The Secret Hideout

Waking up naturally to a hearty American breakfast and a cup of hot coffee.

Tuning to Discovery Travel & Living, bringing us round the world.

It was almost quiet, other than the sound of the moving traffic.

Peaceful.

Nothing better to describe than the word l.u.x.u.r.y.

Lovely.

五月天 《你不是真正的快樂》

《你不是真正的快樂》
五月天

人群中哭着
你只想变成透明的颜色
你再也不会
梦或痛或心动了
你已经决定了
你已经决定了

你静静忍着
紧紧把昨天在拳心握着
而回忆越是甜
就是越伤人了
越是在手心留下
密密麻麻深深浅浅的刀割

你不是真正的快乐
你的笑只是 你穿的保护色
你决定不恨了 也决定不爱了
把你的灵魂 关在永远锁上的躯壳

这世界笑了
於是你合群的一起笑了
当生存是规则
不是你的选择
於是你含着眼泪
飘飘荡荡跌跌撞撞的走着

你不是真正的快乐
你的伤从不肯 完全的癒合
我站在你左侧 却像隔着银河
难道就真的抱着遗憾
一直到老了 然後才後悔着

你不是真正的快乐
你的笑只是 你穿的保护色
你决定不恨了 也决定不爱了
把你的灵魂 关在永远锁上的躯壳

你不是真正的快乐
你的伤从不肯 完全的癒合
我站在你左侧 却像隔着银河
难道就真的抱着遗憾
一直到老了

你值得真正的快乐
你应该脱下 你穿的保护色
为什麽失去了 还要被惩罚呢
能不能就让悲伤
全部结束在此刻
重新开始活着

完全体现了人性的脆弱
活在过去的阴影
成为过去的奴隶

释怀吧！
世界可以更美好
快乐可以是真的
选择在于你。。。

Percy Piglets

They are not elephants but PIGS.

And Percy has got babies!!!

Cute.

Ms Emo

Ms Emo loves to visit especially on days when Bonny is ill.
Perhaps it was due to the hectic weekend with two consecutive nuptial dinners plus some emotional burden, and also the franticness at work and elsewhere which started weeks ago, my body finally gave way.
I woke up feeling the dryness and soreness in my throat and sneezes started on my journey to office.
By the time i arrived, i could only greet LL with a hoarse "good morning".

Pretty bogged down with quite some stuff which are happening concurrently.
Tonnes of coordination, planning and have to be on the ball at most time.
To make it worse, work isn't a bed of roses at all and i reacted very much to some irky people who came in my way.
For one of the very rare times, i've to admit that work is getting a toil on me.
Many times, it's a battle of professionalism and explosion. Tough.

Just today, the moment i opened my mail box, i was irritated by a totally unreasonable request again (x10).
Again, a deep breath.
I flung my head backwards and tried to calm myself down.
But it didn't stop the tears from flowing.
I took another deep breath and went back to work.

God knows when to send the right people when i'm in need.
Just when i needed comfort and be transparent about my emotions, Bengz made himself available to have lunch with me.
I'm really thankful for that.
I was rather sick but it was nice talking to someone who listens and understands the context.
Someone whom i don't have to explain much into details.

However, right after lunch when i got back to that tiny cube of mine, Ms Emo came back again.
And when Jer started a msn conversation with a "What happened?", i started crying like a baby.
All i wanted to do was to whine and complain to him. Only he could endure this from me.

Ms Emo really hit me hard today.
But when rationality set in at the later part of the day, it came to my senses that it wasn't the case that i couldn't manage or deal with the situations and issues on hand nor i didn't have the abilities.
The main problem was that they gushed right at me all at the same time.
And the moment of overwhelming made me thought that i couldn't manage.
Apparently, all i have to do is to dissect them and handle them case by case.
One thing at a time. Jer reminded me once again.
So i felt better when i left the office.

But still, i really wish for a good break to rest my drained soul and body.
And again, God sends the right people when i'm in need!
Just this evening, i was offered a complimentary stay at a tranquil place over a weekend!
I'm so looking forward to it!

God is so good! =)

The unity of Kelvin and Jo

The day that i've been longing for, has finally arrived!
You won't believe the amount of preparation and effort we put into for this wedding.
But it's all worth it. Really.


