A Leaping Day

Because today is February 29 i decided, i must note down my this day as this is a date that occurs only every four years. Who knows where & what i will be doing next February 29.
This is a day known as bissextile day or Leap Day as more commonly known.

Here are some little facts about Leap Day to share with you peps:

In the old old olden days when rules of courtship were stricter, women were only allowed to propose marriage to a man one day every four years. That day was February 29.

In Greece, there is a Greek superstition that alleges couples will have bad destiny if they marry during a leap year. Rumor has it that one in five engaged couples in Greece will steer clear of preparing their nuptials during a leap year.

According to Wikipedia, a leap day is more likely to fall on a Monday than on a Sunday. This is because the Gregorian calendar repeats itself every 400 years, which is exactly 20871 weeks including 97 leap days.

In France, there is a humorous periodical French newspaper called La Bougie du Sapeur (The Sapper's Candle) which published every February 29 since 1980. This year’s issue will be the eighth issue.

I spent my Leap Day basically just working… just another normal working day. No. It’s a damn busy working day as today is the print date of my publication. & so as usual, there was the usual mad rush for the dateline. Mad rush of getting approvals from advertisers, mad rush of getting materials from advertiser & bringing it back to my designer, mad rush of checking through the ozalid & colour proof & mad rush of preparing & sending all those proposals. Knock off at nearly 7pm. Tired. Drained. Only the large piece of choc-banana birthday cake for Frank served as a sweet treat for my Leap Day.

不开心. . .

-about the long journey to work
-about the 1 stall only canteen which sells only unsavory economic rice, bao & drinks
-about the dark, humid, algally & smelly toilet
-about the inefficiency of some co-workers
-about long conclusion-less meetings in office
-about seeing poor colleagues been "bomb" with endless & endless of work
-about boss liking to shout your name & expect us to pop in to her room
-about the too frequent last minute rush of getting approvals from advertisers
-about stingy companies whom always want free editorial coverage w/o advertising cost
-about the too regular urgent requests from agencies expecting proposal within the next 24hrs
-about being unable to select where i want to lunch
-about being told "u're meant for big things, big responsibilities" when i only want to be simple
-about too many else. . . . .

i think i need a new brainless job. . . air stewardess or retail sales or customer service or waitress or tour leader or . . . . .

On a happier note, that sickening Vce79 will be GONE from my life! This is champagne popping good news man!

Why like that???

Why do i feel more unhappy than happy ever since i have subordinates under me???

Since started work Jan 8, that ah beng has taken 3x MC, MIA twice (1st time claimed that he was hospitalized urgently hence did not bring along his hp; today, just received his sms that he had an accident hence did not report to work), up till date still have not clinch any deal, calling rates has not improved. & the worst is that out of 100x i called him, i think only 2x he will pick up. & only 1x he will return call. When i pointed out this problem to him, his answer is:" i also don't know. i think there is something wrong with my phone." WTH! Ya there's something wrong, but it's your BRAIN not your phone. It can only receive calls from your friends, all office tel. & hps are regarded as "spam".
Dear Vce 79, don't treat me as an idiot. I have common sense & general knowledge.
I wonder how on earth did he managed to "convince" my manager whom interviewed him that he IS the one to hire.

Everyday at work, besides doing my usual routines, now i have to "track" Vce 79's attendance & work performance, answer 101 questions that my "good student" constantly has, accompany them for their appointments, check through any proposals that they have prepared. All these leave little time for me to go toilet, have proper lunch & enjoy little catch up with friends. Everyday i'm like rushing here & there, doing 3 things all together at the same time, holding on to urgent pee, withstanding hunger & etc.

Give me back my old working lifestyle lah!

Ah 豆's weekend

Note: the following entry is posted by Ah豆 aka toto.

On Fri night, mama told me i'm going gai gai tomorrow!
Woohoo~ finally!
Are u aware that rainy weather has caused me to be stuck at home for months!
ok reason for this outing is because mama's gf's boy - Vespa's birthday.
Actually i think is also partly because mama can't wait to play with her new toy - that weird looking Fishy camera. (she has been flashing that at me for days at home liao!)

