Spend Spend Spend ...how to save?

This month is really spend spend spend. I've been recording everything that I bought this month. Not including meals!!! I already passed the $700 mark today!!!! Cries!! My pay better come soon.

California Fitness

I was given a little tour of their Jackie Chan branch in Bugis this evening. First impression. A lot of people. A lot of beefy guys. A lot of gym equipment. Wah liew ... impactful but stressful feeling environment for me.

I'm a very self conscious person. As if working out around healthy slim women wasn't bad enough. Throw in men who make up 50% of the exercising population there who are most likely comparing my fat ass to that of the bodacious babe beside me on the threadmill.

Can you say DEMORALISING?!?!?!?

Not to mention my embarrassment when I had to let this cute guy who measure my weight and height. Wah liew!!! Paiseh leh!

But now I got a week free trial plus an hour's personal training session this weekend. What to wear?! I cannot imagine me squeezing back into those tight shorts and top that I used to wear to my gym lessons last time. What to wear!!!! *faints*

Amore Fitness

This is more like it. Only $60 for a month membership making use of some "new member" promotion they had going on. After that it is only about on average $115+ per month for the "power package" for 6 months, unlimited classes that I can attend. I don't mind. Since classes were what I preferred compared to gym.

I feel more motivated when I see others trying hard. But I hate machines aka gym equipment and being troopered shout at by a personal instructor. I'd hate to bring myself to hate a cute gym instructor. I'd rather just admire them.

But then again they'll be a bad distraction to my exercise. It's better that I stick to all girls amore. At least the Bugis branch has showers and sauna. Woot!

I actually pondered on these two purchases. Why did I buy them?

As I paid for them at the cashier, I kept thinking this would match whatever white/black outfit I wore. But that's the same thing I said for all the OTHER bracelets that I bought, about 6 of them. None of which have graced my wrist more than once.

I only wear one little bracelet from Perlini, which I almost never take off. Hrmm ... then why did I still buy those two bracelets?

I know ... I've a lot. But then I still don't have all the colours I want leh!!! Me gonna learn how to do nail art. Just got a bunch of nail art pictures to inspire myself. Now I need a lot of moolah again, to buy nailart tools and glitter and things to stick on my nails kakakaka.

Statement of the day :
FUBAR = Fucked Up Beyond Any Recognition

DIY Nail Art 2

Today at work was so mentally tiring!! I went home feeling like my head is all sore and bloated from thinking so much, all from just drawing up a template!!! Wah liew loh!

Oh well ... got home to find house messy again cause that Bibi found a way to push aside the cage again from the kitchen to "escape" and enter the livin room area. We used a stool's legs to lock the bars of the cage with the table. Initially she couldn't get out. But looks like she found a way again. *cries*

HOW!!??1??!

And when I went to the toilet to wash face, she dragged out one of my strappy shoes and proceeded to bite it. Dunno how many times I scold her no no no ... she never learns!!!

Okay enough about her. Sigh.

I got bored waiting for hubby to come home so ...

I DIY ...















... NAIL ART LAH!!! kekeke.



Pretty or not? I know not as clear as the last time but it's purposely so that at work it's not that obvious.

gold pedicure

Just did pedicure today. It's to console myself that I shall not visit the MNG sale this time round.

Gold nails with white french tip and dots. Actually still got black dots lining the french tip with a little ribbon on my big toes but cannot see cuz my lousy phone camera dun have macro.

I'm gonna start saving up for a hp with macro camera functions.

I also bought a box of THIRTEEN different colours of nail art jewel!!1! Only $3.90 loh worth it!!! But the lady say selling cheap cuz the colours all got mixed up!! Hahah i don't mind!!!! Now I'm sorting.

This morning I signed an insurance plan with Prudential. Another $120 a month down from my salary.

But then sounds good lah ... plus every two years I'll get a voucher for me to get a FREE check up with a gynae ... free leh ... good motivation to visit gynae cuz I've been too damn lazy assed to go. Got free liao confirm will go.

I'm now taking into account everything that I spend and putting it in a spreadsheet ... It's already up to $661+ today for this month. But then again I spent $260 on a new tablet and I am kinda updating my wardrobe for work.

