On the way home in the cab last night, heard a song by my idol Jacky Cheung.

Suddenly started thinking of the series of happenings that opened my ears to the great music of Jacky.

It was the year 1996, Singapore Hits Awards is around the corner. The 2 hottest idols of that year was Andy Lau and Jeff Chang. I was a 12 year old in Pri 6. My class were divided into 2 camps, the Andy gang and the Jeff gang.

I was kinda rooting for Andy, as the boy I liked then was a fan. It was a telephone voting thing (what else!!) to choose the most popular male singer, which andy and jeff were having a showdown!

The day of reckoning came, I was at home watching the whole awards show with my cousins and maid (she was a damn cool one!)

Dunno was it the excitement, the high euphoria, or the age where hormones start acting weird, or perhaps anticipation that Andy will win, when the results were announced, and Andy didn’t win, my tears started dropping. not alot, but enough to get the cousins and brothers and maids to start teasing me..

damn upsetting la.. i hated jeff chang at that time.. sissy.. still is.. wahahhaha..

but thinking back now, it’s just another look back and it’s funny childhood episode. eniwei, shortly after that, i DISCOVERED Jacky (watching YouTube, he was the presenter of the awards.. lol), and, well, the rest is history.

P.s. Desmond Lau, I owe u 90cents.. I did not make the 3 voting calls u asked me to.. hahaha.. can i pay u back?? (this was damn cute too.. this guy scotch-taped 9 pieces of 10cents coins and sent it to me in the mail!) so cute..

Signing off,

no-longer-12-years-old-Cat

Wow.. Cat watched 3movies last week.

Let’s see.. Tues was Quantum of Solace, Thurs was Nights in Rodanthe, Fri was Saw V.

Ranking from the cute cat,

1. Nights in Rodanthe

2. Quantum of Solace

3. Saw V (partly coz Cat slept thru half the movie) hehe..

Now for the Cutest Cat’s movie reviews.

Nights in Rodanthe

One of the best shows Cute Cat has watched in recent months. And one of the rare shows that made Cute Cat cry..

Cute Cat was feeling ‘emo’ the past few days.. figured it was due to the movie.

Nights in Rodanthe features one of the most classic actors of all times, Richard Gere, as well as Diane Lane.

Richard Gere IS really good looking.. too bad he’s too old for Cute Cat.. lol..

anywayz, back to movie. A man, Paul (Richard Gere) and a woman, Adrienne (Diane Lane).

Paul’s a cosmetic surgeon who has had a patient who died on his table, yet he didn’t and couldn’t face the family of the deceased to explain and offer his sorrow and apologetic words, put it simply, he was kinda cold hearted, and that caused his son, also a surgeon (and also cute.. must be a good catch), and already wif some childhood neglect and lack of father’s love to become totally disgusted at his father’s lack of humanity. The son left to go some backward country to be doctor there. Paul’s plan was to go see the family (at the request of the deceased husband) (at Rodanthe) as he was being sued for negligence or something and he wanted to get the court case off his back; and then go to said backward country and bring his son home. (more like order)

Adrienne is a mother with a young son and a teenaged daughter (must be.. rebellious stage, add on to her problems.. lol) Her husband left her to be with another woman a few months ago, and suddenly he came back wanting to ‘come home’. Adrienne couldn’t make up her mind whether to forgive her husband. She had also promised a friend to look after her guesthouse(guess what! it’s at Rodanthe too!!)

anyway, Paul stays at the guesthouse and he’s the only guest. They start off on a not so good foot, then they start hearing each other’s conversations, both are lonely middle-aged people, guess wat, they start chatting. Paul finds out that she loves art, but gave it (and many other things) up to devote her time and life to her family, Adrienne finds out that Paul has forgotten how to feel.

They get into a huge arguement one day, and yet got stuck in hurricane in the house, only the two of them. Two adults of the opposite sex, lightning and thunder, raining heavily and dark, they’re all alone.. next natural sex to progress to in movies is always what sells best in movies. haha.. Then they realise they realy like each other.

