tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70278392024-03-08T12:05:33.420+08:00idiotic fallacies"My heart is a brothel, it has many rooms." - said by a philandering character in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's books... when one simply likes too much things, this is the result..me.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-51485131805029852302007-11-05T23:18:00.000+08:002007-11-06T00:55:58.478+08:00Trip to Song Jiang and my lead role in the great fake handphone bustThe BF bought me to Song Jiang on Sunday for a romantic getaway.<br /><br />Apprently when he first came to China, he work there in this place call "University Town" for 6 months as a teacher.<br /><br />(and yes, the district is call "University Town" as it is filled with 5 or 6 universities. The chinese don't fuck around with naming things.)<br /><br />The classrooms:<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9419.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Lecture halls:<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9420.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Teachers' rooms:<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9421.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />The grounds:<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9422.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9423.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9424.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9426.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />(yes, I said I won't post pics anymore but I changed my mind. I'm a woman. I'm allow to be fickle.)<br /><br />The scruffy BF and I next go to have a walk around town. Seriously, I like little towns, the people are friendlier, things are cheaper and scenery still contains a certain old time worn in charm than cosmopolitan Shanghai.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9436.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9437.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_9441.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Then, while walking around town, someone stood right in front of me, handed me a Nokia phone and ask me whether I want to buy it.<br /><br />My phone is shitty,and its dying on me. In my little greedy mind I was going "why not? if i don't buy it someone else is going to buy it off him anyway." I bargain it down to 250 rmb and the transaction is made in MacDonalds after I tested it.<br /><br />He left and the very next moment, a guy tap my shoulder and said "Miss, can you test whether your phone is working?"<br /><br />Uhh Ohh.<br /><br />Those guys are undercover police. Basically they have been watching us all the time and they bust the guy once he walk out of the door. <br /><br />And I didn't get to buy a phone because the real phone has been swap with a fake one once I test it and the handover of goods and money is made.<br /><br />Well, lucky me, I got my money back and all's well.<br /><br />Great trip honey.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-80188959585572024642007-11-03T14:14:00.000+08:002007-11-03T16:01:16.553+08:00Monster blog?Oh yea.<br /><br />The photos are back!<br /><br />Please don't ask me how coz I'm too elated to go through that whole fucking story again.<br /><br />(In short it is just a very dumb thing on my part which involves restarting the computer. But its a story or another day. Possibly never.)<br /><br />Anyway am listening to Skee-lo - I wish right now. Wicked song. Sought me out on MSN and I will send it to you.<br /><br />Lyrics this way. http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/skee-lo/i-wish/<br /><br />Other songs that I am into right now:<br />Fog Hat - I just want to make love to you<br />Rolling Stones - I can't get no satisfaction<br /><br />Yea, I know its pretty funny putting the songs together like that. It sounds like a before and after sex songs you put on to listen to or have in your head when words are useless in expressing situations like that.<br /><br />I on the otherhand have not encounter such a depresing combination of songs to myself yet.<br /><br />(Jolyn, does WK get you satisfaction?)<br /><br />Just feel like asking.<br /><br />Here 's a breakdown on all the stuff I did since I last update.<br />1. Went to Wuzhen during the china national holiday for 2 days with flatmate.<br /><br />Nothing impressive. Only thing I really like there is this red oriental shoes which I wore for Halloween for the very first time and they are totally destroyed.<br /><br />2. Went to Hangzhou and Wuxi for a party at both places with the BF. REal crazy trip.<br /><br />The trip was fantastic.<br /><br />Not the scenery.<br /><br />I think my most memorable part about the whole trip is that we could not get a hotel at all on the first night in Hangzhou so me and the BF went back to the pub (where his friends are at) and end up rocking to the rock songs they are playing and he trashing people at the pool table.<br /><br />THe next morning head out to the famous XI Hu river with him and mate. I don't get it. XI HU is suppose to be the gorgeous place as it is reputed. But I think, the Pasir RIs , East Coast or even the sand imported Sentosa in Singapore looks even better.<br /><br />Seriously!<br /><br />I would not even want to justify myself by putting up photos. Waste of my time. That place is so commercialised.<br /><br />Oh and talking about photos, I am going to post all my photos on <strong>Facebook</strong> instead of here. Its tiresome to upload on photobucket and transfer to here.I'm lazy like that and I find it really a great waste of time.<br /><br />Its going to be pretty convenient. I'm going to put the link of my album up so you guys can still view it even if you are not on Facebook.<br /><br />Here's the most recent one for Halloween: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=19083&l=56070&id=766706473<br /><br />I dressed up as a Rocker-dead-chinese-ghost thingy.. ehh.. yup. I think that about spells it right.<br /><br />*********************************************************************************<br /><br />I love Facebook.<br /><br />I'm pretty busy at work these few days but still I kept it close by, open in a new window browser and go check on it once in a while. The tagging of photos, the applications to download, the knowing at anytime when anyone of your friends are updating and thinking about today.<br /><br />Its geting a bit obsessive.<br /><br />But then again I'm pretty sure ,after the honeymoon is over for me and Facebook ,its going to regrade to the status of Friendster and Blogger.. something I still do once in a whilr but not on my mind constantly anymore.<br /><br />I have such a whore's heart.<br /><br />**************************************************************************<br /><br />Oh and <strong>Aliah</strong>, hey, happy birthday once again. <br /><br />Here's your 8 things:<br /><br />1. I always wake up one hour after my alarm clock rings. Thus sacrificing making and having a luxurious breakfast for myself.<br /><br />2. I like to listen to rock songs and dance around in my room. Do that most often after I bath and I just groove around the room wearing my bathrobe for at least to 3 songs.<br /><br />3.I dislike mean insensitive arrogant stuck up people who think they are so gorgeous.<br /><br />4.I like beer, but I really shouldn't with all those calories.<br /><br />5.I like the idea of me in the gym, working out hard... again.. idea of it.