(okay lah I know it's just an excuse. XD)

my little storage at work

Today at work quite okay. Brought home some work to do but ended up singing ktv and playing an hour of pool at night .... so now at home blogging and getting ready to sleep.

The red container that the smarties came in was really cute. I'm thinking of using it in the future to maybe keep stuff like maybe coins or something.

As you can see my desk is getting more and more lived in. I am supposed to have a lot more notes on the wall but then I'm using this free Post-Lite Edition program that allows us to use digital post-its and stick it to our desktop. It's really cute.

I am too lazy to find the link now but search for post-it lite edition ... remember that it is FREE ... no trial period either.

I'm seriously getting fatter cuz when I tried to wear a certain pair of pants that I bought just the beginning of the month, it's already tighter. CRIES!!! I need to get myself that damn fitness program asap. Or should I just be lazy and go for Marie France at around $300 a month. I'm really considering leh. Hubby confirm won't let me one leh ... how?

my budget is shitty

Lookie at my cutie new earrings that I bought last night.

Yeah I couldn't resist it when I passed by my favourite earring shop in Bugis Village yesterday. She just had new stock up too!! Wowzers! I really held back in my earrings purchases and bought these 3 only. 3 for $5.

The pink ones reminded me of some sort of pink candy. My hubby found them too big but they look sooo retro chic cute that I ignored his critique.

The blue ones are my fave, although I've no idea when I can wear them. Haha yes I bought them just because I like them! They reminded me of smurfs!!! Smurfurific!! Blue ... mushrooms ... CUTE!!!

And the gold loops ... the perfect accessory for my bling bling look. I got the black skirt, the black tee with the gold words, the black heels. Now all I need is the right bling bling necklace and the smouldering makeup! Kekeke.

And how can I forget my so .... EXPENSIVE new tablet. It's bigger than the old one, and I love the pen stand that came along with it. A cool $260 ... all out of my own pocket. Yes my biggest SELF buy yet. Everything else is either mom or dad or hubby paying. But this ... this is my FIRST ever luxury buy. What next? Spas? Handphones? Holidays? Oooh ... the thought of it is making me dream drool so much.

At work today I got a little bored and decided to open up a new spreadsheet and charting out my budget, expenditure and saving for every month. I just realized I'm averaging about $90-100 a month on my handphone bill alone!! My god!!!

Here's a list.

• handphone = $90-100
• fitness membership = $150
  (not yet but I'm estimating it to be around there)
• shopping = $100
• magazines = $20
• makeup & facial care = $50
• food = $70
• insurance = $100
• clubbing = $60
• car = $120
• dog food and baths = $180
  
  
  
  
  Total = $950!!!! MY GOD LOH!!!!
  
  Only about $1200 goes into my bank account after CPF leh!!! How to survive like that. I still haven't count in a lot of stupid miscelleneous stuff. I won't be surprised that after all my misc stuff I have NEGATIVE SAVINGS ah.
  
  And this is when I don't have credit card!!! My hubby wants to help me apply for UOB Ladies Card ... me scared scared!!!!
  
  Me starting today counting all the things I purchase. I just bought a $16 skirt some more ... sob sob ... now feel guilty.
  
  Back to the handphone I've to wait til 22nd January 2007 before I can transfer the stupid handphone account to my name. If cannot hor, I will complain and complain the stupid M1 down till they say CAN. What's so hard about changing a stupid name??? The bill will still be paid and then I can choose to do whatever I like with my plans without having to consult that annoying like housefly mother every time I wanna do anytime with my handphone.

I just borrowed this fantastic book ... well I hope it's fantastic. After only seeing the trailer of this book-turned-movie, I went online and reserved the book from the library. $1.50 ... yes I'm a cheapskate.

But this is like the only way I can guarantee getting the book I wanna read.

I love going into bookstores and finding books that I catches my eye (fanciful covers or titles usually do the trick, yes I'm shallow too), I'll then read through the summary and copy down the title and author's name if I like it.

Just look at that shoe! God I'd love a pair like that just so that I could stab all those people who step on my poor little toes and ruining my darling lacy nail art stickers. *pouts*


Meryl Streep ... classic the way that she can still look good with all WHITE hair. I wonder how old she is now?


