What $5 can do to you

Am at West Coast Plaza chilling at a cafe when i remembered that I have a $5 Gong Cha voucher to redeem. I entered Gong Cha. The lady with the cap and ponytail asked to take my order. I handover the $5 voucher and made my order. I did that as usually service staff expects you to give the voucher first before taking the order in case they need to key in or something. I asked the staff how much i needed to top up. She then replied loudly: "GIVE ME FIFTY CENTS". Her colleague laughed. She asked: Ni Zai Siao She Me? Then her colleague said" Yin Wei Ni Suo Give Me Fifty Cents!" She then grumbled something inaudible. I thought that it was her way of talking. After she was done with the cashier, she removed the receipt with a quick swipe and held the receipt in her hand and tilted her head and stared at me. I had to bend over the counter just to get the receipt from her. Then as i was waiting for my drink to be ready, her colleague said that was the 3rd coupon redeemed for the day, if not.. (she stopped upon seeing that I was looking at them). They then laughed amongst themselves. After I was home and resting, I realised that they were actually being very rude. What is $5 when you are just an employee paid by the hour with no commission to speak of? Do you see me as a cheapskate so you are acting that way? It's not as if you were the owner and you worry that you were making a loss right? I felt that I was bullied without even knowing.. so shortchanged! Next time I shall speak out if i realised that I was treated rudely/unfairly!

Reminiscing

A chance encounter with an ex suitor lately. Remembered how nice and gentlemanly he was during the chase. However I didn't accept him as I wasn't ready to commit.

It set me thinking of the past. Flashbacks of those singleton days where life was full of adventure with its regular doses of sweets and spice.

I wonder how he had been. Thought of.. when I'm alone in the car. The drive to the other end of the world- left some scratches at the boot lol. Darn those construction!

At the cafe we were, for supper. Or was it just to enjoy your company? U were always available yet out of reach..

The time when we were oceans apart. When u found someone.. Had u never considered me?

The time at the bus stop. Whether to hop on the bus. Taking your hand and we scrambled for the bus. Sitting at the last seat and enjoying the bumpiness.

So much I dreamt of thee..

That I walked away from u when I saw u looking at her. Put on a mask so u wouldn't know it's me. Walked away from u in despair but u held my hand telling me that you still cared.

How have u been? I hope life treats you well..

I forgot how it feels like to be happy
:~~(

I'm a Pirate today!

Had been down with a swollen eye for the past month. There was once it was so swollen with two stys - it totally blocked my left eye's vision! Driving was a hazard and going out - worst still. I had to wear sunglasses even in sheltered places and once at a condo during work. People walked past and stared. As I was professionally decked in office wear at Reflections at Keppel Bay. One agent thought I was the owner of a unit there and asked the agent if I was her client. Am here again at the Eye Clinic - Jurong West. I hated my first time there as the doctor was rude and kept trying to jump to conclusions in completing my sentences. The nurses were grouchy and forgot to return my IC and even spelled and called my name wrongly. My second time here in this hateful clinic as I have decided that the swell has to go. I looked horrid at my best friend's wedding! The staff were rather nice today and the doctor spoke patiently. Maybe cos he was a sadist and was very eager to perform the surgery haha. I asked if there was anything to reduce the pain and he said it was to remove the sty. Then i told him that I was talking about reducing the pain from the cutting of the sty. Told me that he had to give me an injection. Which he eventually gave me TWO as I still felt some pain when the clippers were on my upper and lower lid to show the sty clearly. FREAKING painful - During the 1st injection, my immediate reaction was to hold the doctor's hand when he sank the needle in. He then told the nurse to hold my hand! After the 1st injection, the second one didn't feel a thing. Eventually, he squeezed out the pus and I saw him clearing lotsa blood from my eye. I had to squeeze the cotton pad to my eye to prevent it from turning blue-black. The nurse then told me to remove the pad and I saw more blood. She then cleaned the blood away and applied eye gel and drops. Total bill: $224.31 (Incision: $120) My eye was bandaged for the next 3 hours. Oh yes, I bought some Ding Tea (Honey Green Tea)before entering the eye clinic for a morale booster. Anyway, it sucks cos the cup was opaque and they put too little pearls! Hard to tell unless u burst a big hole at the top to see haha..