& so i woke up early with anticipation.
Must do some warm up, stretch myself so that i can run & swim whole day!
Whole morning followed mama around the house, waiting for her to take out my harness.

By 9.30am, i am all set to Sentosa!
Who knows the moment i came out of the car, kanna bark by sassy Volka >.<'''''
But that shall not disrupt my enjoyment!
Anyway, the slide show below speaks more of the day.
Enjoy! "wong! wong!"

Meanwhile, i want go catch my beauty sleep & recharge my battery. Ciao!

Save the Antarctica

Caught this on my cousin's blog.
A short documentary about the effect that Global Warming has on the other side of our planet - Antarctica.

While watching, throughout, i was feeling sad for both the walrus & the poor polar bear.
i know that's the way life is & it's the natural life cycle.
One must survive by eating on another.
Just like human beings eating all those poultry.
But i still can't help feeling sad for these poor animals esp since polar bears are such cute chubby whitish bear.
my eyes were tearing towards the end of the film. *sad*
Peps, pls do your part to save this world.
Practice the 3Rs, cut down on fuel consumption.

Amids clearance of emails. . .

i came across 2 great emails,
so just want to share with you peps.

Firstly is this DASH email which totally blew me away with the images, music & poem.
A great reminder to slow down & appreciate life.
Go on & take a look.
It takes just 3mins.

Another is a local love story e-novel.
Here is the trailer

Interested?
Go here to read the e-novel.

Even happier now!

Following my previous 2 post, i am now an even happier ger!
Why???
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Coz JAL has confirmed my extended Jap trip!
Yay!! *jumping around in joy! Jump Jump Jump*
& so i will be away from 27th Mar night till 4th Apr night.
i can't wait for it to come soon!

P.S. I Love You; but not as much

P.S. I Love You is an adaptation of the same title novel written by Irish writer Cecelia Ahern. i have read the novel few years back & it touched me deeply then. That’s why, i bought the other 2 titles, “If You Could See Me Now” & “There’s No Place Like Here”.

As a result, i was full of expectation for this movie. On the surface, the plot is about a grieving widow, done in a romantic comedy way. About Holly (Hilary Swank) finding love & discovering that life has to go on with after her husband's death. The movie starts with a blissful young couple & then following in the next scene, they are separated by death. When the dead husband, Gerry (Gerard Butler) returns in imaginations and flashbacks, it proven the harsh realism as Holly sees Gerry everywhere, feeling his existence & missing him terribly. The mystery letters serve as a constant reminder of what she’s missing, but she goes along as it’s also the motivation for her to go on in her life.

On the whole, the movie & the novel are not too significantly different, except from some little details:

In the novel version, both Gerry & Holly are Irish and live in Ireland instead of America. In terms of family, Holly’s father is happily married to her mother, has three brothers & her sister also has a bigger role in the book. Also in book, a package with the ten letters was given to Holly right at the beginning, together with a note from Gerry that she can only open one each month. The dream job Holly ends up with in the film is designing shoes, whereas in the book, she becomes an Advertising Director of a magazine. The character of William does not exist at all in the book.

In spite of these differences, P.S. I Love You is still ok to watch. The movie's recital and sometimes alternative turns are fairly pleasant. Some amusing parts like Holly’s best friend - Lisa Kudrow’s questions for finding her Mr Right are brilliant & the character of Gerry is so romantic and silly that it’s easy to recognize why it would be tough to replace him in Holly’s heart.

Just a word of caution, there are no subtitles for the movie. Hence, it does get difficult to understand the Irish accents of the characters.

用钱换来的快乐

I'm a happy girl these few daz. . .

Nope there is nothing lucky that happen to me.
i did not win any 4D or ToTo.
i did not gamble during that 4 daz of CNY so it's not possible that i win money,
neither did i 捡到 any money.
It's juz some simple joy derived from getting some things by spending money.
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It was love at first sight when i saw "u".

To make myself happy, i'm now a few hundreds bucks poorer.
But i realli love the red & blue colour combination with stripy look coupled with poke dots in the internal part. So cute!
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And then i got a new toy as V day pressy!

A cool Canon Selphy printer!

