the echo loft

Food tastes better when it's prepared by the same hands that hold yours too, when they are out of the kitchen that is. Absolutely! Oh yes, after a morning of work at Sentosa Golf , i'd a nice Mexican lunch. Super yummy can! Im saying this with truth and im not lying to my integrity. I love Beans! For beans are to Frijoles Refritos and Burritoes are to Popiah. Ah.. im a gigantic fan of popiah skins-look-alike food. Crepes, Burrito, Popiah, Prata, Bi Cuan Chay viet Nam... Ah well Wraps in general.



Budak Pantai @ Blue Moo was Fantastic. Nothing beats watching a hilarious bunch of local groomed Acapella group perform atop YMCA rooftop. I was surprised to see manymany css peeps that night though i didn't had chance to catch up with them very much cos firstly i was late..and then i left soon enough after the performance due to the next performance of watching some 22 men chasing after a ball. Heh. That was simply not funny. Anyho, im looking forward to the next performance by them! I've recorded some videos but hmm..im not IT savvy enough to know how to showcase it here at the moment.

Check them out here!

Posted by Joanne at 23:59 | Permalink

In 3 hrs, i'll be rushing for work at an island south of singapore.

Yet, im so happy that i've new undies and a new toy to add on to my manymany pooh collection.

I see Love!

Thank you, Love.

Do you see my megawatt smile? *grins*

Posted by Joanne at 03:42 | Permalink

i meant to mop floor and blog as you can see.

but a phonecall from sister, cheerios! Zara Sale.

Exciting next 2 days ahead with IJ pri funfair + Blading with my pri sch friends and Budak Pantai at YMCA with my uni friends !


Goodbye!

Posted by Joanne at 13:30 | Permalink

Sadly, Father's day is losing its status. I mean the general feel of it is that, people don't usually 'celebrate' it because there are plenty of chances to gratify daddy. True? I was just randomly tuning in to this chinese channel after dinner and the topic on air was to call in for a discussion on ' why do people value Fathers lesser than Mothers'. I had this impulsive urge to dial in when i suddenly got abit defensive in my heart because i thought again, " that's bollocks!". After which, i was trying to figure out to whom i love more and until now, my answer is still the cliche answer i've been happily proclaiming out since i was in primary 1. My teacher taught me to love 'em both, and i really do, equally.

To think about it, i've probably been taking my family for granted. Not until i've stepped out of my own world of ignorance did i know that not everyone shares the kinda family life that i have. This became increasingly apparent as i meet more people in life , as i grow older and as i begin to see a myraid out of my ignorant perspective. Seriously, i have so much to thank God for. I wouldn't have been this successful without the closest 3 other people im sharing my bloodline with. Now,how can i say i love one parent more than the other? My love for my room mate is tantamount to that of Mr and Mrs Lim. So don't ask me who i love most because i love them all, as a whole. If it isn't a whole, it isn't my love.

In retrospect, i had decided to stop pondering over the question on air, less call in. Im not that impulsive afterall. If i were, i would have less problems with myself when it comes to hmmm...decision making!

On a more materialistic note, dad bought me an espirit belt today! Ah and yesterday, he agreed to subscribe to digital cable for me! =) Tell me to define happiness now, i'll show you what i have =) Daddy's so lovely..no not because he bought me things. I can just make a list of why i love this man. I know i have my shady moments of complaning about him but he's the best bargain still!

Posted by Joanne at 23:17 | Permalink

I was wondering if anyone would be interested to go Bangkok with me for $300 inclusive of Singapore Airport tax and 2 nights Accomodation at Asia Hotel.

How?
Im asking only people who are Willing to shop.

ah well. My legs, they ache until i can't feel it anymore.
On a lighter night, my sales is unbelievably high.
52 phones.
Sui la.

Posted by Joanne at 00:29 | Permalink

I am hungry and i had supper already.
Is it because my 1st meal of today was dinner at 6?
Could it be, im just very stressed?
Or is it im about to bleed down within soon?
Maybe im just greedy?
What is it?

Let's hope i wasn't stuffing food in my mouth like chipmonk.
That would have been very unglam..but do i care? Perhaps i do =p
To put it, it's rare that i tell him im still hungry after eating. Even more so that i felt a need to eat more than him during supper. I feel deviant.HAH!

