GAH
offkilter pointed me to the Mercedes mixtapes...which led to their link on iPod compatibility in their cars.
I swear when I read that, I almost changed my mind about buying a Creative Zen Jukebox...until I read that it's only available with the newest B-class, and every other version of Merc from July 2005 onwards.
GAH. I don't have a new car!!!!! (or rather, my parents don't)
Maybe in a few years. In the meantime, it's the jukebox I'll be getting- and we can always use my sister's shuffle if we can somehow upgrade the car stereo. I don't think so though. and besides, my sis will want to listen to her boybands while I'll be wrestling for chillout or blues or Sting or something and since it's her iPod......NAH. not gonna even think about it.
once I find a flattering pic of myself, I'll put up birthday pics. Promise.
Random statement: Polo Ralph Lauren's Blue smells like Loreal's body scrub. That green exfotonic stuff. SERIOUS! (Thanks jazz and butterball)
I found out through an NDP parody MTV that Raffles Holdings has sold up! WTF.
this is fun
http://www.music-map.com/fila+brazillia.html
some kind of AI, and funnier still, they call it GNODstic. HAHAHAHHAHAH!
daughter of damned
do you reckon if I went mad, and demanded for all these long-lost unimportant trivial things like DVDs, books, CDs, precious time wasted and the odd broken heart back...I could blame it all on the labrador next door who barks orders at me?
Mood: Going berko
I think I just ODed on music.
I realised I still have 1G of bandwidth left for the month, so I'm STREAMING music atm and like the glutton I am, I am listening to all these songs and artistes I've been meaning to hear, and looking up all these soundtracks.
Hell, I even accepted some ayumi-sounding t.a.t.u file from offkilter because I knew I had bandwidth.
I've run the gamut from new stuff and stuff I've never heard before, to oldies but goodies I don't own. I even previewed the entire Black Eyed Peas album, and thank God there's no repeat of Don't Phunk With My Heart. That song is SO ANNOYING.
(Currently listening to Wilson Philips. How long has it been since you even read the words Wilson Philips!)
Man, if it were possible to pass out on an OD of music, I think I'm pretty close to it, either than, or it's because it's 1.20 in the morning.
hmm. I just made offkilter google an answer that was killing me. Why does Gwen Stefani sound like she's sampling an 80s song? and WHAT 80s song is it?
Luxurious= Isley Brothers, Cool= reminicent of The Cars.
Ha. *happy now* it was driving me absolutely NUTS.
evil plans
oh yes. Not only have we managed to get a Sydneysider to fall in love with Melbourne (she hated Sydney and thought she hated Australia), we now have managed to get someone from Adelaide to fall for Melbourne too!
YES!
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ARGH. Bad Karma! Gloat about getting people to fall for Melbourne, and one of my friends comes back from a month-long trip round Europe with several thousand dollars worth of shopping including a BALENCIAGA BAG!!!!!!!!
it's not the shopping and the bad that I'm pissed off about (I technically *could* have bought the bag if I didn't buy the damn dress and have to now buy matching shoes) it's the sudden longing to go back to Europe again.
In my past life, I was definitely European. Definitely.
birthdaze
apparently I have even more friends to add to the Leo List.
I've mentioned SOMEWHERE in my old blog that from mid july to early August, I have at least one friend per day celebrating their birthday somewhere. I've lost contact with many of them, but it seems I keep picking up new ones with the same birthdays- effectively meaning I know people with the same birthdays.
(the entire span from mid-Jul to early-Sep is simply a bumper crop of friends)
so at work, we recently told our boss:
26th, 27th, 28th, 29th. One birthday each.
He looked vaguely amused for a while, then said "I guess we'll just have to close the shop and go on a 4-day drinking binge then. No wait. we'll close it on the weekend as well. that's 6 days"
My boss the alchie. now this side I've never seen before.
I don't see why I keep going back like a whining spaniel. As soon as this is over, I'm going to keep it strictly ceremonial.
too late, too late!
Borders were looking for talent in their campaign, the payment? $100 Borders voucher.