In fact, i have been eyeing it since last Oct after playing with it in office.
But i couldn't bear to part with a few hundreds bucks for it.
Now i have finally gotten it!
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Come to think of it, it's almost the same as myself buying it.
Cos the gift that i got for jt cost as much too! lolx

Here is a sample of a photo printed using Selphy

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After Holga & Supersample, here comes . . . . . . . . . .


Fisheye!
Somemore it's a limited edition WHITE one!
Yes i am getting this! & will be further hundreds bucks poorer.
But i juz couldn't resist it! :D

Kung Fu Slam Dunk

功夫灌籃 Kung Fu Dunk brings back together 杰伦 with action director 程小東（by the way 此程小東非比陈晓东）and cinematographer Zhao XiaoDing. The trio formerly worked together on the Chinese epic “满城尽带黄金甲” which is the only movie starring Jay that I did not watch.

I think Kung Fu Dunk is by far the only movie that u get to see the most expressions on Jay’s face. Plus u gets to see Jay displaying his comical or should I say nerdy performance. Being completely unlike Jay’s previous three films, filming for this movie must have been more physically exhausting. In fact, to prove himself as a serious actor, Jay physically suffered during the filming having suffered up to 16 bruises on his first day on the set.

The whole movie’s attraction is just Jay 耍帅 , Jay 耍球技 & Jay 装可爱, i think they also focus too much on the fighting scenes loaded with CGI, that they did not even unravel the story well enough for the audience to understand the plot. Esp the ending part, the director seems to just want to end the storyline hastily.

In general, i would say watch this movie for a good laugh (u get to catch Jacky Wu too!) & to admire Jay’s display of his charm!

i want a 七仔!

i entered the movie theater tonight with much anticipation for 长江七号 (CJ7) as i did enjoy "Kungfu Hustle" and "少林足球" though i was never a fan of Stephen Chow's slapstick comedies.

However, i left the theater somewhat unsatisfied & was phew that i paid $8 for each tix.
Coz as usual, u will see that usual few personalities Chow used in his every movie, doing those same old funny practice mainly expressed through the exaggeration of physical actions and scripts. Honestly speaking, some of them are good if at their own (like the “fat girl”), but put everything into a show, it seems too scattered.

The vital problem is that Chow doesn’t even appear very often in this whole 88mins show and whenever he appears, his lines are always the same; "We may be poor but we must have courage, we must have backbone, we must not steal”. On the other hand, the kid actress Xu Jiao gave a pretty convincing performance of a young poor boy.

The only thing i like about CJ7 is the heavily CGI-ed furry-head-elastic-body-dog-like alien which strongly reminds me of my own alien at home – toto. That alien will wag his tail antenna in this case when he is happy; roll over for a belly rub & make cute puppy-like sounds to communicate with his owners. Just like what toto does.

The supposedly "tear-jerking" scene does not turn on my tears tap, not even nearly. But my mum was sobbing away (but then she can cry even while watching 还珠格格!). i personally find CJ7's storyline totally unconvincing & uncreative coz it seems too much like a rip-off from ET which is a way better movie.

Overall, i would say CJ7 is amusing, but far-off from being Chow's greatest. It only make me yearn for a 七仔!

Gone

Ah Meng, the only orang utan i recognize has passed away yesterday. *sad*

& i have yet to take breakfast with her yet! *even more sad*
May u rest in peace Ah Meng.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

Gong Xi! Gong Xi!

Under my mum's dayz of never-ending nagging supervision & countless arguments discussions, my family finally "presented" a sparkling clean house with loads of yummy steamboat foodies & finger-licking-good goodies for those who visit!
What a nerve-wrecking period!

Actually what i like about CNY are the delectable foodies esp those home made cookies made by relatives (esp luv OngLai饼 & that evil yet tasty BakKwa) & the gatherings with relatives (selective few) who i see like maybe once or twice a year. Well, it's not that i don't want to meet them more often, but u know lah! Every1 has got their own life to go on mah! Work work work. . . weekendz gotta acc family, bf, diff group of frenz not to forget my dear toto. But i don't understand why such a joyous period, some "adults" can complicate things by going into some silly arguments over meaningless issues or trying to 贪小便宜 or "showing off" their high earning salary or good results kids etc etc
Hiaz. . .

