Thursday, May 26, 2005
andriy shevchenko
not sure how many people who read my blog knows him but he's the main reason why i suppport ac milan. last nite, or rather this morning at 2.40am was the champions league final between ac milan n liverpool. although i was so dead tired, i still dragged my arse off my comfortable bed. watched the match n was ecstatic when paolo maldini (2nd reason y i like ac milan) scored after 1 minute of playing. by half time, they were leading 3-0.
god can be so cruel at times. shevchenko scored before half time, but it was offside hence not counted. i was sad but thought to myself, as long as milan wins n he's happy, it doesn't matter. never ever did i expect liverpool to come back from behind n score 3 goals in a matter of 6 minutes!! it was disappointing but by the time liverpool scored the 2nd goal, i knew it was over for milan.
everyone expected shevchenko to score at least a goal, but after the shot that was offside, jamie carragher did a great job of defending against shevchenko. i was disappointed, but there was nothing to be done. eventually, the match ended up going into extra time n finally, penalty shootout. i nearly broke down when dudek saved shevchenko's shot. nothing went well for shevchenko the whole match. absolutely nothing. luck wasn't with him at all.
honestly speaking, i must say that cisse (from liverpool) is a good player n dudek (liverpool goalie) is quite a good keeper too. overall, everyone played well n it was a good match.
BUT, i couldn't sleep after the match.. everytime i close my eyes, i see the sad, disappointed, dejected, regretful look on shevchenko's face after the whole game.. he was reprimanding himself throughout.. it was as if he was saying to himself,' it's all my fault'. he took the blame for the whole loss n i felt the hurt. he did very well. really very well. it was a matter of luck. he's a good player n i give him that credit. i just hope he won't take things too hard.
my mood was pretty down today. i couldn't get that look on shevchenko's face off my mind n the fact that he took off the silver medal immediately after it was put around his neck.. n he simply laid down on the field, covering his face. all that agony, hurt n pain.. i felt it all. i jus wish that he can cheer up soon again.
tomorrow will be the last day for the male colleague whom i've got rumours with. going out for dinner with my dept people coz someone from my dept is also leaving. after which, i'm gonna join the male colleague i'm close to n other folks from my office for drinks. 2 places to run to n i seriously lack sleep now. haha. heading home soon to sleep.
n to shevchenko, u'll always be a hero to me. :)
magz [8:53 PM]
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Monday, May 23, 2005
zoo
due to vesak day yesterday, we had a public holiday today. didn't have any plans for the day actually, but my beloved surprised me by suggesting that we go to the zoo! i've always wanted to visit the zoo with him and today, my dream was fulfilled. :)
weather was pretty hot though there were dark clouds while we were driving there. arrived at the zoo at 4pm just to find out that we only had 2 hours to walk the whole area coz they were closing at 6pm to prepare for night safari. we took pictures of the animals n walked around the area, chatting, looking at animals n just relaxing n having fun. memories of going to the zoo with the sim gang 2 years ago came back to me. :p
while we were halfway through, it started to rain but luckily it was more of a drizzle. we ignored the raindrops n carried on our way. think the whole drizzle lasted only less than 5 minutes. as it was getting humid n we were perspiring like mad, we decided to buy a drink. drinks there are SO expensive. $2.80 for a bottle of soft drink! we decided to buy only 1 bottle since we brought our own water there anyway. was pretty refreshing though.
managed to finish the whole trip by 6pm. just nice on the dot but we hardly got a chance to sit down n rest. legs r aching right now. haha. i'm really glad that my dear was willing to come on this trip with me coz i've been bugging him for ages. it might not sound interesting to a lo of people - walking in the zoo. but somehow, i feel that it's a chance for us to talk, enjoy each other's company n really relax. :p
basically right now, i'm a very very happy gal n very very satisfied. wanna thank my boy for making the time n effort in accompanying me on this journey. but 1 thing i must say, 'daz, mus c a doctor k. worried about ur nose bleeding. so, pls go n c a doctor to make sure things are alright k? n thank u for being so sweet n nice to me n going with me on this trip though u weren't feeling too well to start with. thanx ever ever so much! love u loads!'
