the echo loft

o1.what do your friends call you?
anne , ah anne , siao eh , Joanne!!(filled with emotion and excitement), darling ?
o2. is your bestfriend a girl?
i dun believe in besties:) I love all my frens the same.
o3. do you wear make-up?
What do you think?
o4. do you wear shoes with high heels?
yeah but i rather not. I like to feel comfy shopping.Besides,im Tall enough i think.
o5. do you like wearing dresses?
i suppose it depends on the occassion?
o6. do you have short or long hair?
In my dreams i have suberbly long hair.In reality, mine's longer than shoulder length
o7. one length or layered?
i dont know.i think it's layered?haha
o8. how long does it take you to fix yourself up?
do i need fixing?haha. Well, LONG enough.
o9. do you have a makeup kit?
yeppie doodles!
10. if yes, what's inside?
the essentials-blusher! lip gloss.eye shadow. eyeliner. mascara.foundation.loose powder.eye brow powder. concealer.lash/brow comb.Basically Everything !
11. how long do you take a bath?
15 mins- 30 mins.
12. do you use conditioner?
obviously!
13. how do you dry your hair?
er. wif a towel?
14. what's your usual hairstyle?
Many.It all depends on the mood and outfit baby!
15. do you panic if you have a pimple?
yeppies doodles!It affects me totally!
16. do you often go to the salon?
No.I don want a scissors to come near my hair.i miss my long hair!
17. when was the last time you went to the salon?
hurhur very gd qn.My hair takes DAMN long to grow.SO i think half a yr ago?
18. what did you do in the salon?
What a qn! Cut hair la.
20. rebond? have you tried?
nope. im blessed with straight hair.
21. do you paint your nails?
yeppie doodles! i love collecting nail polish altho i think i haf enough colours to go around!
22. what's your casual wear?
You mean out or home?Home then PJs! Out then .. the usual la.im very ordinary.
23. flats or pumps?
both?
24. how many piercings do you have?
4 -2 on my right ear, 1 on my left ear and my navel which has unfortunately closed. i am not a dartboard and i cant endure pain .
25. do you go on a diet?
Im picky with food and its a fact.I cant bear to go on a diet but what i eat is mostly very healthy things so it seems like im dieting to many!But i guess it's the way i am and it just so happen that food i like are healthy.You cant blame me if my mum cooks food like it's meant for sick patients(STEAM.BOIL.OILESS)Im used to it.So no, i dont diet.No one should diet.I believe so.Eat in Moderation.BUt i love BREADbrieadiebread!
26. what brand do you like?
Well im not brand Conscious.Anything goes as long as it's nice.Nothing can go wrong with a pretty face eh?
27. do you have "rituals" before sleeping?
wat rituals?
28. What cant you sleep without?
My Bolster! and my baby bowbow!
29. do you fix yourself anywhere?
hmmm.Vain yes. But i guess there's always a proper place to fix yourself.
30. do you stay inside the toilet for a long time?
no. hu stays in the toilet 4 a long time?
31. do you have lots of crushes and share them with friends?
nope. i dont rmb having many crushes honestly.Im quite immuned to guys.Im straight dont worry.I just don NEED to go crazee over guys you know.
32. do you blush whenever you see that special person?
er.i blush way too easily in most circumstances. ANd do i have a special person in my life?
33. what do you like in a guy?
i dunno . a lot of things i guess . Does it matter? I think it's all abt feeling comfy with tt person and sharing similar interests.But i dislike guys who tries too hard even when knowing i don like him.Simply GROSS.Know what? If i like you, you may not know it, when i dont, you'll BE SURE to know it.Cos i will EXPLICITLY express myself on my blog.
34. is it fun being a girl?
yup!I never want to be a guy.I love being a girly except the monthly periods u get . oh i cant imagine myself in labour too.
35. what do you feel answering this?
i know im merely bored.

