himself beside me. The way he wasw sitting made it such that his elbow kept bumping into my side. At first I was okay with it as such occurances are often in trains after all. Tangentially, his knee started bumping into mine too and I had to edge closer to Hl in order to keep away from that piece of shit. It became until I was only sitting half of my seat and that fat man was still edging closer, with his beady eyes closed like he's really sleeping. Pfft. My irritation grew with each passing second. I elbowed him, and he shifted back a little. When he alighted at Sembawang, he still had the cheek to turn around and stare at me. I want to cut his balls and nehnehs off and feed it to the dogs. On second thoughts, the dogs are innocent and eww.

GAHH So sickening. Got work later. I'll submit my resignation letter tomorrow. Probably. Aishah will probably try to persuade me to stay with her. But Zul and I can't wait to leave that place. We really cannot tahan some of the staff and people in there. Oh yeah Zul and I have been working together since Robinsons expo! Anyways, we'll just wait and see.

Over the last 2 weeks, I grown quite attached to my colleagues. Today being the last day of the expo fair, the crowd was pouring in like mad. 

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
If I'm the Puma promoter who's in charge of clearing these up tomorrow, I'd shoot myself.

Had another job training today. So I took the last train home from City Hall with Wani. Along the way I fell asleep while listening to Norah Jones and Wani left without me knowing. I woke up suddenly when the train reached Sembawang, many people alighted and all the seats beside me emptied. This tall and bald ang moh came and sat beside me. He had an A4 sketch pad on his hand and the page was scribbled with many words and little icons with thick black marker. I stared intently at the paper. I thought his logos looked familiar. I flicked my gaze lazily to the opposite window which had been darkened by the warm mid-summer night. His reflection had a thoughtful expression on his face and kept staring around the cabin as if searching for inspiration. Oh! I thought. I noticed his shirt had a cute-looking graphic. And I looked at his drawings and logos again. That's it! A small word 'einstein' was scrawled below one of the logos. The Art Attack copycat man in Kids Central awhile back. Half of me wanted to turn around and go all "Hi I used to watch your show. (when I was really bored.) Do you by any chance need an intern?" Of course, I didn't. I wish I had been thick-skinned enough to do it though. No use crying over spilt milk. I've always thought that the way he talks on tv was kind of like half-growling instead of talking, reminding me a little of Oscar the Grouch. When I alighted at Woodlands, I got out of the train and I looked at him again this time from outside the train window. He was staring straight at me so I gave him a small smile. Lol, he must've been like 'wth?'.