I guess I'm no longer into blogging but its such a waste to stop now. I've been doing it for 11 years (?) and I'll miss it for sure. For old time sake I guess I will try harder... at least half the effort I used to put in.

Ain't it weird I hadn't bitch here for the longest time. Does that mean I'm all grown up now? Hmm... something I will definitely not ponder with. Its scary, really scary.

Just a wonderment... do I still have readers?

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• Fida has blown her savings on a sweeeeeeeeeet HP DV 5
• Fida isn't ashamed to admit she's a sudoku nut
• Fida hath been sleep very early on a daily basis
• Fida's broke
• Fida can't wait for Apr 10 - she's going KL
• Fida loves her boyfriend very much - yes, the same boyfriend
• Fida wonders why most of the torrent sites are slacking
• Fida can't wait for the next episode of Heroes and Gossip Girl
• Fida misses all her friends
• Fida kept playing with her webcam, like a n00b~
• Fida hasn't been updating her PQS
• Fida has been giving away free music

See, if I didn't post in bullets, it'll take forever for me to finish this entry :P

Labels: games, money, shopping, travel, tv, whatever

Eeps! A day late but better than never!

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I started the year welcoming the most awaited baby girl, KEISHA, spawn of my bestest friend, on 4 Jan. Its almost a year since she's born and I have met her like 4 times. Just as often as I met the parent before she came into this world. *LOL* Words can't describe how estatic I was to hold her in my arms. Felt a lil' weird too cos' one of us are having one of those, you know?


I got me a HOLGA 120N - like FINALLY! Hahaha... got it from an LJ spree at quite a bargain. Clifford got it too and we went out almost immediately to deflower the toy with our first roll ever. Never been happier with the result. I turned into an addict for a while... well, at least mine lasted longer than his :)

I had attended the grandest wedding of a colleague who's with child :P. I'm awed by the bling factor in the ballroom and the food ain't that fantastic. In fact the whole thing would have blow if not for the wonderful companion I had.

I got my uber famous corneal ulcer AGAIN right on the day that only exist once only 4 years! It was a traumatising experience for me this time as on my usual trips to the eye doctor I witnessed a fatal bike accident till now is still fresh on my mind. It freaks me out whenever I'm bypassing that stretch of road. Likely to say, I'm gonna be avoiding that road for the rest of my life!

I went on 2 may-jah trip to Perhentian, Malaysia and Khao Lak, Thailand. Didn't waste that much of money but they're both an experience I will never forget; good or bad :) Would I wanna go to these places again? Maybe, sure? Hmm... I'll think about it... I sure do miss island life :(


I had one hell of a TV Schedule that doesn't involve me switching on the television *oops*. Awesome new shows like Privileged, 90210, Valentine and I do hope there's more to come cos' right now it's pretty "off-peak" with the good shows.

I got my long awaited promotion but that didn't last very long, thanks to the merger of my company and the parent company, I got 'demoted' but I get to retain my paycheck and past benefits... *roll eyes*. It was a testing period for me and my colleagues. I wasn't the only one who was affected. I had fun while I was taking on the new role - as stressful as it may be, I had never felt more satisfied with my work and performance!

2008 was the year I observe the most contagious virus spreading through the inter-web that is FACEBOOK. No one goes a day without logging in and playing at least 1 game in there. FACEBOOK is the best thing since MySpace. Speaking of which, any idea why MySpace account is in Espanyol?

1 word - SINGFEST. Painful but worth every sweat tears and blood :)

We had our first Dinner & Dance at Raffles Country Club combined with the parent company. So it was uber crowded but we manage to have some fun of our own. Everyone dress their best and I spent most of my time bear the bar, for obvious reasons. The food was so-so and the crowd was dizzying. I hung around people I'm familiar with, I'm comfortable with... those who cared for me... *LOL* WTF!

I drank a lot in 2008. For the good times and the bad times they say?


I had a couple of photography outings with the colleagues and I've never seen better photos of me like ever!


Most important of all that happened in 2008 is that I wasn't as religious in updating my blog as I would like to. So... here's to a brand new year, a brand new start in 2009... CHEERS!

Labels: friends, funny, happiness, lomo, music, party, rant, sick, singapore, travel, tv, vainpot, whatever, work

1) Go to www.PhotoBucket.com
2) type your answer into the 'search' box.
3) answer these simple ten questions with the first thing that pops up from your search.
4) tag 7 people to do the same!

1. How old do you want to be when you have your first child?


2. What's your favourite movie?


3. What hand do you write with?


4. Your middle name is...?
I got none :(

5. What (Female) celebrity you find most attractive? (even if you're straight!)


6. Speaking of straight, are you?


7. What's the flag for your country?


8. Favourite animal?


9. Future profession?


10. Any favourite TV shows?

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RULES:
1. Put Your iTunes/Windows Media Player/ETC on Shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name.
5. Put this on your journal.

1. If someone says, "Is this okay?" You say?
Can You Werk Wit Dat (The Fixxers AKA DJ Quik & AMG)

2.How would you describe yourself?
Roxanne (The Police) - OMG!

3.What do you like in a girl/guy?
Seventeen (Winger) - pedo alert!