They help solve each other’s problems and the mental obstacle thingy, he leaves to go to backward country to find son, she goes back to her children. They exchange letters all the time. On the day he was expected back, he didn’t turn up. The son turns up instead.. Cutest Cat saw that scene and was like.. Damn it.. by the way, that’s the point where the tears start forming.

And then they start to show how broken and sad Adrienne was. They were preparing to start a new life together. Of course, such a movie only happiness was that people around them become better people. the daughter becomes nicer, the son felt closer to his dad the last few months. But generally, the last 15-20min or so was all about how sad Adrienne was, how she learnt to cope and slowly let go.

All in all, Cutest Cat feels that it really is a very good show. Gives you that all choked up feeling inside, and Cutest Cat rarely cries at movie. Esp with the BF who always finds it amusing that females cries in movies.. but this time round, even BF was abit quiet.. guess BF was affected as well and not as man as he thought he was.. hahahhaha..

Quantum of Solace

James Bond. Nothing more to say. Sex, Spy, Secrets, Special effects. Pretty good movie from Cutest Cat’s point of view. However, Cutest Cat has watched like 1 James Bond movie before that, so not much comments.

Daniel Craig has a nice nice body, wouldn’t mind if he belonged to Cutest Cat. But James’s life too fantasy. Spies won’t be so ‘loud’, they won’t use the same name all the time, and they don’t go around killing as if they’re a law unto themselves.. probably they are, but the amount of times he’s caught.. he has more lives than 10 cats put together..

 His name is Bond, James Bond!

SAW V

Hmm.. According to Gideon, Cutest Cat slept thru half the movie. Can’t blame Cutest Cat there. Working for 7 days a week for 3 weeks does wreck havoc on your body limits. Anyway, parts that Cutest Cat saw was gross and totally disgusting. The person who came up with the storyline must be a real sick man. Can’t keep count of the number of broken limbs and bones, cut off hands and chopped of legs, squashed like flies or decapitated, blown to bits and whatever else one can think of.. The worse thing is, the people are forced to do hurt themselves in order to escape from the worse thing, death. HELLO!! If Cutest Cat has to go thru such pain, Cutest Cat chooses to die the quickest way possible. Eww.. imagine, first scene shows a man crushing his hand bones, and then being slowly cut to death by some huge cleaver thing hanging from the ceiling. By the way, said man was tied down to a ‘operating’ table. (and somehow he took the longest time to die)

Only thing Cutest Cat learnt in the movie is that an average human has about 10 pints of blood in their body, and losing half  of it, 5 pints, will cause you to become very weak, however, still have a chance to survive. Wonder wat good that’ll do to Cutest Cat though. Cutest Cat strives to never ever even lose even one drop of blood.

all in all gross and Cutest Cat will not ever suggest watching SAW VI if it ever comes out again. However, Cutest Cat is a nice person, and if friends wants to watch and Cutest Cat is free, Cutest Cat will always say yes. Cutest Cat is a nice gal who rarely says no to friends.
 

OK!! Cutest Cat movie reviews are over. Enjoy Everyone!!

Signing Off,

the movie reviewer of Cutest Cat’s owner, Sprang84’s blog.

Dear E65,

I hope you’ll take care of yourself. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to lose you. I hope your new owner will be nice to you, don’t drop you as often as I do, and get to know your quirks and tempermental nature.. You block your screen when you’re not happy, easily tired and constantly need your 12 volt nightly dosage.

But, you also brought me joy and enhanced my social life, tried your best to maintain your stamina even when you’re real tired, provided me with entertainment whenever i’m driving rented lorries without radios, still being so steady when i’m careless with you.

More than that, the love you helped ppl bring me, and give out to others, being there for me all the time. you listened to all my rantings and ravings, lovey dovey and mushy stuff, you even heard me cry before.. what will I do without you??

I lost you my love, and i’ll always miss you.

Goodbye my love, my E65, Zai Jian. Goodbye my love, wo de E65, ni zai nar li?

Lots of love,

Your Ex-Owner

today’s my day. the mark of me completing 24 years on Earth, as a grandchild, a child, a sister, a cousin, a girlfriend, a friend, a student, and lately, an employee.