I MISSED OUT because I was too late! This is the second time I've been too late for something, the first time being the Mercedes Fashion Week in Sydney, where I even bought a ticket to Sydney, but was told they had enough volunteers. ("payment" was a free pair of Lee jeans, and lots of contacts!)
I mean, I'm a busy woman too you know, can't be checking my eamil every 5minutes!
Boo hoo. *mopes around in self-indulgent pity*
EDIT: ARGHHHHH!!!!! MY SIS IS TURNING INTO A SHU NU! CHECK OUT HER POSE ON FRIENDSTER!!!! *faints*
but her poetry is pretty damn powder.
+[o1] Name : j
+[o2] Middle name ~ z
+[o3] Last name ~ c
+[o4] Nickname ~ That's Ms Bitch to you
+[o5] Gender ~ female
+[o6] Age ~ 22
+[o7] Birthday ~ 29 july
+[o8] Height ~ midget
+[o9] Hair color ~ dark brown
+[1o] Eye color ~ dark brown
+[11] Race ~ nonya.
+[12] Do you wear glasses or contact? ~ both.
+[13] Do you have braces ~ not now. I may soon. should see a dentist.
+[14] Is your hair long or short ~ long
+[15] Where were you born ~ seremban, negri sembilan, malaysia
+[16] Current location ~ austrahlia
+[17] Zodiac sign ~ LEO
+[18] How many languages u know? one.
+[19] Nationality ~ singaporean
+[2o] Bad Habits ~ many.
+[21] Piercings you have ~ ears, navel, was considering eyebrow.
+[22]Piercings you want ~ um. I always wanted one on the eyebrow, and another on the top of my ear, but my cartilage goes on strike all the time. and if my nose weren't so ugly, I'd want one there too
+[23] Tattoos you have ~ one
+[24] Tattoos you want ~ five. Not going to happen though. Realistically, maybe the second one.
+[25] Today's date ~ uh. 11th? 10th?0
+[26] The time ~ 10.23
+[27] Ready for more questions ~ great. space filler.
SCHOOL LIFE---
+[43] Are you still in school ~ hopefully not
+[44] Did you drop out ~ hell no
+[45] Currently in ~ limbo
+[46] Favorite grade ~ HD+
+[47] Least fav grade ~ fail?
+[48] Favorite teachers ~ Gordon. But I swear he hates my guts
+[49] Least fav teacher/lecturer ~ Mr Head. He tried to lynch me with a tennis ball
+[5o] Favorite subjects ~ english, renaissance history, media art.
+[51] Least fav subject ~ physics, A maths aka GM Star
+[52] Do you buy lunch or bring it ~ ?
+[53] Play any sports on the school's team ~ I used to? Takekwondo, 200m, 400m, 800m, 3km, Shot Putt, swimming (house team)
+[54] Do you do any co-curricular activitives ~ hmm, singing, dance, even organisation, magazine editing, writing, design and as above
+[55] Are you popular ~ only after I turned up in Australia. I think. I think I was a little too, er, individualistic for Singapore
+[56] Favourite dance ~ hip hop, modern jazz (have yet to learn), salsa!
+[57] Least fav dance ~ ballet. I suspect if I tried, I'd be like a hippo making pot holes in the wooden floorboards
+[58] Favorite memories ~ many
+[59] Least fav memories ~ *cackles*
+[6o] Most humiliating moment ~ oh, I'm a one-woman humiliation machine.
--FAVOURITES--
+[61]Favourite number ~ ?
+[62] Clothing brand ~ Cue, Third Millenium, Willow, Witchery, Supre, Diesel, Sonzai, Lorna Jane, Esprit, Ink, some review, M)Phosis (yah lah, I chao ahlian cannot ah?), Chaos (yah, I SPG oso. Cannot issit?) I could go on but I won't. I mean. If you want big brands I'd wear we'd be here all day.
+[63] Shoes ~ hmm. my green fake mahnolo boots
+[64] Phrases ~ "charming"
+[65] Favourite TV shows ~ *furrows brow* don't watch TV
+[66] Sports ~ I love watching figure skating
+[69] Movie ~ this is stressful.