<br /><br />6.Deep down I am very very nerdy but I do like to think I'm pretty cool.<br /><br />7. I always wish I can look good in t-shirts but I suck in them<br /><br />8.I wish I am shorter. Too many guys off the radar just because I'm too tall. Damn.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-76114930706816849932007-11-02T20:22:00.000+08:002007-11-02T21:25:18.724+08:00Monster blogI am pissed. <br /><br />Pissed because all my photos.....all that is stored in my hard disk are all gone.<br /><br />THey are the photos that are accumulated since I am 19 and now.. all gone.<br /><br />All gone.<br /><br />Monster blog as it is suppose to be "chokeful" of photos and stuff. Arrgh.<br /><br />Definitely not in the mood to write now.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-59587402823782614152007-09-23T15:06:00.000+08:002007-09-23T15:22:23.276+08:00How I survive the Tsunami/HurricaneAccording to the good people of the china media, the Hurricane/Tsunami (well, I didn't find out which it is) is the worst that had EVER hit Shanghai for the past 10 years.<br /><br />Being known to the fact, naturally I went straight to a pub at the Bund or to be known as Wai Tan (beside the bloody river) and ... waited for two nights, drinknig wine with my mates and .. anticipating with great morbid eagerness.<br /><br />I even wore high heels and short flirty skirts to make it more challenging.(you know, the whole holding on to skirt as I run daintily across the roads in the bustling wind.<br /><br />TO conclude, it was windy, slighty rainy but the rain completely stop after 10pm and erm.. yea. I survive.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-66778949306375276192007-08-31T02:05:00.000+08:002007-08-31T02:33:35.684+08:00BarbarossaWent to this moraccan restaurant just now at this place call Barbarossa. Its situated inside a lovely park, this isolated building with a little river right in front of it. Very pretty place, 3 storeys high with a outdoor terrance, you can see high rise building skylines beyond those lush greenery around..<br /><br />I wanted to take more pictures but was having dinner on the first floor and so all I took was some photos of myself and the food there. By the time I reach the second floor with the gorgeous view for drinks, my camera went flat. <br /><br />Can you see my face getting visibly thinner? That's 3 kg weight lost. Haha!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8685.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Oh and thanks for that necklace! It went very well with my blue cotton dress.. love it!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8691.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8690.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8687.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Total damage: 286 rmb.<br /><br />The pasta is the best of all. The beef stew is average, but the lamb balls are disappointing. 4 lamb balls laying an two slabs of bean cakes with hummus spread in between.. for the rate of 50 rmb. Not very nice.<br /><br />A date at that place is very excellent though. <br /><br />Soft candlelight, diana krall singing in thr background, the cool night breeze, my flatemate and I lament so much that why we had to come with each other to a place like this and not on an actual date with someone else!<br /><br />Another reason why I love this place, Thursday is Ladies night. They served Bailey's free for ladies from 9pm - 12 am.<br /><br />Oh yes, I had my glass(es) of milk and you can be sure I can sleep like a baby tonight.<br /><br />===================================================================================<br /><br />Gym tomorrow at 8.30pm. Need to run off the guilt.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-3093839707108050152007-08-30T01:27:00.000+08:002007-08-30T01:57:09.618+08:00Shit..I'm JOLYN LIM CHIN FEN'S best friend now.If you are reading my blog, most likely you know Jolyn Lim Chin Fen as well.<br /><br />May not directly, but still should have heard about her coz I always like to talk about my friends to friends. SO eventually, all my friends kind of "know" all my friends.<br /><br />Jolyn wrote a blog dedicated to me recently on August 25th.<br /><br />(Yes my dear, its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overdue.)<br /><br />(and no, you are not going to extort $200 from me for membership fees)<br /><br />(..and NO I don't look like a bloody Ah Lian on our first day of orientation!)<br /><br />Ok, Jolyn keep complaining about why I did not tagged or reply to her postthat she work so hard on.(sorry). Well, coz bloody china server is very resistant towards Singapore servers. I had to go to www.peekatwork.com in order to access my blog. Right now, I won't be able to tag on anyone's blog except mine and Aliah's.<br /><br />(btw, love you Ali!)<br /><br />So I will post my response as an entry.<br /><br />Happy? haha.<br /><br />Ok , thanks.. for your entry. I love it. I feel like a cat after a big bowl of cream.<br /><br />..but. do you HAVE to put that many unflattering photos of me???????!!!<br /><br />Hey, I got my poise, sexy, sophisicated image to uphold alright!<br /><br />Also, I thought this entry is solely about me, which is why a wry expression appear on my face when Keong appears in the entry at the end.<br /><br />!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Wa kao.<br /><br />Idiot. Need to insert Keong in meh.<br /><br />*mutters mutters* "say write about me still die die want to add Keong inside also..."<br /><br />And what you mean by "enduring but irritating attendence"!<br /><br />So I'm wondering, despite of all those nice words, cleverly and stealthily inserted are sentences of criticism of groundless accusations and attacks to my almost.. no.. not almost but perfect nature.<br /><br />You die when I go back Singapore Jolyn.<br /><br />As best friend, I do believe I have the privilege to smack you on your head whenever I want to now.<br /><br />====================================================================================<br /><br />I just came home from this great place call Zapata's.<br /><br />Realisation of how well I could talk to people hits me when I had a really funny debate for an hour with a Swiss guy talking about women and their underarm hair, how many women shave it.. or not shave it and how much he farts when he drinks.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-9880757029513985112007-08-27T23:56:00.000+08:002007-08-28T00:49:14.737+08:00Its really goodbye to you this timeI have discover a new way to get slim fast. Just cry your heart out one whole night and miracle of miracles. Everyone keep telling me I lost weight the next day without prompting. <br /><br />Crying really burn a lot of calories.<br /><br />================================================================================<br /><br />Remember..<br /><br />How I dash to the door and hug you so tight the minute you come from work.<br /><br />How I always tell you all those gooey mushy love stuff and force you to say them to me.<br /><br />Yii Dear Dear<br />Yii Ai Ai<br /><br />How I always make you sleep with me and make sure I fall asleep at night before you can go do your stuff.<br /><br />How I hurry you home from work all the time so I can see you.<br /><br />How I like to stare at your face .. no matter where we are.<br /><br />How I always want to hold your hand even when we are eating. You always scold me for doing that. "Sam, How can I eat with one hand!"