magz [8:30 PM]
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Friday, May 20, 2005
platonic friendships
sometimes i simply don't understand. at the kind of era we're in right now, why is it that people still don't believe that a guy n a gal being doesn't necessarily have to be a couple n that they can be good friends?
at my work place, i've become quite close to a guy who's last day of work is next friday. we get along well coz we have a lot in common. tom stays across the street from him so sometimes he gives me a lift to tom's place. we both do not have much to do at work coz he's resigning n i'm still new so we chat with each other often. he's also into wrestling n doesn't like durians - just like me. n he also has more gal friends than guy friends, just like i have more guy friends than gal friends (coz i've got such a boyish character). he n tom are even in the same club! that's how coincidental things are.
so, a friendship was developed and we talk about anything and everything. his 'hot' dates, tom(my bf), our families, etc. i don't see anything wrong with it coz he knows that i'm attached n we're not attracted to each other. we liked to tease each other n be sarcastic at times as well. to me, he's just a very good friend whom i can relate to coz of the similarities between us. that's all.
today was the 1st time i went out of office with him together after lunch (i lunched in while he went out for lunch with another colleague). went out with him after that coz i wanted to show him the design of a pair of diamond earrings that i like. reason why i showed it to him is not coz i want him to buy them for me but coz his family owns a jewellery shop and he might be able to get them for me at a cheaper price. of coz anybody will want to pay lesser for the same thing right?
a group of colleagues saw us n when i went back to the office, one of the guys i know (from school last time) emailed me asking me what was going on between me n that guy. sighz.. human beings.. always curious n never believing in platonic friendships. whoever said that guys n gals can't be good friends? i have a number of guy friends whom i'm close to as well. what's wrong with that? i simply don't get it. it's pretty dumb ain't it? going out of the office for 15 minutes n being seen by people makes them think that something's up our sleeves. it's so crappy.
anyway, this guy's leaving in another 4 days. yes, i'll be bored at work coz there's nobody else for me to disturb (coz they're all too busy) when i'm free but at least there won't be any more misunderstandings. he even apologised to me saying that he always had this sort of trouble. so do i. sighz.. wonder why most people can't understand our predicament?
magz [8:50 PM]
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Tuesday, May 17, 2005
making friends~
i must admit that it's good experience where i'm working at. i'm ok with the job though it's kinda admin n not that related to accounting, which is what i studied. overall, things are still alright n i'm still learning from my mentor - anne marie!!! haha. ya.. it's nice to work side by side with someone u know.
i'm making friends with the people there. a few are quite friendly so atmosphere is pretty good. got a few other SIM people there whom i know, which makes it even better. so, i'm doing rather fine there. :)
i've got 10 days leave to clear from aug to dec. still planning what to do n when to take leave. i've actually thought of a few days to take but it clashes with another colleague's leave so.. sighz.. mus slowly plan now. i wanna take a holiday, probably go overseas for holiday but have no idea where to go yet. probably check with my family n some friends to see if anyone will be going for hols. hehe.
my colleagues will be going for badminton session tomorrow but i can't join them. but next thurs i'll definitely join them, i think. hehe. it's been a long time since i last exercised. so unhealthy. :p
my boss treated me, anne and another colleague who joined 1 week before me to lunch today. ate at sakae sushi n she paid $70+ after discount. oopss.. she's a very nice n friendly lady. think i'll enjoy working under her. :)
ex-colleagues from both my previous working places have been contacting me and asking me if things are ok. thanx for the concern folks!!! ya.. i miss u all too!!! sighz.. all the fun n laughter that we shared. it's been some time since i last met up with the dbs group! sighz...
to jer - not sure if u'll be able to read this coz of ur internet connection but sure hope u do. glad that u r doing ok in australia n that ur studies are still as good. :) u'll be coming back in 1 n a half months' time. think regine's gonna be very happy n so r u. ^_^ all the best for ur last few projects n tests! study hard! :)
to meng - think u r ok now from what i read in ur blog. happy for u. didn't need my listening ear as usual but glad that u r alright.