And i go 'Woah..Hold i there babe. Watch that scale!' Alright but screw it, i'd sworn that i never believed in starving thyself. I choose to live in this delusional facade that im goodness dammit skinny and that i can eat Macs 3 meals a day, yet still possess the lanky silhouette im standing at now. *ahem pui!*

On a more serious note , attributting tonight's extraordinary phenomenom to the fact that, im very apprehensive about the Internship i might possibly be chosen to take up, makes the weird eating habit seem more legitimate . On one hand, im very attracted by it being the British American Tabacco(BAT). A MNC with diverse American culture and nice bosses(according to YS).Spanning business ‘from seed to smoke'..cool bananas! On the other, the boss just emailed me that Treasury Management(which is what i am suppsoe to do) includes hmmm ...

-Audit preparation, e.g. disaster recovery testing, record management, manual updates.
-Daily cash management
-Monthly insurance reporting FX report/ recommendation
-Project support, e.g. regional cash management tender, capital effectiveness review

That was quite a bit, ain't it? I spoke to him and he is super nice la. I've never felt so comfortable talking to my Employer. =) For now, i jsut got to get down to he office next week to discuss something, i have no idea what though.

With all this sudden events that i didnt quite expect to befall upon me, i have another headache to deal with. FOC is next week. I've promised almost every soul i know in CSS that i'll DEFINITELY be at FOC since i haven't been doing much, in fact , nothing worthy compared to them. Now, i can almost picture my absence at FOC if BAT calls me up next week. Honestly, i've got this thorough guilty conscious. The absolute ashamed feeling. Of every condemnable, blame-worthy, Convictable and criminal feeling there is, i am all-inclusive. *sigh* Am i getting my priorities right? I wish i could know the answer. I am one person who cannot be offered too many choices, i end up destroying all of them. Ridiculous as it may be, im your dangerously dangerous friend with minimal decision making skills. No im not proud of that.

How now, brown cow?
I've just gotta wait.

Otherwise, my day was all good. Went to the Lost & Found Makan Places in little Singapore. Or rather, Place. I had the famous Ba Chor Mee which was previously at Marina Square open air food court. remember remember? =) It's now at N.Bridge Road, Crawford Lane! Went there for my first meal of the day with the Chengs. Hmm what can i say? Not bad at all! The thought of it is making me hungry again la. After which was boring product training then headed to Wala with 2 darling bimbos and Van. Oh yes for supper, it was Mutton Soup and Prata at Adam's Road. Again, good stuff! Ask us! We're almost becoming a supper directory. But please give me a remedy for preventive measures that i might balloon to a Joanne version 2. You know what i mean eh? =p


im in love with fogging the Kangoo baby!
Alas, time to go to bed before the sun rises.