<br /><br />How I always make you hug me.<br /><br />How I always steal kisses from your lips.<br /><br />How I always like to squeese your face<br /><br />How I like to shake and throttle you and tell you to keep saying that you are mine only and you always pretends to end up dead.<br /><br />How I always wake you up to eat breakfast with me.<br /><br />How I always love eating breakfast with you<br /><br />How I always sing love songs to you in repeat mode.<br /><br />How I force you to memorise those songs I create for "us" and for you to sing to me everyday.<br /><br />How I cry the first time you got sick<br /><br />How I cry the first time you got mad with me<br /><br />How we talk on the phone every single night<br /><br />How I always say we should break up but both of us can't bear to be apart from each other<br /><br />How happy we were.. wherever we are.<br /><br />......<br /><br />I could go on forever.<br /><br />But forever is no more.<br /><br />I love you dear. <br /><br />I'll always remember and I hope you will too.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-61222197813403094132007-08-22T00:48:00.000+08:002007-08-22T01:15:42.012+08:00I love you all :)Dear sweet guys,<br /><br />I got your prezzies!<br /><br />Its not the Fedex I was hoping for, but Singpost is good too. Haha!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8655.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8656.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I got it in the afternon. Everytime I start opening it, something at work came up and I only got to really see its contents when I got back home. <br /><br />I love it!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8658.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8660.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />1 bracelet<br />1 watch<br />7 necklaces<br />8 earrings<br /><br />Thank you darlings.<br /><br />I feel loved and its great.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-46748605833068113702007-08-19T23:45:00.000+08:002007-08-20T02:42:20.960+08:00Happy 24th to me!I know I have not been updating for quite some time.. so be prepare for a really LONG entry today.<br /><br />Shanghai have this famous tower call Pearl tower.. I think that is what they call it in english. Haha.. Here it is..<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8359.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />..anyway it have flashing pink lights.. and personally I think it looks like an alien spaceship.<br /><br />For some spectacular view, one can go to the Bund ,which you can see the Huangpu River. It really reminds me of our Singapore River back home..makes me a bit homesick!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8370.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8368.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8369.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8374.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8372.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8380.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8382.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />===================================================================================<br /><br />I have been cooking a lot! The other day I tried my hand at chicken curry.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8548.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8551.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Taste is alright .. but I cannot say it taste really authentic though! Haha!<br /><br />BUT I do cook a really successful Black Pepper Beef!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8594.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8596.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Oh and did I mention that I cut my hair again?<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8552.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Heh.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8556.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />So short right? Hehe...<br /><br />===================================================================================<br /><br />Oh and for something scandalous.. there is a Sex Exhibition in Shanghai the other day.<br /><br />Naturally I went. (",)<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8565.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />ONe of the exciting pictures there.<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8567.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Anyone interested in a game of "tie me up?" Check out the arrays of whips and "harness".<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8568.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Tickle tickle..<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8569.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Blow me up baby<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8570.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8571.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Ahem.<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8572.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />And for what our friendly Korea neighbours provide to the sex industry<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8575.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I almost thought it really was Osim. After a second look.. Haha..<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8576.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Nice er..logo<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8577.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />All shapes and sizes people<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8578.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />How do you like it to be madam?<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8579.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Oh and the most interesting thing about this exhibition is that it features 300 sex relics of ancient china! And so it claims. haha!<br /><br />Photography is not allowed but I managed to sneak a few shots before getting booted by the staff.<br /><br />Yes they are jade sex figurines<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8580.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8582.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />This one is this stature of a guy tied with chains.<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8584.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />You know what the caption on that stature says?<br /><br />"The only thing that cannot be tied down."<br /><br />And the finale.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8585.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />===================================================================================<br /><br />Oh yes!<br /><br />Happy Birthday to me yesterday!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8648.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8639.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />First time spending a birthday away from home... so thankful for my wonderful room mate!<br /><br />I didn't take much photos yesterday coz all we did was to shop, but we did went out for a good dinner just now.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8653.