Intermittently, I’ve also been a slacker, a bummer, an undergrad, etc etc.. Learnt alot out of life, how to live it well, seen lots of people come and go in my life, be it till death doeth us part, or just plain dropping out of my life.

Certain people, seemingly so important at some point of time in your life, turns out to be just a fleeting moment, a breeze that brushes you by, leaving the faintest feeling of coolness. Some may be more lingering, the effects staying on longer, yet in the end, it doesn’t really matter after all.

Yet there are other people who comes into your life, wrecks havoc and then leave, leaving you to pick up the broken pieces and try to move on. To pick up the pieces, you need the third group of people, those who are always there, silently or noisily by your side, always ready to build you back up, lend a listening ear or shoulder to cry on. This is the group of people that will touch you most, in the smallest and seemingly most insignificant ways. Yet, they are always the most important and perhaps unappreciated group of people, it’s easiest to take them for granted.

I hope I’m not the unappreciative kind, and I belong to the third group of people to most of my friends around me. I’m a nice girl you know.. lol.. And I am happy to say that I have quite a few people in my life in that group. They take all sorts of nonsense from me, lending me their ears when I need one, although it’s always about the same few things.. I thank all these people for their never-ending patience and their love.

The best surprise this year came from a group of such friends, yes, my SIM clique of friends. They conspired with my boyfriend to give me a surprise, and I have to admit, I was really surprised.

Having went through so many birthday surprises for various friends in that group, I was naturally suspicious and highly alert for any moves they may make. In the end, I set myself up.. lol.. We were having dinner, and the night was almost over, I let my guard down, and Voila, boyfriend turns up with a birthday cake. Totally unexpected. Thanks to Ericia for going to all the trouble of arranging this, and even managing to surprise me. And, I really love the watch you guys got me. MUACKS!!

i think this is a rather philosophical entry, and Cat is not a very philosophical person after all, so, that’s all for now!! It all seems like mindless ramblings anyway..

hmm.. cat has been in Eureka for almost 5 months.. time flies.. and flew.. over the 5 months, i’ve learnt lots of stuff, starting to learn what my strengths are, and what i’ve gotta improve on. and, i kinda am startin to realise that, to know what one wants to do in life, one has gotta start living a life. my 18 months b4 Uni was really wasted. i kept saying i’m not lookin for a job coz i dunno wat i want to do.. well.. not that i knew really wat i was gettin myself into when i hopped on the eureka ‘cruise’.. turns out it’s more of a ’submarine’.. go in, do a quick, good, clean job, and get out.. background ppl really background ppl.. other ppl dun really notice u unless u ‘explode’ (i.e. mess up).. and that’s when ‘enemy’ missiles and bullets and torpedoes start flying in, homing in at us..

not to say i’ve not learnt alot.. learnt better interaction, more professional, like my best fren says, one of the first things you learn is ‘professional smile’, a smile that’ll always be there even when you feel like killing that person..

ok.. Hell Week in May came and went, no major damages, July Marathon coming up. I’m getting better at handling those long hours without rest.. still rem the first couple of Family Days i went to, went hm wif horrible migraines and slept the rest of the weekend away.. the last one i went to, i could still go out at nite.. lol..

Cat’s getting reallllllllllll good at working.. lol..

hmm.. keep encounterin stupid stuff (aka ppl) recently..

firstly, there was this pax who came to my office for interview on Monday.. i happened to only see the back view of that person.. built like female, act like male.. (u know the kind..) and guess wat!! He/she was coming for an INTERVIEW for a full time job!! guess wat s/he was wearing!! long sleeve t-shirt n baggy pants with a backpack or something.. How to get job liddat!!?? was inside wif my lady boss for less than 10 min.. sure cannot make it… horrible..

second, went back office after event today.. Didn’t intend to at first, but realised it was a colleague’s b-dae.. so decided to go back so that can sing him a birthday song.. see, i’m nice.. lol..

while in office, a colleague received an email from a client.. apparently one of our interns sent the person an email AND DID NOT sign off.. the client was rather offended as seriously, it was really a breach in etiquette.. I mean seriously.. even if u don’t identify your company or contact details or whatever else we always put as signing off signatures, BASIC letter writing also teaches u that u should sign off.. at least wif a name… dunno wat that intern doing.. not first time mess up liddat somemore.. best part is that the intern has about 5-6 months of internship.. and this is only like his 3rd week or something.. i have counted abt 2 major cockups n 1 minor one.. not bad.. averaging one per week..