Posted by Joanne at 16:17 | Permalink

Im going bonkers with this aching body of mine. I cant believe age is catching up on me at 19. The wonders dancing do to your bod. Yeah it gives you a hot bod with a price to pay. Maybe i should suggest to my babies we do warm up exercises before we shake tt ass of ours off.Im totally lame but i cant help whining about how painful my bod is from last night!Listen to me! It was funfunfun cos music was goodohbabywaytoodamngood * i miss mambo!* but my bod is achingachingaching and i hav a date later! *beams in delight(suddenly)* Back to my whinings.My leg is sore although i was in my cinderella pumps.My Neck feels dislocated.My arm just feels like there's no blood flow to it.My head? It's sitting on my dislocated neck.My ass?It never gets any ache cos its too fat to.(yeah my frens think i haf a fishball arse!) Worse, i slept at 4 or was it 5?i cant recall.And i woke up at 9.I told myself i haven had enough sleep but i just couldnt sleep any longer! This is damaging grave injurious distressing and erm what else?I can feel it.The body is raking havoc.It's gona collapse.I can feel it.My back.Then the tummy.ANd all my whinings will REPLAY.

Posted by Joanne at 15:23 | Permalink

killed more of my already depleted brain cells today.
Still,Hair colour went wrong.
like what's new.
Worse,Nearly killed my sis with ammonia.
Much Guilt now.

Posted by Joanne at 17:45 | Permalink

I wana watch Ballet Under the Stars at Fort Canning Park.
Anyone?
I'll cook and make nice healthy sandwiches so that we can go there for a picnic and watch the dance!
Click here for more details

I wana watch Dim Sum Dollies at Esplanade in August.
Anyone?
The last i watched anything in Eslanade was last year , Private Parts.
My, time really flies.
Check it out here

Im praying that by some miracle... Amen.

Maybe something is wrong with me.I have an urge to do silly stuffs for the rest of my hols! I want to be a Semi tourist in Singapore.Yes, you didn't see wrongly , it's Singapore. I picked up a few brochures for tourists recently and i decided to keep them cos i wanted to do a little read up on these new places.Well perhaps they aren't new but more like as a very patriotic citizen, i haven't been to these places since it was around.Now it's time to be in a new game! Pretend to be tourist! Come come come let the tourist tell you what she wana do!

**Botanic Gardens** (cos i wana go to National Orchid Garden.It's suppose to be romantic?!)
**Night Safari**(cos i havent been there before!)
**I wana ride on Hippo tour!**
**Sungei Buloh**( although i hate birds..i think the nature part of it will make me feel better!)
**Mount Faber**( i know it's for lovers, im merely dreaming and hoping someone will bring me there to dine at Les Amis!yes continue to dream.)

... and i realised singapore is boring. Awhile ago i sounded so forthcoming and excited. now the more i type the more it feels like there's absolutely nothing very interesting about my homeland.Everything is man-made to give you the feel-good factor.Why can't it be like Europe! Especially Cinque Terre in Italy. That rare beauty.*sigh* Now i know where i belong..nature! i like nature.But i know people are jsut gona laugh at me now that i say this. =) I mean not like i aspire to be a botanist or anything like that, it's just that it feels nice to be part of nature once in awhile and not be a stupid bimbo like shopping my life away. Point made.

Now, quick get your act together and tell me if you wana be in this game with me!
Quote from Mr G Lim " We'll venture into the unknown together!" =)