4.How do you feel today?
Rock Bottom (Pitbull)

5.What is your life's purpose?
I'm Still Breathing (Katy Perry)

6.What is your motto?
Run The Show (Kat Deluna) - Ooooh yeahh!!

7. What do your friends think of you?
Careless Whisper (Jordan Knight) - yes I do whisper carelessly :P

8. What do you think of your parents?
Ooh (De La Soul) - oooh...

9.What do you think about very often?
Dance 2Nite (Madonna) - not so true

10.What is 2 + 2?
Something In The Way (Nirvana) - yes, MATHS!

11.What do you think of your best friend?
Take A Bow (Rihanna) - r-e-s-p-e-c-t!

12.What do you think of the person you like?
Why I Sing The Blues (B.B.King) - ermm...

13.What is your life story?
Just The Way You Like It (Alisha's Attic)

14.What do you want to be when you grow up?
Party People (Nelly) - hahaha... I'm retired now :P

15.What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Killer Queen (Queen)

16.What will you dance to at your wedding?
Take Me Away (Plain White T's) - awww...

17.What will they play at your funeral?
Like You'll Never See Me Again (Alicia Keys) - oooh that's spooky!

18.What is your hobby/interest?
Superwoman (Alicia Keys) - part superhero, part trouble :P

19.What is your biggest fear?
All This Beauty (Weepies)

20.What is your biggest secret?
Barbershop (Murs) - whaaa?

21.What do you think of your friends?
Possum Kingdom (Toadies) - some of them, yeah

22.What will you post this as?
Rock Yo Hips (Crime Mob)

23.What song would you play during your first time having sex?
Bring Me To Life (Evanescence) - aahhh yeahhh!!

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Where? Arab Street - Bugis, Singapore
Who? Joy Qiaoyun Ivan Rizal & Me
When? 26 Oct 08, 4-10pm
Why? Cos' we're crazy like that!

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I am not showing you my swollen eye but I can say its pretty gross at this point. ame back from the doc an hour ago and she wanted to give me 3 days off work but unfortunately its the weekend which means I'm not working which means no day off for me! Aaaaaarrrghhh!!! She even bade me farewell with a "have a nice weekend!" like DOH!

If it doesn't get better I should be seeing her again on Monday to claim my rest days!! Muahaha~ careful bitches... I'm infectious!

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Well, if you had forgotten, I had scrapped the idea of having resolutions since last year. Mainly due to the fact that I never fulfiled them and I tend to not care about them at all.

But I did mention I wanted to pick up a new skill. Well...

1. I can play a full song on my crummy ol' guitar
2. I CAN make cupcakes, they're edible alright!
3. Workwise, I did pick up a couple of new, useful skills *YAY*

So let's do a brief rekept for 2007. Honestly speaking, I've been very brief on my entries for this whole year. Sadly, my camera did not get that much abused from me this year.

I guess I did tried to do better in life and work. I remember having all this self-realisation, self-discover shitzz for a couple of months. I blame it on my quarter life crisis. For once I notice how much I've grown and I've also realised how precious time is.

Charly, the french fry, came down to Singapore again for his internship. I wished I had spent more time with him but I didn't. He was here for like 6mths and I met him like 2-3 times? pathetic eh? But that's more frequent than I meet my own folks, so...

Lindsay came and I met up with her for that one day... just one day! I will do better for your 2008 trip, I promise!

I met so many new people... like SO MANY! I made myself sit down and listen to them to really get to know them better before passing off judgement. Yeah, a whole different Fida coming your way. I'm still the same person really, just takes a much longer time to unleash the negativity now. Haha!

Am I happier now? I guess you can say so. But deep inside there's a tinge of sadness in me for the fact that I wish I could meet up with my present, long-time-no-see friends again to catch up on old times. Just having you in my phonebook is not enough... unless I've chosen to avoid you already? Muahaha!

Let's talk about vacations. I went to Phuket, Bangkok, Bintan and JB. That's like using my passport for 4 times! Like woah~ This has to be some kind of a record! Usually I travel like twice max.

Pricely possession of this year includes:

1. Nintendo DS-Lite (pimped out version)
2. Nokia E65

That's it? Wow! I guess I didn't spend as much as I used to! But then again, I made up for that in the travelling department.

I almost lost my PC but a good friend told me he'll fix it at no cost... just a Burger King meal! That was a close call but I'm glad he manage to salvage everything back. I have no clue what I'll do if I loose all the data inside! I should now consider investing in a Hard Disk Drive to backup all my data!

I did blogathon again this year and once again, I fell asleep for a bit. It was a lot more organised this year as I've had previous experiences. Haha. I didn't raise that much money but I'm glad I did my part to help the less fortunate. Should I look forward to Blogathon 2008? Meh... we'll see about that. It kinda gets a tad too old... we need fresh ideas people!

As I mentioned I won't be setting resolutions but on the other hand, I started new projects/hobbies.