Posted by Joanne at 04:08 | Permalink

periodical randomness

Maybe because you're weird too.
Im gon win this myself like Richard Childress did in his race.
I just realised that my family have same expiry dates in our passports.
Im gon try to stop manufacturing my own disappointments.
I have 2 ulcers on my lower gums and one at the side of my tongue.
Im feeling quite fucked up at this moment.
Im talking to diana and i kinda miss her ah lian-ness
Honesty makes or breaks a person.
So does Expectations.
I've finally passed my FTT on my i think 3rd/4th attempt.I lost count.
I told you, i've got no flair for theories.
I wana get out of singapore at this moment.
Im upset that my friend passed away.
I love my korean soap opera seriel. Sunshine of Love.
I dreamt that i was rejected for SEP.
I received a racist sms today..suddenly i felt affected.Ha.
For a moment, i was indulging in Hopelessly Romantic couples.
Then i figured it's actually quite transient.
Nic just told me 060606 is anti christ.
and that it was the most unlucky day for her so far.
I wonder if i believe in omens?
Idealism is to destructive as man is to air?
I suspect im a subscriber of aesthetic realism.
It's okay if people don't understand me.
I don't understand myself either.
Or i just choose to see it that way so that i have less to explain.
All the bamboos in his house are red.
I have a huge pimple on my chin.
I wonder why im doing this.
why doesn't fatigue just consume me.
I think we're what we are,like plaster of paris, difficult to unmould.
i truly understand how it feels like to be unappreciated no matter by who.
My father knows my zouk schedule at the back of his hands.
I think it sucks to be similar to someone's ex gf
I don't see anything wrong with voyeurism , especially when it comes to blogs.
I wana eat Ba Kut Teh.
What should i major in?
I wana eat now.
I love to piss people off because im fucked up.
i didn't mean to sound so harsh but sorry, i told you im random.
Uniqueness is a virtue.
I have 6 pairs of Spikes.
when i was young, i adored kerokerokeropi.
Now, i have a new fat friend called Winnie.
I like ginko nut barley with beancurd dessert.
I believe that girls can be por-ed and guys can do it.
I enjoy reading wikipedia sometimes.
Actually, who really cares about what you believe in?
I love my chinese name.
Sometimes, i duno why we need friendster.
On impulse, im thinking of a tattoo.
If i could re-pierce my navel , i wished tt butch had pinched more of my flesh.
I have fantasies about almost everything.
I think it's so tragic when a girl sits down and stares into blank space.
the exercise ball behind me has not been touched for months.
You sometimes wished you never fell in love with her/him, didn't you?
Today i met a kind man who shared his umbrella with me.
i just dropped 10 strands of hair from one run through my hair.
this is the 59th random thought.
Why do girls cry more?
I dislike unplanned days but i've been living my life like that.
I havent seen my happy nut bestfriend for half a year.
Know what? I love the warmth i receive in css.
I asked my mum if i could marry an indian.
I have new shoe storage.
A new aircon too.
At times, i feel under privileged to be the second child.
Im hoping that all my random thoughts will distract me.
Do you sometimes feel that you just cannot articulate why you feel the way you do?
Why do people care so much about what other's think?
What if im never gonna be as academically inclined as what you expect me to be?
Can i remind you, i've an inferiority complex to nurse?
It's been 185 days.
Why did i even bother to bother about.
when you are consciously planning , you probably consciously hope likewise.
I spent today at home.
By the way, it's 060606 today.
I just killed an ant.
The webcam made me feel like a blessed gf.
Suddenly got reminded of fountain of wealth dedication.
My mum ignores me when i tell her i wana go taiwan.
I have homosexuality inclination at times.
I wonder how the first boy i talked to is doing.
Have you kissed a girl?
In effect, if you knew the reason for something, it's probably right.
Do unto others what you want others to do unto you.
Sorry but that phrase doesn't reflect itself very well.
Thank you for reading the 80th line.
A year ago, i shared with nic a wonderful moment in europe.
Castles,Rainbows and Fireworks.
I've got a lot of angst which i know i shouldn't.
I know im not permanent.
Neither do i wana be temporary.
Actions really mean louder than words.
Why does everyone ignore my needs?
I re-read the aforementioned, i thought i would never make it this far.
It's ok, i'll sort myself out eventually.
How to celebrate anniversaries ? Are they celebrated? Is it that special?
Im proud to be a cradle catholic.
Mummy lost 6 packets of blood giving birth to me.
I haven touched a calculator for 1 year.
"kai bu liao kou" has been repeated since i started writing this.
I told you, i never get bored with Jay chou.
i used to be able to eat 2 Extra Value meals after training.
Im still advocating Apple products.
do you know, NUS charges 50cents for every overdue book.
I canont do without what i thought i cannot.I tried for less than a night.
I love my B square.
At the end of the day, i love myself more than anything else.

Goodnight world.
You just made yourself suffer through my 100 random thoughts.

Posted by Joanne at 23:20 | Permalink

My Mambo playlist in poddy is blasting on dar's new speakers now. Im doing the actions and he's blatantly shaking his head in disgust with his PS2 controller in his hands. AND HE THINKS I CANT SEE. =p Oh well, who cares. His new hairdo fits right in with the music!

We`ll always be together, Together in electric dreams...

Oh my love it's you that I dream of,
Oh my love since that day
Somewhere in my heart
I'm always Dancing with you in the summer rain

Call me, call me
Baby baby call me now
Call me, call me (baby baby)Do do do it, baby please


On a random note..since im eating it right now..
Japanese RedBean & Corn Ice Cream is Sedap! *nose bleed*

Posted by Joanne at 17:20 | Permalink

Sickening. Please make me understand why the wrong kind of people seem to be making advances i've in all soberity no interest for. Im sorry, that was just point-blank.

I don't particularly find it amusing when ure interested in an attached person.
I don'particularly think im gona become Muslim.(no offence, personal preference anyway.)
Neither do i think i'll date a 17year old.
So, scam!

Almost every weekend which i work, i encounter something extraordinary. Im thinking if its just me? Then again, it makes my 10hours a tad more bearable. Since im hoping to roll in hmmm some 800 for bout 8days of work, i've just got to bear with the dark sides of work. Otherwise, i might have to stop driving for awhile and i refuse to see it happening seeing that im halfway there. I must pass on my 1st attepmt. Mark my words! Peace.