Posted by Joanne at 15:12 | Permalink

was more than just good. It's difficult(but i'll try) to narrate the experience cos the CSS FOC camp was truly extraordinary in its own name.
Reflectionsreflectionsreflections.So this girl been seeing right thru her heart for the past 4days,been touched by love, enlightened by Christ and..you know the sort of spiritual purification feeling.I can't describe it cos it just doesn't come to me now so please use your imagination. =)
Anyhow, it's been donkey years since i've attended something catholic. The last of which was Sec 2 Confirmation Camp.That's half a decade ago.How gross can i be? I always felt that i do very little about my faith and yet i do nothing to salvage the problem. It's like i always hear myself thinking like " aren't you gona serve the lord you idiot?" then the next minute i'll hear myself saying " i want to BUT.." yes buts.Buts and more buts. Im just too good at finding excuses for myself, it's amazing.
Oh well, back to my camp. My group was an all girls group & im just so blessed to be in it! We've got so much pride in coming in last for almost every game that we played ! Don't mess with us. We still compete with a very competitive mindset, wanting to be 1st and all but somehow, we'll be your very entertaining forfeiters! Without us , the camp is nothing alright! =P So my dearest Adeline, Brenda, Lianne, Sherlyn & Summer ,thanks for making my time worth more than just the way it is! i love you babies! *lovelovelove*
moving on..one of the most vivid memory i have was definitely Recon night. I cried. Very long in fact.The whole place was dark and the atmosphere was just so conducive to crying la!This is the first time in my life i cried before going for confession. *shrugs* I would really love to share it but i guess there are readers which i don wish to entertain here so just ask me if you wana know yupp! =)
Tat's all for now, time to get changed and head to church!

Posted by Joanne at 12:54 | Permalink

I always vacillate.
I have no principles in life.
terrible trouble.

Posted by Joanne at 00:53 | Permalink

If i could walk back to where i started , i would never have begun.Ask me what it is? I'll tell you it's the day i ever allowed myself to know you. Perhaps it wasn't knowing you that im regretting, more of the things that came along with it.
What came along with it? Much.

Now, i can only laugh at myself for being a fool and ever telling myself that "i shouldn't be so mean, afterall he's merely being nice." Yea right.Which guy on this earth, in the right mind, would ever try to be nice and not have any hidden agendas? Laugh at me now. Im just so ashamed of myself.

I never hated you.Don't get me wrong.
If it's anything, i thought you were one great pal.
I never liked you.Don't get me wrong.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost,
and i suppose you've come to be in this situation.
Im sorry im not sorry for this.
You could have stopped,but you didn't.
The harder you tried, the more i despised the person i see before me.
i know you're baffled by my behaviour.
I only wanted to show you the way out of the tunnel.

Ok i've just got some stuffs outta me.im feeling waytoodamngood baby.i needed to say what i had to say.I cant imagine living a life kissing a person i could never undstd.Kissing a guy i have totally no interest nor chemistry with.Kissing a guy who is so all-about-himself.In short , i never felt for him.Never in my life.yucks.That's just a turn-off.

The hurdle im facing now is not even becos im bothered by him.I don need time to nurse my heart cos it was nv hurt.It's ironically the very annoying Mrs Lim. I don't see why she is obsessed with him.Is it wealth?looks?intelligence?what? i can never seem to undstd the person who bore me.She could never stop mentioning him.She seems to think things ever happened between us. HEll. That's a very disgusting thought.She seems to think we've broken up when we never started.She asks why i have a peculiar aversion towards his name.I told her he gives me the creeps and i never liked him.Damn.I shouted at her on this.You know how morally wrong this feels? im shouting at the person who bore me for 9months over a guy i freaking dislike?yes i stress that i Freaking dislike?It's not that i wanted to.i just HAD to.Why cant she allow me to fall in love when i truly love and stop making me feel like i should have loved him? From time to time, she reminds me that he's a 'good-boy' .Define good for me and perhaps we could work towards walking down the ailse?She even stores his freaking handphone number in her phone.You think this is bad? Read on.I recently discovered that she copied his number onto her physical phonebook.What is this world coming to? I wonder. My reaction towards this discovery? Amused to mute. There's only one other person in this house that truly undstds the shit i go thru in this home->gao sai sis, she knows how i TRULY feel.Sis , i love my family & i mean every part of the word love.I loathe the fact that this guy is making me hate my mum.I can cry when i think abt this. Rescue me soon.

