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Wednesday, August 04, 2004
been running dry of things to say for the past few days. and you know i never write anything that's unworthy of entertainment or thought, so here's my next offering.
i just came back from dinner and drinks with my company... for once it was really really nice not to have to worry about the tab. we had dinner at the tower club (and at this announcement my mother and father gave a collective oooh) but the fare was simple and straightforward (so they say but my stomach was undoubtedly satisfied), just shark's fin, peking duck, chicken, fish in thai sauce, beancurd with crabmeat, eefu noodles. oh and goreng pisang done the chic way, with a bit of red bean paste inside. the view was fantastic though, at the 63rd level with windows running the full length of the Zhang Guo Lao Room (one of the Ba Xian??), towering over EVERYTHING... my own office building was puny.. even capital tower! the sunset was my constant source of entertainment..changing everytime i glanced out the glass. and boy can my fellow american colleagues drink. apparently over the weekend three of them racked up a total of a cool 1K of alcohol. that's crazy. really crazy. no wonder one of them (the one who exclaimed "will you live??" when i slit my thumb with a penknife) claims he's really dead broke... no wonder, alcohol is so expensive in singapore. this ain't germany, ya know. the only other way to TRY to save money is to brew your own, and we all know that isn't really easy either. work to earn to drink. i think that's their motto. anyway. so we ended up at indochine. had (this drink called) sex on the beach, quite fruity tutie tasting, unlike isaac's thick banana rum thingy. became easy prey to mosquito bites, and despite some awkward pauses at times conversation was kept flowing... i realise that sometimes i envy those who fly all over the world so often, but hearing the schedules of these guys, maybe envy shouldn't really be the case, it should be admiration at their stamina and tenacity. to give the same presentation over and over again, to never be tired despite the changing time zones and immense jet lag, to be able to handle difficult clients and prospects. wow. lenny gave isaac and me a lift home in his banana-ey mini. the antique sort. it's a nice car lar. no matter whatever comments i might make. it's one of a kind!
ah well. in the meantime i shall scrub out the blue dye in my hair (that has yet to show, think my hair is as stubborn as i am)... poor meiyi tried to help me on sunday but nothing happened... save for me staining my scalp blue and causing my boss to think i had some incurable disease of the blue-spotted-scalp variety. and the foam always turns violet/lavender when i wash my hair. pretty foam. but it's not quite nice when it stains my towel and tee-shirts.. hopefully it won't stain my taekwondo gi tomorrow haha. perhaps i shall try my best to get something done for my hair during the bangkok trip.
juice.susceptible had time to talk trash at 12:04 AM
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august 2014. how time flies! i still feel like i have so much more growing up to do. :)
funny how life changes forever with the most miniscule of happenings. the startled meeting of two surreptitious glances in the mirror, the sudden dangled offering of purchase of free flight. the thin results slip, the inconspicuous admissions letter. the bad phone call, a moment's folly of taking advantage of someone. the last thoughtless caustic remark that pushes a strained friendship over the edge. i love/hate life. and i know it's a loan. archiveblog.
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books this season.
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new chatbox! wow, what an improvement.