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />At a place call Malone's.. two cocktails, pork ribs ,barbeque chicken and spicy beef fajitas... it was ok, but strangely ,all we could think about after faced with all that food is to go home to our comfortable rooms and dvds.<br /><br />We coin this phrase as us being Auntified.<br /><br />Here are the reasons why:<br /><br />1. I cook breakfast and pack my lunch to work. (everyday literally)<br /><br />2. I find eating outside is not worth the money when I can jolly well cook it myself and its healthier too and without msg.<br /><br />3. I keep all the unfinished food to keep for tomorrow.<br /><br />4. I prefer to eat healthy food.<br /><br />5. I start to act more and more like my mother.<br /><br />...but you know what, although, I still don't like the idea of me turning into an auntie, but hey, its tickles me pink to think that my mum did leave a very lasting presence to me. And that makes me very happy because it almost feels like she is just here by my side.<br /><br />Really quite touched by all my friends smses.. calls.. so happy when I heard my Mum, Dad, Sis and Bro's voices but most of all by one of best friend, Fabian.<br /><br />Know him for 10 years and he NEVER remembered my birthday! Finally this year, he remembered and called me to especially sing a birthday song to me...<br /><br />Best part, he followed up with a email and attached a surprise birthday video for me!<br /><br /><embed width="448" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://img.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vidmg.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Happy24thBirthday.flv"></embed><br /><br />Thanks Ken, Celina, Sean, Enhua,Vincent.. love to all.. and you dear sweet Fabian. Big hug and big kisses!<br /><br />......but I don't get to eat the cake. Crap.<br /><br />You know the phrase of how absence makes the heart grows fonder, well Fabian is proof then. Haha!That stupid idiot.. treat me so nice only when I am in Shanghai.<br /><br />But really, I find that I seem to get closer to to some people only when I'm away... like my sister. Its not that we are not close before but now it seems that we outwardly care about each other more now that we don't see each other.<br /><br />......I kind of miss quarrelling with her sometimes over here. Haha!<br /><br />I'm just kidding Sis.<br /><br />Oh ya, Sis, by the way, please do help yourself to borrow my clothes before they get mouldy!<br /><br />Heh.<br /><br />Thanks again guys.. :)<br /><br />Love to all!Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-11547145117852419962007-07-25T12:27:00.000+08:002007-07-25T12:41:15.232+08:00Birthdays are a wonderful thingHi guys,<br /><br />Its been a flurried of birthdays nowadays. I have been constantly on Skype and singing Happy Birthdays in the earshot of bemused colleagues for the past few days including today for a few people. <br /><br />One time its two songs for two people in one session and I'm starting to feel like a birthday song vending machine. <br /><br />But you know what, the smiles I hear at the other end of the line is worth all that silly singing. <br /><br />*************************************************************************************<br /><br />The weather here in Shanghai nowadays is similar to what cookie dough feel in a hot oven. Its hot, extremely hot. So hot, this ice princess actually perspires and I have droplets of perspiration forming on my brows on a mere 7 mins walk to the office from my apartment.<br /><br />Thank god for air-conditioning and big love to the guy who invented it!<br /><br />*************************************************************************************<br /><br />Happy Birthday Wan Ru. Hope you have a really good one today.<br /><br />Oh and Jolyn, in the reminder of that, my office address here is <br /><br />No.2789 West Yan An Lu 200336. <br />上海市延安西路2789号(虹许路口)3楼200336.<br /><br />Ahem. Heh.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-73269694805968847932007-07-23T22:59:00.000+08:002007-07-23T23:29:59.692+08:00Can Fedex really send anything and send it by 10.30am the next day?I wish I can pack everyone, my mum, my sis,my brother, my friends, everyone near(or rather far) and dear to me in a giagantic fedex box and sent to me by 10.30am tmr. <br /><br />I can just picture it now, the fedex man knocking on my door and use a crane to set this big fedex box on grass field right outside. The box is tie up in this big beautiful red bow. The box is open and all of my dears come rolling out on the grass with untidy hair, all wearing overalls with big crazy grins on their faces.<br /><br />Hehe.<br /><br />p.s. I can't seem to leave a msg on my own chatterbox.. so.. to Dearest WK, on your latest comment, let it be known that when I come back, don't think the only scandals that I will share is mine only.... hehe....Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-8835434781528389922007-07-17T22:21:00.000+08:002007-07-18T00:46:47.549+08:00Oh yes I'm Back!Yes. I'm not dead.<br /><br />Welcome back to me too!<br /><br />Here's the bad. In short, something cock up in the china server leaving me unable to go a lot of singapore websites including my own blog.<br /><br />But, luckily, one genius friend introdue me to www.peekatwork.com. ("Peek at Work".. nice name right?) <br /><br /><em>Peek at Work<br />Surf all your favourite websites at work</em><br /><br /><em>"Peek At Work is a fast, secure & reliable proxy website that enables you to bypass firewall blocks and web filtering software. Our firewall bypassing tool retrieves the webpage you choose, processes it through our anonymous proxy server and sends it back to you."</em><br /><br />So next time you guys want to surf for some highly intellectual information and graphics like "100 styles for hair" (for Darren), or "100 ways other than Karma Sutra" (for Blackie and Jolyn),"100 ways to be an exhibitionist creatively!" (The Brachaels)... ok I think you get my drift.<br /><br />********************************************************************************<br /><br />I read all you guys blog just now and believe me its a delight to be able to read them again.<br /><br />Xia Yan and Brandon: I'm sorry I'm not there for your birthdays.Damm! But anyway, Happy Birthday once again. :)<br /><br />Love you Brandon - You have sweet mushy love now. May your love remains and remains and remains...<br /><br />Love you Xia Yan - Darling, something that I love about you is you are not afraid of voicing out the insecurities that all people have but never dare to admit for fear of losing their pride. I couldn't. But you always can admit your true feelings. Its good.<br /><br />(But sweetheart, don't overindulge in it ok? Heh.)<br /><br />Mariam: I went through the photos you had on your friendster. Good to see you are as vain as ever..hehe How many guys are you seeing now?????<br /><br />Darren: I kind of like the "toolonghair" look. Its.. different. On the photos with the mini pictures it looks kind of cool. Honestly.<br /><br />Wanru: That's good for telling those assholes off in the train. Good for you girl!<br /><br />Aliah: Your hair is so LONG now! You look really pretty!!! I will date you if I'm a guy.<br /><br />Helaine: Pumpkin, I did call you when you are hospitalised. Called you thrice on Skypee but you did not pick up lah. So let's not break up. I miss you and your fantastic boobies sweetiepie.<br /><br />Wee Keong: I love your little black butt. So pert. <br /><br />(Jolyn are you sulking now? haha!)