I WAS NEVER ATTACHED ever since...yes.It's been more than a year and im swinging single.I love the very life which i own.No one should ever force me. What is meant to be shall remain.What isn't , shan't. And i get to decide what is to remain and what is to perish. For the latter, i know that you* should stop haunting me.

It's more than annoying.Seriously.I see myself to be very haunted by this for the rest of my life.I can even sense that she'll just hate my next potential husband.I know her too well. i hate this.i hate him*.Put an end to destroying my already destructed life.

I plead.

Posted by Joanne at 00:49 | Permalink

..now you stalled the engine! Im a road hazard! I stalled the engine twice today. =) First lesson was a breeze still ! You see,i was releasing my clutch way too slowly so the car didn't move.I looked behind, saw a truck and panicked so i released the clutch totally.Next thing i know? the engine died. The second time i stalled engine..haha..cos i was so tired from stepping the clutch and i released it totally without being on neutral gear. im sucha loser i tell you. Uncle very nice though.He always say "mai kan chiong, man man lai". He's an old beng ! He was giving me directions in english and suddenly went like " wan toh chui"(turn left).I was like "huh?". Guess i was too slow so he quickly turn the steering wheel for me and asked me if i understood hokkien! That's so funny uncle. Of cos i understand, i huh-ed you cos i found your way of speaking very ah beng and i wanted to laugh but couldn't so the next best reaction was 'huh'! I like ah beng uncles.They speak in such entertaining manner.I kept smiling as i drove! Me being me , i always smile and get amused with the slightest things. =)
The 1.5hours passed too quickly though i learnt alot of things! Uncle thinks im damn good at U-turning but he told me that i look strangled cos after i turn, i looked breathless.So you call that good?He's sadistic. Nvm, at least he told me im good at something which most freshies can't do =) Well he told me to practice driving straight.Hey! It's not easy to drive straight,even he thinks so.It has something got to do with the constancy of the acceleration blahblahblah.Duno what tt ah beng was rattling about but i certainly had a great time picking up this skill of mine!

Posted by Joanne at 22:27 | Permalink

I made her Green Bean Sago Soup
I made her super moist chocolate cake(thanks sis!)
I gave her premium chocolates from Europe

Now,she has made me her Kai Xin Guo(happy nut)
I told her that's Pistachio nut in english.
The point is , the word CHIO is part of the spelling.
Im so lame.

Posted by Joanne at 23:12 | Permalink

Suddenly very excited about my new discovery - Blood Type Diet(BTD).
Im your Overpowering 'O' and accordingly, im suppose to avoid these foods as follows:

-Abalone
-Peanut Butter
-Pistachio Nut
-Cashew Nut
-Corn
-Wheat
-Apple
-Coconut
-Orange
-Honeydew
-Strawberry
-Cabbage
-Cauliflower
-Olives
-Shiitake Mushroom
-Cinnamon
-Nutmeg
-Vanilla
-Pepper
-Black tea
-liquor

That's bullshit isn't it? Come on , they're about all the food i eat on a regular basis except for abalone! feed me wholemeal wheat bread cos that's my staple diet!Kill me if i cant have my dilmah black tea for breakfast! And ridiculously, how can they ask me to avoid STRAWBERRIES. Strawberry spells Joanne's life.There's this deep fondness i have found in strawberries.It's unexplainable! i love just about anything that is strawberry. BTD sucks.No one should ever be on BTD. Give me your wrist and a knife if you intend to be on BTD okay?
They told me red meat is good for me. Im telling you im a vegetarian by choice. I hate to eat red meat,VERY MUCH in fact.

oh btw, if you think the 'O' blood diet sucks, wait till you see the others. 'O' is CERTAINLY of the best blood!Check it out to satisfy yourself! Or you can ask me.Im your friendly nutritionist!

Conclusion? I love food too much to be on any form of diet.

Goodnight.