i know.. give interns a break.. they’re still students and still learning.. but.. i dun rem being liddat during my own internship.. guess i’ve had a good mentor.. lol.. my internship boss was really great at managing me.. n i really learnt lotsa stuff there.. which i was able to put to good use here.. i wonder if my company’s interns are learning anything useful for their own sake.. one colleague commented that interns normally don’t feel any sense of belonging to the company.. something like just being a ‘passerby’.. but.. my own internship was only 11 weeks.. yet i’ve been loyal to that company till now.. maybe i’ve a stronger way of fostering and maintaining relationships? nonetheless, these interns are here for at least 5 months.. if it was me, i’ll really want to do a good job.. they dun realise that they need to pass the thing to graduate.. n the longer time u stay, the higher the chance of messing up if you dun put ur heart into it.. that intern like come here to play liddat.. i mean.. it’s ok if u tok back to boss or be too outspoken and straightforward.. you’re young, we understand n we give in to u in that way.. but hello, when it comes to work.. please be serious… we can’t cover ur backside for u all the time.. esp when the mess involves external parties…

sigh.. and i still have 4 more moe events to go.. meaning 4 more times of sorting letters, 8 more times of sorting photos, 4 more times of standing on stage, and countless more times of dealing with the logistics of sending out unclaimed promo letters to schools… juz imagine.. 500+ schools in SG.. ~7000 promotees, about 10-20% who didn’t claim their letters, the other 80% has photos to be sent to them, and no way of recognizing them if anything goes wrong.. i can’t begin to imagine the nightmare of the aftermath logistics i’ll have to go thru… n i dunno y they decided that yours truly should be in charge of settling the photos.. sigh.. shouldn’t have volunteered to help in the first place.. but think of it.. with Ben n HZ leaving, not many ppl left.. so who else but the coordinators.. n that toopid HJ sure too busy.. so left who?? CAT lor… PLUS INTERNS to help.. lol.. *evil grin*

3 down 1 to go.. that’s how i’d describe my company status now.. lol.. 4 of us started out together, 3 as campaign associates and 1 as event coordinator(ME!!).. the 3 of them haf left or are resigning.. left me hanging in there still.. ppl askin when my turn.. my family asking me to change jobs..

why should I?? i know i know, i’ve been complaining non-stop since i started.. but well.. now that i’ve kinda settled in, i’m actually quite happy here.. i know how to handle my boss more or less.. both bosses are rather nice to me.. and i know my limits.. techinically speaking, i’m rather happy except for the pay.. haha.. that thing will always be a sore point.. but still.. i don’t really wanna change jobs at this point in time..

my leave for study has been approved.. some rather exciting events coming up.. i really wanna be there to see it happen.. that’s the fun thing about this job.. now i understand why my boss keeps asking me if i find things exciting.. haha..

well.. guess it’s also due to the fact that i’m a lazy person.. i hate interviews.. never know what to say.. and i’ve settled into a job, fitted it into my comfort zone.. i dun wanna change it.. hahahaha.. i still will, but not at this point..

seriously, i’m a nice person.. if i really leave now, the rest of my colleagues will be worked to death.. so many ppl leaving, they don’t really have enough people to work.. i’m not so hard-hearted.. if they don’t step on my tail or rather, do anything that will totally disillusion me, i don’t really see myself as being able to leave without a really good reason.. figured i’ll hang in there a couple more months.. if they trust me enough to give me more duties and responsibilities, and i feel happy doing them, it’ll be good.. no matter wat, it’s still my first job, of course i want to stay as long as i can.. looks nicer on my resume..

but.. hahaha.. my dear friends, you guys will just have to bear with the constant griping.. haha.. coz cat is damn good at complaining… just like one of the dumb ass events my company is stuck with now.. not convenient to say which company.. will tell u guys more when we meet up..

take care folks.. end of griping session 101

well.. i was surfin my fren’s blog and she did this test..

http://www.paulgoldinresearch.com/cg/

has to do with picking colours that u feel harmonized wif.. watever that means.. i picked the colours i like most.. but the results, it’s actually quite accurate..