Anyway, i shall not let these mindless matters disturb my mood to enjoy this CNY.
Coz it's a once a yr cheena event man!
Here's wishing u peps:
those who gamble, win more money (but not from me)
those who study, obtain good grades
those working, achieve high performance
In all, earn more, stay healthy, be happy!
As happy as toto!

27 Dresses

The script of 27 Dresses, written by Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada), is full of predictable stock characters: Katherine Heigl (from Grey’s Anatomy) gave a surprisingly good performance for the physical slapstick requirements while radiating a plain-jane-girl-next-door appeal that is difficult to resist; James Marsden is the talented news journalist specializing in wedding news while maintaining his charm just as in Enchanted; Malin Ackerman is suitably the irritating slutty baby sister (similar to her role in The Heartbreak Kid), the attractive boss is Edward Burns (whom I can’t recall his other acting works).

There is totally no novel in this Cinderella story. It is very obvious that the plot draws majority of its ideas from the other predecessor romantic comedies. Although there is no creativity in the whole movie, i guess predictability is pretty acceptable by audiences. Despite the relatively superficial storyline, this film keeps the audiences entertained with the sheer charisma of the charming cast.

i esp love the ending narration about Jane wearing her 28th dress and admitting that though Kevin wasn't what she was looking for, he looked at her the way she always wanted to be looked at as she walks down the aisle. *Awwww so sweet*

27 Dresses is a standard romantic comedy fare which provides you some very pleasant and witty performances. Sure it is predictable, but what do you want in such movie? A sad ending? Nah… that will not be suitable for such season where V Day is approaching.

Whirlwind KUNG FU DUNK Singapore Star Tour

Surprisingly, i was pretty calm during the press conference yesterday.

Gotta behave professionally since i'm representing my co. So can't behave like a 小歌迷!

As per my colleague's request, i taped the entire press conference, snapped some shots, took the press release kit & attended the Gala Premier; go back office shared what happened to 交差.
Woo~ what an easy breezy job! If only all my job duties is as simple as that!
Maybe i should consider transfer to editorial team instead! lolx

By then, all i have to do is to attend some interesting events like new product launch, sample food at some ridiculously priced restaurants, listen or watch latest music or drama, try out new beauty products esp from those co. that give us some source of income, talk to those high EQ & beautifully packaged celebrities. . . hiaz. . . if only life is as simple as that.

But in reality, it's not.
It's no fun been manager to some inexperience yet stubborn ah beng look-alike with "good" sponge absorbing quality. He was employed to help lighten my burden but why do i feel more stress & my shoulder feel heavier.
Btw, im no longer listening to Jazz music or 蔡琴.
Now is “啊哈. . 给我一杯忘情水. . .” or “我和我追逐的夢. . .” How >.<''''' is that! i'm pretty easily satisfied in terms of work wise. Just give me a conducive working environment with great colleagues & bosses, manageable works & pay me well enough for some savings & travel & shopping needs. Is that so difficult to find such a job???

最屌的任务

我想这是我有世以来， 最屌的任务！

老天爷 一定是听到我的祈求
因为我真的梦想成真了！
i'll be representing my co. to cover the press conference of Kung Fu Dunk tomorrow!
Yeah yeah yeah! *jump around in joy*
Will get to see 杰倫 up close & personal liao!

In fact, we were also invited to the so-called Gala Premiere.
Initially i was full of hope to get another tix so that i can bring my dear ah ma along.
But when i check with the PR of GV, her reply nearly make me fell from my chair.

"Oh! This is only for media ppl where you will be sitting at an exclusive area for media. Once the movie starts screening at 8.30pm, you will all have to take your leave."
i thought i interpret wrongly, so i double confirmed " U mean we have to leave without watching the movie?"
Her reply:" Yes. That's right." *thunder + lightning*
WTH rite!

Gala Premiere without watching the movie which is the main reason of the Gala Premiere!
I don't understand the rational at all. Are they worry that the media ppl with the high tech photography & videography skill record the 1st movie screening & sell to the pirates?

Anyway, i shall not let this small incident affect my once a life time chance to see 杰倫 up close.
Cause it's obviously GV's insensitivity, unprofessional & idiotic way of handling PR.
i'll just watch it at some other cinemas vendors then. hmph!