Tecky and i were the emcee for the night. For the first time!
And also for the first time, i was so uber nervous.
Especially when the intro of Dancing Queen started.
Tecky and i were supposed to do a walk-in with the song like divas.
The nervousness resulted in me walking too quickly without enjoying the moment.
Then it caused me to forget my chinese lines which froze the atmosphere a bit. Shucks.
Thankfully, it got better at mid-show when i was completely speaking in English.
Oh man...i was actually in illusion for the past years when i thought i prefer hosting Mandarin.
I felt so much at ease when i could converse in English with Tecky.

Kelvin zai, the suave groom for the night.
I teared when they exchanged their vows.
I teared when the JP announced that they are husband and wife.
My heart melted when i saw him smiling blissfully throughout the night.
For someone close to my heart, the feelings i had for the night was beyond description.
It's like seeing my brother starting a new phase of his life and i'm so glad to be a witness.

Congratulations, Kel and Jo... =)

Now...remember the JK project??
After many hours of sweat and blood (literally), presenting to you project number ONE!
Very familiar huh?

And now...presenting to you again...project number TWO!

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I think the couple really love it when they were played at the banquet.
Jo was crying and Kelvin zai kept laughing.

We are geniuses!
Woohoo!!!

JK Project

Bonny has embarked on a JK Project.
Uber fun!
Uber exciting!
To be revealed soon...


Stay tune.

Break or Break

Just return from my weekly swim from SPE.
As a result of the rebonded hair, i stopped for two weeks and the impact seemed to be great.
Hel said that i forgot my techniques.
Gosh...it's time to buck up.
My aim is to able to swim decently by end of the year.

After my talk with LL that evening, things had improved quite a bit the following day.
She started by offering us tidbits at our work stations, which was a breakthrough for the past two weeks.
By Monday, she was 80% recovered and now, she totally regained her chatty self. Great.
Albeit that work didn't get better, at least the team is now taking it in stride. Well, at least for me.
Till now i still couldn't fathom why must urgent jobs gush in at the same time.
To make matters worst, the existence of some loathsome people, who like playing politics, added to my annoyance too.
Mr T was challenged once again and my working neighbour commented that loud breathings got more frequent.
I think i am stressed by work, which i never thought it would happen to me.

Have been experiencing sharp pains around my left chest lately and the paracetamols i took were countless.
Bengz suggested that i go for a full body checkup.
I think i need a break instead.

Quite badly.

When Mr T is short

My msn nick today read "mr T is very short today. beware.".
SLam took a while before she figured out who's Mr T and it was a spot on. So smart.
I took the morning off as i was hit by a nerve-wrenching headache.
But it turned into a giddy spell the moment i stepped into office.
Read: bad mood.

It was at this time when a manager from Finance had to call and test on my patience.
The request she made was really senseless and i was trying my very best to hold my tone.
You see the problem about civil servants is they can get too caught up with the procedures that they fail to see the picture in a holistic manner.
They follow instructions blindly without seeing the logic behind it and i'm not even talking about challenging the norm.
They do because it has always been done like this.
I speak for myself too.
For the fact that we are bounded by authority, it is difficult to be different.
We are always trapped in a situation of better-be-safe-than-to-be-sorry.
However, it is not entirely hopeless. It's just a matter of whether you can manage within your boundary and playing around with the procedures.
We do have people like this in the board and i thank God for them.
Anyway, after that phone call with the Finance manager, i had to inhale big breath to calm myself down. I wasted too much energy on that phone call.
When i finally managed to do so after returning from a walk to the bistro, she had to provoke me with a second stunt!
This time, she got an officer to represent her and i could see her anguish expression as she too, felt silly for doing what she was asked to do. Poor girl.
She somehow could anticipate my reply but she just had to hear from me in order to convince her manager.
You see you see!!! Duh!
Empathizing her position, i tried to be as corporative as possible so that we could quickly get over it.
But still, DUH!!!
It had to happen when Mr T was short.

Perhaps that was also why i had the courage to speak to LL, since i was in a confrontational mode.
Oh don't get me wrong, i wasn't that gungho to confront my boss.
It was almost two weeks since LL withdrew herself from us socially and the air was still since then too.
It was uber uncomfortable i tell ya.
Knowing Bonny, i'm just not one of those who sit and wait for things to move. I had to do something about it.
So since i'm on the right mode today, it wasn't hard for me to start a conversation with LL in the late evening when everyone had left for the day.
I was merely concerned and wanted to know if there're things that i could help.
After a one-liner of "are you okay? you have been rather moody lately", she started to rattle non-stop for a good 20mins.
Wah she must have been suppressed for very long.
At the end of talk, it left me feeling helpless as i couldn't render any help at all.
From her words, i felt so much of her agony, her difficulties and the injustice done to her.
It has been really hard on her and i applaud her perseverance.
She's a woman i look up to and i'm really blessed to have a boss like LL.
I hope she can overcome this trying period very soon.