<br /><br />I love your cute little red lips.So red, so cute.. but so dry sometimes. But really Keong, you are always one of the special friends who I really love hanging out with. You are such a cute little black dude.. special with a big heart and I love your mind.<br /><br />Jolyn: Ahh, I read all the special mentions in your blog. You must be missing me really much ehh girl? You mentioned me so much! :)))<br /><br />Thanks... I like it. :)<br /><br />And I miss you dearly too.<br /><br />...........and where is my dedicated post you procastinator?????!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />I just finish a bag of potato chips, my roomate went back to her hometown for two weeks so the whole house is mine. Luckily I got my DVDs as mates here.<br /><br />Anytime you guys miss me, just text me and I'll call you back that day. I'll use skype and if your incoming calls are free, there'll be no extra charges don't worry. :)<br /><br />Love to all. :)<br /><br />Sammi<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8278-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8288.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8297.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-20748122521302276562007-05-30T20:32:00.000+08:002007-05-30T23:56:51.245+08:00about ME and a beanSigh...<br /><br />How shall I start?<br /><br />Once upon a time.... no scrap that.. I'm definitely that old.<br /><br />Once, I met a tiny bean in a tiny school.Tiny bean was loud and noisy and ME was cool and sophisicated. <br /><br />(Well, its my blog so I can jolly well write whatever I like. smirk)<br /><br />Like most beginnings, we met, chat and became to know each other more.<br /><br />My first memories are of her dragging me away from the library when I was heart sent on studying and becoming a top scholar. Soon,influenced by that little bean, I became negligent and spent a lot of my time talking with her at the (now non existant in Singapore) A&W near school.<br /><br />We will talk aout all kinds of subject, nothing is too boring or too taboo. Sure we almost always have differing views, but I guess this is one of the major factors why the conversations went on till now. Instead of cutting each other down, we will analyze and think upon each other views, acknowledge those that are good and debate more about still differing views.<br /><br />Thinking back, we are definitely not unlike those uncles you see sitting in the coffeeshops at the void deck jabbering to each other the whole afternoon while sipping on their kopi-o , teh or their preferred choice of poison.<br /><br />We had our common traits.. selfish.. self loving.. wanting people to adore and pamper us. That is why we could not pander to each other. We were too alike in our selfish little ways!<br /><br />We had tiffs and one BIG fight. <br /><br />But. We made up.<br /><br />........plus, the little bean bought a "I'm sorry" book. *smirk* so I being the cool, sophisicated, gracious, all forgiving perfect being that I am accepted the gift graciously.<br /><br />(but seriously, its not really all her fault.)<br /><br />You know how beans work right? First they are this little innocent bean lying there, then, they start to get hungry,sprouting begins and they start to take root.<br /><br />This little bean has taken root in me taken space slowly and surely. Pulling her out will be quite impossible now.<br /><br />Sigh....... <br /><br />But this is one heartless little bean.<br /><br />Bought her SPECIAL gifts (as she had requested) and up till now, she had not kept up to her bargain of doing that SPECIAL thing for me as well.<br /><br />That little BB. ( <em>*Beep*</em> Bean )<br /><br />Since that little bean has lost all our photos, I will be again be gracious and kind and all forgiving as aways again:<br /><br />bean: Here are some photos we took together. I do appreciate having you as one of my best friends (yea I've admitted it no matter how much bad influence she was) and well, although there are the disputes, no matter what we always came through for each other eventually. This does spells something I guess.<br /><br />That little vainpot<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_6232.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Likewise.. another vainpot<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_6234.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Thailand<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_6197.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I think we took a surprising whole lot of photos that day.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_7079.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_7071.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_7066.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_7056.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_7055.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/ME%20and%20the%20lil%20bean/IMG_7054.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Take care my love. Be happy always. :)Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-54064286716495924282007-05-29T01:23:00.001+08:002007-05-29T01:27:52.047+08:00On a lighter note..because I'm highly tempted to delete the last post. It does hurt.Right.<br /><br />On a lighter note.<br /><br />You know how you can differentiate a good chef by the way they always love their own cooking as well as they (usually) ... ok am definitely not on the bony side?<br /><br />Well, I'm a fantastic cook as it turns out. I stew soup in this huge slow cooker yesterday. By today, I had slurp it all.<br /><br />Had three bowls of my fantastic soup just now. <br /><br />I'm a really fantastic cook.<br /><br />Lovely.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-10980292501255450052007-05-29T00:59:00.000+08:002007-05-29T01:18:25.953+08:00Goodbye my dear..You ask me before, why in all our 2 years together, I never wrote about you, never published a photo, never even mentioned you here.<br /><br />Well, its because, I had kept my every weekend for you, every holiday, every night on the phone, for you.<br /><br />I never mentioned you because blogs are commentable and I do not want our relationship to be commented.<br /><br />I write this very unwillingly too because I feel I hate exposing us on this blog.<br /><br />In the past two years that we have been together, I really felt loved and was in love as well.<br /><br />Although we are only friends now but still, I still treasure you very much in my life no matter what you may think.<br /><br />Goodbye my dear...<br /><br />I loved you.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-4046878792826566122007-05-26T23:06:00.000+08:002007-05-27T23:01:51.043+08:00Oh crap.. I don't know how should I title this.Shanghai is a girls's paradise, the endless rows of shopping malls, 小店 xiao3 dian4(little boutiques) better yet for a food lover, connoisesur for all fine delicious food.<br /><br />So therefore, it is very fortunate indeed that I am a great lover of both.<br /><br />When I first came here the first two places I become acquainted is Huai Hai Lu (Road) and Xin Tian Di (New Sky Earth??!!) The former is like a paradise for shopping and the latter is big compound for wining, dining, relaxing as well for hunks watching (another lovely habit of mine).<br /><br />Was around that area a few days back with a colleague on a work related issue and we had dinner at this "quaint" place selling 麻辣烫 suan1 la4 tan1(sour spicy soup) *do note its very different from Tom Yam.