This is what it says about me:

At this particular time you are feeling the results of extreme stress (yea.. dun like my job and exams coming) and you are seeking a ‘way out’ but you are pushing too hard. Obviously you need peace, tranquillity and contentment (who doesn’t? at least once in awhile..). Your temperament is such that you are hoping, unrealistically perhaps, that your desires will shortly be fulfilled (even if at this time you are not quite sure what those true aspirations may be!). (i know my aspirations.. i know where i want to work next!!)

Of late, everything seems to be going so slowly - far slower than you anticipated - and this is causing you much anxiety and frustration (ya lor.. not learning anything in my job). It would appear that there is little you can do about the series of events that now seem to be taking place. In spite of the fact that you feel like ‘giving up’ - don’t (how to give up?? no money leh!!). Take a deep breath and start over again and you will find that eventually the expression ‘All’s well that ends well’ will have an extra special meaning for you.

You give the impression that you are a self-sufficient individual, pretending that you are stoical - indifferent to pain or pleasure. But this is not so, for in truth you are an extremely emotional person, one that may make hasty decisions and perhaps repent at leisure.(Very true. always make decisions and say things in the heat of the moment, and then when i regret, i don’t know how to go about doing it right)

It is time now perhaps to break the bond of detachment and become the real ‘you’ - the you that you would like to be.( I think the ‘real’ me will scare all my frens away) From every direction there appear to be unwarranted restrictions on your freedom of action and this is producing considerable stress (Yea.. try sitting right outside the boss’s office and see if you feel stressed knowing that he only needs to look up and he can see wat you’re doing) . You’re really looking for independence and freedom from any restriction and therefore avoiding any obligations or anything which might prove hampering (yea.. i wanna change seats in office). You are being subjected to considerable pressures and you would like nothing better than to escape from them but you tend to lack the necessary strength of purpose to succeed in this (i lack the funds $$$ to get the strength of purpose). Whichever way you turn you are being frustrated. You need to be free to do your ‘thing’ in your own way. You wish to be left in peace… no more conflict and no more differences of opinion. In fact you just don’t want to be involved in arguments of any shape or form. All you want is for ‘them’ to get on with it - and to leave you alone

my smart ass comments aside, i really have to say that it’s very true.. those who know me better can guess at a couple of issues that i’m facing. i think i’m damn good at giving myself stress and then proceed to ignore that stress.. damn dumb.. haha.

eniwei my office sent me down to be at an event at science centre couple of weeks back for the whole week.. the whole thing was a lark.. juz go there, play wif sound control, make sure my manpower are working, and gawk at cute guys..haha.. if you’re wondering about the link between science centre and cute guys, i assure u there are none.. however, lucky me had a emcee who is cute in his own way, reminded me of a past crush, and generally was there about 5 hours a day to lemme gawk..haha.. no harm done, guys like to look at pretty gals, same goes for females. we also know how to appreciate beauty in the opposite sex.. lol..

eniwei, i dun really like this job, not learning, and no future that i can foresee.. hmm maybe i’ll get promoted to like wat.. senior events coordinator.. haha.. and maybe they’ll let me sit in some other place where i can sneakily msn.. haha..

but nope.. i already haf a rough idea on wat i want to do next.. i quite enjoy events industry, though tiring, but once u get used to it, it’s quite fun.. but somehow i seem to be allergic to family days.. or maybe was the zoo.. past 2 family days i did there, i went home wif migraine.. so it’s either family day or zoo.. hmm.. will go for a few more before i come to a conclusion.

but as i was saying, i would quite like to try to go further in the events line.. hmm.. make it events and marketing.. haha.. but a couple of companies i’m aiming.. but their location don really suit me.. unless i get my own transport.. hmm.. i wonder if my parents will kill me if i go for a bike license and buy a vespa.. haha.. it’s a teeny tiny dream of mine.. but i won’t do it.. hehe.. most likely..

