• Bought Pop-Art Lenovo netbook and my company is paying for  $400 out of the $499 thay it costs - Yippee! One more reason to comfort myself that I am still in this soul-draining job.
• My very good friend just bought the Wii and boy, is he obsessed with it! I personally enjoy playing the tennis game though I completely suck at it! Why can’t I use the backhand in the game situation when in the real world, I would sooo use that move? Why must I follow the cartoon’s perspective. Phooey! I think I just love the sound of the tennis racquet hitting the tennis ball.
• Attended a dart friend’s wedding dinner last night at Goodwood Park Hotel and the parking really stinks to high heavens lah. There is no space to park and the stupid security officer won’t let us park illegally with the other 50 cars that have! In the end, he directed us to York Hotel’s basement carpark but failed to tell us we’d have to pay $3.50 upon exit in order to enter the other carpark! So that’s $7 chopped off the cashcard in one night! To make myself feel better, at least I got to eat my favourite Yam Paste (Orh-Nee) at the dinner. And gosh, were there buckets left of that sweet delectable delight. Wish I could have turned all Aunty and dabao-ed the darn thing back. Instead, had too much white wine and went home with a mild headache. Sigh. The orh-nee would have cured me had I taken just one more mouthful.
• Anyway, despite my gripes about the bad parking facilities, I’m headed over to York Hotel later to try out this 1-for-1 promotion. *and in case you’ve been wondering, I don’t drive, my friend does*
• By the way, Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Dialogue in the Dark is a lovely experience. Should go for it!

I am going to purchase a Brand New Toaster! I wonder how I have been surviving for the past 29 years without those cool pop-up bread toasters. I was surfing Toaster.com and OMG they have such a fabulous range of toasters.

I am NOT a Hello Kitty fan but there is this HK toaster that is so cool. The bread that pops up has an image of HK on the toast!! However, reviews on Amazon say that you really have to burn the bread in order for the image to be clear. LOL.  As a toaster, it functions perfectly well. So worth considering, since I like my bread really toasted.

Option 2 is Disney Mickey and Friends Toaster. It does the same image thing but it’s like 20000 behind ranking of HK and no reviews for me to base my choice on.

Option 3 is Cinderalla Toaster. It plays music when the bread is done and get this, the image is of a GLASS SLIPPER…. cooool or what!

Of course, I shall leave this to my fantasy and just go out and buy a standard silver 2-slice toaster that screams 1960s. Wheee ~~~~~either way!

So far, I’ve caught 2 3D movies. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was really entertaining and the effects were tickling   The latest 3D flick Coraline was quite a disappointment. First of all – slow-moving introduction and very little 3D kicks. I think I counted only about 5 in-your-face pop-out moments. The rest of the movie is in 3D, yes, and some scenes are lovely, but I still think it was a let-down.  Secondly, I don’t really like Teri Hatcher’s voice!  Thirdly, the movie turned out to be darker than expected. I wouldn’t bring my nephew to such a movie. Finally, maybe my expectations were raised.  Not all 3D movies will be great.  The closing credits effects are important – Cloudy had great credits, Coraline bombed.

However, I am still going to catch that Jim Carrey Christimas Carol movie in 3D when it comes out because the trailer had a lot of in-your-face effects.. I just hope those aren’t all there is in the movie!

I know the world doesn’t revolve around me. But after someone has had a really lousy day, you think you’d care enough to be extra-sensitive. Instead, you go the opposite direction and do something you know I’ll be affected by. Why? It’s NOT a small matter. It really isn’t.

I also want to state for the record that I have an incompetent superior whose sole purpose in life is to stuff her face with roti prata.

When students don’t listen to what goes on in class, they hand up rubbish in their examination script.

Frustrated at their work.

I just had the chance to catch the Miss SG 2009 Ris Low video on Youtube and it was really very funny. The person who modified the video added some of the reporter’s own (not) thoughts.  Perhaps it’s my nonsense mood now, but IT REALLY IS A LAUGH.

Am I being mean?

F1 inconveniences my travel routes. It makes me pay more for my cab fares. It takes away good weekend T.V because of its pointless telecasts. Practice Races? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It’s not even the real thing.

I don’t get this. I think it just makes Singapore look so poser. It’s like she’s trying to be someone she’s not. I don’t know. Something just doesn’t feel right about this whole F1 thing.

I guess some people do like the fast cars. (Very fun meh? Watching seconds of the car zip by?) Okay, maybe they make money betting. Again, I don’t know.

Anyway, I don’t like it so BOO! to F1!

Taxi drivers who are going to change shift should display a sign in some way! Don’t drive by with your light all lit up in neon green when you are so obviously not going to take a passenger.  I hate needing a cab at 4.50 p.m!

Taxi drivers should not take the long route so that a typically $7 fare explodes into a $10 one! Boo!

I am so mad at taxi drivers today!!!!

I’m so glad I managed to catch Patch Adams once again on TV. I knew I’d end up crying at the end but I also knew it would be worth it.  His monologue with God echoed some of my own thoughts and although the fluttering butterfly that unlocked Patch’s knot in his heart isn’t something that speaks to me, I got the message.

We do some patching here and there, in my profession. And it’s all very worth it. However, the nature of my job demands that I spend my time being involved in other aspects that I find utterly meaningless. Can I live my life the way I want to, and ensure my time is well-spent, on things that matter? I can, but that means I have to take a major pay-cut. Again, I return to the question – Is is worth it? What is worth it? Money? My students? I’m scared I will regret leaving this job and wishing I had stuck it through years down the road. Who know whose else’s life I may come across and lend a helping hand along the way. If I leave this job, I may never know.

Sigh. Anyway, I’m inspired that Patch Adams is a real person. He’s  indeed doing a good work in this world.

I am experiencing a babyboom! Yes, I feel that this has been an exceptionally fruiful year for many! Literally, everyone around me has been popping little ones out although by right, I should be prepared because they’ve been preggers for a while now. But suddenly, everyone has a baby now! I’m waiting for more of my good married friends to get pregant cos it has been fun going around carrying babies in my arms. You heard me, hurry up so I can cradle your little one already!!