Anne Hathaway ... I lurve her! She has that look that can turn from innocent to sultry in a blink. Big bambi eyes and loving her skin and hair. Hrmm ... maybe I'll bring this picture when I go do my next hair cut. What would you all think if I went ... brown?

2 days MC

I went on MC for two days.

I feel horrible loh. Not because I was sick, but because I'm not at work.

I'm afriad that silently my bosses are cursing behind me that I'm a lazy ass and that just one day of rest is enough. I'm afraid that now I've given them a reason to get rid of me. Damn. I should have gone to work today.

Oh well too late now to regret.

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Spent the past half hour doing my nails ... yes I've done nail art for the FIRST TIME by MYSELF!!! Woot! Nice nice?? Simple leh but I like!

Looking forward to ...

I used to look forward to ...

... clubbing on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
... waking up early to find out what to do.
... my 9am and 6pm Oprah Winfrey Shows.
... my afternoon naps.
... my leisure everyday doodlings.

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Life was simple. But now ... I only look forward to ...

... lunch break.
... knock-off time.
... Sundays.
... getting enough sleep.
... clubbing on Saturdays only.
... shopping (for work clothes and makeup, *pocket burning one big hole*)
... the happy faces and barks of my puppies when I get home.
... the Internet with MSN!!!

Ultimately now, I look forward to saying "Welcome Home" to my hubby. I giving him hugs and kisses when he comes back.

Missing him badly. Sigh.

soccer madness ... bleh

If you can't beat em join em. That's what a lot of girls do nowadays.

Yes SOCCER WORLD CUP is here AGAIN! Sian.

Girls I think have given up on trying to tear their guys away from the stupid soccer on TV and decided to share in their "joy".

I even noticed the TREND in books changed!! This morning I heard on the radio people recommending girls to read books about the necessary know-its about soccer, world cup, and the men who are obsessed by it. I remember I few years back it used to be books about how to get your men away from the tube.

HRmmm ... girls decided to go soft?

Sorry loh .. I unable to understand what's so exciting about 22 men chasing after one black and white ball.

I know I used to be one of those 10 people who chase after one ball (basketball). But at least we lesser people. Same logic as when comparing to the number of people needed to change a lightbulb. The more people, the lesser the logic.

I guess my dislike (I won't say hate unless I want to become the enemy of millions worldwide) for soccer stemmed from when I was young and often woken up by my dad's shouts of GOAL!!!! in the middle of the night.

Yes my dad watches, yes he bets, and yes he loves it, with a nice cold can of beer and bag of peanuts.

Tonight is a Saturday night. But like most of my friends are not going to our usual club hangouts ... tonight they will be glued to some TV screen, be it at home on a tiny telly or a big projected screen at some pub area, watching soccer.

Especially tonight loh!!! Got England playing. Sigh.

And hubby is in China ... somewhere ... stupid calling card not working. Calling him straight also not working. CRIES.

But at least I can say I damn heng ... I have a hubby who doesn't watch soccer. PHEW!!!

some new some wants some bad

During lunch, I saw this shop with big big signs of sale and $10 and $15!! Woot! Only left a few pieces but I manage to find two very nice pieces of clothes.

A pink black striped working skirt. Size is JUST nice and last piece of the size that I can wear cause the other one is huge! Like an XL. I wanted the black skirt with white stripes at first but that one only have XL.

Then also bought a cute green sequinned tube top. Only $10!!! Small size ok! Hee hee actually have to buy smaller for tubes cause scared it's too loose and fall off my flat chest easily. Perfect for clubbing and very comfortable cuz of the soft material. Hee he i think I'll wear this the next time I go clubbing with the girls.

Ooh ooh ... saw this at BIG! Some new superstore on the 3rd level of Harbourfront Center where I work. $1888!!! More than my pay leh but soooo tempted!!! It'll look damn swee in my new home!


BAD NEWS here now!

No more chatting on web messenger in the office!! I barely get Internet now either. CRIES! Someone kill me!

I'll be email-ing a lot from now.

FRIENDS!!! Check your email often!!!

Ooh and I got my namecard liao ... TWO BOXES ... how to finish!?

lucky day ... work life vs tai tai life

Some people see tis day as a day of reckoning, Satan's birthday, bad omens ... no good.