<br /><br />Its basically like Singapore's Yong Tao Fu where you go to this area to pick the ingredients you want, pay, pass it to the person to cook the stuff and wait for it to be served to you.<br /><br />Here's the end result. Not very exciting but to make up for it, let me tell you I pick so much ingredients that nights that they have to serve it to me in two bowls.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8144.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oh and those two pancake things are 煎饼 jian1 bing3. Bought one with this veg call 酒菜 jiu3 cai4 (beer veg.. :P) and another egg one. Those are very goooooooooooood.<br /><br />Best one is this:<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8140.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One of the most popular stuff roadside stalls like to sell is grilling stuff on skewers. In the photo closest to you is chicken heart skewer and next to it is chicken skewer. My all time favourites are the lamb and octopus skewers... they are simply to di.. not die.. but just simply oh so gooooooooood.<br /><br />So good that I had a feast on those on friday and end up with a bad sore throat.<br /><br />We went to the second floor to eat. Here, its a classy place, so classy they treat every patron like royalty, that is why they have a permanant red carpet on the steps. But... climbing up and looking back, I really have a sense of gratefulness of how far I have gone and suddenly treasure life more.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8149.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Climbing on its little and winding steps really does make me appreciate the fact that I have not misstep and end my life with a broken neck. Here, another classic example of how morals and true life meaning are taught. I salute the owner by his good intentions. I'm sure many like me have been enlightened.<br /><br />**********************************************************************************<br /><br />One thing that struck me about the shops here is that some shops really know how to decorate.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8164.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From retro tiles to flowers, some shops are a "display of art themselves" There is is shop which only sell black or white clothes on the first floor and coloured clothes on the second.<br /><br />I love some of the buildings. Check out the cinema on Huai Hai Lu - Cathay<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8155.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8160.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />So vintage ehh?<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8161.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />******************************************************************************<br /><br />Xin Tian Di, or New Heaven and Earth (green tea anyone?) is a place where it will be busy every night with 70% expatriates patronage. As I've said, I get my eye candy here.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8170.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8171.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8172.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8173.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8174.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8175.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8178.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The lovely trinkets<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8183.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mirrors.. pretty!<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8184.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8186.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8187.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Oh and let me show you something wonderful.<br /><br />There was this promotion of the arts thing sponsered by Chivas.. <br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8188.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This man was drawing a huge canvas on the floor using crayons.. like around 8 by 8 m. its beautiful and best part is, when you look through this thing which I can only say its like a standing magnifier but filled with water .. the whole thing becomes 3D.<br /><br />I tried to take a photo through it for you guys to see.. hopefully you can make it out. If not.. well I tried. :p<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8192.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Description of the piece<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8194.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8195.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />The owner of the large shoes<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Xin%20Tian%20Di/IMG_8198.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />To end off, please visit this site. <a href="http://www.thepantswhisperer.com/">http://www.thepantswhisperer.com/</a> . Highly interestly and free clothes for the boys to download and wear.<br /><br />Do it now.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-18400005841021403732007-05-23T00:07:00.000+08:002007-05-23T00:57:24.327+08:00We had sexytime at Hai NingWell, I'm sure you have seen the pictures at Helaine's blog.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8107.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Now I'm sure you would not want another duplicate of what happened at Haining... so...<br /><br />Now, being the totally incorrigible person that I am, I am going to reveal...behind the scene.. what actually happen that night Helaine and I slept together alone for the very first time.<br /><br />Aside to Helaine: My sweet, Forget those Brachael and that silly panda and soya bean.. or whatever those boring little pair of yucky lovebirds are writing. They can say all they want, but all they do is all those silly mushy words.. so what they have LOVE but WE, we will truimph them all, because we have TRUE PASSION~~~ *please hold up your fingers and say "pa-shawn" "<br /><br />Guess what Helaine bought for me to wear that night.<br /><br />Ta daa~~~<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8124.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I could see her eyes glitter.<br /><br />We go into a "pa-shawn-note" frenzy over the shoes we bought in one 4 hours. I bought 6 pairs, and darling Helaine bought 10!<br /><br />"Shoes! Shoes! Darling Shoes!"<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8110.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Let me sidetrack a bit, its 50rmb for a pair... ahhhhhh *happy dance*<br /><br />... It was an endless hour of fun with taking photos of our models.. arranging and rearranging them endlessly.. taking and retaking counts photos of the little darlings and of each other.<br /><br />Of decent moments.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8119.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8122.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />And of more "pa-shawn-note" moments..<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8120.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8121.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />What happen after that.. we will share that precious memory only to ourselves.<br /><br />In three simple words," It was unforgettable".<br /><br />Take that smelly pandas.. beans.. regardless they are jolly or not.. and stuff that cause diabetes.