to jessica, huiwen n adelene - i miss u gals too! will arrange to meet up soon! :p
magz [8:45 PM]
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Tuesday, May 10, 2005
2nd day of work..
at work now.. today's my 2nd day of work. overall, things are still quite ok but i'm getting a little bored. guess it's coz my rush period is in the morning til 12 noon n i've got the whole afternoon with nothing much to do. can be boring.. haven't done anything much the whole day except some small things. other than that, i've been stoning half the afternoon.
anne's going on course tomorrow and on thursday. will be even more bored coz she won't be around to teach me stuff. sighz.. people here are too busy to chat with me anyway. so it's really quite boring. nothing much to talk to them about anyway. dunno what to start chatting about. sighz..
feeling pretty tired coz muz wake up much earlier than last time to come work. reach office at about 8.25am which is half an hour before i start work. think i need to head to the library to borrow books again so that i can read when i'm having my breakfast before i start work n on my way home. haha. hope i can find good books to read though.
didn't feel well on sunday n yesterday. had a bad headache caused by muscle tension of my neck. not the 1st time that i suffer from this but it sucks. kept making me feel nauseous n with that blasting headache, it's really awful. tried to vomit when i reached tom's place after work yesterday but couldn't get it out. took a nap while he had dinner. his mum was nice to cook porridge for me. felt much better after the nap n some food in my stomach. was ok by the time i reached home at 10pm. it's nice to be looked after. hehe.
wonder how many more days of boredom i have to go through before i can start to really work. i can't live with being bored every afternoon for the next 1 year. it'll kill me n honestly, i'd rather be busy than to be so slack. being bored sucks coz it makes me feel lonely n sad. hate that feeling. which is y i'm happy at dbs coz i had things to do all day long n it made time pass so much faster n easier. now every day is such a drag.. time passes so slowly that i can die.. argh!!!!!
magz [5:21 PM]
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Thursday, May 05, 2005
accident & football
had my 1st car accident yesterday morning on my way to work. well, not that i was the driver but i was in the car that met with the accident. my cousin, ann, was driving us to work as per normal. we were to turn out from a small road so had to look out for traffic. she stopped n was looking out for traffic when suddenly we jerked forward. thank god for the safety belt or i might have whacked my head against the front. got out of the car and the idiotic cab driver accused us of jamming on the brakes. "hello!!! we stopped the car for so freaking long before u whacked us from the back manz!!! dumb idiot!" - obviously i didn't say that but was thinking of it. haha. this cab driver.. how do i describe him? it was as if he's in some major business or he's always in some accidents. he's got 2 handphones n a digicam.. all in his pouch!!! my goodness! so professional ya? the rear of his cab has got a dent as well. shows how 'fantastic' this driver is! haha. think ann's gonna claim compensation from this guy's insurance or something. not very sure. but luckily, both of us are fine.
been waking up 2 mornings in a row to watch football. watched liverpool against chelsea on wednesday morning. that was a good match. exciting throughout. the goal by liverpool can be considered as a lucky shot. haha. liverpool had some luck that day! chelsea played well but their shots were either blocked or went wide. cisse from liverpool joined the match about 15 to 20 mins before the game ended n as always, i'm amazed by this player! he's fast n good!! all that power n speed. i can never cease to be amazed by him n what he can do. amazing!! totally fantastic!
woke up early this morning at 2.30am again as well to watch ac milan vs psv eindhoven. was rooting for milan but they played pretty badly. passing was off, didn't dare to tackle n when they did, they missed n whacked psv players' legs. sighz.. they were playing defense all the while which made everything worse. psv scored after 9 mins and again after 65 mins. yet, milan did not attack much!!! their passing was so bad that i wondered if they were on psv's side or playing for milan. finally, after 90 mins, they finally scored 1 goal! i was ecstatic but less than 1 min later, psv scored a goal as well!!! can u believe it?? it was a really dramatic ending! it was awful watching milan play like that when i want them to win so much n face liverpool. but looking at the way they're playing, it's pretty demoralising.