Avalon

My dear friend, Carolyn is getting married! Here we are at the Marina Bay Sands for her Hen's Night! She didn't want anything fancyful so we skipped the tiara and the veil. Picked up babes, Valerie Sim, Carrie and Jac and we headed to MBS. Blasted some 80s song to get into the mood. Nope, Avalon isn't playing 80s music. It's just that music from the 80s makes me happy. And brings back fond memories.. Summer Rain.. a song i always repeat sometimes from the start of the journey to the end when i drive at night. Parked at MBS. So called the most expensive CP in SG. We went at 9+ so it was already $6 per entry. We had Gong Cha before hitting Avalon! My addiction with the Bubble Tea.. Had Milk Tea with regular sweetness. Nothing less. Gong Cha is always bland compared to Koi where u only need 30% sugar level.. At Avalon. Weren't granted a table as there was a minimum 5 persons to be met. Avalon was really quiet but the ambience was nice- love the view! Just beside the isle. Walk down the isle and you'll feel like some kinda supermodel. Lol. Size was alright, not too big that you would get lost on the dancefloor. There was an upper floor, but it was small and depressing. One of the twins wanted to stay there and I was like "NOOOOO!!!" We ordered our 1st drinks. Carrie asked what they had for the drinks coupon entitlement. I was giggling. Was that a pet peeve of all bartenders? Hee.. Volka, Gin, Bourbon, Rum.. the usual la, babe! I ordered Rum-Orange, as usual. Love its sweetness. It was a ghost town intially but the crowd came in from 12am and soon it was crowded! Just the way i like it to be, not crowded till you get brushed against, or bumped into, or even shoved to the side when people walked past u. Like Mambo nights @ Zouk.. We weren't allowed to do a lot of Saboing. So Ah Sim (we called her that as not to confuse with the other Valerie-me!) and I approached two young Caucasians. Ah Sim told one of them to......... OOPS! Forgot I am not allowed to talk about it hee. Anyway it was GOOD CLEAN FUN.. and we did not carrying on with the sabotaging after that. In fact, I don't really consider that saboing. She was let off pretty easily! Anyway there weren't much people to pick from the crowd. Most people have a certain air and kinda went about doing their stuff. Ah Sim kept gushing about the cute Caucasian with the Asian girl. And said he kept looking at me! I didn't notice.. couldn't bother too these days. Anyway, this dark skinned guy approached our group to join their VIP table. I told the girls to tell him to buy us each a drink first. Just to test his reaction. Cos there was like 4 of us. Apparently he left.. HAHAHA! What a miser! Anyway his tables were filled with people Carrie believed to be from Pakistan. And the way they "dance", swaying their arms.. NO THANKS! I wouldn't want to get anyway within the radius or even diameter.. Time flies. 2am!?! WHAT?!? SO late?!? Usually i don't last beyond 1am. And already find myself home.. Love the Caucasian DJ: Joe?!? The Malay DJ that took over after him SUCKS. Music is slow and un-danceable. In previous times, i would not be able to dance if I weren't tipsy. This is me and the bride-to-be! Congrats, my dear! MUACKS! At

Request to add you as a friend

I remembered he didn't want to remain as friends or rather 'not for now' when it ended.

Now, seeing the friend request surprises me. Are we making friends with each other now? Were we ever friends? Are exe(s) supposed to befriend each other? What do u expect out of this friendship?

Thinking too much again. Me the thinker. Thought too much that he even appeared in my dreams. Wanting to meet my parents in one instance, and flashing his solitaire (bigger than my 1.0x carat) and eternity ring in the other.

Am I supposed to take comfort in the fact that at least he is not like someone who refused to accept my many requests although we were really friends. Prolly did not want to be associated with me..

Ok I am not petty and shall stop therein!

Ouch

I'd always have a low threshold for pain.

In school, there was once i cried when doing a blood donation. The tears just flowed when the doctor pricked a needle into my thin skin. It was in front of my crush! And when they said press again, i continued squeezing the little heart in my fist and close my eyes tightly. My friends burst out laughing and I realised that the nurse was asking me to press the little cotton ball on my punctured hand. They were already done with drawing my blood. And Yes, my crush was still there.. looking at me with eyes of wonder. Darn! So unglam haha..

Back to the topic. Had sprained my wrist lately. Heard tt Ng's had a good Sinseh who cured JW's leg injury via massage. Hmm.. a massage would be nice too even if I don't have the time for a body massage. At least I was getting one body part massage thou it was for the sprain.

The Sinseh was a man in his 40s. Told him abt my wrist and he took it and start kneading like it was a dough. For those who are not good at baking, he was practically using his wrist to rub along length of my hand. Tt really hurt. Not the sprain, but the force applied.

Hello, i'm not order Mee Hoon Kuay or Roti Prata.. don't have to prepare the dough yet. Ok, i'm not affected by him. Just need to complain about the pain hee..