Posted by Joanne at 01:08 | Permalink

whee! sisterly bonding is healthy, coupled with SUPERMOIST chocolate cake and green bean sago soup! That's right , my gao sai sis and i made the kitchen our playground 2hours ago. *smileswidely* It didn't last too long but the outcome of our cooking/baking was fantastiQUE! =) Im so loaded with FATtening foods. How? When will i ever be leaner? Perhaps i should try to recover from this stupid cough-flu bug before worrying abt those fats. Know what? I should never own a fridge , there's too much chocolate in there.The cough is here to stay so long as my fridge exists!

Posted by Joanne at 14:06 | Permalink

.EXCITING.
first step to picking up a new skill tmr =)
Driving.

Posted by Joanne at 23:49 | Permalink

2 playmates found themselves a new hideout place today. The glorious Water Closet at the most happening district in singapore =) How foolish but how fantastique fun the duo had that they lost themselves to reality and were mistaken for tourists at the bus stop. Now here's my my very exciting adventure with Ginny Chua- playmate of the year 2005!

Matey was late(she told me tt it's a typical trait of a bimbo-can't read time!) so i just entertained myself with the toilet paper,blowing my trumpet away.Maybe it was a retribution for hogging the toilet in usage of free papers cos the whole toilet paper holder fell off it's fix and yeah,i spoilt it. That was part one of my adventure with the toilet today, never thought i could have something more to it till my playmate & i went berserk.

So matey n i did our shoppings blahblahblah & at the end of my shopping trip, i've concluded that singapore should close down the whole stretch of town cos it's absolutely boring and doesn't seem to serve much of it's social & entertainment purpose.Now i have more reasons to love the present kind of stay-home life which i lead.Ginny thinks im auntie and boring.Probably so.But darling, ya gotta agree that the clothes in far east is gross.Know what, i think far east is just a huge lingerie shop itself.Every other shop seems to be selling laceylacey pinkypinky ahlianahlian stuffs. Get my point? My shopping trips are just getting way too unfulfilling these days.Time i start hanging out in neighbourhood shoping malls maybe?Things might be different!*shrugs* Another reason why i keep whining to everyone tt i wana go JB/KL/Bangkok to shop or else my shopping career might spell it's end soon(haha Joanne Lim, you think so?stop lying to the girl in the mirror!) . JB/KL/bangkok anyone?

Let's be thankful to know tt if singapore fails at satisfying my shopping delight, it's heavenly food will always do the bit. =) Feed me Shrimp Dumplings and you're my friend!Exclusively only Crystle Jade please.Thank you. yummyyumyumyum dumplings, i wished i could afford a second bowl.Suddenly it feels right to marry a filthy rich man who'll cater those dumplings for me everyday.(heh ginny you know who im referring to?).*dreams*Oh well, that was dinner for us!

the toilet adventure part 2 began when the 2 playmates found themselves a rest room."rest room" cos that girl really rested her skinny ass on the toilet bowl next to mine while i was pee-ing, yes she scared the living shit outta someone who came in eventually.From then , it was playtime for us! Enjoy my pictures & you'll be sharing my adventure too!

Posted by Joanne at 12:46 | Permalink

Life never felt so brainless in my 19yrs of existence.
It couldn't get any worse.
For the past week since i was back, I spent most of my daylight on thy bed & most of my moonlight on the world wide web.
A typical day starts at the earliest of 12pm and ends at 1am the following day.Breakfast is unheard of and lunch alternates between:
Combinition 1 : gardenia milk toast(hate this bread!why did Mrs Lim stopped buying my wholemeal yummy bread!What's with Calcium Bread!) with nutella & crunchy peanut spread ,meiji plain biscuits and a cuppa Dilmah apple Tea .
Combinition 2: POST Cereal and Apple.
Then It'll be current affairs time with cna or straits times.After which it's time for Kids Central(tts wad happens when you don subscribe to cable tv.).Oh but kids central is only for Mon-Wed where they have IQ programme at 4pm(i even know their programme line-up!).On other times, i spend my time watching CSI dvd.(i found it in my house!whee!)
Ohoh and i found my new hangout place too,Bedok Community Library.Yes.Im a heartlander by default,who says i cant be a hot chic if im a heartlander rite!I read 2 books in one day. I feel powerful now.
Then i'll look forward to Mrs Lim's naggings when 530pm strikes.By 630 , Mr Lim will come home and i'll be ready for a workout at the stadium with him.If not, i'll finally get out of my PJs at 630pm and get into showers for a new set of PJs.