<br /><br />*evil grin*<br /><br />....Oh and I bought gifts people, they are with my sweet. Hope you like them :)Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-38569945797057925662007-05-18T19:40:00.000+08:002007-05-18T19:45:26.480+08:00I'm going to Haining to see Helaine tmr!Yea! I'm finally going to be with my people representative tmr!!! Going to Haining to meet up with Healine and her family coz she could not come down to Shanghai to meet me. <br /><br />So happy! :) <br /><br />Gonna take loads pictures! *do the happy dance*Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-78107974234324368992007-05-17T22:37:00.000+08:002007-05-17T23:21:43.092+08:00I need loveIn pretty low spirits this two days....<br /><br />Give me some encouragement dears...Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-77987007967123184042007-05-14T21:54:00.000+08:002007-05-16T01:50:24.740+08:00A 35 mins walk home todayThere's this straight road from the office to home..a slow walk takes around 30 mins. Sure I've walked it before, (most of the time I'm driven home or took a cab), but I have never walked alone back before. Today was the first time.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8042.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Anyway, there's this small stretch,where they have really small convenience stores, houses and stalls. In the area where my office, it is considered very developed with a high number of expatriates living there so to pass by this small stretch when Millenium Hotel and Carrefour is just 5 mins away makes it quite surreal.<br /><br />From this..<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8049.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8048.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8047.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />To this:<br /><br />Millenium Hotel<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8050.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Gubei Store - Carrefour<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8052.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />From stores as mini as a "mama store" in Singapore to the bright lights of Carrefour, Bang and Ofusen.. it was a contrast indeed.<br /><br />*******************************************************************************<br /><br />On my solitary walk, I saw two people rummaging through some trash bags that was placed jst by the main path. The old man was around 50 and the lady, mid 30s, to my horror, right in front of me while I was passing them, the old man lift a paper cup he dg up from one of the trash bag to his lips and drank off the remainder of whatever drink that it was containing...<br /><br />I really wanted to just stop, scream, tear the cup off his lips and stuff some cash in his hands. <br /><br />But over here, really, unlike Singapore where the worst you can actually see still wears decent clothes and are mostly well mannered buskers or beggers, here, you see old ladies carrying toddlers in the middle of the street, tapping car windows when they stop at a traffic light and beg you for money while shoving that kid in your face.<br /><br />I think I gave to quite a few while I first came. But after, my colleague stopped me. <br /><br />"There's too many of them Sam. Also, these people are actually quite rich you know. Do you know that a lot of them actually "rented" the little kids and toddlers so that people will be more apt to give money." <br /><br />My collesgue start shooing them away.<br /><br />So I stop giving, but my heart still wince everytime I walk past an old granny.. any one of them, stretching their arms out and looking at me with doleful eyes.<br /><br />I will still try to give once in a while though, I'm not being generous, I don't do charities, I never go help in homes, its not about feeling beneficial. <br /><br />I hope you understand how I feel though.<br /><br />********************************************************************************<br /><br />After thought: This was actually written yesterday but I could not get on photoshop so post it today instead.<br /><br />Read a blog entry where it says how the contrast always enable people to really tell differences and be more acutely aware the meaning each side brings to oneself.<br /><br />When I start to think about what I see here, and I look around at how much I have, and what my kind of life is, yea, I've stop grouching (not entirely of course) but at least more than enough to let myself know, yes, I do like and am thankful of my life, of who I am and blessed to have what I have.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-41562760825117161352007-05-12T21:12:00.000+08:002007-05-12T21:40:30.483+08:00The death of Hello from Britain in ShanghaiWas surfing the net for a listing of the radio stations available in Shanghai, hoping to find something good here.<br /><br />Well, I came upon this english station, "Hello from Britian" that I find very interesting.<br /><br />It was started by a Scottish guy called Brian Anderson in 1989 but its discontinued by the Shanghai Broadcasting Bureau for unknown reasons according to Brian.<br /><br />Here's the link to the website. Have a read, especially its histroy.<br /><br />http://www.hello.uk.com/<br /><br />Have a lovely weekend.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-60031936132931284862007-05-10T23:52:00.002+08:002007-05-11T01:32:27.995+08:00A bit here and there lahRight on the 1st of May, my colleague lost her whole bag containing her handphone, wallet.. a a lot more stuff to a bold thief who just grab and walk off with her bag while we were trying on sports shoes at a mall.<br /><br />It was a painful experience for her, brave girl that she is, she held her tears back. <br /><br />Today, I suffer the consequences by wearing a pair of high heels not suitable for walking, accompanying her for 3 hours looking for a brand new phone.<br /><br />Here's the B E A U T I F U L Culprit.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8021.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Another beautiful angle..<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8020.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Oh.. how I heart my shoes....<br /><br />*******************************************************************************<br /><br />I got to be honest, I've pick up a bad habit here.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8018.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I've gotten the habit of using the tothpick at the table right after a meal.<br /><br />Just sometimes....<br /><br />*******************************************************************************<br /><br />Introducing, a Curry Fastfood in Shanghai!<br /><br />"Good Smell, Good Curry"<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8010.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Here's how it looks like.. after a few bites..its suppose to be pork cutlet curry rice though<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7997.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8002.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_8004.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />**********************************************************************************<br /><br />I was talking on msn with Jolyn today and I was telling her how absurdly expensive accessories in Shanghai was and that variety wise was not that much to be found. I do think that with that high influx of "accessories-makers" we have in Singapore nowadays, this would be a good opportunity for some of them to come over and set up a business here . :) <br /><br />Oh and Jolyn.. Cheryl's accessories are really all very beautiful...does Cheryl wants o expand her horizons overseas?