Then he went to my foot. I'm like:" what does my foot have to do with this?" He said," Its very hard to understand Chinese medicine" in Mandarin. He started grabbing a few mm of my leg skin and then i saw something shiny glittering under the light. As it started to sank into my foot, i had a knee jerk reaction and Sinseh was shocked and pulled back the needle.

Ok, i unknowinly become a patient of Acupunture. The 1st poke was bearable.. but the rubbing of the skin makes me queasy. So much i contorted my face like I was pressed against a window by a bandit.

Then another needle sank on the back of my hand. Suddenly i was reminded of a movie poster of this man whose face was totally pricked with needles. Some horror show that i would not want to watch- not even the commercial.

Sinseh spotted my sore and swollen eye. Yes, he has an eagle eye. Told him i was suffering from it for the past mth! Taking medicine from Doc's clinic just a few units away.

Sinseh told me about him curing a 5 yr old girl who was plagued with swollen eye for the longest time. Before i knew it, he was making my ear queasy and stuck a needle into my ear. Then he started pulling at it like i was a bad pupil being punished by the teacher.

Ok i know nowadays, teachers are not allowed to do tt. I'm talking abt in my times. The 1980s.. where teachers get away with pulling ears of students. Calling them pigs. Stupid. And throwing their homework across the classroom.

Back to the Sinseh.. after rubbing vigourously on my ear, he emerged with cotton in his hand and showed me the color of my blood. Said it was dark red and I was too "heaty".

Warouz.. i have been drinking water! And also peanut crackers.. marsh mallows.. beancurd from supermarkets.. CNY goodies.. ok, i'm "heaty"

Following that, he pricked a few more needles in both ears and I felt as if it was some kind of exorcism. "Pls take this devil living in my left eye and send him to his doom!" *valerie chanting*

Told me to come back tmr if I need to speed up the recovery though it will still recover after today.

Yes, I will. I need to look "nice nice" on Sunday for church. Enough of wearing sunglasses in shopping centres. I wonder if onlookers were staring at me being the weirdo or at my new Chanel sunglasses.

Fast forward, and here I am at Ng's again. With thicker skin to be poked. Yes, I have psyched myself up for this. I must look nice nice on Sunday, or at least normal. And not like some froggy with bulging eyes+pus/redness.

Sinseh forgot abt me/my condition (dunno wad i was in his clinic for.. tsk tsk)and I had to remind him about my sore eye. Then he said it subsided quite a bit! Ok, i know im not memorable wo any make-up on. Thanks huh!

Did i tell u that the sales assistant at "MoonRiver" said "Ni Hen Mei" when i finished paying for the dress i bought" Yeah, in my bare face and slighly swollen eye. Pls.. i know what you're thinking.It ain't a sales pitch. She does not earn any commission and is on a fixed pay.


This time, the rubbing became more apparent. Is it cos he applied more force as I have already "warmed up" yesterday?

Hope I will recover soon!

Yes, Captain!

Watching this show now on "One", the Korean channel..

I LOVE Ji Jin Hee! Especially when he does the routine checks before flying. Cool! *swoons*

Infidelity

Took a survey on Infidelity.. what were you thinking?

Was quite disturbed when I looked at the quiz. Anyway, some of my answers below:

1. Thinking about someone who is not the spouse is an act of infidelity.
x (checked)

2. Having feelings for another person who is not the spouse is considered an act of infidelity.
x

3. You consider it an act of infidelity when a married person have sex someone else other than the spouse.
x

4. Thoughts of having sex with someone else other than the spouse is considered an act of infidelity.
x

5. One night stands are considered an act of infidelity
x

BTW, those checked are for "Strongly Agree".

But, this has to be the highlight of all..

6. What do you think is the cause for infidelity?
□ Lack of sex in marriage
□ Boredom
□ Lost of interest in the relationship
□ Others. Please specify:

My answer: Others:
Loose morals. Poor upbringing. Wrong values. Character flaw. Alcohol

I'll think that I could go on and on.. lol

Peace be with me

I love it when it comes to night time. Time seems to slow down a little. Nobody's around to fight for space, attention and I get my rare moments of peace, tranquility and solitary life.

Sometimes life's like this. Messed up. But when night falls, one seems to be able to find her own sanity. My sanity. Or at least wallow in self-pity without the presence of anyone to further mess up the mind.

Here i am, sitting in the darkness. Turning on the lights will bring me back to morbid reality. When that happens, I'll try to think of the one good thing that ever happened to me after the big M. Even if it's just one good thing. Everything will be just fine. At least it's better than in the past where you wake up wishing that you'll never wake up again.

Life's like that.

Long day today. Long day yesterday. Tired.