Thank God the day ended well with dinner with the Lees.
I just had to be around with sane people to keep my sanity.

I am the Dancing Queen!!!

Monday, Persi and i spent our Bonapers on Mammia Mia!
Since Hairspray, i've grown a fondness for musicals.
I like the exaggerated facial expressions and the expression of emotions through music and lyrics.
Most people know that i love to sing but the desire of acting and dancing has always been a secret. Oops...now you know! =p
Albeit the slim chance, I hope to be able to persuade Ken to do a musical for the next D&D.
I shall beef up the publicity for Music in Motion and hopefully can lure attract more people.
Anyway, the movie. I was enjoying so much that i wasn't quite bothered about the rest of the audiences and sang along with Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried.
Hmmm...Pierce Brosnan was unarguably suave but his singing was...err...put it this way...i thought he was talking. =p
I fell in love with ABBA songs instantly and i regretted for being ignorant to them for the longest time.
My favourite was Dancing Queen and i love the scene when all the women were dancing on the deck.
I couldn't control my shoulders from bopping along with the groove. Ooooo..oooo...oooo...

Persi and i left the cinema, still not getting enough of the songs and dreamt to having a wedding like the one in the movie. It's gonna be so fun! If only the guests are as fun too.
But first, we need to get a man, each. Hah.

The air in office has been pretty still lately.
LL wasn't at her best of mood and somehow, it got us a lil tensed.
On an usual day, she would be rather bubbly and her hobby at work was to engage us in small talks. Not the case since last week though.
She must be stressed with the papers for the meetings and we hope we could offload her a bit. Not as simple as we thought.
Just before i left office yesterday, she managed to talk a bit on her experience at the F1 race which i thought it was a breakthrough for the week.
Hopefully she'll loosen up a bit more for the later half of the week.
It's not the best of news when your boss is moody you know. =p

Made a trip down to Replugged after work yesterday.
It was three years ago when i frequented this shop house at Bugis Village almost every week.
Not a bit has changed. Just that the back room was transformed into a training room.
Bengz wanted to pick up an instrument and i proposed the keyboard initially.
But later we realised a problem (which i shan't divulge for the interest of the involved party) and he had to make a switch.
As we explored, we thought flute might be suitable and it got him so excited after hearing the demo online. He wished he could sign up almost immediately.
Therefore we headed down to Replugged hoping that he could try on the instrument otherwise sign up for a class.
However, things didn't quite work out and we left the school in disapointment. Oh well, at least we knew the place where he could purchase a flute in the mean time. If you are keen, visit Eason Enterprise.

We ended up at PP (again) and dinner was at Mini Steamboat (again).
Not long after we settled at Mcdee for the night, the monsoon storm rain came and almost got the both of us drenched as we insisted on staying put at the outdoor seats.
It was so cold that my lips trembled as i spoke.
The weather is turning cold i guess. Yay!
When we got comfortable with the weather, a weird indian ah-pek had to choose the seat next to us to rest himself.
He was behaving very strangely and had a huge travel bag with him which got me suspicious of its content. Smiling to himself and throwing occasional stares at us too.
We were constantly keeping a lookout as we talked, in case he barge.
Later then we realised that he was waiting to hit on the leftover food on the tables after the patrons left. And so, he ended up hopping from table to table.
Quite a tragic sight though.
When we got used to the the indian ah-pek, a chinese ah-pek, who was sitting in front of us, started to scatch his head so vigorously that i could almost see tiny stuff flying out. Ewwwwww...I felt itchy all over too.
And our eyes turned to this man again.
What an eventful and multi-tasking night.

With the previous night that ended at 3am, i could only regain consciousness at noon today.
I was a little shocked when i woke up. Didn't expect to have slept for so long. Scary.
And for the rest of the day, i did almost nothing.
The most constructive thing i've done was to revamp my blog.
Nice??? I love it! So sweet hor.
Other than that, if you consider the 1-hour nap constructive? Heh.

Work tomorrow. Good night.