+[7o] Magazine ~ Marie Claire, Vogue, Time, the occassional Harpers.
+[71] Actor ~ depp.
+[72] Actress ~ hmmph.
+[73] Candy ~ poached fruit?
+[74] Gum ~ none
+[75] Scent ~ girls: Alexander McQueen- Kingdom, Lancome- Attraction guys: Davidoff- Cool Water and Echo, Versace Blue Jeans
+[76] Choc Bar ~ HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.
+[77] Ice cream flavour ~ choc mint, rocher.
+[79] Seasons ~ autumn
+[8o] Holiday ~ europe, including Russia etc
+[81] Brands ~ I'm not into the whole flash your brands thing. I like monochrome. I don't have patterns on my stuff in general
+[82] Singers ~ oooh. er, too many
+[83] Group ~ oh boy
+[84] Rappers ~ eh. ludacris? snoop? fat man scoop? oh cypress hill? beastie boys?
+[85] Types of music: almost all
+[86] Things in your room ~ moisturiser, heater and fan, CDs, alarm clock, books
+[87] Place to be ~ home. now
+[88] Radio station ~ Nova and Fox
+[89] TV channel ~ VH1, ten
+[9o] Food ~ hot, sour
+[91] Overall food ~ er.
+[92] Store ~ erm, Coles?
+[95] Restaurant ~ rickety old ones with class
+[96] Shape ~ *disturbed* in terms of aesthetics? plates? greeting cards? body? DIAMONDS?!?
+[97] Songs ~ nah
+[98] Musical instrument ~ chinese flute, erhu, guitar, piano
+[99] Person you love~ hmmm.
+[1oo]What do you wanna say most now~ Yeah yeah. WHATEVER
1. SCHOOLS YOU ATTENDED?
TNS, TKGS, PLC, MelbUni, RMIT
2. WHAT IS THE WALLPAPER ON YOUR
CELLPHONE?
[*] Melbourne State Library
3. DID YOU GET ENOUGH SLEEP LAST NIGHT?
[*] I'm...not sure
4. FIRST THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS
MORNING WHEN YOU WOKE UP?
[*] mmmph. Bill Henson. Crap. Can't make it, have to settle visa.
5. WHAT DO YOU HAVE AT YOUR BEDSIDE?
[*] mountains of crap
6. EVER TRIED TO SKIP MEALS
[*] er, I don't try. I forget. Anyone who's been to my workplace will understand why.
7. GRILLED OR FRIED?
[*] depends.
8. WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE TO OTHERS?
[*] I'm strange. I have small eyes, and I have fourth toes that curl under my third
9. ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK?
[*] no.
10. FAVOURITE HANGOUT?
[*] cozy homely rickety joints
11. 3 THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT?
[*] music, things to do, clean laundry
12. FIRST THING YOU WILL BUY IF GIVEN
1 THOUSAND DOLLARS?
[*] rent. ohkay. maybe hmmm. air freight instead of shipping.
13. FAVORITE SONG WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPY?
[*] hmmm. Sting.
14. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?
[*] raw dead fish, heights, myself sometimes
15. ARE YOU A GIVER OR TAKER?
[*] giver
16. WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES?
[*] many.
17. MOST RECENT MOVIE THAT YOU WATCHED?
[*] Mr and Mrs Smith
18. INVISIBLE FOR A DAY, WHAT WOULD YOU
DO?
[*] disappear.
19. STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND & COULD
HAVE ONLY ONE KIND OF FOOD FOR THE
REST OF YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
[*] homemade sambal, vegies and rice.
20. FAVORITE T.V. COMMERCIAL?
[*] HAHAHHA, what a question to ask an Ad student! uh. I like the Hahns ads? and the Toyota one. Can't Wait for Tomorrow.
21. IF YOU'LL DIE TOMORROW, WHAT WILL
YOU DO?
[*] finish reading love in a time of cholera.