oh well.. we’ll see how things go.. a footnote though, I’m damn happy for all SIM friends.. all those who were looking for jobs managed to find jobs they want and they all pay quite well.. All the best in your future endeavours guys!! We are all embarking on a new journey of life!! Dun forget me!!

i’m startin my new phase in life.. one that i can foresee for around the next 40 years… workin life.. sigh.. i spent the first 24 years of my life preparing for this, yet i’m not looking forward to it.. sigh.. the only good thing i can see is that i’ll have an income and not depend on my parents anymore..

startin work on the 18th, which is tmr.. i hope things go well.. kinda nervous, yet it all seems so surreal.. lol.. was having one of our dvd marathons today at icon (where else??!!) with vivien, viv’s fren, michelle, gideon, carol, crystal, sandy.. terence n gf, bernita, ericia and roxanne were there too, but chatting away somewhere.. went for zi char dinner after that and had our annual ‘lo hei’.. made a great mess with more stuff on the table than on the plate as usual.. it was fun though.. and cheap dinner, lol.. only $6 each.. though was a regret that tl n ethan n jiawen couldn’t make it..

well.. slacking life was good, though life must go on.. so, in order for life to go on, cat has to work.. lol.. thanks to all the frens who wished me luck in my new job.. and i wish u guys good luck in finding jobs..

ok.. cat needs to sleep so that she can wake up at 7am for the rest of her life.. all who knows cat knows that anything before 10am is an unearthly hour… darn.. wat to do.. for money..

hmm.. i think i am quite sure now that i’m a lazy blogger.. i totally didn’t bother to blog about the past two months of my life..

i went for a graduation trip, though i haven’t graduated.. managed to pass all my subjects this sem though.. a relieve.. i was so scared i’d to tell my parents that i flunked and will be doing Yet another extra sem.. as it is now, i haf one more subject to clear and i’d be a uni grad..

eniwei, about the trip. went wif TL, Ethan, Michelle and Vivien. so 5 of us, spending 5 days in krabi, Thailand. slept on this squeaky bouncy spring bed that viv says reminded her of a particular scene in Justine, a movie about a sex slave or something.. darn.. haha.. eniwei, i got ‘harassed’ by this irritating guide during our island hopping trip, thnx to the gals for saving me.. haha.. had cheap roadside food that actually tastes good, but the serving was not enuff even for me.. it was a good trip overall, except for the fact that we had a lack of funds.. lol..

had a few dvd marathons, spending hours upon hours watching movies at Icon, totally treating the place like our house. basically juz lazing our days away.. lol.. seems like none of us are actively looking for jobs..

fast forward to new year eve coz cat absolutely can’t remember wat else she did.. mental block.. lol..

spent NYE at Icon (yet again), Terence (who finally came back from Aust) mixed a drink of vodka, cranberry juice and mint leaves and who knows wat else.. as usual, it was potent but u can’t taste it, so u think it’s alright.. So, we started playing drinking games and poor cat (who can’t drink to save her life) had to drink. Boyfren was around but refused to help.. humph.. eniwei, as usual, lousy cat gets high after a cup of that drink mixed wif beer.. at any rate, cat was a happy gal the rest of the night. hehe.. Happy New Year everyone.

I am not going to have any resolutions, coz i won’t be able to remember them anyway. I need to find a job, graduate, and earn money. And i just hope that life will go smoothly for me.

went for a movie today wif Fred, TL, Viv and Mich. the guys left after the movie, leaving us gals to fend for ourselves.. lol.. went for dinner and chitchat.. i really like these chatting sessions.. Let us know more about each other, just talking and chilling.. and doesn’t cost that much.. lol.. and gals being gals, and vivien being there, chatting comes easily. so does digression.. haha.. we females are easily distracted beings..

all in all, i feel it’s been quite a good year, i’ve done lots of things i wanted to do, some that i didn’t think of doing but did, e.g. rollerblading and falling on my ass.. hmm.. the only bad thing this year i guess is that i’ve a perpetual lack of funds.. see.. that’s why i need to work.. working allows me to earn more and hopefully spend less.. hehe..

All you ppl out there.. Wish me luck in finding a great job!