But Chinese people might see it differently. Some actualy see today as a good day to get hitched, married, tying the nuptial knot, or some guys say "the old ball and chain of life".

In a chinese dialect, 6 is actually promounced as "luck". So three sixes is like TRIPLE the "luck".

There's a saying, "All good things come in threes."

"Luck ... luck ... luck! Today!"

Today's Tuesday. Just another day. Come and go. Nothing special.

Hrmm ... I wonder how busy is the Registry of Marriages today?

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Work : before and after

Ever since I started work, I find 24 hours a day is not enough.

Not that I need more time to complete my work in the office. I get to work on time and leave my desk on the dot! Yah! I'm one of those people who stare at the computer clock WILLING it to move faster. Once the clock turns to 5:30PM, I'm picking up my stuff and heading straight for the front doors.

My problem lies with the lack of time to do the stuff AT HOME!!!

2 weeks of laundry is sitting in the 'folding' basket waiting to be folded, 1 load of laundry is still stuck hung on the bamboo poles in my kitchen, while another load is sitting in the washing machine, waiting for someone to add detergent and dettol, waiting for someont to press the 'start' button.

My 2 darling STs are stinking no thanks to me not bathing them myself or sending them to get bathed/groomed.

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BTW there's something wrong with Bibi. Same thing happened to her last Saturday.

Before I leave for work every morning I'll feed the two dogs. But this morning, Bibi refused to eat her food, even when I placed the food right in front of her. She just ran back into the bedroom, plopped down beside the bed and give me a very sad face.

What happened to my darling little excitable ball of fur?! What happened to my greedy little girl who snatches for her food, gobbles everything in her bowl in less than 3 minutes, but still wanting more and trying to steal from Zhu's bowl???!!!

I almost wanted to make use of my lunch break to just go home to check on them. But ... but ...

*cries* I'm a bad MOMMY!!!

Okay later I'll rush home. I'll walk so fast that blisters will pop up like flowers on a new spring day. Poor Bibi must be wondering why nowadays I'm rarely at home.

p.s. I want to bring them swimming this weekend leh!!!

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I only have about 2 hours of personal time on weekday nights, half day on Saturdays, and Sundays free.

Sunday is the ONLY day now I get to wake up late. Every other day I've to get up at 7am!!!

And all these so called free time is spent doing all the chores that I used to do BEFORE I started work.

And now I'm not busy at work yet leh!!! Dies!!! I hope I can make it through the rest of this year.

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oh oh oh ... National Day Parade is at National Stadium!!!!

29th July is the rehersal day and 9th August ... er duh.

Who wanna come my house to watch fireworks?!!!! Come come!!!

granny and daddy birthdays!!

This is the Ah Ma who lives RIGHT BESIDE ME!!!

A little video of the candle blowing.


It's hard slimming down living beside her. She cooks delicious food all the time. Even though it's oily and fatty but it's OH SO GOOD!

I lost count how many nonya zhang (nonya dumplings) I ate this week. She cooked them and wrapped them herself.

Plus EVERY TIME she cooks her famous MEE SIAM, I confirm will eat at least THREE BOWLS!!! People who came to my house for housewarming will remember her mee siam.

My darling father, who seems to be unable to give up the fact that I'm a married woman with a job liao. He still talks to me like a little girl. Oh well, I guess all fathers are like that.

Actually his birthday is tomorrow but then weekend only we free. Brought him out to eat Hog's Breath at CHJIMES. I tell you ... the steak ribs are SHIOK!!! Not really ribs, more like steak, but it has the tenderness and oh my god juiciness of ribs!!! I thought my little grilled fillet steak was good until I tasted the STEAK RIB my hubby and daddy ordered ... my god soooooo tender!!!! So succulent!

If you worry about prices, it's about $29 - $32+ per steak. $5.80 for free flow drinks. I tell you ... it is worth it! All of us ate until sooooooo full for the whole day! I didn't need to eat dinner today.

Hog's Breath! Try it!!! Set lunches on weekdays are REALLY worth it. There's another branch at Holland Village too.

Daddy made me drive his car today. From Pasir Ris to Toa Payoh and back. To help pick up a tv set for my uncle.