Anyhow, i find it particularly interesting that my mummy cannot stop laughing whenever the D name is mentioned. She sees the hair before the name!Oh yeah, i didn't quite expect that she miss-called me numerous times to ask me where exactly he was stationed. Still, i didn't quite expect her to say that D was gon die of thirst just cos i didnt pick up her calls earlier. I subsequently found out she was gon bring him some herbal drinks.
Bias.I was working too what. =p Is it the power of curliness? =p *winks*

Posted by Joanne at 23:58 | Permalink

The sweet feeling of success. It was undounbtedly all-seeing to witness that smile in your heart behind all the look of chagrin. Prior to the smile, i could almost feel your strangling desire to utter something nasty in my face.Perhaps you were silently balking at my inefficiencies of not working out something sumptous for the famished state you were in. I could feel it. The angst of a hungry man. Every inchmeal of the angst was backlogged within you. I knew it..through and through. =) Yet, after so much of anticipation on my part, i am tasting the sweetness of my own success, it's another accomplished surprise yours truly had planned for the storming mood of her boyfreind.

Well, the day started off with a very unpromising sms on my part since i had thought training would end around 10pm. Then my inbox was flooded with morbid sms-es one after another. I knew the balls were in my court and i just had to do something to turn the tide against me NOT.Always trust your first instincts they say.I did. With that, im actually thankful for the Joanne in me that told me to. =) So a phonecall to him at 915pm it was, to tell him that i'll get there to cook Maggi Mee for him plus a bonus foot rub for the 10hrs of standing at the PC show! His response was exceedingly ho hum la..but ok who wouldn't right? I mean..come on man, i could imagine him telling me this, " i starved the whole frigging day for a packet of Maggi Mee that my gf is gona cook for me?" . Some things need not be articulated, because i would have felt the same..and perhaps even demanded more? Ok that's just typically me. Anyhow, I am not as ______ a gf as i think i am. I would sacrifice all my allowance for the 1.5hrs left of today just to make your day right, for the last 1.5 hrs of your day.

Thank you Canadian Pizza.62410241, i have your number etched in my memories. Many thanks for arriving at the time i told you to and for being so cooperative. And so, I called at 940pm on bus 124 to tell them to arrive at 1030pm by hook or crook as i've estimated him to be home by then and myself to reach as well. Due to all the unforseen circumstances at his side, he boarded bus 124 at city hall instead of bus 10 at Suntec.Ah yes yes you guessed it right, we were on the same bus!

Everything just fell in place for us both..Alleluia! When i saw him in the bus, part of me was like.." i hope he didn't heard me call the Pizza man!". From all the grouch i was getting from this brusque mannered Mr Cheng, i was only pinning my hope that the surprise would be materialised successfully at that point in time.

I was damn anxious la! It was 1020pm and he was already out of bath waiting for my 'Maggi Mee'. I had to make all the fabrication seem real by boiling water at the stove. (Now that i think about it, im really silly!)I purposely turned to low fire so that if he roars at the long waiting time of my Mee, i could blame it on the fire! Thankfully, Mr Pizza arrived promptly and gave me a call( i told him don't press doorbell!). With minimal noise, i opened the grilles to collect my victorious weapon of the day. The key to his stomach. The cure ,i've gotten it after one hour of anticipation!=)

When i appeared in the room with the Pizzas, I saw him smiling from his heart, and i knew mine smiled too. That sight, was breathtaking!

Jasmine and his mum were super bewildered as well. They too, had the impression i was cooking Maggi Mee!I ernestly hope Mrs Cheng wouldn't think that im Ki Siao.. heh. Logically, Shouldn't be right?She heard about the whole episode and smiled at me.Hmmm.Eh..Uncle also ate my Pizza !

He told me not to leave till he's soundly asleep. Admittedly, i couln't bear to walk out of the room but i had to.Upon standing, i took a last look at him and thought, ' hey i think its cold.' I pulled the blanket up...and he moved! So i sat down again and watched him sleep for the next 15mins. I know im only feeling more hesistant than usual about leaving tonight because i'll be really busy in the coming days and i really don't want him to feel less of me in many many sense. This works vice versa too. Finally,like a thief in the night, i opened the gates for myself.

At the void deck, i called bestfriend to divert my attention from thinking i'll get abducted/raped/possessed by spirits.To my realisation, she was talkin to her indian boy.=P Ha!

And i thought she was diabetically sweet when she told me to call her when im home. Sounded so much like what my already asleep boyfriend would have told me. =)

"im both poorer and richer than i initially was. I've become poorer to become richer. Thank you, for giving me this chance, to prove that im most worthy."

Posted by Joanne at 02:25 | Permalink