<br /><br />Perhaps I should have learn how to make them myself also and make them myself to sell a sideline too.. hehe...<br /><br />Anyone wants to send me a LOVE package full of lovely accessories?<br /><br />Ahem.. my office address is relatively easy to find online... hehe...Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-27769539879843962192007-05-09T21:40:00.000+08:002007-05-09T22:10:58.725+08:00The degeneration to a baby<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7966.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />"Hey Sis, I never felt worse until I got sick. Now I know how good it feels to have a family take care of you."<br /><br />Guess one is never truly appreciative of the good things they have until its not there.<br /><br />... like home cooked meals.<br /><br />This is what I had for dinner tonight.<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7967.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />This is a very light dinner as I'm ill, usually me and my roomate will eat out and have 5 course dinners every night.. honest.. coz I've harp on constantly, Shanghai food is really tasty. Very oily, very salty, very tasty.<br /><br />But still, mum's cooking is best of all. <br /><br />I'm a mama's girl.<br /><br />Look at her.. how cute.. she was acting the "cool" look.. oh and these pictures are taken last chinese new year.<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Image023.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Image021.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />My sister.. do we look alike? Nah.. haha<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/Image024.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />I did something exceeding shameful yesterday, I sms my sister telling her how sick I was and I want mum to call me and console me like I'm a little girl. Mature young ladies would have just shut up and tell mum everything is well to not let dear mummy worry.<br /><br />Well, not me. I practically purr like a cat whenever mum called telling me to take care and shower her concern on me and will constantly remind her I'm her child too and she must call me frequently to do her part as a mother and express her love for me.<br /><br />I'm such a brat.<br />I want home cooked food.<br />I'm so whiney.<br /><br />I'm pathetic. Hah!<br /><br />I took this in the bathroom. I was bored. :)<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7973.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-50251476974533319132007-05-08T00:58:00.000+08:002007-05-08T16:40:26.703+08:00I'm sick today.. feverish..so writing finally to gain some sympathy from my friends.. *angelic smile*<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7475.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Have arrived in Shanghai since 9th March.. guess that makes around 2 months for me to write my first "From Shanghai with Love" entry..<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7628-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />First things first.. I really want to thank all of you who send me off that day, it was a big thing for me and I really love the little things that you guys make.<br /><br />My room..<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7756-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />The lovely gifts in full display in my room..<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7758-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7757-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />My entertainment..<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7759.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />But really, I really love all the letters, little gifts, those handmade items, the little notes, the 2 books, all the photos, everything... it really brings me a lot of comfort to see those items in my room and it really does brings me solace whenever I start to feel a tad lonely.. thank god I bought a laptop!! :)<br /><br /><br />Xiayan,Wati,Jolyn, Ali,Mariam,Helaine,Wanru,Brandon, GQ,WK..you guys are great and I love you all for that. Sammi promise everyone will get their very own fake branded something when I come back... hurhurhur..<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7629-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Summarising what I have done so far..<br />1. Eat<br />2.Shop<br />3.Work<br /><br />Honestly if you think that Shanghai stuff is cheap due to the currancy.. think again. The food here is great ..ok and cheap, you can get a ok meal for 5rmb (currancy conversion 1SIN to 5RMB).. but the shopping.. what can I say, the clothes found here are fantastic, the endless variety.. the different clothes I get to wear due to the 4 seasons.. its simply great! BUT man, are the clothes here expensive!<br /><br />One good example, one dress with no label that I think I can get (if they do seel it in Singapore) for around $50, they sell it for twice the price. I'm broke every month mainly due to my shopping trips alone... not good.<br /><br />Wana see how I look like now?<br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7723-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />Look at how chubby I've become!! heh... its bad.. but don't worry, after one full month of gorging on the delicious food here and subsequently bursting my jeans... I have maintained some self control now.. hopefully. I promise I'l try not to be a pig when I return. :)<br /><br />Overall Shanghai has been good to me. They have every entertainment and leisure activities a girl needs here.<br /><br />But there is this one thing that really ahem.. "puzzles" me here.. (yes there is a need to be diplomatic)<br /><br />The spitting is expected I guess so if someone does it in front of you, well, you just look the other way.. but nothing prepares me for this:<br /><br /><strong>"Please throw the toilet paper into the waste basket. Do not flush it down the tolet bowl. Thank you."</strong><br /><br />Imagine, going into a toilet that is cramp and the waste basket is overflowing.. its really bad.<br /><br />I guess the only motivation of such a thing is to prevet blockage in the pipes? I really don't know.<br /><br />Oh and I met Helaine at the airport the other day!<br /><br />Funny Helaine<br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7958-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/inkque/IMG_7957-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a><br /><br />She just emailed me.. may be staying with me over the weekend on the 14th and 15th.. wil take loads of photos... :)<br /><br />Oh yea.. congrats to the happy couples WK & JO and Brandon and Rachael.<br /><br />So my leaving makes cupid works harder ehh? ;P<br /><br />Take care!<br /><br />Oh yes... p.s.s: I heart all of you. <strong>Xiayan,</strong> Especially you.Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027839.post-1170251755108088182007-01-31T21:54:00.000+08:002007-01-31T21:55:55.123+08:00A new "home" starting 27th FebruaryDear all,<br /><br />I will be posted to Shanghai to work for a year from 27th February onwards.<br /><br />I will miss all of you......Samanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701271129968144065noreply@blogger.com0