I don't make use on my grey matter very much.That spells trouble doesn' it?
Don't you see maggots crawling outta me?
Boredom Can even make you publish sucha post.
Help.

Posted by Joanne at 00:38 | Permalink

Im HOT!
I can make you half boiled eggs on my forehead.
Im going on a hot date with Dia later but im feeling weak to my bones.
I hate this neck-stiff-nose dripping-giddy feeling.
I cant think of a week that i feel perfectly well since april.
Seems like my days are numbered,tell me it's not for real?
*shrugs*

Paranoia needs to be addressed.That's the end of it.

On a happier note, ive been smiling at the com for 1hour ever since i started chatting with my lesbianlesbianlesbian mate. Im depressed she's not choosing the damn world class university for my sake! WHY? ok stop being childish Joanne Lim. But im depressed! I thought she wanted to do Psychology too?She lied! Boo! Her pants are gona catch fire!Shit happens.
So i missed her more than i would have probably missed my bf(if i had one tt is).It felt like i haven't spoken to her for 10years!Lim Cenying you better quit your job tmr and come to my house for a private party!(ohlala we do silly things like this!?)
I need a new prescribtion of your madness,it's been a month and the last dosage has worn off =)
Drug me!

Posted by Joanne at 11:38 | Permalink

Time for a change!Bimbos shall not be featured here though
they were present for the celebration=) Give others a chance!

2nd of June! One week after the girl's birthday and her pic's finally appearing here.Yours Truly is a genuine rotten friend . Who doesn't know that? But hey it's almost 2am in the morning and im giving a special tribute to my 3 special primary school friends! Those were the days.Those were the days these pple enjoyed lifting up my skirt and guess my panty colour etc, scare me at the corner of the middle staircase in IJ and splash water tgt in the toilets(better known as toilet party)..or for tt matter of fact, they prob think i was their ugliest friend ever cos i had ugly bowl-cut hairstyle.Yes it was a style alright.Those were the days we enjoyed hokkien mee from the orange-plate stall and ikan bilis with LOADS of chilli from the nasi lemak stall( i enjoyed spicy stuffs when i was younger!Not much now.Bleahx) We were loyal patrons of the 40cents toasted ham bread from the snack stall!And we're always curious who's the next silly cow to have fallen into the fish pond in Sacred Heart.How silly!

[RENA] My FIRST friend in my primary 3 class. Thank You for having taken the first step to befriend me then.Although i looked horrendous,you bothered. im eternally grateful!Now, you're one hot chic (you're dangerously skinny!), a smart chic.I hope we can fulfill our tai tai dreams tgt yup! Quick get the act going! Stop studying and start seducing Shawn!=)

[JOYCE]The Birthday girl!Well this is a lovely girl who never fails to bring humour at out every meet ups.Her name really reflects it!She's a JOYce.I see you most often of all my pri sch friend! That's an honour right, Joyce?hehe.And please dont try speaking mandrin in front of my mummy alright? =)

[TRINA] We've been through "those days" . *hmmm* .Glad it's all over! Seldom see ya but i guess i'll be seeing you more now that we're going to end up in the same place. I suppose our faith has brought us closer,literally.Attending all the Catholic stuffs tgt etc!

Posted by Joanne at 01:22 | Permalink