20100223
Yeah!! Finally I own an iphone!!
But I am abit disappointed that I could not trade in my old phone. It's faulty but it could be switched on and so I was hoping that I can trade it in for a further $100 off. But apparently, a black screen will appear awhile after it's on and it becomes hanged. So got rejected.
Hopefully the journey with iphone will be smooth-sailing!!
Feathers
10:13 PM
20100221
From my last entry till now, I have a few highlights to blog about.
First up is celebrating Ching's birthday with my beloved group of gals from Suzhou trip. We had dinner at Gaia (pronounced as Kaya) Korean restaurant followed by a picnic at Sentosa.
The picnic was very fun and we seem to have the whole place to ourselves. We ate delicious Bakerzin mango cake, drank champagne, wrote our wishes on the Kongming Teng and opened up the presents. It was very exciting and fun when a group of gals tried setting off the Kongming Teng without any prior experience and even wanted to get it back. Whenever I pass by the spot, I will be reminded of our adventure!
On the eve of CNY's eve, I went for a hotel stay at Conrad with clique. We walked to Clarke Quay for some drinks and the guys took turns wearing our heels after the alcohol effect set in. It was hilarious! Heels are just too painful for me and Seet. As a result, we changed out of our heels once we were out of Suntec and wore our comforting slippers on the way, before changing back to heels once we reached the mouth of Clarke Quay. Below are some photos taken that day. More hotel stays to come!!!
CNY was full of food and Blackjack games. I think that the visitings are getting more mundane as it's the same routine every year. The things that excite me still are the food, gambling and hongpaos!! Huat ar!! :D
Right after CNY break, I acted as a semi tour guide for a group of my Dad's friends. It was fun but tiring! I went to places that I have never been before because these are places that only tourists would go and locals like me would never want to spend so much money on the admission fees. I went in for free! That's the benefit of being a tour guide. Maybe I can be a tour guide next time?? Being a tour guide needs to be able to talk for the whole day and I can do that! But the drawback is that it is really a very tiring job and heard that the pay is not really good. But anyway, this time round it was rewarding!
Feathers
9:20 PM
20100207
The other day I tried doing photoshop and it was fun! Haha I remembered what Dajieda taught me in using liquify and I experimented with 2 photos! Here's the outcome...
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See the difference in the last 2 photos?! That's the power of photoshop. But too bad I forgot how to change the colours etc, otherwise it will be even more different! Hey you who is reading this, let's take more photos and I can do photoshop (b4 my trial ends)!
Feathers
10:50 PM
20100204
Failed.
That's the word that marked my day today.
I was very upset when I received my practical driving test result. While driving, I knew this would be the outcome but of course, I tried holding on to the glimpse of hope till the very last.
I made some stupid blunders because of my nervousness and I know that is totally my fault.
My sadness and disappointment overflowed the moment I told my Mum the news. It continued flowing while I broke the news to my Dad and Seet. It was just like a pandora's box, without any end to it.
Luckily, Dajieda arrived soon after to pick me up. I am very glad that she was there. Really. She made me smile again. Once again, she has touched me deeply. Thank you so much for today, Dajieda. I will get the present from you in my 2nd attempt!
Feathers
9:30 PM
20100201
3 more days to driving test!!! I shall not have high expectations for it but I am excited!!
Yesterday I went to have a haircut and while waiting for my turn, I came across an interesting article in a magazine. It's about how Mauritanian women are trying to be fat so that they can be loved by others.
If you are thinking about the ancient Chinese notion of beauty whereby fat is beauty, hm I think it's about the same idea but not sure if the reason behind it is the same.
Apparently, Mauritanian women, from the young age of 14 are sent to camps whereby they are "trained" to be fat. They would drink full cream goat's milk, have heavy meals and sleep or lie around most of the time. They are watched by "teachers" called the fatteners whose job is to make sure that these girls put on alot of weight. Force-feeding is a common practice in these camps because of the aim of making them fat.
And the most alarming thing is that stretchmarks are a bonus! Literally! One fattener said that she will receive bonus from parents if a girl has stretchmarks!
The reason behind this tradition of theirs is that the size of the women will signify the wealth of their husbands. A bigger size woman will show that her husband is able to provide for her even when others are starving.
This tradition of course met some threats when Western images of beauty slipped into their country. Girls who were under the influnece of western media did resist this tradition once before but with a new political regime in place and the encouragement of back-to-basic lifestyle, such camps are in vogue again. Interesting isn't it!
Feathers
9:25 AM