may 25 will be the face-off between milan n liverpool. hopefully milan can perform up to standard by then. then i'll have an interesting n exciting match to watch. i'll be rooting for milan n my boy will be supporting liverpool. haha. rivals!!! hope shevchenko scores a goal! he looks cute with his new haircut~ haha. n lampard is cute too (but he's from chelsea)... haha. REAL MADRID IS STILL THE BEST THOUGH! :)
1 n a half more days n i'll be out of this office, working away from the busy central business district of shenton way. to be at tampines with the aunties.. haha. sad thing.. won't be able to look at the cute foreigners at shenton way area anymore. there r 2 really cute ones (1 working at deutsche bank at dbs building tower 2, the other i saw at starbucks of capital tower). wonder if there'll be any cute foreigners for me to look at at tampines. hehe. :p i'm so naughty~!~!
magz [9:05 AM]
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Tuesday, May 03, 2005
4 more days..
4 more days n it's over for me here. i'll be heading a new direction, doing something else n hopefully like what i do more than what i'm doing here now. jus wish that i can find the path for myself.. the path that i wanna go..
n 4 more days, i won't be able to lunch with my boy anymore. sighz.. always makes me sad at the thought. yes, like jean said, i'm poisoned.. poisoned by love. never have i ever felt like that. i love to make my boy happy, buy him nice things, think of him everytime something happens to me (good or bad). n i'm very upset everytime he gets injured. he sprained his ankle during football on sunday n i'm unhappy about it coz i'm worried for him. seeing him limp makes my heart ache.. so i try not to make him walk too much nor make him carry too much stuff.
this weekend n the extra day of rest due to labour day has been good. spent my saturday with my boy as usual. went to do our own stuff n had dinner with dad coz it was his bday. after that, we went to my aunt's place to get the cheque from her for me to pay off my company. oh ya.. didn't update on that. managed to get the figure cut down to $3,750. that's half of what i was supposed to pay so i'm glad about it. partial victory is better than nothing. at least i'm not paying $9,000. good enough for me. anyway, we stayed at my aunt's place til 10.45 then went back to boy's place so that he can watch the last bit of his liverpool match. went back home to sleep after that. :)
sunday morning, i woke up early to visit grandma. went home, watched a bit of tv, bathed n went out with ann to town. saw jayaye aka justin ang (my dj friend) at pacific plaza. was good to see him again. he's now at perfect10. think it's better for him than at power98. at least perfect10 has more recognition n listeners. :p after ann went for her yoga class, i headed to irvin's place. watched tv n chatted with anne n irvin while waiting for jackie n shirley to reach. dinner made by irvin was fantastic! had a great dinner. had a grand tour of irvin's place. still can't get over his mum's room, toilet n walk-in closet! huge n nice. still dreaming of it.
played bridge at the garden after that. was nice n windy. weather was good that day. played with astro, the golden retriever as well. that guy's saliva jus keeps dripping. er... eeww.. hehe. we had fun chatting n playing bridge. my boy came to pick me up after attending his friend's wedding dinner at raffles hotel. he kept his promise!! yay!!!
monday - went shopping for ingredients to make cheesecake. breaks my heart to see him limping all the way. felt sad. bought the ingredients and went back to his place to make the cheesecake. after making, we played online games til dinner time. wanted to go meet the guys (my group) for fishing but didn't want him to walk too much due to the sprained ankle. bought some ready-made fries, campbells soup, mushroom pizza n sausages from the petrol kiosk near his place n went back to cook. i did the sausages n soup while he made the pizza n fries. had a satisfying n relaxed dinner by ourselves. played more games after that n watched 'desperate housewives' before going home. :)
now i'm at work. boring!!! but everybody likes the cheesecake! thanx to jean's recipe~ :p think i'm gonna try other stuff next time when i'm more free. sighz.. time to start work though i'd rather not. i've resigned!! why m i still working so hard for?? duhz..
magz [9:18 AM]
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