22. FIRST THING YOU'LL SAVE IN A FIRE?
[*] people.
23. YOUR EYE COLOR?
[*] Dark Brown
24. WHAT ARE THE THINGS YOU ALWAYS
BRING?
[*] phone, wallet, keys.
25. WHAT DID YOU WANNA BE WHEN YOU
WERE A KID?
[*] according to my mother, it was a housewife. I don't remember this and strenuously deny all claims. Maybe it was transference.
26. WHAT DO YOU USUALLY DO WHEN THE
CLOCK TURNS 7 AM?
[*] finish taking out the chairs, start making waffles or chop strawberries
27. THE COLOR OF YOUR BEDSHEET?
[*] dark blue, light blue, or lilac. They were cheap on sale at target about 4 years ago. and They match my doona covers.
28. WHO DO U WANT TO MEET?
[*] whom I've never met before? Dalai Lama, Tom Ford, Baz, Alexander McQueen, Nina Simone...there are plenty of interesting people our there.
perhaps in my parent's age it wasn't only appropriate but neccessary to wear blinkers. It still pisses me off that they're so racist though.
mixed news
I look like I've got sponsorship. It looks so much like it I've put down a $2000 deposit.
BUT. (and there's always a BUT)
I need an assurer, and I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF MY COUSIN WILL AGREE to be sponsor.
My boss agreed to be my assurer, BUT he himself needs to get his PR 1st. *sighs* Know anyone (or two) people who earn over $31, 500 a year who's PR/citizen? That's about just under 3K a month.
Alternatively, find me an attractive sugar daddy.
Listening to: Jack Johnson- Staple it together
good looking boys
It's a well documented fact (by me anyway) that I have strange taste in men. They're either...
eclectic, or extremely super duper good looking.
Today, as I popped into work to run a few errands on my day off, a customer sitting with his girlfriend caught my eye.
I nudged Tom. "Oei, cute guy on table 96"
Tom simply rolled his eyes. "I like girls. GIRLS!"
My coffee arrived and I sat outside with Gerri and my manager, and told them about the cute guy
Gerri peered in and saw the girlfriend, who was Indian.
"Is the guy Indian?"
"Yes"
"You and your bloody Indian fetish!!!!"
"I DO NOT HAVE AN INDIAN FETISH. I simply like tanned men more than fair men. Like Tom's a nice shade" I point my chin towards Tom, who was steadily approaching in his Filipino tan with some free food.
Gerri rolls her eyes. "Yeah yeah, Tyson Beckford."
Manager swoons at the very mention.
Gerri wrinkles her nose"but he has tattoos. So many!"
cue more swooning.
I recover enough to correct her
"Takeshi Kaneshiro, Johnny Depp, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers...and that's just the ones I deem good-looking. Besides. You and Jen have the same taste while I operate on some different level of reality. I mean, CURRY GUY DOWNSTAIRS!!!!! he's got a tan- me no like. Takeshi fair. Me like. "
I mock retch.
"well if I had to pick the best looking guy from work, it'd be Thomas. That really fair baby faced look I know YOU DON'T LIKE"
we laugh.
"and Andy...so not my...."
"He's a good boyfriend" I cut in
"yeah but too skinny"
"naaah. but you know me, I'd rather them skinny than plump. whereas you're the other way around"
we laugh again.
It's so good we have such different taste in men I mentioned to the manager. We'll never fight.
Then as I'm about to leave, Gerri runs up to me.
"OH MY GOD. I SAW THE GUY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. HE'S SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD LOOKING!!!!!!!"
The manager shoots me a look.
I laugh.
"I've got great taste" I say as I turn on my heel.
10am migration agent
12.15 body balance
1.15 burn CD
6pm dinner with chalyz
8-9pm meet at amy's place
9-midnight in the airport seeing amy off
trying to meet up with gerri in between for movie except she's gone mummy watching and doesn't know when she'll finish.
I love how his Aussie accent is so strong and yet you can hear the middle eastern/asian/ethnic tone in his vocal style.