1. I Must Do This Daily - Project 365 Blog (Where I post a picture once a day from my mobile phone)
   
2. Roll - Lomo/Holga blog (Yes I will be a proud owner of a Holga in a week's time. In the meantime I'll stick to my Action Sampler)

These are just the few I'm starting. I hope to keep myself more occupied in 2008 with all these projects, new and present, in hand. At the same time it gets my creative juice running... some of you may have noticed I've not designed my own template for a while.

So what's gonna happen in 2008? Settle down? Hmmm....

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To do:

1. Upload photos from 3 trips I had in September
2. Remind myself aging doesn't matter
3. Clear schedule for some decent social life
4. Plan another vacation
5. Save money
6. Gear up for December issue (my magazines)
   
7. Lose weight
8. Earn a promotion... muahaha!!
9. Reach advance level for Sudoku
10. Spend more time with my digital camera

Accomplishment:

1. Change layout - although Fahmy wasn't too pleased with the underlying message; I thought it was nice!
2. Be more efficient at work over the years - too long in my previous place does wonders to my productivity level... not in a good way
3. Planned my leave till the end of the year
4. Got in touch with many long lost friends
5. Bought new toys to keep me occupied at home, in the bus, etc etc
6. Met my annual travel quota
   
7. Thank God, I manage to go through fasting month peacefully
8. Improved my baking skill
9. 'Pimped' my hair
10. I had proven to myself that I CAN save money... like for real!
    

Updating in point form is like sooo much easier... haha!

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Paulino Rubio once said lights are very important in one's home. Unlike her, we're not very lucky to convert a cement factory into a place we can call home. Since my living space is small, I'm sure floor lamps are out of question. I've always wanted torchieres too like in medieval times. I found this lamps specialist website that featured so many pretty ones till I feel like building my own house on a much larger piece of land.

Among the many latest collection featured, one that caught my attention have to be the Fine Art Lamps series. Their design may be traditional but all handcrafted with fabulous finishing touches. Too bad its only available in the US and I sure hope one day Ikea will come up with something alike... hehe.

If you're not into the 'heavy' look, the more contemporary version by Studio Italia Design Lighting might be your cup of tea. Their designs are clean, chic and their detailing is commendable.

Even though such lamps are more suitable for smaller living space like mine, there's no harm admiring from far. I should stop watching MTV Cribs!

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1. DS Lite in black or pink : est. price S$250
2. Dopod 838 Pro in the darkest color available : est. price S$900
   
3. Samsung BlackJack : est. price S$500
4. eBay vouchers : any amount will do!
5. Kachings in my paypal account : in USD please... yeehawww~!
6. Brangelina to adopt me : priceless!
7. A gaming notebook : est. price S$3000

I notice I have over 200 friends in Friendster right now and plenty more out there who don't believe in social networking online. If each one of you were to contribute S$20 each, you can actually get me no. 1, 2, 3 and 7! Whoever's planning my party this year, start cracking! less than 5 mths to go!

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I recently got a new mailbox key after they bashed up the old one and made a new one (apparently supposed to be junk mail free, as are most residential mailboxes are now in Singapore). So I went down and took a good look at them and I think it is the longest time I took to search for mine. Maybe the text is too small. Or maybe cos' I hadn't check my mails for ages (I only check it if I am expecting a mail).

Come to think of it, why can't we have personalised mailboxes? Even at work, I observed my admin clerk having to scan rows of those tiny commercial mailboxes to find ours. Its too darn boring. I remember those days when I got my own locker in school, I took time to personalised them so that I'll be able to tell them apart from the rest and not waste time searching for it.

If you ask me, I want all mailboxes, well at least mine, to look like this!


I dunno why but it just reminded me of that movie starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves... uhh... Keep It Forward! One heck of a romantic movie :P

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I've always wondered how one can make money, legally of course and one sure way, if you've got the luck to boot, is to gamble. Casino is nothing foreign, we're opening one here in Singapore after many years of resorting to fleeing to one in other countries. Now here's another thought... why bother to gamble so far away from your bedroom when you can do it online?

One good website to try your luck to win some cash is with Mac Poker where they have the very oh-so-popular Poker of course. Other than depending on your luck to win with a good hand, you can earn Poker Bonus when you refer a friend to join you in the gambling fun you can have in many different rooms they have like Pacific Poker, Party Poker and Fulltilt Poker.

I warn you, this can get addictive! For beginners, please take the time to read the rules, tips and strategies before you even think of starting. I mean, you wouldn't want to be all dried up before day 1 ends right?

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I got a bad review from ReviewMyBlog and I've got a few things to point out.

1. What's wrong with my grammar? I'm sure people make grammar and spleeing mistakes now and then!
2. Darling this IS a personal blog and it IS ok to talk about anything under the sun.
3. Why do a lot of people have problem with my cute tiny fonts? You think this is bad, there's more out there that'll drive you nuts. My fonts are too cute! Not too large and not too tiny... just nice. If you can't read it, get a effing reading glasses!
4. My sidebar may contain all sort of 'shit' to you but I placed it neatly on the side for you to avoid reading if you don't like it
5. Thanks for listening to my advice and get the eff outta my blog!

I'm not being sore about this review but for the love of God please... this is just ridiculous! Penalising someone for having a taste of their own is just... erm... distasteful!

Now... who else wants a piece of me?

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