BMW 7 series. The big one which EVERYTHING IS DONE BY BUTTONS.

Put the "key" (looks more like using the part where the buttons are), into a hole and just push it in like you do with a sd memory card into a camera.

Then press the "start/stop" button to start the car. No need to turn key.

Press a red button "P" on the right to unlock the "handbrake". Nothing in the middle for me to hold.

AKA no gear handle. It's replaced by a huge storage box with a turning button that controls the GPS on the dashboard.

Auto gear ... controls (P / R / N / D) are all controlled by a lever on the right ala those cool retro cars which Elvis is famous for driving back long ago. Levers are the same for signalling and wipers.

Okay ... sounds difficult right? Not really ... it's much more convenient once I got the hang of it. Which was like 5 mins. Only problem I had was the WIDTH of the car!!!

SO WIDE! I have bad judgement but ya I did feel like a bad ass driving a big car on the road. My hubby would have loved to drive a BMW 7 series. He says it's every Singaporean guy's goal car in life. "Best Man Wins" he says.

*pengz*

Give me a little mini anytime. I like my car compact, no butts, cute colours and shape, and serves my purpose ... getting from point A to point B.

FUSE night

Got the sms for FUSE at MOS. Free entry for 2 persons and free one drink of below-42 and red bull (aka vodka red bull).

Queue was short and fast, drinks were over diluted. Stayed at Smoove the whole night. The rnb music started slow but it soon picked up around 12am. So late right?!?!?

Anywho, I am just curious why oh why guys are will to don JACKETS (those young sporty jackets over tees??? What's with them? They're like sweating and panting from the heat. Damn it loh, I was wearing jeans with a smaller than usual spag top and even I was sweating like a pig. Imagine what an oven those jackets were for them!

Oh yah ... weird weird loh. Some guy I think was TRYING to dance with me ... from behind without me knowing AT ALL. Well, I was BLISSFULLY ignorant til his stupid friend (a girl!) put his hand ON MY WAIST! I turned around with a bloody hell stare. HAH! After that I continued to ignore. But couldn't help overhearing the girl egging the guy to GO FOR IT! Don't loh! Dunno how many times I was FLASHING my wedding band. But I think after flashing it for EVERYONE on the dance floor to see, he (who was RIGHT behind me) saw it and backed off. YAY!

Guys. Word of advice. If I were single, such an act of dancing quietly behind my back would render me to label you LAME and UNDARING and UNCONFIDENT right there and then. If you want to dance with a girl, tap shoulder, ask, act from there!

If she says no, then fine ... at least you can move on and find another one. (Instead of looking like a spastic dork.)

If she say yes, WOOHOO have fun.

Okay I'm stopping here. I still got up at 730am this morning to go to work. Wednesday and Friday night clubbing til 2 plus and still able to feel okay int he morning, good sign. Kekek.

Loving this BIATCH tag that Ah-Xin (my dear Faith) tagged on my Friendster testimonials. Thanks fellow bitch.

office blues at home

I brought home work today.

I barely did 10 mins ... hubby said that he is waiting for me to go to bed.

He has fever.

So indirectly I'm feeling that he's saying that in a roundabout way :

"Because of you I cannot rest while I am sick."

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And don't tell me he doesn't mean it that way ... he always talk in roundabout. Which I HATE!!!

And do you expect your spouse who is at work, to answer your sms's and answer your phone calls DURING OFFICE HOURS!!!

He called me at 5.15pm demanding to know why I disappear. Say he called 5 times leaving me a few sms's. I WORKING LOH!!!! I told him I was busy and he actually dared to sound pissed that I didn't answer his calls.

And he never call me 5 times loh! That ONE time he called to ask me why I didn't answer ... I PICKED UP that one loh!!! Then sms ... ONLY ONE!! Blardy hell.

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Soon we'll be dipping into money problems. He is doing too much too soon in my opinion. Then if I dare to say no. He'll give me that guilt feeling that I'm stopping him, holding him back. So I now let him do what he wants. I don't care liao. He want to do what let him do what.

I'm not as concerned as before anymore.

Lucky my pay goes into my own name account. Anything happens ... oh well I'd rather not think nor talk about it.

*thinks ... shit*