This Old Love- LiorYes we're moving on
Looking for direction
We've covered much ground
Thinking back to innocence
I can no longer connect
I don't have a heart left to throw around
And time moves on like a train
That disappears into the night sky
I still get a sad feeling inside
To see the red tail lights wave goodbye
But we'll grow together
We'll grow old together
And this love will never
This old love will never die
Money slips into your hands
And then slips out like it was sand
And there are shoes that you can never seem to fill
I've chased so much and lost my way
Maybe a face for everyday
That has so casually passed me by
And time moves on like a train
That disappears into the night sky
I still get a sad feeling inside
To see the red tail lights wave goodbye
Morning comes
Sometimes with a smile
Sometimes with a frown
So I never want to worry
If you gonna stay around
jack johnson and rob thomas have such sexy voices.
tomorrow:
-migration agent
-call guardians
-clean house
-look for zoolander
-use up voucher.
LISTENING TO: Liar- This old love
bug-a-boo
ANNOYING. there's a bug going round work...Nat and I caught it 1st, and it's been spreading. The next people to get it are now Roni and Lisa. GRRRR.
Symptoms:- Nausea, retching, even throwing things up
- flu-like symptoms
- feelings of vagueness
- weakness and tiredness
- disorientation
- feeling hot and cold
- severe headaches and dizziness
- sore throat
anyone from work who reads my blog (which hopefully = only 2), watch out for it.
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Holy Moly!
I just checked out SPG's blog, and her choice of words was almost the same as mine in my last post- only her's was written at 6.40pm on friday. *blinks* Considering I hadn't read her blog before putting up that post, I'm really surprised.
It's like how when we used to have house concerts in high school, and there was like some kind of creative soup that everyone seemed to dip into and pull out such similar themes and in-jokes. I think Neil Gaiman has a quote on it somewhere. about how he just had to punlish his serial killer's convention story ASAP before any other author did because everyone in the writing world knows that ideas seem to have a strange way of appearing in different heads at around the same time- proving once again that originality is moot when it's a universal originality.
of course hers is written from a Christian perspective, and mine from a more universalistic kinda view.
In-ter-esting. One subject, 2 treatments.
I'm talking in circles again.
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Have Thu off. We're supposed to go drinking- maybe I can convince everyone to go to
Alumbra. I miss my salsa.
irony aka wabi sabi
black and white is always a beautiful way of looking at the world
but the world is not beautiful
we just make it so.
just like how it is us that makes the world so very ugly.
To be human is to bear the weight of the world.
and to be human is to wreck the world.
beauty and despair.
selfishness and selflessness.
love and obsession.
nature and nurture.
ying and yang.
black and white.
tomorrow, tomorrow
parting is such sweet sorrow.
partypartyparty
HMMMMMM. Gerri's holding one on
July 17th at her place. The theme's
Saints and Sinners. If you're a Sinner, preferably come as a prostitute, slut or a pimp. There are *ahem* punishments if you don't come dressed.
I also have one
(and this one's more impt!!!) in the Long Room.
DRESS UP!!!!! Sleek and Sexy Sophisticate is the ideal!!!!AND don't forget my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!! That one is still tba.
Listening to: Everything But The Girl- Missing
and yes, I am high. I've had 4 beers and a shot in 2hrs. Stella is still my fave- although I don't like beer. One of those more palatable beers. Like what Corona is passable with lemon.
cut me some slack ok. I've eaten one sushi today- and had a teensy weensy bit of dinner. Like an eighth of a serving WITHOUT the rice.
For RenaissanceMan
hey baby. I just watched Batman Begins. And I *really* liked it. It's gone back to that neo-noir feel. The old TimBurton feel. I like.
My kinda thing. Dark, sexy. But you know that. :)
I'm a dirty dirty girl
I've decided that I really like explicit R&B and hip hop songs. As opposed to subtle R&B and hip hop songs.
For example: Lil Kim's How Many Licks
or Fat Joes' Lean Back.
and that milkshake song still like it.
Listening to: Foo Fighters- Best of You
